This video is a tutorial on Screencasting secrets - how to make a great screen capture or screencast presentations on your Mac.
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Great article from the always-great KenStone.net about creating proper SD footage from the new Sony XDCam EX1. A good read whether you own the camera or not, and are interested in HD / SD workflows.
Whenever a new technology hits the market there are always teething problems. In the case of new video cameras there are […]
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Apple has a page available to help troubleshoot the (problematic at best) Compressor that we’ve all grown to love/hate. The most exciting adventure is the last step — Remove and Reinstall Compressor, which has you searching the depths of your system for all of Compressor and Qmaster’s little droppings. I’ve done this more times than […]
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Another great Final Cut Pro Quick Tip from Genius DV:
Ever wonder what the color circle with the arrow in when you get to a color selection decision in Final Cut Pro. It is called the Hue Direction Control. What it does is control the direction a change in color […]
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Here’s a quick tip on Audio Mixdown in Final Cut Pro that I found on the Final Cut Help blog.
When outputting material to tape, an Audio Mixdown feature was a recommended precaution to ensure you didn’t drop frames. Choose Sequence > Render Only > Mixdown (or press Command + Option + R).
You can also map […]
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Media Manager Overview
I realized recently that nobody ever talks about one of the most powerful tools in Final Cut Pro– the Media Manager. Here’s a quick overview on how to properly use the Media Manager:
Right Click on any sequence in your bin and choose “Media Manager”. The tool will pop up and give you information about your sequence and options for what to do with it. From top to bottom:
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I found this great tip from David over at MacSparky.com:
Hitting the built in volume buttons on your Mac is great for quickly raising or lowering your volume but what about when you want to lower or raise the volume just a little bit. Once again Apple has a solution that they don’t tell anyone about.
Hit […]
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[From Reference Movies | Weekly Tip | Final Cut Help]
Need to save some space? Reference movies allow you to work with your video clips or
sequence files in other applications. Think of a reference movie as a pointer back to the
original media, a lot like a link on a web page
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Reference movies are […]
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From the Editblog:
I’m sure by now everyone has heard of the drama surrounding the Quicktime 7.4 update and the havoc it causes with After Effects renders. If you have upgraded and need to downgrade then here are a few direct links to standalone Quicktime installers that I leave booked marked as it is sometimes hard […]
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I found a great article over at Genius DV about sequence settings in Final Cut Pro and how that affects export quality:
Have you ever noticed that when working in Final Cut Pro with DV media, graphics and titles often have a poor quality look? There are two major reasons for this.
#1 DV media uses […]
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This is a great tip from friend of the Mac Mediacast Brian Gary over at the most awesome-est website, KenStone.net:
QuickTime is the engine that runs most (if not all) media related applications on the Mac, with Final Cut Studio being a prime example. You tend to hear often, “If QuickTime can open the file then […]
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From Genius DV:
DVD Studio Pro allows the menu buton of your DVD player to have various control depending on what area of the DVD you are navigating from. A common mistake is to set Menu1 up as a short first play movie, but leave the overall disc control of the menu button to go to […]
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From Genius DV:
Drop Frame vs. Non-Drop Frame rate
I have been asked many times to explain the difference between Drop Frame and Non-Drop Frame. I found a fairly detailed explanation the will hopefully help you understand the difference. US TVs display 29.97 frames a second. When NTSC was defined, they found out there were some problems […]
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Great tip from GeniusDV:
Much of the Library of production elements that are used in Motion, can be brought right into Final Cut Pro. My workflow often takes me into Motion to do a simple composite with something from the Motion Library, and then one day it hit me to just drag what I needed right […]
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Just found a nice read at a nice blog I’d never seen before:
MEDIA MANAGING TO SMALLER SIZES
The media manager in Final Cut Pro is a powerful utility that doesn’t get as much mention as the other, sexier features that the suite has to offer. It allows one to recompress footage for offline editing or manage […]
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Welcome to Mac MediaCast episode 8.
