New Releases
Cinema Craft Encoder MP Plug-In for Compressor 3 - by Brian GaryFinal Cut Pro GeneralKen Burns Redux - Putting Your Photos in Motion (Movie) - by Mark Spencer
Real World Video Compression - Review by Steve Douglas
Exporting Markers from FCP - for use in Compressor and DVD SP - by Ken Stone
YouTube Encoding: Locked & Reloaded - by Brian Gary
Impressions of the EX1 - by Rick Young
Audio In Close Up - Which Lavalier Should I Use? - by Dan Brockett
Beyond the Basics by Michael Wohl - Review by Steve Douglas
Up and Running in Compressor 3 - by Ken Stone
Sound Ideas 'Underwater' Series - by Steve Douglas
Compressor Tutorial - Compression Markers (Movie) - by Brian Gary
Camhandle - by David A. Saraceno
FloLight LED500 Light - by David A. Saraceno
Outputting Standard Definition in FCP from the Sony XDCam EX1 - by Rick Young
As I Hear It - Choosing the Right Microphone - by Dan Brockett
Bit Budget for Compressor and DVD Studio Pro
Exporting Markers from FCP - for use in Compressor and DVD SP - by Ken Stone NEWDVCPRO HD Aspect Ratio Bug in FCP 6 - by Frederic Lumiere NEW
When to stay in the native codec of the source, and when to convert to something else. - by Philip Hodgetts
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
One Man Doco Crew in Uganda - by Matthew Clift NEW
Iditarod: Brutal Conditions, Beautiful Video - by Celia Booher NEW
Preparing for Online Distribution - by Philip Hodgetts NEW
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
Audio In Close Up - Which Lavalier Should I Use? - by Dan Brockett NEWAs I Hear It - Choosing the Right Microphone - by Dan Brockett NEW
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
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
Impressions of the EX1 - by Rick Young NEW
Iditarod: Brutal Conditions, Beautiful Video - by Celia Booher NEW
Outputting Standard Definition in FCP from the Sony XDCam EX1 - by Rick Young NEW
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 ProHDV video to SD DVD Using Compressor 3 and DVD SP - by James Fields NEW
Bit Budget for Compressor and DVD Studio Pro NEW
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 - AC3Cinema Craft Encoder MP Plug-In for Compressor 3 - by Brian Gary NEW
Exporting Markers from FCP - for use in Compressor and DVD SP - by Ken Stone NEW
YouTube Encoding: Locked & Reloaded - by Brian Gary NEW
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
Create your own AIFF converter using Compressor - By Nick Meyers
Using Compressor to encode MPEG-2 - by Jeff Warmouth
Dolby Digital. Sure it can be done. - by André Rousseau
Encoding AC3 Audio with A.Pack - by Jeff Warmouth
iDVDiDVD 7 In iLife 08 - by Ken Stone NEW
Authoring in iDVD 6 - by Ken Stone
Authoring with iDVD 5 - by Ken Stone
Authoring with iDVD 4.0.1 - by Ken Stone
Review - iDVD 3 - Review by Ken Stone
Authoring with iDVD 2 - OS 10.1 - Ken Stone
Extracting video from a DVD - Importing video from a DVD into Final Cut Pro - by Brad Wright
Review DVD ThemePAK for DVD Studio Pro 2 and iDVD 3/4 - Review by Ken Stone
Ken Burns Redux - Putting Your Photos in Motion (Movie) - by Mark Spencer NEWWhy Your Beautiful Motion Text Looks Bad in Final Cut Pro - Mark Spencer NEW
Reflection Effects - Motion 3 (Movie) - by Mark Spencer
Motion/DVDSP Tutorial - Creating Alpha Transitions (Movie) - by Steve Martin
Using the Sequence Replicator Behavior - By: Mark Spencer
Motion 2 - Replicator and Animating Replicator - By: Ken Stone
How to Create an Alpha Mask Using Motion 2 - By: Steve Douglas
Working with Keyframes in Motion, Part 1 Creating and Manipulating Keyframes - By: Mark Spencer
Motion - Basic Audio Tools - By: Ken Stone
Motion - Using Color Mode - By: Ken Stone
Particles in Motion - By: Steve Martin
Motion - Under the Hood Real Time playback - Firewire Output - Pro Apps Integration - By: Ken Stone
Motion - Text moving in a Circle Real time motion graphics - By: Ken Stone
Motion, Video Cards, RAM, and Processor Speed - By: David Saraceno
Getting Around in Motion - By: Mark Spencer
Motion to NTSC via FireWire: Previewing your Motion projects through FireWire VTR - By: Alex Alexzander.
Motion Knowledge Base documents - Apple TILs
Motion Compatibility Checker - Technical Specifications for Motion
Introduction to COLOR - Seth Kenlon NEWControlling Apple's Color - EclipseCX Control Surface - Patrick Inhofer NEW
Vignettes in Color - by Ken Stone NEW
Matting and Color Correction in COLOR - by Seth Kenlon
Color Tutorial - Working with Grades (Movie) - by Andrew Balis
Creating Node Trees in Color - FC Studio 2 - by Wendy Gribble
QuickTime - Mac OS - Utilities
QuickTime Timecode Display - by Brian Gary New
Formatting & Partitioning a Hard Drive in OS X - Tiger and Leopard - by Ken Stone Updated for Leopard
Burning Data CDs and DVDs - by Ken Stone Updated for Leopard
How To Make Copies of DVDs - by Ken Stone Updated for Leopard
DVD-Rs for Media Back-up in FCP - by Richard Taylor
Video To iPod - by Ken Stone
Image to Disk - by Ken Stone
Trashing Prefs in FCP 3, 4, 5 and 6 - OS X - by Ken Stone
Restoring A Corrupt Final Cut Pro Project - Scott Barbour
QuickTime Pro - QuickTime movies from FCP - For the Web. - by Ken Stone
Multisession Burns Using Tiger's Disk Utility -by Ken Stone
Upgrading to Tiger - by Ken Stone
Partitioning a Hard Drive in OS X - Jaguar - By Ken Stone
Final Cut Pro v.4.0 for Mac OS X an ambitious beginning... - by Charles Roberts
Carbon Copy Cloner - OS X - Jaguar - Cloning your boot drive - By Ken Stone