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Herman Miller's Embody Chair - Review by Steve DouglasFinal Cut Pro GeneralDirecting the Documentary - Review by Steve Douglas
Final Cut Studio HD WorkFlow-Vol 1 - Review by Steve Douglas
nVeil Visual Effects Software - Steve Douglas
Digital Heaven's Final Cut Pro Killer Secrets - Review by Steve Douglas
The New Now - Review by Jerry Hofmann
Creating Watermarks in Final Cut Pro - Steve Douglas
DV Shade EasyLooks 2.5 - Steve Douglas
Sony - XD Formats and Drivers - By Ken Stone
After Effects Expressions - Review by Steve Douglas
iMovie 09 - by Ken Stone
The After Effects Illusionist Book - Review by Steve Douglas
Elgato Turbo .264 HD - Review by Steve Douglas
Render File Problems in Final Cut Pro - Richard Taylor
CoreMelt's Complete V2 - Steve Douglas
Backup Strategies Part 1 - by Brian Gary
Slumdog Millionaire - Interview by Larry "Lawrence" Jordan
Exporting HDV and XDCAM EX to ProRes 422 with Chapter Markers - by Ken Stone
Bit Budget for Compressor and DVD Studio Pro
Creating Watermarks in Final Cut Pro - Steve Douglas NEWRender File Problems in Final Cut Pro - Richard Taylor NEW
Guide to Final Cut Pro Internal Tools - by Jon Chappell NEW
Exporting HDV and XDCAM EX to ProRes 422 with Chapter Markers - by Ken Stone
Am I Rendering And Viewing At The Best Quality With FCP? - by Andrew Balis
Final Cut Pro Tutorial - The SmoothCam Filter (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Exporting Markers from FCP - for use in Compressor and DVD SP - by Ken Stone
DVCPRO HD Aspect Ratio Bug in FCP 6 - by Frederic Lumiere
When to stay in the native codec of the source, and when to convert to something else. - by Philip Hodgetts
Trashing Prefs in FCP 3, 4 and 5 - OS X - by Ken Stone
Final Cut Pro 6 - A First Look - by Steve Martin
Setting Up a Project in Final Cut 6 - by Andrew Balis
Final Cut Pro Tutorial - Saving Favorites (Movie) - by Steve Martin
What is XML and what does it mean for Final Cut Studio users? - by Philip Hodgetts
What's New in Final Cut 5.1.2 - by Andrew Balis
MacVideo Magazine For DV FilmMakers and Video Professionals - by Ken Stone
Compression and Chapter Markers - by Ken Stone
Open FCP 5 projects in FCP4.5 (4.0) with XML Export/Import - Nick Meyers
A Guide To Setting Up Your Project In Final Cut 5 - by Andrew Balis
FCP 5 and Soundtrack Pro at LAFCPUG - by Michael Horton
Final Cut Pro 5 - A First Look - by Steve Martin
LiveType, SoundTrack and Compressor Quick Reference Guide - by Darrin Sayewich
The Fundamentals of LiveType - by Steve Martin
Roll Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts - by Larry Jordan
How2 Upgrade to Final Cut Pro 4 - the Right Way! - by Philip Hodgetts
Final Cut Pro 4 - Ripple Report - Sneak Peak - by Steve Martin
Using the Timecode Log Spreadsheet - by Scott Taylor
Capture Cards and Codecs - Marco Solorio
Over/Underexposing Video - By Dan Coplan
Final Cut Pro for Broadcast? Absolutely! - By Andy Field
Why are my FCP Productions Darker on my clients PC's? - By James Diefenderfer and Philip Hodgetts
Porting between Final Cut Pro and Adobe After Effects - Charles Roberts
Which codecs make great video? - by Larry Jordan
Film LookFilm Look for Video Revisited with Joes Filters and Final Cut Pro 4 - By Graeme Webb
Using Magic Bullet and Anamorphic in your DV project - By Steven Galvano
Film look Techniques For Video - By Dan Coplan
Special Film Effects from DV - Using Eureka Plugins - By Steve Sullivan
Making Video Look Like Film Article updated August 5, 2001 - Shawn Bockoven
iMovie 09 - by Ken Stone NEWSlumdog Millionaire - Interview by Larry "Lawrence" Jordan NEW
