Apple Final Cut Pro Video Tutorials

Apple Final Cut Pro Trashing Preferences In this Final Cut Tutorial, Richard Harrington shows you how to clean up the Final Cut application when it starts acting up with bugs or other problems. Many times this can be caused by a corrupt preferences file or other user settings related to Final Cut Studio. These tips are also handy when performing an upgrade installation or reinstallation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro iChat Theater Review In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at video sharing via iChat Theater Review, a technique for online video review that allows you to quickly share video via iChat. This can be helpful for showing a preview of a video to a client or a project partner. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Keyframing Color Correction In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at keyframing the three way color corrector in FCP. As details change in a movie clip you can have the filter adjust its values over time. This example uses a video of a bird starting in a bright sky and ending in water which is darker, the contrast transition is controlled by keyframing the saturation and color correction. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Fixing Exposure In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington discusses the common problem of backlighting, exposure and what can happen when shooting video outdoors. Proper exposure of all elements in a shoot can be a pain to achieve with a bright sun and blue sky but using the three way color corrector in Final Cut Pro, Richard is able to make all the elements pop. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Correcting White Balance In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington discusses what to do to correct your film when you shoot footage with the wrong white balance setting. This is a common problem if you step outside after shooting inside and you forget to rewhite balance. Richard uses the three way color corrector to do a digital white balance on the clip inside of Final Cut Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Compression with Turbo In this Final Cut Pro tutorial, Richard Harrington take a look at the elgato turbo.264. This is a USB add on device that accelereates the h.264 encoding you can do on your Mac. The turbo.264 comes with its own compression software with presets for iPod, iPhone, Sony PSP, Apple TV and YouTube. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Gradient Wipe Transition In this Final Cut Pro tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at the gradient wipe transition. The gradient wipe transition is a highly customizable transition using greyscale patterns to create your own custom wipes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Placeholder Composite Effects In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington performs a quick placeholder effect in Final Cut Pro. Many times you will need this technique so you can figure out what shots you want to use and if it is going to be feasable to accomplish what you think is in the timeline. Richard starts by performing a chroma key on a video clip to place another clip on a TV screen. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro External Editors - Final Cut Help In this Apple Final Cut video tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at the external editors tab in the Final Cut Pro system settings that allows you to associate still image, video and audio files with third party software. Richard also gives some helpful tips to make graphics coming from other software applications more compatible with Final Cut Studio. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Compressing for iPod and iTunes - Final Cut Help In this Final Cut video tutorial, Richard Harrington uses Compressor to teach how to compress a video clip for use on an iPod or in iTunes. This opens up video podcasting or the transferring of video files in a widely recognized portable format. Richard shows which settings to use and explains how to export from Final Cut Pro to get the file ready for Compressor. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro 3-Way Color Corrector - Final Cut Help In this Final Cut Pro video tutorial you will learn about using the 3-way color corrector with skin tones and how the color corrector behaves when adjusting the color of two subjects in identical scenes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Setting Up a Multicam Edit - Final Cut Help In this Final Cut Video Tutorial Richard Harrington takes a look at syncronizing material for a multicam edit. The multicam features inside of Final Cut Pro are very popular and can be used for events, performances, or concerts the trick is getting things to syncronize properly. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Native P2 Editing in Final Cut Pro with MXF4mac In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Jeremy Garchow will walk you through a potential P2 workflow complete with metadata and native DVCPro HD editing on a Mac using MXF4macs MXF4QT Import and P2 Flow Contextual Menu (CM). Editing DVCPro HD P2 with no log and transfer. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Jeremy Garchow Apple Motion Creating a Hologram Looking to create your own holographic effect? Let CreativeCOW.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smith show you how. This Apple Motion video tutorial will teach you what you need to know to create a hologram effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stephen Smith Apple Final Cut Pro Vee You: 8 Free Mac Plug-ins for FCP, AE and Motion VFX artist Roger Bolton has worked on films including The Lord of the Rings, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Kingdom of Heaven. He has also created effects for his own use -- in this case, a wide variety of 2D and 3D VU meters, automatically animated by the audio in your project. He now offers these 8 plug-ins to artists using Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Motion -- with no watermarks, no time limits, no price tag. Please note: these plug-ins are MAC ONLY. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Roger Bolton Apple Final Cut Pro Stephens Five FCP Time Saving Tips Want to save time while using Final Cut Pro? CreativeCow.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smith will show you how. His video tutorial has five must use tips: Motion Templates, Swap Edit, Audio Levels, Ripple Delete and Transitions Time Saver. