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Video Editing
Want to add energy and momentum to your video projects? Use this Final Cut Pro X tip to quickly line up your video cuts to music beats. Using markers you’ll know exactly where to make your edits. Improve pacing and flow by using music to your advantage! Read More
Cut to the Beat! Tip for Editing to Music in Final Cut Pro X
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September 3, 2011
The BIG List: Free FCPX Effects, Filters and Templates
We’ve rounded up the best FREE Final Cut Pro X transitions and effects! Add these cool plugins and templates to your editing arsenal! From color correction filters to simulated 3D space plugins, these effects will add style to your projects and increase your editing efficiency. Read More
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August 31, 2011
Part 2: Making Metadata Work for you—Performing Sorts and Sifts in Avid Media Composer
Bins chock-full of clips can be daunting when you’re trying to find just the right shot. In Part 1 of this two-part tutorial series, we learned how to create custom column information to help narrow down clip information. Now, in Part 2, we’ll take a look at how to sort and custom sift to really burrow down to exactly what we want to find. Read More
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August 31, 2011
Part 1: Making Metadata Work for you—Creating Custom Columns in Avid Media Composer
Sometimes, the most important information you can generate about your clips is the user data that you define. In Part 1 of this two-part tutorial series, find out how to create custom columns and save your custom bin views in Avid Media Composer. Read More
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August 31, 2011
FCP Super Shortcuts: Turn Your Keyboard Into A Jog Shuttle
Jog through your FCP or FCPX timeline using these power shortcuts! Become a better Final Cut Pro editor by increasing your speed and being more efficient! Read More
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August 29, 2011
Video Tutorial: How to Ripple, Roll, Slip and Slide in Final Cut Pro
The way in which you perform ripples, rolls, slips and slides has changed from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X. Rather than needing to use four separate tools—each of which performs the techniques in isolation—you instead use only two separate tools. And depending on how you use these tools, you can easily perform each of the four maneuvers of ripple, roll, slip and slide. Read More
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August 27, 2011
FCPX New Feature: Find and Replace Title Text
In Final Cut Pro X, Apple has included a new “Find and Replace” tool for text elements. Now you can make global changes to text or very quickly locate specific words that appear in your video projects. A very nice addition to FCPX! Read More
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August 25, 2011
Free Final Cut Pro X Transitions and Effects from Alex4D
Alex4D churns out another great set of plugins, this time for FCPX. These high-quality, free Final Cut Pro X filters and plugins are essential to include in your editing toolset! Read More
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August 24, 2011
Integrating Your Production Music Library Into the FCPX Interface
Leverage the new Music & Sound window in Final Cut Pro X to give you direct access to your entire music library. By inputting and organizing your production music library in iTunes or the Finder you’ll be able to utilize all of your tracks quickly and efficiently in FCPX. Read More
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August 22, 2011
How to sync video with professional audio in Final Cut Pro X: the DSLR workflow
With the explosion of the DSLR camera revolution, the workflow of separately recording professional audio has become very common—due to the relatively poor sound recording capabilities of most DSLR cameras. Fortunately, Final Cut Pro X makes this process quite easy. Check out this tutorial to find out how! Read More
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