Final Cut: Page 5

This Final Cut Studio software tutorial shows you a trick on how to achieve The Film Look on your videos. You will need the climatic glow plug-in from River Rock Studios to create this soft film look effect in Final Cut Pro. The final small addition to the film look effect will be creating and adding some grain.

Check out this brief video tutorial on using FxFactory the visual effects plug-in package for Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express and Motion. You'll see the filters, generators, and transitions included, and see how they are grouped inside Final Cut's browser. There are a tones of effects for you here, just watch and see what you can do with it all.

Learn about the importance of text in our videos and how to create a title in Final Cut Express.

Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Server work seamlessly to give you a smooth and integrated work flow. To upload a Final Cut Pro project into Final Cut Server, drag the project file into the Final Cut Server asset pane.

iMovie 08 is a great way to keep all your videos organized and quickly make a rough cut. You can import your projects into Final Cut Express to fine tune your edit with the same tools the pros use.

Final Cut Express provides easy setup options for a variety of video formats, but if you're not sure what format you're working with, Final Cut Express can automatically set the sequence to match the size and frame rate of your clips. When adding the first clip to a new sequence, the program will ask if the sequence should be changed to match the new clip. You don't have to work with all the same format, either, thanks to Final Cut Express' powerful open format timeline.

Video filters let you adjust and enhance your clips for greater visual effects. Access Final Cut Express' filters in the effects browser. Simply position the timeline playhead over the clip, apply a filter, and the resulting changes are displayed in the canvas. Filters can be animated using keyframes, which work the same way with filters that they do with motion.

When you've finished a LiveType project, you can import it directly into Final Cut Express. The LiveType projects looks and behaves like an ordinary clip, but it has a .ipr file extension. Edit it like a normal clip, and you can change its attributes after importing by right clicking and selecting "Open in Editor." Final Cut Express automatically updates the imported file.

Levelator was designed for audio podcasts, but you can use it when a video has several different types of clips. This tutorial shows you how in Final Cut Pro.

This is a tutorial on how to achieve the "bleach bypass" film look in Final Cut Pro.

In this Apple Motion tutorial Ben Scott shows you how to create a TV screen effect using generators, filters, masking, vector masks, behaviors and keyframing inside Apple Motion.

Learn how to adjust the timing of clips with expert instructor Steve Wright using Shake 4.1

A rundown of system requirements and how to start, save, and choose settings for new projects in Final Cut Pro.

There are many things that can make your audio sound better. One of them is simply making it louder. Just watch this installment of Izzy Video, and see how to adjust audio level in Soundtrack Pro.

Final Cut Studio's Compressor has many pre-existing settings that allow you to start compressing your project immediately. Stephen Smith will show you how to: create custom settings, create custom settings from scratch, create groups of settings and how to delete settings.

If you thought the pre-built templates that came with Motion were cool, how about building your own? This video tutorial by CreativeCow.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smith will show you what you need to know to create your own custom Motion templates - really great for making lower thirds.

In this three part tutorial, Ben Scott shows you how to create a TV screen look, with effects, motion properties and key framing. Part two goes over adding motion paths, window layouts and the Quickview tool. Part three covers more on keyframes with opacity and noise. The final effect isn't that great looking but the techniques and processes you'll learn are well worth it.

You can learn how to create a blur to hide someone's face in Final Cut Pro. The travel mat luma merges the top layer with the bottom layer and the black area is transparent.

Matt, the Shirtless Apprentice, follows up his last segment on syncing timecode for a multi-camera shoot with a quick explanation on how to utilize this technique in the edit. Learn how quick and easy multi-camera editing can be when using the multicam function in Final Cut Pro.

As the author says, a DVD is not a DVD without interactivity. You could easily enable interactivity by using menus in your DVD. In this video tutorial you will learn to add menus to your movie DVD using DVD Studio Pro.