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’...
Category - Editor’s Tools
Useful tools for film and video editors
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...
Timelapse Editing Set Up
Editing Timelapse in 4k Tom Lowe of Timescapes fame, shares a quick overview of his PC and Adobe based editing system for creating his new film, filling over 15 TB of storage hooked up via esata...
2 hours of Final Cut Pro X Tips
Managing FCPX events and projects… Mark Spencer and Steve Martin from Ripple Training talk through the latest features and updates in FCP X 10.0.3, including relinking media, green screening...
Touchscreen editing with FCPX
It’s all very Minority Report, but this video demonstration from Jason Rose, shows off his touchscreen interface while editing with FCPX. It’s also a handy demonstration of how to create...
Understanding 4K and the future of cinema
The future of digital cinema… Michael Cioni of LightIron Digital delivers an unmissable presentation on 4k and the future of digital cinema, whilst revealing in detail the post-production...
Understanding Media Management in FCP X
With the tumultuous initial release of Final Cut Pro X, Apple completely changed the way that FCP manages the media and project settings and where it stores the media files, back up files, transcodes...
Free blur effects for FCPX
Alex Gollner of Alex4d has some more free Final Cut Pro X effects available to download, this time focusing on creating different styles of blur effect. Download seven free blur effects and more...
Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3
Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Reviews… Apple’s latest update to Final Cut Pro X adds multicam editing, autosync (ie pluraleyes) and a bunch of other features that should really have been in the...
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...
Learning high end finishing tools…
There seems to be more and more talk floating around the web about ‘regular editors’ using high end finishing tools like Smoke, Nuke or Scratch (which also does a whole load of production...
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...
REDCINE-X PRO Workflow
How to conform RED raw files For a step by step tutorial on using REDCINE-X PRO to finish your Final Cut Pro edit with a roundtrip through Color to grade your RED footage, from the raw .r3d files...
Editing The Descendants
Digitalcontentproducer.com has an interesting interview with editor Kevin Trent on editing The Descendants, starring George Clooney and directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt) Kevin...
Hard drive management for video editors
How to manage your hard drive space Keeping track of what is taking up space on your hard drives (especially if you use a lot of portable drives for different clients and different projects) can be...