Category: Final Cut Pro

  • How to Fight Final Cut Pro X and Win

    I tried it again.  Final Cut Pro X, Apple’s oops of a slap in the face to professional editors and post production workers – especially those who depend on collaborative workflows. One of the basic phases of post production is audio mixing.  As a former audio engineer, this is my comfort zone.  In normal NLEs…

  • Time remapping: Final Cut beats Avid and Adobe by a couple of lengths

    It seemed so simple… Just speed up some clips, creating a faux-time-lapse sequence. It would be cute, save some space. It seemed so simple… I am editing the DVD (and BluRay) packages for Sunnyside Environmental School’s Spring musical, Video Killed the Fairytale Star. Three performances, each shot with three cameras – plus an 8 or…