MacVideo Expo Tuesday 18th October London

October 12, 2011, 11:55 AM

http://www.fcp.co/hardware-and-software/pro/600-ma...

Two reasons for posting this article. The first is to publicise the upcoming MacVideo Expo next week in London on the 18th. The second is to remind you that you can get a free listing for your event in our community section, it will even appear on our front page!

The curious picture shrinking bug in FCPX

October 12, 2011, 11:54 AM

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/601-the-curio...

This is an interesting one that got us scratching our heads yesterday. It also looks like we're not the only people who have noticed this strange bug in Final Cut Pro X.

BG Advanced Masking Tools for FCPX

October 12, 2011, 11:52 AM

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FinalCutWhiz/~3/WGk...

Feel limited by Final Cut Pro X's masking options? FCPeffects.com has created yet another excellent plugin that can help solve that problem. BG Advanced Masking Tools allow you to easily mask a selection of video and gives you the customization you need to get the desired effect. I love the amount of control FCPeffects.com gives ... Continue Reading...

FCP Visibility Lights and the Arrow Keys

October 12, 2011, 08:44 AM

http://www.larryjordan.biz/tips/tip309.html

Those green lights control more than audio and video. Did you know that the visibility lights also have an effect on the behavior of the up/down arrow keys? Normally, when the visibility lights are on, the video is visible, the audio is audible, and pressing the up/down arrow keys jumps to the next/previous edit point on every track.

AE Basics 17: Shape Layers Part 1

October 12, 2011, 08:42 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/AE-Bas...

AE Basics -- A Creative Cow series for new users of Adobe After Effects: Lesson 17 -- In this first tutorial on Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis starts by showing the difference between masks created on a layer and shape layers and then goes on to show how to create multiple shapes on a single layer and how to change their appearance and animate them independently to each other even though they are still on the same layer.

Where's the DAM Road Map?

October 11, 2011, 10:20 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/news/story/...

AJA FS2, Ki Pro and Mini-Converters Keep the Video

October 11, 2011, 03:52 PM

http://www.dv.com/article/112208

Digital video solutions from AJA Video Systems are playing a key role in the capture, conversion, archiving and transmission of mission critical video from the Research Vessel Thomas G.Thompson, in support of the Visions '11 expedition currently underway 400km off the coast of Oregon.

How to Revert a Dynamic Link with AE

October 11, 2011, 03:48 PM

http://blogs.adobe.com/kevinmonahan/2011/10/11/how...

On the Creative Cow Premiere Pro Basics forum, editor Gates Bradley ran into a common problem affecting Premiere Pro users that use After Effects via Dynamic Link. Editor Jacob Kerns had the issue in the other Premiere Pro forum at Creative Cow. James Graham had the same issue on that forum, as well. This seems to be a common misunderstanding among Premiere Pro editors.

What is Show Reference Clips?

October 11, 2011, 01:55 PM

http://avidassteditor.com/2011/10/11/what-is-show-...

Show Reference Clips is a function that allows you to view all of the clips associated with the sequence in that bin. It is a helpful function because it doesn't require you to have all of the bins open that contain the footage for the sequence. Show Reference Clips can be found by clicking on [...]

e-Watcher Review

October 11, 2011, 11:44 AM

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FinalCutWhiz/~3/oVR...

It is very important to be organized while editing. If you’re like me, you organize all your media in bins in Final Cut Pro 7's Browser similar to how you structure your folders in Finder. So, when you add an image in the stills folder in Finder, you import it in legacy FCP and drag...