Diana's Top 10 Final Cut Pro 7 Features #5: Speed Changes By Diana Weynand
Whether or not you have used the Final Cut Pro speed functions, you're sure to love the new speed changes. Simple-yet elegant and powerful. You will be able to change speed in your clips easily and with a lot of flexibility.
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Diana's Top 10 Final Cut Pro 7 Features #7 - Improved Markers By Diana Weynand
You know those little post-it note pads that come in multiple colors? Ok, admit it now. Do you ever color-code your notes? Maybe yellow notes are financial, pink ones are hot to-do items. Well with Final Cut Pro 7, you can now use color to label your markers in a very similar way. There are several other marker improvements as well.
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Diana's Top 10 FCP 7 Features #8 - iChat Theater Preview By Diana Weynand
In the past, if you wanted to share some portion of your work with another set of eyes, it was a somewhat time-consuming business of exporting a QuickTime file or transferring a sequence or a portion of a sequence to another drive or server for someone else to access. That's no longer the case. Welcome to iChat Theater Preview-the quick and easy way to share and discuss your sequence with someone down the hall or around the world in real time.
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Diana's Top 10 Final Cut Pro 7 Features #9 - The Timecode Viewer By Diana Weynand
Look at the image below. Something new has been added in FCP 7. It's the Timecode Viewer, a floating time code window, which will really come in handy as you share your screen or sequence with others. And taking notes by jotting down time code as you view your footage has never been easier.
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Diana's Top 10 FCP 7 Features: #10 - Color Coding Tabs By Diana Weynand
The ability to utilize the operating system's color-coding capabilities for organizing and easily identifying bins, clips and sequences has been a standard feature in earlier versions of the software. However, Final Cut Pro 7 now raises the bar by implementing the color-coding of bins, clips and sequences to their respective tabs in the Timeline, Canvas and Browser windows.
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Working with QuickTime X By Matthew David
Snow Leopard, Apple's sixth release of OS X, includes a dramatic upgrade to QuickTime. In one swift move, Apple jumped from QuickTime 7 to X. In this article you will find out why Snow Leopard is worth the upgrade just for QuickTime X, what new features abound throughout QuickTime and how you can take advantage of them.
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Complete Training for Episode and Episode Pro: QuickTime By Nate Caplin
In this clip, host Nate Caplin talks about QuickTime and MPEG-4. The settings are under the H.264 folder, and he discusses the video codecs available. He adds source files and takes a detailed look at the video compression settings available for MPEG-4 files and details the difference between the older MPEG-4 and h.264. He also covers the audio settings as well as defines hint tracks, options under the h.264 codec, and the choices available.
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Complete Training for Sorenson Squeeze 4.5: Workflow automation By Nate Caplin
In this clip, host Nate Caplin discusses workflow automation, that is, setting up and working with larger and more complex batches in the batch window, using watch folders, and using the feature to create optional tasks.
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Complete Training for Episode and Episode Pro: Output Format Web By Nate Caplin
In this clip, host Nate Caplin discusses output formats, what to offer based on the expectations of your audience. He details some websites that employ the various video formats supported by Episode; Flash, Windows Media, and QuickTime. He details the benefits of each format, and what user requirements would be. He also discusses video streaming versus progressive download videos versus real time streaming. He then focuses on Web delivery download formats.
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Complete Training for Sorenson Squeeze 4.5: Filters By Nate Caplin
In this clip, host Nate Caplin discusses filters, a way to improve the quality of your output video, independent of the format and compression settings that you select. He shows how to set up filters to address specific issues with your source videos and then use them in combination with any particular format or compression setting.
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Complete Training for Episode and Episode Pro: Windows Media By Nate Caplin
In this clip, host Nate Caplin discusses Windows Media. He details where the Windows media settings for Web are located in Episode Pro. He discusses constant versus variable bitrates, output formats, codecs, when to use what codecs and formats, and so on. He also covers Microsoft Silverlight and how it works, and how it allows custom interactivity and playback skins. You don't need to encode your video differently to play back video in Silverlight.