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In this episode: some quick Final Cut Pro tips.
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Sorenson Squeeze Basic Encoding: A Video Guide
I am an avid user of Sorenson Squeeze — I thought I’d share this intro tutorial video I found over at Web Video Universe.
I use Squeeze for the encoding of all my Flash & Windows Media format videos.
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The Editblog » Bottom 10 FCP Tips … revisited
Over a year ago I followed up a post about my top 10 Final Cut Pro tips with a lost of the “bottom 10 tips.” Really it was all about stuff that just annoyed me about FCP. That was written way back around v. 5.1.1. Over a […]
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Welcome to Mac MediaCast episode 7.
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This episode we feature a quick tutorial and review on the new, more powerful photo editing tools in iPhoto 08.
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For those of you who are followers of David Allen’s GTD, Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders, et al., I found this interesting article on some tips in utilizing the GTD philosophy for creative professionals:
From creativepro.com - Getting Design Done
Focus on Creativity
Speaking of focus, another big part of GTD is the idea that you should focus […]
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For those of you who are “mystified” by the ins, outs, and quirks of HDV editing, the best remedy is this article from Creative Cow: Demystifying HDV Workflows
Definitely not for the faint of heart or the technically challenged– this article digs into the mechanics of HDV as a format and how to better use it […]
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Top Keyboard Shortcuts for Final Cut Pro (from Genius DV):
When it comes to learning shortcut’s for Final Cut Pro, there are hundreds of them. If you are new to the software, it is going to take some time to learn keyboard shortcuts.
I’ll focus on a couple of important ‘keyboard shortcuts’ that are easy to understand, […]
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From GeniusDV:
Restoring an Autosaved Project in Final Cut Pro
When you begin work on a Final Cut Pro Project, the first thing you should do is give your project a name and save it so that the autosave function can work. Autosave will not work until you have named and saved your project first. If your […]
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Quicktime Pro, Components, and the iPhone … at Podcast Academy
Paul Figgiani has written a great article at the Podcast Academy blog about some of the technical details regarding QuickTime video on the iPhone. As always from Paul, it is thorough, informative, and well-written.
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Tags: iphone, quicktime, video, apple, mac, macintoch
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HD For Indies has an article on in-field advice on using the Panasonic HVX-200 HD camera. This is the camera we use at the Mac Mediacast and recommend most to people asking about a great prosumer digital video camera. A great read!
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Understanding Digital Video Architecture from Videomaker Magazine
MPEG-2, DivX, AVCHD: These are just a few of the confusing acronyms of digital video. Let’s clear the air a bit
To understand Digital Video Architecture, you need to start at the beginning. The beginning in this case is known as Video Compression. That is the start of this article; […]
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Here at the Mac MediaCast we spend a lot of time talking about Final Cut Pro and Apple’s ProApps, but we’ve got to occasionally give some love to the industry-standard motion graphics powerhouse After Effects. I’ve compiled a couple of tutorials I’ve found lately into this post. For more great After Effects information and tutorials, […]
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Final Cut Pro Trouble shoot basics | IndiesHD
If Final Cut Pro isn’t starting up properly or performing normally, try these basic troubleshooting steps to remedy the situation. Please note that these steps aren’t exhaustive, and are not intended to cover any specific issue. They are fundamental, basic steps that are most effective in getting […]
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So I’ve been harboring a dirty secret for a very long time - I’ve been plagued with kernel panics and crashes for a very long time on my PowerMac Quad Core G5. They’ve been going on for a very long time. Sometimes I’d have up to five a day. I’ve always just chalked them up […]
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Apple Color: Auto Balance Feature
Walter Biscardi from Creative Cow gives us another basic-level tutorial on the Auto Balance feature in Apple’s Color. (don’t worry, I’m not going to accidentally podcast the video this time). A must see if you’re a Final Cut Studio user curious about the new powerful color-correcting application.
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