Blu-ray with FCP, Compressor and Encore - by James Fields NEW
Cheating in Final Cut Express: Better Color Correction - by Seth Kenlon
One Man Doco Crew in Uganda - by Matthew Clift
Iditarod: Brutal Conditions, Beautiful Video - by Celia Booher
Preparing for Online Distribution - by Philip Hodgetts
DVD-Rs for Media Back-up in FCP - by Richard Taylor
Create an Alpha Channel - by Johan Polhem
Encoding for YouTube Using Compressor - by Brian Gary
HVX 200 - Bare Bones Firewire Import to FCP - by Ken Stone
The Making of Kenya, the documentary film - by Steven Galvano
How To Shoot a Network TV Pilot With the Panasonic HVX-200 - by Dan Brockett
Shake - Using Shake to Remove the Shakes (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Thumbnail Video Index - By Brian Taylor
Using iWeb to Create Screener Sites (Movie) - by Brian Gary
iWeb - By Ken Stone
WARM CARDS - White Balancing System - Review by Bob Gladden and Steve Douglas
Avid versus Final Cut - 2006 - By Patrick Inhofer
SO YOU WANT TO GET YOUR FEET WET - but not your Camcorder - Steve Douglas
Tips for a Demo Reel that Works - Bill Davis
MACWORLD EXPO AND FCPUG SUPERMEET - 2006 - by Loren S. Miller
The Art of Feature Film Editing - by Tony Salgado
Understanding 16:9 in Final Cut Pro - by Kevin Monahan
Basic Keyframing in Final Cut Express - by Ken Stone
Producing High Quality Underwater Video - By Ian Sutherland
The Changeover Challenge: From Avid to Final Cut Pro 4 - by Loren S. Miller
Faking Transparency in Flash Video -by Elliot Mebane
It's Alive! How to Make Cut-Out Animations in FCP - by Jude Cotter
How to prepare for that first Video Safari -by Bruce Robison & Steve Douglas
Nimble Nimbuses and Swift Sunsets - Creating Time Lapse Video - Ben Bryant
Positioning and Compositioning Tricky Business - Ian Sutherland
Lighting Below the Waves - Ian Sutherland
The Taylors speak on Sharks, Film and DV - An interview edited by Jay Garbose and Charles Roberts
NAB Preview 2005 - by Philip Hodgetts
lafcpug's New Home Or How to Build a Digital Cinema - by Michael Horton and Chris Meyer
Avid versus Final Cut - by Patrick Inhofer
The Changeover Challenge: From Avid to Final Cut Pro - by Loren S. Miller
Underwater Camera Housings - Ian Sutherland
The Curse of Digital Video - Using Filters Barry Braverman
'Too Close for Comfort' - The story behind Subt Lemons zero budget music video - Graeme Webb
A Final Cut Pro user looks at Avid Xpress DV 3.5 - by Ken Stone
Personal Recollections of Charles F. McConathy - by Michael Horton
NAB 2004 - by Philip Hodgetts
The FCP Community loses a piece of its heart - by Michael Horton
Video On The Road Out of Country - By Greg Matty
Final Cut Studio - 5.1 Surround Monitoring in Soundtrack Pro (Movie) - by Steve Martin NEWFinal Cut Studio - Adding SFX & Music to Motion Templates (Movie) - by Mark Spencer
NEWMixing 5.1 surround sound with Final Cut Studio 2 - By Kasper Skårhøj
NEWFinal Cut Studio Tutorial - Time Stretching Music (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Final Cut Pro Audio Filter Guide Part 2 - By Jon Chappell
Final Cut Pro Audio Filter Guide Part 1 - By Jon Chappell
Soundtrack Pro - Recording & Editing Multitake Voice Overs (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Audio In Close Up - Which Lavalier Should I Use? - by Dan Brockett
As I Hear It - Choosing the Right Microphone - by Dan Brockett
Low Cost Shotgun Microphone Comparison - by Dan Brockett
