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Date: 2009-09-17
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Basic Training for Final Cut Studio 2: Optimizing your system
Setting your Mac up for the best performance
In this clip, host Tom Wolsky details how to set up your Mac to efficiently work in Final Cut Pro. He shows how to make changes in the system preferences, how to turn off Dashboard and Expose, switch off the mouse button, and how to setup the keyboard and mouse. He also discusses F keys for those working on a MacBook Pro.

Complete Training for Episode and Episode Pro: Video and audio preprocessing
In this clip, you will learn how to use filters intelligently in Episode. Host Nate Caplin takes a look at video and audio preprocessing, a key aspect in getting quality output. He takes a look at some of the sample files and opens a few to show how you can apply Episode Pro filters to tweak clips that have artifacts and other issues. He shows how to apply compression settings as well.


Production Assistant for Sony Vegas Pro: From a Final Cut Pro User's Perspective
Sony Creative Software introduced Production Assistant for Vegas Pro as a way to streamline post-production, and I have to say, it's a terrific plug-in, created along with VASST. As a Final Cut Pro editor, I take a different look at the software, and I also discuss Vegas Pro version 9.

Complete training for Edius 4.5: Filters, keyers, and titlers
In this video, host Michael Downey takes a look at filters, keyers, and titlers, showing how to use them to make your videos look the way you want. He explains what a keyer is and shows how to get to the keyer in the Edius interface. He details what a filter is and how it affects the clip, and a titler enables you to add titles to your clip.

Apple's Color 1.5
As everyone knows, the inclusion of FinalTouch (renamed Color by Apple) into Final Cut Studio 2 was shocking. A few months before Apple announced it, I looked at purchasing FinalTouch as a separate, stand alone application for a post facility I was working for.

Complete Training for Edius 4.5: Editing
In this video, host Michael Downey goes through the basics of editing, from capturing video from your cameras to editing and trimming. He details the interface, shows how to control a deck, rewind, fast forward, and reverse. He also shows how to use the J,K, and L keys in doing so. He shows how to use the Capture button, how to save and name a file, and so on.

Basic Training for Adobe Ultra: The keyer
In this video, host Tim Kolb discusses what Adobe Ultra is and how to use it. He covers the entire interface, and shows how to use the load requestor to load an asset, how to enable the keyer, set the key to extract, placing points to the areas that you are trying to key.

Complete Training for NewTek SpeedEDIT: Outputting the finished project
In this video, host Faraz Ahmed discusses outputting your projects to tape and to different file formats. He shows the Speededit tools needed to complete the output process. He shows the most reliable way to output back to tape. The process is identical in DV and HDV with the exception that HDV is 16:9. Speed Edit does not care what the format is, at it will scale accordingly.

nailgun* Wants To Go To Friendly's Again
Creative collaborative expands winning recipe to create fun "Friendly's Factory"
Building on last year's successful ''I Wanna Go to Friendly's'' campaign for Friendly's restaurants and Zimmerman Advertising, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, motion graphics + live action studio nailgun* recently revisited and expanded the unique 'still-photo-meets-stop-motion-animation' look to create "Friendly's Factory," a new 30 second spot that highlights the restaurant chain's kid-friendly menu.

Adobe Story First Look Preview
It's a great way to develop and write screenplays, teleplays, and video scripts - and is a 'cloud computing' app!
Adobe Story is the newest application from the company that brought us Photoshop and other great apps. Adobe Story is a great new way to develop and write screenplays, teleplays, and video scripts. It's a fully featured app that is highly compatible with many of the popular screenwriting and pre-production software. Best part? It works "in the clouds," ie, it's Internet-based as well as a standalone app.

Basic Training for Adobe OnLocation: The workspace
In this video, host Tim Kolb discusses what OnLocation is and how it works in the edit suite. He showcases the studio shot clock, timecode, vectorscope, and waveform monitor.


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