Twixtor is a cool plugin for a variety of NLE’s and post programs that ”intelligently slows down, speeds up or changes the frame rate of your image sequences”. Basically it makes...
Category - Editor’s Tools
Useful tools for film and video editors
LightWorks coming soon to mac…
Edit share have just announced that they will be releasing Lightworks on November 29th with the mac version being available on the 19th December 2011. The source code will become available at...
Free Motion templates
There is a mixed bag of free motion templates available on the net, sometimes useful in a tight spot when you’re short of time on an edit but more often than not it takes as much time to adapt...
FCPX Tips and Tricks – Macbreak Studio
Working in FCPX If you’ve got a spare hour and a half the latest podcast from pixel corps/macbreak studio is well worth the time to discover some of the day-to-day work arounds and hidden...
Exporting multi-track (split) audio files…
A simple but useful tutorial from editor Shane Ross on how to export multi-track or split-audio from FCP7.
XML exchange between FCP and Premiere Pro CS 5
How To XML Exchange between FCP and Premiere Pro Handy little tutorial from animotion.nl on moving sequences between FCP and Premiere.
5DtoRGB v1.5 – Free tool for HDSLR workflow…
Rarevision’s 5DtoRGB is a conversion tool to take your HDSLR footage out of its native format and into an edit friendly one. It does this without the quicktime based idiosyncrasies of gamma...
Actually editing with FCPX
Three great videos from Michael Wohl from the LAFCPUG. Funny and informative and very much nuts and bolts of real world editing with FCPX. Well worth making 45 minutes if you’re starting out...
100 FCPX Questions Answered
100 Common FCPX Questions Answered Great post from the provideocoalition detailing 100 answers to common FCPX questions.
Free DaVinci Resolve (Lite)
Blackmagic Design are doing the world a favour again (aside from a range of great products, releasing DaVinci Resolve for £700 was generous) with a free version of their fantastic colour grading...
Working with XDCAM and FCP7
Here is a handy link to Sony’s UK download site for all the tools you’ll need for working with Sony XDCAM and XDCAM-EX with Final Cut Pro 7. For XDCAM 1. XDCAM Browser (v1.2) 2. SxS UDF...
Working with FCPX
Here is a handy blog tracking some of the initial quirks of fcpx. See also Larry Jordan’s blog on his thoughts on sticking/switching/praising/despising FCPX. Personally I’m sticking...
How to make your showreel great…
Make it like my friend Neil Edwards, who is the best editor I know and has a brilliant showreel for his shooting skills. This showreel is not only the funniest one I’ve seen but a great sales...
Download your learning
I’m all about learning. I love learning. I don’t know anyone who will ever tell you to stop learning. When you stop learning, you get boring very quickly. Here are some links to get you...
Working with ARRI Alexa footage
Oliver Peter’s at Digital Films has a great article (among a huge, and equally great, back catalogue) on working with Arri Alexa footage in a variety of NLE’s. Useful free downloads...