Door Open Transition - The Secret To Mask Transitions - Final Cut Pro X

How to open a door to reveal a new shot in Final Cut Pro X!

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LUTs Color Grading Pack

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The History of Movie Title Sequences

Not only do Title Sequences tell you the name of the film and the stars, they can also set the tone and mood and put you in the right frame of mind to experience the film or TV show to come. Explore the history of the title sequence and how they've evolved along with business of filmmaking over the past century.

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FCP X: The Same Day Edit

There’s a particular type of video that needs to be completed and shown as soon as humanly possible, and the best known example is the same-day wedding edit. Done well, a wedding video that can be shown during the reception of that same wedding has both currency and impact. A conference wrap-up video that features shots of speeches made that same day is another example, and a sports event must also be reported while it’s fresh. Although it’s not trivial to get the edit out on the same day, it’s not necessarily that hard either. Here, we’ll look at how to do it, through the context of a series of three same-day-documentary edits in a row. Wish me luck.

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Motion: On-screen Controls for FCP X

Motion is a great animation tool in its own right, though probably its most common use today is to create plug-ins for direct use in FCP X. By making complex tools available to editors, you’ll streamline an editor’s workflow and enable all kinds of new features.
In some cases, the Inspector is the best place to control these new titles, transitions, effects and generators. If there are more than a few options, the Inspector provides a consistent place to change them all at once. But for simpler plug-ins, on-screen controls (OSC) are the best option, and you can make them control any parameter at all. Let’s see how

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Five Ways FCP X Beats Premiere

You can use whatever you want, but read this with an open mind!
Before you read any further, I’d like to be clear that there are, indeed, ways in which Premiere is better than FCP X. Looking at only one side of an equation can give a false view of things, and indeed if you want built-in curves for color correction, built-in support for 360° VR viewing and editing, want to work on a PC, or want a closer link to After Effects, then those are all excellent reasons to go for Premiere instead of FCP X, or use both.
Cool? With that in mind, there’s enough pro-Premiere talk out there. Time to redress the balance, and look at why Final Cut Pro X is an excellent app for video editing. You can choose whatever you like, but the best choice is made with an open mind and accurate information.

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FCP X: Blend Modes for Titles

Plain text is often enough for a simple title, but a splashy opener needs more, and you can create really terrific effects by playing video inside text. There are a few ways to do that if you’re in Motion, but in FCP X, you’ll be doing it with blend modes. Here, I’ll show you how to display video inside text, while other videos play behind that same text.

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Final Cut Pro X: Better H.264 Exports

Exporting and Sharing have been covered many times here, but since the advent of 4K, things have changed just a little and it’s worth a quick recap. If you want more information on what YouTube or Vimeo are going to do to your file, read this article here. And if you want to know more about metadata and media management on shared files, read this. In this article, I’ll show you how to get more control over your H.264 exports, because some of these options don’t quite work the way you’d expect. If you’re exporting 4K as well as 1080p, and especially if you’re delivering files direct to a client, you might need to change your ways.

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Top 10 VFX Innovations in the 21st Century!

Movies today are enhanced (or perhaps overloaded) with a amazing technologies that can bring almost anything to life. Here’s how we got here.

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CINEMATIC LIGHTING: Understanding Daylight vs Tungsten

We are getting more and more technical with our lighting goodness and today we are taking a close look at the differences between daylight and tungsten in terms of color balance for both lights and the white balance in your camera. With a clear understanding of these two main elements of lighting we can move on to manipulate color in lighting to achieve incredible epic cinematic images.

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