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The industry’s top editors, motion graphics artists, and experts offer their best advice, how-tos, and insights—all in the name of helping you become a better editor and graphics artist.

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We have created an additional 4 Free Movies to cover the New Features of FCP 10.4.7.  You can also watch all of the New Features since FCP 10.4 was announced.

Learning Final Cut Pro from within Final Cut Pro in this free 10 lesson video series that will get you up and running quickly.

These short, highly-focused video lessons will guide you through the basics of Final Cut Pro 10.4 using provided media, so you can quickly begin editing and delivering a short video project from start to finish.

In this free series of tutorials, our resident Motion expert Mark Spencer will show you 8 magical things you can do with Motion to enhance your video projects and captivate your audience

Most Recent Articles

iFootage Shark Slider Nano II – Hands On REVIEW

December 17th, 2024|0 Comments

iFootage Shark Slider Nano II - Hands On REVIEW In this video, Mark demonstrates the production capabilities of the new Shark Slider Nano 2 from iFootage. Check out Mark's library of Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve Tutorials. Chapter Timestamps: – Mark's Intro – Unboxing the Slide – The Slider in Action – From Slider to Gimbal – Example Footage – Trick Shots – Final Thoughts

8 Essential AI Editing Tools in Resolve 19

September 27th, 2024|0 Comments

8 Essential AI Editing Tools in Resolve 19 In this video Steve Martin shares his 8 favorite AI editing tools in DaVinci Resolve 19. Check out his new Resolve 19 Core Training training. Timestamps: – Steve Intro – AI Deinterlace – AI Super Scale – AI Audio Ducker – AI Detect Scene Cuts – AI Smart Reframe – AI Create Subtitles from Audio – AI Editing with Text – AI Intellitrack

Converting Captions to Titles for Final Cut Pro

April 23rd, 2024|0 Comments

Converting Captions to Titles for Final Cut Pro In this video, Mark shows you how to convert captions to titles using a third-party app called Editingtools.io. Check out all our Final Cut Pro tutorials here. Timestamps: – The Problem: Why can’t I convert captions to titles? – Why do captions have limited styling options? – Converting Captions to SRT format – Step 1 - Export Caption – Step 2 - Editingtools.io Subtitle Tool – Import Conveted Captions as XML in FCP – Adjust Titles - Position and Formatting – Adding a Background

Building an Arrow Plugin for Final Cut Pro

February 29th, 2024|0 Comments

Building an Arrow Plugin for Final Cut Pro In this video, Mark breaks down his creative process for building another plugin for Final Cut Pro. Purchase RT Arrows here. Timestamps: – Intro to Using RT Arrows – Hand Drawn Arrows – Light Streak Arrows – Flow Arrows – Pointing In & Out Arrows – Stretchable Arrows – Tracking RT Arrows – Masking RT Arrows

Blackmagic Cam and Cloud Proxy Workflow in Resolve

January 10th, 2024|0 Comments

Blackmagic Cam and Cloud Proxy Workflow in Resolve In this video, Steve shows you his workflow for shooting and uploading proxy media using Blackmagic Cam, Blackmagic Cloud and DaVinci Resolve. Check out our DaVinci Resolve tutorials here. Mag-Safe Magnet Flex USB-C Cable Click below to skip to topic: – Steve Intro – My iPhone 15 Pro Rig – Blackmagic Cloud Overview – Creating a Cloud Project in Resolve – Blackmagic Cam Settings –Shooting & Uploading Proxies to the Cloud – Working with Proxies in Resolve – Relinking Online Camera Original Media

Color Correct Apple Log in HDR

December 22nd, 2023|0 Comments

Top 10 Multicam Editing Tips In this video Steve shows you how to color correct Apple-Log HLG video for HDR delivery. HDR Editing & Delivery tutorial. Get 30% off all tutorials and plugins using code: holly-30 Video Timestamps: – Steve Intro – Blackmagic Cam – Choosing a Library Color Space – Analyzing HDR Clips in the Scopes – Apple Log Camera LUT – The Downside of HLG-HDR – Using the Color Adjustments Corrector – Limiting Corrections with a Shape Mask – Comparing Log Graded HLG with HLG-HDR

Generative AI Part 1 and 2

September 27th, 2023|0 Comments

Photoshop's Generative AI & Final Cut Pro In this video Mark shows you how to use Photoshop 25's Generative Fill feature to extend a background or a scene in Final Cut Pro. Generative AI Part 2 - Set Replacement In this video, Mark demonstrates some further uses of Photoshop's Generative Fill feature fore replacing a set.

Tracking and Corner Pinning Text in Fusion

September 13th, 2023|0 Comments

Tracking & Corner Pinning Text in Fusion In this video, Mark shows you how to dynamically track text to a moving surface. Check out his new tutorial - Fusion 101: Get Things Done. Timestamps: – Mark Intro – Creating a Project & Importing in Resolve – Exploring the Fusion UI – Adding a Tracker Node – Tips on Getting a Good Track – Tracking a Plane – Setting a Reference Frame – Trying a Different Track Method – Adding a Contrast Pop Node – Tracking Text – Corner Pinning – Adding an Apply Mode – Exporting a Movie

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