On this page you will find many of the articles I have published
on-line over the past few years. In addition to how-to articles for
various things there are software and hardware reviews. Remember that
sometimes a review may contain valuable tips about using a tool, so
read'em all at your leisure. There's no such thing as too much information!
Check back here periodically for new resources as I generate and link
to them.
Articles
- BOOK
EXCERPT
Chapter 6 'Compositing and Special Effects' from the Focal Press book,
"Final Cut Pro for Firewire DV Editing"
- Final
Cut Pro v. 3.0 for 9.2.2, An Ambitious Beginning
Getting Projects Started with FCP 3.0, including information about
configuring hard drives, preferences and other issues
- Final
Cut Pro v. 2.0, An Ambitious Beginning
Getting Projects Started with FCP 2.0, including information about
configuring hard drives, preferences and other issues
- Final
Cut Pro v. 1.2.5, An Ambitious Beginning
Getting Projects Started with FCP 1.2.5, including information about
configuring hard drives, preferences and other issues
- Porting
between Final Cut Pro and Adobe After Effects
A detailed article about the process of getting media safely back
and forth between FCP and the Effects and Animation software application
Adobe After Effects
- Feel
the Burn
Creating Maintenance and System Disk Image CDs for use with a Final
Cut Pro DV Editing Station and other non-linear editors
- The
Mac is not your mother
Basic system and drive maintenance for use with a Final Cut Pro DV
Editing Station and other non-linear editors
- Chroma
Key Basics for DV Guerrillas - Part 1
Lighting and Shooting techniques For Chroma Key, especially with respect
to using the inexpensive DV format
- Chroma
Key Basics for DV Guerrillas - Part 2
Applying Chroma Keys to DV footage in FCP including ways to maintain
the highest quality in a Key using the low-resolution DV format
- The
Care and Feeding of a Non-Linear Editor
Basic Regular Mac OS System Maintenance Tips for owners of Non-linear
Editors like Final Cut Pro.
Product Reviews
- Pinnacle
Systems Commotion Pro 4.0
Compositing, rotoscoping and painting tool for creating 2D animation
visual effects. Remember Gladiator? This is the one they used on some
of the crazier shots! This review is specifically about the
updated features in the 4.0 version.
- ColorTheory
and ColorTheory DV
Application for generating color schemes and pallettes. Graphic Designers
will already be aware of the importance of using Color Theory, but
new users may benefit from this review and application
- Pinnacle
Systems Commotion
Pro 3.1
Compositing, rotoscoping and painting tool for creating 2D animation
visual effects. Remember Gladiator? This is the one they used on some
of the crazier shots!
- Commotion
Complete
Training video series for Commotion Pro 3.0 conducted by Commotion
expert Matt Silverman
- Digital
Media Training
Instructional VHS/DVD series for Cleaner 5 put together by Digital
Media Training of NYC
- Extreme
Editing
Advanced training video for Final Cut Pro from Promax Technologies
of Irvine, California
Miscellaneous Articles or Interviews
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