Soundtrack Pro Tutorial - Replace with Ambience (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Final Cut Pro Tutorial - Subframe Audio Editing (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Soundtrack Pro Tutorial - AppleScript Batch Processing (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Soundtrack Pro - Get on the Bus (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Soundtrack Pro - Using Multiple Outputs (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Professional Mini-Disc Recorder Review - Dan Brockett
Working with BWF Audio in FCP - by Clay Coleman
Audio in Final Cut Pro 4.0 - "For The Working Editor" - by Dan Brockett
Create your own AIFF converter using Compressor - By Nick Meyers
Apple Soundtrack - Music To Video Editor's Ears - by Dan Brockett
Location Sound: The Basics and Beyond - by Dan Brockett
Let There Be Music - Getting Started With Soundtrack - by Dan Brockett
Final Cut Pro 4 Audio Essentials - Optimizing Sound For Beginners - by Dan Brockett
Technique: Exporting Using OMF - by Larry Jordan
How to do The Blues, Composing in Soundtrack for non-musicians - by Perry Lawrence
A Beginner's Guide to Final Cut Pro's Audio Filters - Dan Brockett
Digital Audio in Decibels & Final Cut Pro's Audio Peak Detection Tool - Ken Stone
Exporting Audio Only, from FCP to a CD - by Scott Taylor
The Voice Over Tool in FCP 3 - Ken Stone
Working with Audio on the Timeline - Ken Stone
Audio - From Camera to FCP - Ken Stone
Integration between Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools Free - Adam Green
One-Man-Band Audio - Ben Bryant
What's all the fuss about Soundtrack Pro? by Mark Spencer
'Too Close for Comfort' - The story behind Subt Lemons zero budget music video - Graeme Webb
Editing Double-System Sound material - by Phil Ashby
Exporting HDV and XDCAM EX to ProRes 422 with Chapter Markers - by Ken Stone NEW
Capturing HDV Into ProRes Via FireWire - by Andrew Balis NEW
Exporting HDV Video from the Timeline to SD DVD - by Ken Stone NEW
Impressions of the EX1 - by Rick Young
Iditarod: Brutal Conditions, Beautiful Video - by Celia Booher
Outputting Standard Definition in FCP from the Sony XDCam EX1 - by Rick Young
HVX 200 - Bare Bones Firewire Import to FCP - by Ken Stone
Beyond DV with FCP HD - by Graeme Nattress
Mas allá de DV con FCP HD - by Graeme Nattress - Translated by Emilio Blaxqi
Workflow With Panasonic HD And Final Cut Pro HD - by Andrew Balis
Video Levels in Final Cut Pro -by Graeme Nattress
HDV Editing With FCP HD - by Ned Soltz
Chroma Sampling: An Investigation -by Graeme Nattress
Breaking Free of HDV Limitations (Sometimes editing HDV natively just doesn't "cut" it.) - by Brad Wright
24p in Final Cut Pro HD and the DVX 100 - by Graeme Nattress
Film to Digital Video in Cinema Tools - by Aureliano Sanchez-Arango
Painting Images with the DVX-100 - by Dan Coplan
DVX-100 Gamma Settings - By Dan Coplan
Digital Alliteration: Panasonic, Progressive, Pulldown and "Pretty Darn Cool" - by Charles Roberts
DVD Studio Pro - Compressor - iDVD
DVD Studio ProChapter Marker Lists for DVD SP - by Tom Stitzer NEW
Setting Up DVD Studio Pro for 16:9 - by Ken Stone NEW
First Play (Auto Play) in DVD SP - by Ken Stone NEW
Taming the Wild Blu, part 2... - by Bruce Nazarian NEW
Taming the Wild Blu, yonder... - by Bruce Nazarian NEW
How to Make a Play All Button in DVD Studio Pro 4 - by Jake Russell
HDV video to SD DVD Using Compressor 3 and DVD SP - by James Fields
Bit Budget for Compressor and DVD Studio Pro
Exporting HDV Video from the Timeline to SD DVD - by Ken Stone
Creating WMV from FCP - Ng Chee Teng
Compressor Tutorial - QuickTime Components (Movie) - by Brian Gary
Motion/DVDSP Tutorial - Creating Alpha Transitions (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Creating Hi-Def DVDs Using 4.7GB Type 5 DVDs - by Rick Young
