Tuesday, May 29, 2007 Filed in:
Apple
Do you like carpal tunnel?
Stop clicking on each window in FCP when you
want to use it and start using keyboard
shortcuts! With a little practice,
you’ll be flying around the different
windows without clicking.
- Command
1 =
Viewer
- Command
2 =
Canvas
- Command
3 =
Timeline
- Command
4 =
Browser
- Command
5 =
Effects Tab in the Browser
- Command
6 =
Favorites Bin in new Window
- Command
7 = Trim
Edit.
- Command
8 = Log
and Capture Window
- Shift
Command 8 = Log and Transfer
Window
Like this
tip? It comes from the book
Final Cut Studio On the
Spot from Focal
Press.
Sunday, May 27, 2007 Filed in:
Motion
Graphics | Apple
I know both of
the authors on this book and I am looking
forward to reading it (as soon as I finish
my own updates that is). But if you have no
looming deadlines... I strongly suggest
checking out this cool title.
Apple Pro Training Series:
Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut
Studio
“This practical
book focuses on just the parts of Final Cut
Studio that editors and designers need to create
motion graphics in their daily work. Using
footage from the BBC archives along with Motion,
Final Cut Pro, and Live Type (all included in
Final Cut Studio), you’ll build
broadcast-quality titles, motion menus, show
bumpers, and news opens. As with the other titles
in the Apple Pro Training Series, each chapter in
this Apple-authorized guide represents a complete
lesson--with projects to complete and a review
section to reinforce the lessons. Author and
video editor/producers Mark Spencer and Jem
Schofield begin by introducing the basics of
creating an animated title sequence with Final
Cut Pro. From there, you’ll learn
everything from text animation, compositing, and
keyframing to 3D set creation and camera
animation. Step-by-step exercises and a DVD with
project and media files will have you creating
stunning motion graphics in no time.”
You can order it here
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 Filed in:
Conferences
I'll be at the
Podcast and New Media
Expo in California. This three
day event is all about podcasting and the
such. I'll be teachign a class called
– Field Production Strategies for
Video Podcasting. If you plan to attend, I'd
love to catch up. The event will be held
September 28-30 in Ontario, California (not
far from LA). Hope to see some of you there.
Monday, May 14, 2007 Filed in:
Adobe
The other day we needed to
convert a VERY BIG Quark file to work with
InDesign. We seemed stumped (and stuck) as
InDesign only supports importing Quark 4.0
files or older.
Fortunately, money could solve this problem (I
know... that's often the case). A useful
recommendation from an Adobe colleague pointed me
towards Markzware
and
Q2ID for the conversion.
The short review... it works! Spending $199 to
save having to rekey 250 pages is worth it in my
book. Currently it only works with CS1 or CS2....
but you can always convert, then promote the
document forward.
Sunday, May 13, 2007 Filed in:
Adobe
Thanks
to Scott Kelby
for
pointing this one out.
Gary Logsdon has posted 101 Photoshop tips
that
work with most versions of Photoshop. There
are a lot of useful ones here that save time
and effort. What's also nice is the ability to
download the tips as a PDF file to save to
your computer for the future.
What's not to like about free tips?
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