Know-how: Master the Cut
Discover expert tips, pro tricks, and in-depth tutorials for Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
Remember the old days when you tried to do Final Cut Pro tracking only to discover that “tracking” meant “watching your patience dissolve frame by frame”? Maybe you slapped a callout on someone’s head, and it tracked for three seconds…
You didn’t read the release notes of DaVinci Resolve 20.1. Fine. Here’s the short version: Resolve 20.1 gives you the buttons you wished existed (global effect search, keyframe curves, on-timeline retime), the looks you kept faking (Split Tone, film-style Diffuser,…
Starting out with Final Cut Pro is easier than you think. If you've ever used a computer before, you're already more qualified than you'd think.
So, what's the deal with L-Cut and J-Cut? Simply put, these cuts are editing techniques that allow the audio and video to transition at different times.
We picked the best 10 monitors for color grading to support you in pursuing flawless results. Each has been specially selected for its exceptional ability to meet the high demands of professionals.
Let’s face it, everyone’s seen those awkward jump cuts. If you’ve been wondering how to add transition in Final Cut Pro, you’re in the right place. Transitions can save you from that pit of despair by smoothing over your clips…
Big-resolution cameras shoot in tiny compressed codecs. The antidote is transcoding, turning those heavily compressed clips into formats FCP actually likes. Apple gives you two dials to twist: Optimized and Proxy media.
Which one should you go for: Final Cut Pro vs Premiere Pro? Both are industry-standard tools that will let you edit, trim, cut, and polish your footage to a professional level. Both have their devoted followers, and both will accomplish…
Remember the old days when you tried to do Final Cut Pro tracking only to discover that “tracking” meant “watching your patience dissolve frame by frame”? Maybe you slapped a callout on someone’s head, and it tracked for three seconds…
It's all rainbow and sunshine until you throw the wrong Final Cut Pro codec and watch your timeline crawl like a three‑legged tortoise. So let’s trudge through the riveting topic of what formats FCP accepts, what it merely tolerates, and…
This is the quickest route from “I just bought it” to “why didn’t Apple ship this in the box?” We’ll use MotionVFX’s mExtension as the poster child, but the same logic applies to any modern, self-respecting plugin installer.
While Keyframing in Final Cut Pro sounds intimidating, the reality is that if you can click a diamond and drag a slider, you can animate.
We’ll be taking up five distinct levels of Final Cut Pro color grading. At Level 1, you’ll be faking it just enough to fool casual viewers. By Level 5, you’ll be grading in Rec.2020 HDR and exporting LUTs like someone…
What ties all these complaints together is that they usually can be fixed, provided you know where to look and which levers to pull.
You might be under the impression that once your timeline is complete, you can just casually drag the final clip to your desktop and call it a day, but export in Final Cut Pro is a tad more deliberate than…
The plan is simple on paper: import media, slap it into something coherent, sprinkle titles and sound effects, pretend you’re Spielberg, and export a pristine 4K master.
