Premiere Pro CS6 first impressions… David Lawrence has a lengthy blog post over on Creative Cow with his first impressions of the new Adobe Premiere Pro in CS 6. As a long time FCP user he...
Category - Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro 7 and X
Learning Avid
Switching from FCP to Avid? In the quest to find a more long term solution for an editing platform I’ve been looking closely at Avid Media Composer 6. Oliver Peter’s has a very handy...
Funny videos about editing
Funny Videos About Editing Conan O’Brian’s editors on FCPX and Premiere. An obvious choice?
A beginners introduction to colour grading
Understanding the basics of color grading Aaron Williams gives a fast paced but valuable 30 minute presentation to introduce color grading to relative beginners, giving a ’30’000 ft...
Understanding how FCP X works
Comparing FCP 7 and X If you’ve been an FCP 7 editor for years, getting your head around the new layout, architecture and language of FCP X can be confusing at first. Helpfully Oliver Peters...
Using Automator to prepare FCP timelines for Color
Preparing your FCP timeline for Color When you are preparing a final cut pro timeline to be sent to color there are often a lot of effects or speed changes etc that need to be ‘baked in’...
Which version of XML should I use?
Using XML to transfer in/out of FCP A quick reference for which version of XML to use when transfering between FCP project file versions: XML / FCP version Compatibility Use XML version 1 for going...
Free digital specification guides and short cut cheat-sheets
If you need help remembering how fast transfer speeds are over firewire 800, or what the target bit rates are for RED-RAW or what the shortcut is for ‘add edit’ in FCP7 then look no...
Audio sync slips over time?
When you run into the problem of two tracks of audio sliding out of sync over time – for example using a DSLR for your picture and Zoom H4N for your audio, it could be down to this little Final...
Conform FCP timeline to r3d files automatically
Michael Cinquin – an editor from Belgium – has created some life saving tools for film editors (which can only be found online) and one in particular will help you to conform your FCP...
Importing DSLR footage into Final Cut Pro
The most important thing about importing DSLR footage into Final Cut Pro 7 is making sure it has timecode and reel numbers. Both of these will allow for proper media management throughout post...
FCP 7 Media Manager Not Working? – Gotcha –
Why isn’t the FCP7 Media Manager working? Final Cut Pro’s media manager is an extremely useful tool, when it works. But often you don’t know that its not going to work properly...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo final editorial workflow
Conforming and Compositing A Feature Digitalcontentproducer.com has a detailed article from assistant editor Tyler Nelson (who also used a similar workflow on The Social Network) describing the...
FCP 7 vs Premiere Pro 5.5 Timeline
Scott Simmons has written up an excellent (if Adobe subsidised) blog post comparing the Final Cut Pro 7 timeline and the Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5 timeline. There are more than a dozen useful pointers...
Free Stereoscopic 3D Plugin for FCP7
Onsight have created a free plugin for FCP7 for managing and handling 3D files. Get all the details at FCP.co