Black Lives Matter The brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officer Derek Chauvin is a disgusting act of evil that once again (and again, and again, and again, and again…)...
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After Effects for Editors Part 8 – New Plugins
After Effects for Editors Part 8 – New Plugins Inside Red Giant’s New VFX Suite plugins The Best After Effects Presentations from NAB 2019 Nodes 3, Video CoPilot Orb and Trapcode Suite 15...
72 FCPX Tips from Ripple Training Live
72 FCPX Tips from Ripple Training Live If you want to learn Final Cut Pro in an in-depth and systematic way, then the training from RippleTraining.com is excellent. It’s well structured, easy...
What’s new: Avid Media Composer vs Premiere Pro vs FCPX vs DaVinci Resolve?
What’s new: Avid Media Composer vs Premiere Pro vs FCPX vs DaVinci Resolve? It’s that time of year when all the big NLEs announce new features, pricing tiers, formats and must-have-stuff...
Free FCPX Effects & Plugins
Free FCPX Effects and Plugins A popular post here on the blog is this one from about 2 years ago which rounded up a collection of free FCPX resources. I thought it was about time I updated it! So the...
Understanding How FCPX Works – Workflow Round Up
Understanding FCPX Workflows Understanding how a program does what it does, and why it does it, is one of the most valuable things to learn about any new piece of software. It is one thing to know...
Creating the sound design for a promo for Sound Design
The Sound Design for a Promo for Rampant Design Film Editor’s Sound Effects Packs Alan Pfiel from Rampant Design has a good tutorial on how he created the sound design for the promo film for...
Motion 4 Gotcha – Getting the best render settings
Why is my final render bad quality? In Motion 4, there is a very easy way to make your exports look 100 times better instantly. It is called the ‘make it look good button’. If you...
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...
Useful Motion Tutorials
CreativeCow.net is one of THE best resources on the net for creative professionals. Andy Neil has created some useful Motion 4 tutorials which are worth a watch because more than just explaining...
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...