Apple just released prokit 5.1 and it seems like it ought to do some good things.
* The issues addressed include:
* Corrected an issue with improper scrolling behavior.
* Resolved memory leaks for improved performance.
* Addressed layout of interface [...]
Based on this post by Dylan Reeve I have put together a list of mac apps that I carry around on a usb drive in order to get myself and others out of sticky situations. There is a bit of overlap, but I think that this is a great start to making a final cut [...]
This tip is all about timeline cleanliness… And render times… And possibly some other stuff thrown in there too.
I have long looked for something in FCP similar to precomp in after effects. What that does is to take multiple files, create a new composition out of them and then place the new composition in the [...]
The other day I ended up on a website that offers a red camera service that includes dailies available on ipod and via podcast. The second half of that idea really intrigued me. I know that it ought to be doable, so I set out to figure out how to do it. Within a few [...]
Normalize effect
This isn’t the primary use of normalize. The primary usage is to even out audio so that it has a more uniform volume. This usage is still very very useful.
The timeline only allows you to change audio levels up to +12dB. Sometimes you have a very low clip that needs more of an audio [...]
Here are two scripts that I recently made. I use one script at work that is remarkably similar to this, so I wrote these two up to share.
FCPFolderMaker
is a simple app that builds a folder structure for you to organize your project with. The structure is as seen in the photo below. It generates [...]
This one is also short and sweet, since last weeks tip turned out so well!
Shift z – zoom timeline to fit project. No more words are needed!
These are the kinds of tips and tricks you usually learn by watching someone else edit. If you have something that drastically speed up your editing, let me know [...]
So what happened? Maybe fcp crashed, or maybe you accidentally made some severe deletions to an edit and want to go back in time. Either way the autosave feature in final cut can be an honest to god savior – if you have it configured correctly. This is a two part post. I’ll start with [...]
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