Exporting to the iPod Using Compressor - by Seth Kenlon
Encoding for Windows Media Using Compressor - Flip4Mac - by Brian Gary
Working with Dual Layer Media - by Brian Gary
Authoring Dual Layer DVDs in DVD Studio Pro (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Creating Stories in DVD Studio Pro (Movie) - by Steve Martin
DVD Studio Pro - Translating FCP titles into DVD subtitles (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Batch Processing Images in DVD SP and iDVD using Tiger's Automator (Movie) - Steve Martin
Image to Disk - by Ken Stone
Creating Subtitles in DVD Studio Pro 4 - by Ken Stone
Stories in DVD Studio Pro - by Ken Stone
Compression and Chapter Markers - by Ken Stone
How To Make Copies of DVDs - by Ken Stone
Setup and Resume Authoring in DVD Studio Pro 3 - by Alex Alexzander
A Solution to Multiple Language Video in DVD Studio Pro - by Graeme Nattress
What's New Inside DVD Studio Pro 3 Part 1 - Transitions - by Alex Alexzander
What's New Inside DVD Studio Pro 3 Part 2 - Alpha Transitions - by Alex Alexzander
What's New Inside DVD Studio Pro 3 Part 3 - The Graphical View - by Alex Alexzander
What's New Inside DVD Studio Pro 3 Part 4 - by Alex Alexzander
DVD SP 3 - New Features - by Ken Stone.
Review DVD ThemePAK for DVD Studio Pro 2 and iDVD 3/4 - Review by Ken Stone
BitShifting & Bit Extraction Creating a playlist function with DVD SP 2 - by Alex Alexzander.
Subtitle Buttons Over Video - Creating an Easter Egg with DVD Studio Pro 2 - by Alex Alexzander
DVD Studio Pro 2 All About Menus - by Alex Alexzander
First Play - a "Bare Bones" DVD - by Jeff Warmouth
Subtitles with DVD Studio Pro 2 - by Alex Alexzander
Advanced Drop Zones with DVD Studio Pro 2 and Photoshop - by Alex Alexzander
Shapes, Drop-Zones, Styles and Templates for DVD Studio Pro 2 - Creating these Assets in Photoshop. - by Alex Alexzander
Extracting video from a DVD - Importing video from a DVD into Final Cut Pro - by Brad Wright
Understanding DVD@CCESS or How to provide a link within DVD Studio Pro 2 to a File - by Alex Alexander
Authoring with DVD Studio Pro 2 - Basic Mode - by Ken Stone
How to Create an "Audio Feedback Menu" in DVD Studio Pro 2 - by Alex Alexander
DVD Studio Pro 2: Late-Breaking News - Apple Document
How to Build a Basic Still Menu for DVD Studio Pro - by Darrin Sayewich
Panasonic DMR-T3040 DVD Video Recorder - Review by Larry Silverberg
How to Build a Basic DVD in DVD Studio - by Darrin Sayewich
Out of Final Cut Pro and into the Fire of DVD Studio Pro 1 - Jeff Warmouth
Introducing DVD Studio Pro 1.5 Bruce Nazarian
DVD Studio Pro DVD "Afterburner" for Final Cut Pro Bruce Nazarian
Installing A SuperDrive in a G4 Step by step Instructions with photos - Vince Hubbell
Compressor - AC3Using Compressor to Encode HD Content for Vimeo - by Steve Douglas NEW
Compressor - Enabling multiple Cores - by Tom Stitzer NEW
Encoding for YouTube Part 3...HD Strikes Back - by Brian Gary NEW
Converting Frame Rates in Compressor - by Ken Stone NEW
Preprocessing in Compressor and Episode - by Philip Hodgetts
Compressor H.264 movies from FCP for the Web - by Ken Stone
Blu-ray with FCP, Compressor and Encore - by James Fields
Cinema Craft Encoder MP Plug-In for Compressor 3 - by Brian Gary
Exporting Markers from FCP - for use in Compressor and DVD SP - by Ken Stone
YouTube Encoding: Locked & Reloaded - by Brian Gary
Compressors' New Interface in Final Cut Studio 2 - by Ken Stone
Compressor Tutorial - Compression Markers (Movie) - by Brian Gary
Encoding for YouTube Using Compressor - by Brian Gary
Building Custom Presets in Compressor 2 - by Ken Stone