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)