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stephen Smith Apple Final Cut Pro Compressor Custom Settings: A Creative COW Final Cut Studio Video Tutorial Final Cut Studios Compressor has many pre-existing settings that allow you to start compressing your project immediately. If you find yourself making the same alterations this tutorial can save you time. CreativeCOW.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smith will show you how to: create custom settings, create custom settings from scratch, create groups of settings and how to delete settings. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stephen Smith Apple Final Cut Pro Preparing Your Sequences to Go From FCP to Color Yes, Apple Color is connected to Final Cut Pro...but not exactly integrated. Creative Cow leader Walter Biscardi, one of the worlds most respected experts on the connection between the two, will help guide your sequences safely from FCP to Color -- and show you why its worth the effort. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi Apple Final Cut Pro Maximum FCP Efficiency with Tabs Because Final Cut Pro can do so much, it can be easy to get lost inside its interface as you start to do more and more at once. Let Creative Cow leader and Final Cut Pro expert Walter Biscardi show you how to take back control of your workspace and work more quickly and efficiently with FCPs tabs. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi Apple Final Cut Pro Walter Biscardis Secrets for Real-time Sequences Its late, youre running late, and you cant figure out why your sequence isnt playing in real time. Fortunately, Creative Cow leader and Final Cut Pro expert Walter Biscardi is here to help. You know that somethings wrong, Walter knows what, and he tells you how to fix it here. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi Apple Final Cut Pro As a Page Turns: A Creative COW Final Cut Studio Video Tutorial Creative Cow contributing editor Stephen Smith examines the classic tale of how a page peel can be transformed into a realistic player in the video effects world. With a little extra work, your results can go from fake to fabulous in no time. As a Page Turns not only includes how to maximize a page peel but how to create custom blue prints in Live Type. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stephen Smith Apple Final Cut Pro Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro Apple Final Cut Pro has a lot of great filters, and Creative Cow leader Shane Ross found a number of them that he thought would look great as transitions. It turns out that really do! In this video tutorial, he shows you just how easily you too can build truly unique transitions with filters. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Shane Ross Apple Final Cut Pro P2 Import in Final Cut Pro 6 P2 workflows are among the very hottest topics at the Cow, and with extensive experience with P2 in broadcast editing, leader Shane Ross is one of the industry experts in the new features to support P2 in Final Cut Pro 6. In this video tutorial, Shane covers new techniques for bringing in captured footage, and as always, tips for project organization and media management for the best results with the least effort. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Shane Ross Apple Final Cut Pro Bad TV Look: Final Cut Pro Tutorial Creating that bad TV look has never been easier with Final Cut Pro. CreativeCOW.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smiths Bad TV tutorial will show you how to create this spectacular effect using tools already provided by FCP. Learn how to make your video transition in from noise, animate a TV roll and duplicate the turning off the TV look. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stephen Smith Apple Final Cut Pro CSI: COW Theres nothing like glass panes moving randomly on a screen. In this Final Cut Pro tutorial learn to create the stunning bars like the ones in the show open to CSI: Miami. Follow along with Stephen Smith, the Final Cut sleuth, to learn how easy this effect really is. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stephen Smith Apple Final Cut Pro Creating That Old Film Look with Final Cut Studio 2 Taking advantage of new features in Apple Final Cut Studio 2, CreativeCOW.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smith offers a fresh approach to an old effect. Project files are included so you can follow along, and customize the vintage scratches, flickers and dust galore that make up the classic old film look. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stephen Smith Apple Final Cut Pro DVCPRO Frame Rate Converter In this Final Cut Pro video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Shane Ross discusses taking 60p footage shot with DVCPRO HD and slowing it down to 23.98 so that its slow motion. Please note that this only works if you are working in a 23.98 or 29.97 timeline. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Shane Ross Apple Final Cut Pro Movement on Stills In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Shane Ross discusses creating movement on stills in Final Cut Pro. Many people call this the Ken Burns effect, but Shane wants to point out that this effect is been used long before Ken Burns made it so popular. In fact, Shane would like to someday have it called the Shane Ross Effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Shane Ross Apple Final Cut Pro Importing P2 into FCP In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Shane Ross gives users a quick tutorial on how to import footage from a Panasonic P2 card into Apple Final Cut Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Shane Ross Apple Final Cut Pro Travel Mattes in FCP: Part Three, Enhance Your Interviews In this Final Cut Pro video tutorial, Walter Biscardi demonstrates the basics of travel mattes in FCP. This is lesson 3 in a 3-part series. Walter will show a real world application for using travel mattes - one of his favorite uses to enhance an interview. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi Apple Final Cut Pro Travel Mattes in FCP: Part Two, Adding Animation and Drop Shadows In this Apple Final Cut Pro video tutorial Walter Biscardi demonstrates the basics of travel mattes in Final Cut Pro. In this second lesson in the 3-part series well learn some simple animation and drop shadows. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi Apple Final Cut Pro Travel Mattes in FCP: Part One, The Basics Walter Biscardi demonstrates the basics of travel mattes in this Apple Final Cut Pro Video Tutorial. Learn what travel mattes are and the difference between alpha mattes and luma mattes. This is part one of a 3 part series on travel mattes in FCP. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi

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