Premiere Pro CS6 vs Final Cut Pro X Vs Avid MC6 If you’re trying to decide which editing software to go for, be it Adobe, Apple or Avid then Oliver Peter’s insightful article will help...
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Final Cut Pro X Tutorials
Learning Final Cut Pro X Given that you can download a free trial of FCPX there’s no reason not to give it a go. If you want a helping hand in getting started there are plenty of resources...
Lightworks V11 Available now…
Lightworks Opensource Video Editing Lightworks from Editshare is the only free open source video editing software that can really compete with Avid, FCP or Premiere Pro. The Windows version is now...
Adobe Audition and Prelude CS6 first looks
Getting started with Audition & Prelude CS6 Larry Jordan has a couple of lengthy blog posts on his thoughts on using Audition and Prelude in a post production workflow. He comments on many of the...
Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Video Demonstration Al Mooney delivered a 1 hour presentation of the new Premiere Pro CS6 at the latest LACPUG meet up, showcasing how it fits into the Adobe ecosystem and some...
Essential Ergonomics
Ergonomics for film editors Taking note of your ergonomic habits is essential for preserving your health for a life long career, especially if you are frequently sitting in a chair, at a desk 8 hours...
How to make all fonts available in FCP7
How to access a full font family in FCP7 There is a bug in FCP7 which means that when you install a font family all of the weights and variances don’t appear in the Final Cut Pro text editor...
What is Cinema DNG?
Understanding Cinema DNG…. Cinema DNG (Digital Negative) is a format designed by Adobe and is comprable to shooting in RAW. Blackmagic Design’s Cinema Camera also shoots in the format...
Premiere Pro CS6 free video tutorials
Learning Premiere Pro CS6 CreativeCow has an extensive collection of short video tutorials from Andrew Davis teaching you the basics of how to edit in the new Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. The principles...
How to be a DIT
How to become a DIT If you want to learn how to become a DIT or are wondering what it takes to be one then check out this creative cow article by Von Thomas, an LA based DIT (Digital Image...
Inside Smoke 2013
The new Smoke 2013 Interface Smoke Signals is Autodesk Smoke’s inside look at the development of their all in one finishing tool. This first episode features an interview with the User...
Compressor 3x Crash Service Down Error
Fixing Compressor 3x Crash Service Down Error Every now and then a mysterious error will appear whilst trying to compress a file with Apple’s Compressor 3.5. The mysterious error message just...
Working with Arri Alexa footage in post
Understanding Arri Alexa frame rates I was working on a project recently that was shooting on the Arri Alexa at multiple frame rates – 30fps and 60fps. As I was on set doing the card copying...
Colour Grading Round Up
Which Colour Grading Software Should I use? Creative Cow Magazine has an lengthy round up of pretty much all the serious contenders for colour grading available in 2012, covering everything from Avid...
Todailes – Digital Dailies Ipad App
Todailies – Ipad App LightIron Digital have released a $9.99 ipad app called Todailies which when coupled with a free laptop app called LightIron Server lets you wirelessly stream dailies to...