VIVO has not disappeared, it’s just gone underground while the landlord laughs and the City of Vancouver steps in to the rescue. I’m teaching my very popular Final Cut Pro X workshop there on July 12th, now EXTENDED by one hour to fill you up with Apply goodness. Total 4 hours (Saturday, July 12th, 1-5pm) […]
Toronto Library is Hiring a Filmmaker for Residency
Toronto Public Library is hiring a filmmaker for a unique and fun job: our Fall 2014 Innovator in Residence. The six-week residency will take place October 20 to November 30 at the Digital Innovation Hub at Toronto Reference Library. The recently-opened Hub is a learning and creation space that gives anyone with a library […]
Add audio transitions to your entire timeline in Final Cut Pro X!
I finally figured out how to do something that should have been a no-brainer in FCPX: Audio-only crossfades in the whole timeline! Or add multiple sound-only dissolves at the same time to as many clips as you select. Almost every time I edit, I need to add soft audio transitions between cuts. All of them. […]
Long-term archiving projects for Final Cut Pro X
I wrote this email to Larry Jordan, author of the famous + awesome training website for video editors. I was wondering how the new Library structure in FCPX 10.1 would hobble the economical archivist in me. Since I end up doing some explaining and pontificating, and his answer is very useful, I figure I should […]