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Canon’s Plug In Eases Work in Final Cut

Canon’s Plug In Eases Work in Final Cut

Canon’s EOS E1 video plug-in for Apple’s Final Cut Pro was released today. This new plug-in allows simple and easy transfer of video content from Canon’s EOS DSLR cameras directly into Final Cut Pro. The EOS E1 video plug-in takes advantage of Final Cut Pro’s powerful Log and Transfer feature, which allows users to select ... read more

February 7, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Don’t Run Second Installer During Final Cut Install

Don’t Run Second Installer During Final Cut Install

[h]Don’t Run Second Installer During Final Cut Install[/h] After a really un-fun day of erasing one of the main drives in our production Mac Pro and then re-installing OS X, we got the chance to put Final Cut Studio back on the machine. Twice. We were just about done the first time when we booted up another ... read more

January 26, 2010 in Tips by David Schloss 0 comments

PHYX Keyer Provides High-End Adjustments for Final Cut, Motion and After Effects

PHYX Keyer Provides High-End Adjustments for Final Cut, Motion and After Effects

Press Release – New Keying plug-ins for FCP, Motion and After Effects added to FxFactory – Published on 01/13/10 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that new development partner, PHYX Inc., has released PHYX Keyer for the FxFactory platform. PHYX Keyer is a brand new collection ... read more

January 13, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Final Cut Pro Workshop for Teens Announced

Final Cut Pro Workshop for Teens Announced

The Main Media Workshops have announced a Final Cut Pro workshop series for teens. The description sounds like it’s a wonderful opportunity, with hands-on classes, critique and deep software instruction. It’s six days long and students stay on campus. Makes me wish I were a teen.read more

January 12, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Exporting Audio from Motion 4

Exporting Audio from Motion 4

Motion allows you to add in audio files to your renderings, which is really helpful if you’re making something that’s going to be dropped into video and you want to make sure that the audio file is part of the content. For example, we’re creating the new intro for our tutorial videos and we’ve added ... read more

January 11, 2010 in Tutorials by David Schloss 0 comments

Digital Anarchy Releases a Beauty Box for Final Cut

Digital Anarchy Releases a Beauty Box for Final Cut

San Francisco, CA – December 7th, 2009 – Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective special effects software for Adobe and Apple products, has today announced the release of a new product for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, and Apple’s Final Cut Pro. The Beauty Box 1.0 provides editors and visual effects artists working with ... read more

December 30, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Digital Heaven releases VideoSpace 3.0 Widget and Web App

Digital Heaven releases VideoSpace 3.0 Widget and Web App

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Digital Heaven today announced VideoSpace 3.0, an update to the popular freeware disk space calculator widget for Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro editors. This new version adds support for the new ProRes codecs introduced in Final Cut Pro 7. VideoSpace’s easy to use interface has made it the industry standard disk ... read more

November 30, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Pro Applications Update Provides Stability

Pro Applications Update Provides Stability

Pro Applications Update 2009-01 addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues. This update is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio. Issues addressed in this update include the following. Final Cut ProAddresses a problem when playing certain formats to the AJA Io ... read more

October 25, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

New Directions in Video

New Directions in Video

Maybe its because of the change in seasons, or perhaps President Obama’s visit to Copenhagen, but we going through a lot of changes here in Denmark. Over the summer we received a request from one of our favorite photo editors to “go multimedia”. This was about 3 days before we were heading off on assignment ... read more

October 21, 2009 in Videos by David Schloss 0 comments

Using Green Screen Effects in Final Cut Pro

Using Green Screen Effects in Final Cut Pro

We'll be doing a greenscreen tutorial video for Final Cut, but in the meantime we thought you might like to see a quick video that's been popular on Youtube. If you can actually see everything they're doing, it's a good starter video. This video shows very quickly how to create a chroma key image using a green backdrop. read more

October 16, 2009 in Tips by David Schloss 1 comment

Found: Interesting Video on a “Pleasantville” Effect

Found: Interesting Video on a “Pleasantville” Effect

The movie Pleasantville involved a desaturated world with just a bit of color. While taking my regular walk through YouTube today I found this interesting (albeit not tightly produced) video on recreating that effect with the Color Wheels. It’s a good look at both the Color Wheel and the Final Cut interface used creatively. httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_UwZY7__f8 read more

October 7, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

iKeysToGo Offers FinalCut Shortucts on iPhone

iKeysToGo Offers FinalCut Shortucts on iPhone

PRESS RELEASE: iKeysToGo is a personal shortcut assistant packed with keyboard shortcuts, a complete list of an application’s commands and a definition for each command. It’s designed to be an effective learning tool for all levels of users, from beginners to professional. The first in the iKeysToGo series, for Apple’s Final Cut Pro 7, is available ... read more

October 7, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Creating a Drop Shadow in Motion 4

Creating a Drop Shadow in Motion 4

Motion 4, part of the brand new Final Cut Studio has a number of great new features, including the ability to create drop shadows on any object. These shadows make effects seem much more realistic, and before Motion 4 it wasn’t easy to create seamless shadows for an object. http://finalcut.maccreate.com/files/2009/10/1_Create_an_Object1.pngClick here to download DESCRIPTION 1. Create an ... read more

October 6, 2009 in Tutorials by David Schloss 0 comments

Digital Heaven releases AutoMotion 1.6 for Final Cut Studio

Digital Heaven releases AutoMotion 1.6 for Final Cut Studio

PRESS RELEASE Digital Heaven today announced the release of AutoMotion 1.6, an update for the graphics automation application for Final Cut Studio. Hundreds of broadcasters, production companies, editors and graphic designers around the world depend on AutoMotion to automate the production of graphics from Motion templates. This free update brings compatibility with Motion 4 and ... read more

September 29, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Crumple Pop Bring Split-Screen to Final Cut Pro

Crumple Pop Bring Split-Screen to Final Cut Pro

CrumplePop today released SplitScreen, an effect for Final Cut Pro. SplitScreen allows you to easily draw any custom split-screen shape, drop in video clips, and re-center, all within Final Cut Pro. It works right on the Final Cut Pro timeline, without requiring a trip to another application. Choose from among 35 different pre-made split-screens, or ... read more

September 28, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments