Timbrée or How to Use Stamps to Build a Story
Timbrée or How to Use Stamps to Build a Story
In Love with Final Cut Pro
This will be a story that is familiar to many. Joaquin has progressed from a very early…
In Love with Final Cut Pro
evrExpanse 3 Adds Features for EXIF Metadata XML Import into Final Cut Pro
An app that adds camera EXIF metadata to files imported into Final Cut Pro has just had a…
evrExpanse 3 Adds Features for EXIF Metadata XML Import into Final Cut Pro
BRAW Toolbox and Gyroflow Toolbox
Everyone’s favourite mad genius Chris Hocking has been hard at work recently, and if you…
BRAW Toolbox and Gyroflow Toolbox
User Stories
If High School Kids Can Do It, So Can You… The Apple Short Film Project Workflow Pt. 1
Do you remember Apple's 10.4 presentation from the LACPUG? Afterwards three of the filmmakers from the Apple Short Film Project got to present and talk about their entry. Sam Mestman takes a look behind the scenes of the productions with the finished films…
If High School Kids Can Do It, So Can You… The Apple Short Film Project Workflow Pt. 1
Aviation and Final Cut Pro - Combining Passions for Compelling Videos
How Final Cut Pro is helping viewers come along for the ride in the cockpits of…
Aviation and Final Cut Pro - Combining Passions for Compelling Videos
Easier, Faster, Cost-Effective, But Never "Cheap": How To Build Out A Successful Media Business In Difficult Economic Times By Embracing Simpler Workflows and New Technologies
The Final Cut Pro X success stories keep on coming. This time we look at Norway's largest…
Easier, Faster, Cost-Effective, But Never "Cheap": How To Build Out A Successful Media Business In Difficult Economic Times By Embracing Simpler Workflows and New Technologies
How to Produce an Oscar-Winning Movie with No Budget but Loads of Talent and Good Will: The Amazing Story Behind the Making of "The Silent Child", Cut with FCPX
A few days before the 2018 Academy Awards, we published an article about the crowd-funded…
How to Produce an Oscar-Winning Movie with No Budget but Loads of Talent and Good Will: The Amazing Story Behind the Making of "The Silent Child", Cut with FCPX
1 Year, 30,000 km - On the road with FCPX Part 2 - Editing
Part one of Carsten Orlt's story of the making of the Visible Farmer series was very…
1 Year, 30,000 km - On the road with FCPX Part 2 - Editing
Time-lapse: A Ten Hour Edit in Ten Minutes
Adam Schoales has a regular job every year of putting together a short 'highlights' film…
Time-lapse: A Ten Hour Edit in Ten Minutes
In-Depth Tutorials
Let Your Fingers Do the Wandering - Using the Trackpad with FCPX
When we saw John Matthews' comments on social media about using an Apple Trackpad and Final Cut Pro X, we had to know more. He's very kindly put together his findings on the Trackpad in words and a couple of great video demos.
Apple Motion's Custom Behavior — The Diamond in the Rough
Fox Mahoney has published some excellent Motion tutorials here on FCP.co. This time, he really takes the tools in Motion to a new level with this experiment in building custom behaviors. We learnt a lot.
Demystifying Final Cut Pro XMLs by Philip Hodgetts and Gregory Clarke
XML is an acronym that gets used a lot in editing and the transfer of media in the FCPX ecosystem. But what exactly is XML?, how is it used and how can you begin to understand the power of the plain text language? Workflow experts Philip Hodgetts and Greg Clarke start with the basics of XML and…
We built a pool! Publishing animating Motion textures to Final Cut Pro X
Want moving textures in Final Cut Pro X? Plugin building expert Fox Mahoney shows us how to construct a moving water texture in Motion and publish it to FCPX. Great knowledge that will extend the capabilities of 3D text even further. Link to the free finished moving water texture generator plugin…
Controlling shapes: The mysteries of OSC in Final Cut Pro X revealed, Part 2
If you ever want to build an adjustable line or shape in Motion for use in Final Cut Pro, there is only one way to get the On Screen Controls to work. In the second part of the series on OSCs, our resident Motion expert, Fox Mahoney shows us how to control shapes in plugins for FCPX. He's also very…
Big Sur & Apple Silicon
Apple Updates Final Cut Pro to 10.5.1 and Compressor to 4.5.1
We thought it wouldn't take long before updates were released to the Apple Silicon compatible Pro Apps. Final Cut Pro and Compressor get an extra feature and stability improvements. Big Sur and iMovie get some love too. We also have a new Apple Wsupport…
Apple Updates Final Cut Pro to 10.5.1 and Compressor to 4.5.1
Final Cut Pro Editing Kit for YouTube
Professor Simon Holland runs through the editing kit he uses making videos for his…
Final Cut Pro Editing Kit for YouTube
Connect Multiple Thunderbolt Devices with the OWC Thunderbolt Hub
In the blast of publicity surrounding the new M1 chips and the contemporaneous release of…
Connect Multiple Thunderbolt Devices with the OWC Thunderbolt Hub
WWDC 2020 - Is It the Start of the Move to Arm-based Processors?
Where were you this time last year? We were waiting to go into WWDC to see the new Mac…
WWDC 2020 - Is It the Start of the Move to Arm-based Processors?
Final Cut Library Manager Updated for Big Sur
With Big Sur being released today, the race is on for developers to update their software…
Final Cut Library Manager Updated for Big Sur
Apple Announce New Silicon MacBook Air, Mac Mini and 13 inch MacBook Pro
Well, we were not disappointed as today Apple announced the first Apple Silicon Macs. We…
Apple Announce New Silicon MacBook Air, Mac Mini and 13 inch MacBook Pro
Experienced Diver, Rookie Editor with the M1 MacBook Pro and Final Cut Pro
Rookie ALERT! Having been blessed with the good fortune to be lent a MacBook Pro M1…
Experienced Diver, Rookie Editor with the M1 MacBook Pro and Final Cut Pro
Mobile Creator
FiLMiC Pro 6.17 Now Supports 4 ProRes Codecs on iPhone 13 Pro
The iPhone camera app now supports 4 flavours of Apple's ProRes codec on the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max.
FiLMiC Pro 6.17 Now Supports 4 ProRes Codecs on iPhone 13 Pro
LumaFusion Updated to v2.3 New Features including Frame.io Support
We have liked LumaFusion since its release, but now a new feature has turbocharged the…
LumaFusion Updated to v2.3 New Features including Frame.io Support
Sam Mestman's We Make Movies Publishes Ten Smartphone Studio Tutorials
Ever wondered what is taught in one of Sam Mestman's Smartphone Studio classes? He's just…
Sam Mestman's We Make Movies Publishes Ten Smartphone Studio Tutorials
WWDC 2021- macOS Monterey, No New Macs
Apple gave an hour and fifty minute presentation to kick of the 2021 World Wide…
WWDC 2021- macOS Monterey, No New Macs
An Overview of the Apple Hardware Ecosystem for Video Professionals
In this article, Sam Mestman looks at each Apple product that can shoot or edit,…
An Overview of the Apple Hardware Ecosystem for Video Professionals
Refocus iPhone 13 Pro Movies in Final Cut Pro and iMovie
Today at the Apple event, we got to see the new iPhone 13, with new features that will…
Refocus iPhone 13 Pro Movies in Final Cut Pro and iMovie
