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Film to Tape Process by Diana Weynand & Marcus Weise <<more>>
High Definition Basics by Diana Weynand & Marcus Weise <<more>>
Toggling in Final Cut Pro by Diana Weynand <more>
It's a Wrrap by Diana Weynand <more>
Video Effects in Final Cut Pro by Diana Weynand <more>
Automatic Set Up in Final Cut Pro by Diana Weynand <more>
Editing in Full Screen View in iPhoto by Tony Craig <more>
Want to Print Your Browser Information by Diana Weynand <more>
Improved Audio in Final Cut Pro 7 by Diana Weynand <more>
What's in your Tool Bench by Diana Weynand <more>
Converting Color to Black & White in Photoshop CS4 by Beverly Houwing <more>
What's With The Green Audio Lines by Diana Weynand <more>
Can you Teach Old Mattes New Tricks? by Diana Weynand <more>
Smooth Cam Feaure in Final Cut Pro 7 by Diana Weynand <more>
Creating Panoramas in Photoshop by Beverly Houwing <more>
Renaming Clips in Final Cut Pro 7 by Diana Weynand <more>
What The Heck's An Asymmetrical Trim? by Diana Weynand <more>
Using Adjustment Layers and Masks in Photoshop CS4 by Beverly Houwing
Using Markers to Create Subclips by Diana Weynand <more>
Why Wait to Shoot Mulitcam by Diana Weynand <more>
What Every Avid Editor Should Know about FCP by Diana Weynand <more>
Stack 'Em, Pack 'Em and Rack 'Em! by Diana Weynand <more>
Where Oh Where Are My KeyFrames by Diana Weynand <more>
Healing Brush vs. Cone Tool in Photoshop by Karen Jossel <more>
Ever Need To Screen A Group of Clips
by Diana Weynand
Every project is different. Sometimes you screen one clip at a time, and someimes you need to screen or preview a number of clips before you begin editing.Sometimes it's tedious to open every clip in your project into the Viewer - one at a time - and then play each one. There are other ways to preview a group of clips. Read More
Which Mac Should I Buy?
by Brendan Boykin
This is a question that often comes up. Our lead instructor, Brendan Boykin, offers some advice. There are more choices now than just the “you have to get the fastest Mac available” approach when purchasing an editing sytem for Final Cut Studio Read More
Why I Don't Care For Save As...
By Brendan Boykin
You will often see in the forums a suggestion to perform a “Save As” for your FCP Project File to avoid corruption. If avoiding corruption is your only goal, then FCP is taking care of this automatically. Read More
From Flat to 3D
Steve Wright, a colleage of ours and veteran industry professional had these thoughts on the news 3D (stereoscopic) movies.
3D (stereoscopic) movies are exploding in popularity but it may come as a shock that many of them are not actually filmed in stereo. Even some cgi films that are already 3D productions are filmed flat then later converted to 3D. Shooting live action in stereo is fraught with so many problems and additional expenses that many film makers avoid it like the plague. The answer is increasingly to shoot the movie flat then convert it to 3D in post-production. Read More
Hassle Free Real Time Editing in Final Cut Pro
by Brendan Boykin
Way too many new users of Final Cut Pro are griping about having to constantly render clips in their timeline. Rendering a sequence clip just to playback that clip points to a codec issue. Though Final Cut Pro 7 (and version 6) support Open Format Timelines, you must use codecs that are natively supported by Final Cut Pro to enjoy hassle-free (AKA more real-time) editing. This nirvana can be achieved by prepping your footage before ingest. Read More
Kantana - 3D Lighting
by Steve Wright
Just when you got your head around 3D compositing here comes 3D lighting. The official handwriting is on the wall. The Foundry (Nuke) and Sony Picture Imageworks (SPI) announced in early November that SPI’s proprietary Katana 3D lighting software will soon be integrated into Nuke. This will have a profound effect on the visual effects pipeline affecting both 3D and 2D artists. You only have about one year to prepare. Read More
Monitoring the Color Image
by Diana Weynand and Marcus Weise
Unlike television receivers at home, which are set to personal preferences of brightness, contrast, and color, professional monitors must be set to specifications that have been set by the NTSC, PAL, or SECAM standard. Using a professional standard to set up a video monitor is the only way to ensure that the image that is viewed on a monitor is an exact visual representation of the electronic video signal. Read More about it in the following articles.
The Human Eye and Color Bars - Read More
Monochrome Image - Read More
Pluge Bars and the Color Image - Read More
2D Goes 3D
by Steve Wright
There is a paradigm shift under way in the world of compositing visual effects. More and more of the shot finishing is being pushed from the 3D department into the 2D department. The reason being, of course, costs and schedules. Revisions can be made much faster in the 2D department, so both time and money are saved by migrating the work into it. This change has introduced two major innovations, multi-pass cgi compositing and 3D compositing. Read more
Diana's Top Ten Features in Final Cut Pro 7
#10 - Color coding Tabs - Read More
#9 - The Timecode Viewer - Read More
#8 - iChat Theater Preview - Read More
#7 - Improved Markers - Read More
#6 - Apple Pro Ress - Read More
#5 - Speed Changes - Read More
#4 - Sharing Your Sequence - Read More
#3 - Exporting a Blu-Ray Disc - Read More
#2 - Alpha Transitions Read More
#1. Global Transtions Read More
Free Tutorials for Apple Pro Training Series Books
For a Sample Tutorial of Diana's new Apple Pro Trainig Series book Final Cut Pro 7 - Trimming: The Fine Points
Check out this link
There are also free tutorials from the new Color 1.5 and Motion 4 books too!
Final Cut Pro 6 Tutorials
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Production Buzz interviews Diana
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Woman Road Warrior site Profiles Diana
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