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How to Play MTS on Mac for free or Convert MTS Videos to DVD on Mac for watching on TV By WIKI
I. What is MTS File ? MTS format is a high-definition MPEG, AVC, H.264 transport stream video file format which commonly used by HD camcorders such as Sony, Canon, Panasonic. .MTS files are used primarily with Sony hardware. Camcorders make use of MTS in the form of AVCHD, a recording format made specifically for camcorders. Some camcorder models from Canon also use MTS files. These files are also present on Blu-ray disc compilations, therefore they are capable of storing quite a large amount of information and data tracks.
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Basic Training for Final Cut Studio 2: Compressor By Tom Wolsky
In this clip, host Tom Wolsky discusses the two things you should do before you export your projects out to tape. One is to render out your material and the other is to mix down your audio regardless of the number of tracks. He goes through the export function, and discusses the various export formats available in Final Cut Pro. He discusses the reference movie options as well as the Make Movie self contained option, and QuickTime conversion. He covers Compression in detail as well.
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Complete Training for Episode and Episode Pro: Flash video By Nate Caplin
In this clip, host Nate Caplin discusses the Flash compression settings in Episode Pro. He details what the file formats are for Flash--SWF, and FLV, and details the difference between the two as well as the newer Flash players. He looks at the settings in detail of Flash 8, discusses the Flash output format, video and audio codecs, source files, and more.
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Basic Training for Final Cut Studio 2: Optimizing your system By Tom Wolsky
In this clip, host Tom Wolsky details how to set up your Mac to efficiently work in Final Cut Pro. He shows how to make changes in the system preferences, how to turn off Dashboard and Expose, switch off the mouse button, and how to setup the keyboard and mouse. He also discusses F keys for those working on a MacBook Pro.
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Complete Training for Episode and Episode Pro: Video and audio preprocessing By Nate Caplin
In this clip, you will learn how to use filters intelligently in Episode. Host Nate Caplin takes a look at video and audio preprocessing, a key aspect in getting quality output. He takes a look at some of the sample files and opens a few to show how you can apply Episode Pro filters to tweak clips that have artifacts and other issues. He shows how to apply compression settings as well.
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300+ Free After Effects Tutorials
After Effects has always been a popular topic for our writers and editors. We thought it would be helpful to list - with direct links to them on our After Effects Channel - the more than 300 different After Effects tutorials we have so far. In this list are After Effects training videos, After Effects hands on tutorials and techniques, and lots of After Effects Quick Tips. All professional quality, and all free! Enjoy!
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Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete: Common parameters and suggested workflow By James Rankin
Boris Continuum Complete 4 contains more than 160 filters that work directly in After Effects and Premiere Pro, BCC works in the effects control window using the standard After Effects Workflow. In this video, host James Rankin covers the common parameters and the suggested workflow for BCC in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
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Bluetooth headsets have become more and more popular throughout the years and now more and more cell phones have been able to take advantage of this technology. In this review we'll be looking at a brand new Bluetooth headset from iTech, the SolarVoice 908, one of the first solar charging headsets on the market.
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Thank goodness you're a pack rat! You know, have to grab, keep everything that flies by...ok everything except that report or news item or YouTube yuck you saw last week and now desperately need. Can't find it it save your behind. And still you don't have enough storage...there are new worlds to conquer, new worlds to destroy or take home with you. Don't worry Flash will always be there for you Dale!!!!
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On this Veteran's Day 2009, as we honor those who served and gave their lives for America, there are stories about man's best friend being told by those who fought alongside their "War Dogs of the Pacific." Most Americans have no idea that dogs were trained to sniff out the enemy during World War II, 549 to be exact fought with the U.S. Marines on Guam, Saipan, and other battlegrounds of the Pacific Theater.
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Did you hear? Microsoft is releasing a new version of Windows - should you buy it? Windows 7 is here. In this article you will find out if Windows 7 is worth the wait and whether or not you should upgrade. Or is Windows 7 just another Vista?
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