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Editing Theory from Walter Murch
In the Blink of an Eye is a series of short essays originally written in 1995 by Academy Award Winning editor Walter Murch. Murch tries to tackle the question of why moviegoers are not more startled...
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VideoSpace Widget Calculates Disk Space
VideoSpace is a handy Mac OS X dashboard widget that allows producers to determine how much hard drive space is needed to store various video durations and formats. It’s perfect for calcuating just...
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MediaStorm’s Guide to Controlling Gain in Final Cut
A handy keystroke for increasing the gain on an audio clip is to first highlight the clip then hit control+] (close bracket). To decrease gain, use control+[ (open bracket). Once your clip(s) is...
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Final Cut’s Button List
One of Final Cut’s hidden gems is the Button List, which is found under the Tools menu or by using the keyboard shortcut Option+J. The Button List allows users to create a shortcut button for any of...
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MediaStorm’s Guide to Restoring Preferences with Final Cut Rescue 5
Final Cut Rescue 5 is a simple utility that deletes Final Cut’s preferences and replaces them with clean new ones. To setup Final Cut Rescue, first quit FCP. If you are using FCP 5, delete the...
View ArticleFinal Cut Pro 6 Manuals Online
With Final Cut Studio 2 now shipping, Apple has placed several FCP manuals online. The pdfs include Final Cut Pro 6: New Features, the FCP 6 User Manual and FCP 6 Working with High Definition and...
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Timecode Calculator Widget
Adding timecode can be a hassle. Netmedia’s timecode calculator handles the task with ease. This Apple OS X widget performs basic math functions for a variety of tape and film speeds, including drop...
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FCP Rescue 6 Released
Anders Holk Petersen has released Final Cut Rescue 6, an updated version of his Final Cut preference utility. The new version works with the recently upgraded FCP 6. Final Cut Rescue 6, like it’s...
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Looking at ‘The Shift’
SportsShooter.com has an interesting article in their latest newsletter. The Shift, written by San Francisco Chronicle photographer Kim Komenich, asks an important question- “Are you ready for ‘the...
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Poynter Institute Seminars & The Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop
The Poynter Institute will be kicking off the new year with a series of audio and multimedia based seminars. In January, they are offering Online Storytelling with Audio and Images. February brings...
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Multimedia Training Opportunities
For those interested in multimedia training, both the Knight Digital Media Center and the NPPA have upcoming seminars. The Knight Digital Media Center at the University of California, Berkeley,...
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MediaStorm’s Ten Ways To Improve Your Multimedia Production Right Now
Often, as multimedia producers, we are given work to edit that others have created. Some things simply cannot be changed, like an out-of-focus photograph. But there are some things we can do right now...
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MediaStorm’s Advice to Multimedia Producers
After my last post, 10 Ways to Improve Your Multimedia Right Now, I thought it might be instructive to take a step back from technical issues and focus instead on some of the underlying ideas that help...
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MediaStorm’s Multiclip Workflow
One of the benefits of shooting two-camera interviews is the ability to cut between angles without having to use b-roll to cover an edit. For an example of this technique see On the Road with Danny...
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MediaStorm documents Final Cut workflows for the Canon 5D Mark II and Nikon D300
Since its release, the Canon 5D Mark II has become the de facto video camera for many photojournalists. Despite some technical challenges, like the ability to follow focus and the low-fi built-in...
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MediaStorm’s Ten Tips for Working With Music in Multimedia
Music is an all too frequently overlooked facet of multimedia production. In this ongoing series of tutorials to improve your multimedia, I’ll explain 10 techniques that the MediaStorm team utilizes...
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MediaStorm’s Guide to One-Frame Audio Fades
In previous blog posts, I’ve described the cure-all properties of the one-frame fade. (See Ten Ways to Improve Your Multimedia Production Right Now and Ten Tips for Working with Music in Multimedia)....
View ArticleMediaStorm’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Resources on the Web
Final Cut Pro is a rich application, offering vast possibilities to those who take the time to learn it well. With that goal in mind, here is a list of some of the most important Final Cut Pro...
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MediaStorm’s Guide to Custom Final Cut Shortcuts
Frequently when working in Final Cut, I need to find the source of a clip. The most obvious way to do this is to right-click on the clip and select Reveal in Finder. But I’d prefer to use a faster...
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MediaStorm’s Guide to Using Apple’s ProRes 422 Codec
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently about Final Cut is, “When do I use Apple’s ProRes 422 codec?” To tackle this question it’s first necessary to understand a few things about codecs....
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