On Macvideo.tv Rick Young talks to Red's Ted Schilowitz about the new Epic
and Scarlet cameras as well as Red Ray. Includes footage from the recent
FCPUG SuperMeet. (read more)
Also at macvideo.tv is part 4 of an Interview with film and sound editor
Walter Murch who continues his talk on the "History of Editing." In this
segment Walter talks about his frustration with the Avid, especially its
support at the time he edited the English Patient. (read more)
Apple coming to a city near you.
Apple will be traveling the world to show off all you need to know about
FCS2 and Final Cut Server. These seminars fill up fast so register now. Los
Angeles is taking registrations for Wait List only so don't hesitate. For a
list of Cities and dates and details about what you will learn, go here.
Apple has released one Applecare doc you need to read. That is if you are
interested in Final Cut Server.
Final Cut Server: Moving or deleting installed items (read more)
Episode 9 of Digital Heaven's Hot Tips, their free video tutorial series for
Final Cut Pro, is now available. This time, the topic is spread over two
episodes and in the first part Martin Baker gives an introduction to Paste
Attributes and how to control pasting of keyframes. Stay tuned for part
two... (read more)
Also at Digital Heaven you can find the new and improved and free
"VideoSpace" widget. It calculates the disk space required for a given
duration, codec, frame rate and audio setting. It works in both directions
so you can calculate time to space or space to time as indicated by the
direction of the arrow between the two input areas. (read more)
The new issue of "EditWell" is now available. What is EditWell you ask? It's
a must subscribe too online magazine from Peachpit Press and Larry Jordan
that's what. And it is perhaps the only magazine of its kind that not only
has great tutorials on all things, Apple Pro-Apps, but video tutorials and
audio tutorials.
This month features in depth coverage of the recent FCPUG SuperMeet
including audio interviews with myself and Dan Berube. You will also find
tutorials on LiveType, Soundtrack Pro, Color and much more.
It is only $99.99 for 12 issues and worth every penny. Don't believe me?
Download a free copy and look for yourself. No other online magazine for
Digital Video comes close to EditWell. (read more)
Over on Creative Cow you will find a nifty tutorial on using "Automator" for
repetitive tasks in Final Cut Pro. (read more)
On Scott Simmon's Editblog, Scott gives us a Quicktip on "Changing FCP Audio
Track Labels." Great tip if working with lots of audio tracks. (read more)
Great thread over on Creative Cow if you are at all interested in Subtitles
and translation workflow with Final Cut Pro. Great suggestions from Andreas
Keil. (read more)
Andreas also produced a workflow suggestion complete with screenshots to go
along with this thread. (read more)
Zoom in Online has a nice video tutorial on "Cutting a slide show to the
beat of Music." Chris Phrommayon shows us how. (read more)
More vids can be found on Zoom in's FCS2 micro site. (read more)