Rename Compressor presets for web compatibility. This is another smack-your-forehead tip. By default Compressor has lots of spaces in the default filename suffixes it adds to your compressed files. This turns out to be a problem when you upload those to the web because the spaces turn into “%20″‘s and sometimes can split a link [...]
Sometimes after working on a project for a while it just slows down. It starts doing things like looking for old deleted footage or gives you really slow load times and weird render behavior. This could be caused by a bunch of things, including the project file getting corrupted, and overly referential filepaths. We don’t [...]
This is something I have been going back and forth on for quite some time. I love the idea of a drag and drop upload to ftp. I absolutely hate the idea of having to hard code the ftp password into a piece of applescript. If that script accidentally ends up in the wrong hands [...]
Export as quicktime movie, then go to compressor. This is good for two reasons: It is faster than exporting straight to compressor (try it out if you don’t believe me) and it gives you a full res export to work with in the future. Here is an example : I decide to export my project [...]
There is a cool easter egg in final cut pro where a talking yak will appear on your timeline if the computer is left sitting untouched with FCP open for long enough. Grass grows on the timeline, then this little yak walks out and starts eating it. Finally he starts saying (with thought bubbles, like [...]
This tip comes from jpicune blog They have a lot of FCP tips there as well – check them out! Final Cut Pro Tip #022 – Temporarily Turn Linking Off. The great thing about the option key with the Mac, is just that, it gives us options. And Final Cut takes advantage of these options. [...]
Roll tool on transitions – using the roll tool (r) on the end of a clip with a transition on it is the only quick way to change the clip length without cutting the transition and pasting it back in. To say this another way: lets say you have a single clip with a transition [...]
Contact sheets can be an incredibly useful tool to deal with tons of photos. For non-photographic types, these are sheets with lots of little thumbnails on them to quickly show a lot of images. One little-known use is to use them to show stills pulled from a video. This can help to show clients / [...]
This post is kind of like a love letter to final cut pro. I love it enough to want to change it. In fact I must love it a lot, because there are a lot of things I would like to change. Admittedly I am still on FCP 6, so hopefully they read my mind [...]
One of the great things about final cut is that it is so flexible. There are usually more than a handful of ways you can do anything. I find myself getting angry at being forced to do something repetitive manually. More often than not I will eventually find a key command or a workflow that [...]