Construction Finished!

We finished the construction of my edit suite / office this week. As you can see from the pictures, it’s just waiting for my edit desk and some furniture. I’ll post pics of the custom edit desk that Wayne is making for me. The desk will ultimately be up on the platform on the left, [...]

Video Edit Suite Construction (Day 6)

Ceiling and walls are painted! The ceiling has a nice texture called “knock down” and it’s painted white. I decided to go with a 10% gray for my walls. I choice the highest quality paint (Valspar from Lowe’s, but I would guess any premium paint would do) and had them create a gray with no [...]

Conforming Changes in Soundtrack Pro Mixes

Another great tip from the Tips for Final Cut Pro Editors blog regarding the conform function in Soundtrack Pro: So I made the changes in FCP, exported the sequence to STP again, but this time with a different file name. Then, once in STP, I clicked the conform button, and in the dialog box that [...]

Paste Attributes in Final Cut Pro

Paste Attributes is the most awesomest command in Final Cut Pro. At least in my opinion. It allows you to copy certain attributes of one clip and paste them on another clip. This technique can really kick your video editing productivity up a notch and help you become a Final Cut Pro Guru. Copy the [...]