Posts Tagged “tutorial”

The Mother Load of Final Cut Pro Keystroke Shortcuts

by Eric on February 15, 2009

The easiest way to find a Final Cut keystroke is to search the Button List (Tools>Button List). However, if you’re the brave kind who wants to see all 600-plus shortcut keystrokes, there’s a solution for you, too: Tools>Keyboard Layout>Save Grid (…)

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View Unredered Video in Final Cut Pro

by Eric on December 24, 2008

I’m making my way through Larry Jordan’s amazing new book, Edit Well: Final Cut Studio Techniques from the Pros and came across a real gem. In FCP a red across the top of the timeline indicates that files must be (…)

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Shooting Stills vs Shooting Video

by Eric on November 30, 2008

Why do so many exceptional photographers struggle to shoot just halfway-decent video? It’s certainly not for lack of vision. The answer, I think, is more fundamental. It’s a misunderstanding of how the two formats work. So basic is this difference (…)

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Using Terminal to Quit Invisible Processess

by Eric on November 9, 2008

No matter how much RAM your mac is pushing, it’s inevitable that your computer will eventually hang; those times when no matter how many applications you quit, your computer still seems to working in slow motion. By way of review, (…)

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Creating Subclips in Final Cut

by Eric on October 5, 2008

Previously, I lamented the lack of an expedient method for renaming sections of a long, digitized clip. We’ve been using the following method at MediaStorm. WIth your long clip in the timeline, set an in and mark where you’d like (…)

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The Proper Way to Peel a Banana

by Eric on September 25, 2008

Turns out peeling from the stem is the hard way to undress a banana. You get all kinds of mush and dents. The easy, overlooked method is to pinch the bottom. Pops right open. Who’d have thunk it? Seems I’ve (…)

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