Posts Tagged “tutorial”

MediaStorm Online Multimedia Training

by Eric on May 21, 2011

I’m excited to announce the release of MediaStorm’s online training. From the MediaStorm blog: You can select from three Training Modules – a Reporting Track, a Post-Production Track, or The Making Of: The Amazing Amy, or you can opt for (…)

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MediaStorm’s Guide to Using Subtitles

by Eric on November 25, 2010

I’ve written a new post on the MediaStorm blog describing our subtitle workflow. The entry describes how to choose the right font, make aesthetic choices that aren’t distracting, and perhaps most importantly, deciding when to add subtitles and when to (…)

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Guide to Custom Final Cut Shortcuts

by Eric on June 14, 2010

I’ve written a short tutorial on how to create custom keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut. You can read it here on the MediaStorm blog.

Replacing Footage With Pixel Accuracy in After Effects or FCP

by Eric on December 13, 2009

Say you need to replace low-res footage with a new, high-res version while maintaining pixel accuracy. First, create a new layer. Stack the new footage of top of the old. In Final Cut, right-click on the top layer and choose (…)

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Navigating the After Effects Timeline

by Eric on December 5, 2009

One of the more fundamental challenges I’ve faced learning After Effects is how to navigate the timeline. While I can fly in Final Cut, I tend to putter about in AE. One of the obvious reasons for this is that (…)

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Ten Tips for Working With Music in Multimedia on MediaStorm blog

by Eric on November 26, 2009

As part of an ongoing series of tutorials on the MediaStorm blog I’ve compiled a list of techniques that he MediaStorm team uses when working with music. From the article: Music should not be used as simply background sound. It’s (…)

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Multiclip Workflow on MediaStorm Blog

by Eric on August 9, 2009

Multiclips are an efficient way to sync two or more video clips when using Final Cut Pro. They provide an easy to switch between camera angles using a simple point-and-click or pop-up menu. Setting up a multiclip though can sometimes (…)

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Final Cut Pro Keystrokes on Twitter

by Eric on July 1, 2009

In a previous post I detailed an easy way to export a master list of all FCP shortcut keys. The list is a tad overwhelming. So in my quixotic effort to learn every Final Cut shortcut key, I’ve begun FCPKeystrokes (…)

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Advice to Multimedia Producers

by Eric on May 16, 2009

There are dozens of books available on the workings of Final Cut Pro as well as innumerable websites filled with tips and tricks, like editing guru Larry Jordan’s FCP Tip of the Day. So after my last MediaStorm blog post, (…)

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Final Cut Pro Internal Tools

by Eric on April 11, 2009

This tip comes from Jon Chappell’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Internal Tools published on kenstone.net. Final Cut contains a set of developer tools that by default are hidden from us mortals. To see them hold down Cmd+Option+Shift and click (…)

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