How To: Create a Pleasantville effect in Final Cut Pro
This tutorial tells you how to desaturate the image and leave a single color using Final Cut Pro.
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How To: Create a bleach bypass look in Final Cut Pro 6
This is a tutorial on how to achieve the "bleach bypass" film look in Final Cut Pro.
How To: Create the Apple reflection effect in Final Cut Pro
This tutorial shows you how to easily create the trendy image reflection look popularized by Apple and other design-focused companies using nothing but the tools that ship with Final Cut Pro.
How To: Match color hue in Final Cut Pro
Master broadcast editor Bill Cammack teaches us and Matt how to match color hue in Final Cut Pro. Learn as Master Bill explains the basic technique used for matching shots.
How To: Color correct white balance in Final Cut Pro
Master Bill Cammack guides Matt and viewers alike through the process of correcting white balance using Final Cut Pro's three-way color corrector effect.
How To: Export video to the web with Final Cut Pro
Once you have your finished video, how do you best export it for the web? Israel Hyman has experimented with many settings, and this is the one he likes the best (using Final Cut Pro). What you’ll see in this tutorial, is just one way.
How To: Create Matrix-like effects using Final Cut Pro
Are you still amazed by the special effects used in the movie Matrix? Now you can add similar effects to your video! Watch and see how to use some creative editing in Final Cut Pro to get it done.
How To: Create a blur in Final Cut Pro
You can learn how to create a blur to hide someone’s face in Final Cut Pro. The travel mat luma merges the top layer with the bottom layer and the black area is transparent.
How To: Add dissolves & transitions using Final Cut Pro
Once you've arranged your clips on the Final Cut Pro timeline you may want to add transitions between them. Adding dissolves and other effects to clips helps to create a smooth transition in your videos. They can also be fun and creative.
How To: Use the snapping tool in Final Cut Pro
The snapping function (the magnetic attraction between two clips or to the playhead) is sometimes very helpful and other times really annoying in Final Cut Pro. In this video you will learn to turn it on and off. A cool trick is to use the keyboard hot key to quickly turn the feature on and off.
How To: Add motion templates to create lower thirds in FCP
If you have ever seen the motion graphics stream across the screen on your favorite TV show, news cast or game show, and dreamed of having that on your own videos, your prayers have been answered. Final Cut Pro, part of Final Cut Studio 2, lets you add some extremely cool and highly customizable Motion templates to your footage to add some pizzazz. David Basulto shows you how to create lower thirds in this tutorial.
How To: Safely kick your opponent's shield in boffer larp combat
If shield kicking is legal in your game, here's how you can safely and effectively kick your opponents shield (and perhaps even knock them down). Know what's a good target, and a good way to deliver the kick without exposing your leg to be hit in turn.
How To: Reset the speedometer on a Chrysler
Knowing how fast you're going is an important part of safe, legal driving. If you own a Chrysler and your speedometer has stopped working, there is hope. Watch this video for the procedure you need to reset the speedometer on a newish Chrysler.
How To: Download music from MySpace in high quality
This how-to video shows you how to download music from MySpace in good quality. This method is one hundred percent free and legal as long as you don't share the files with anybody other than yourself. The video shows viewers everything from accessing the artists music page of which you would like to download songs from, to clicking the get files button and getting your music. If you use this method of downloading music you will bypass paying a dollar per song and still keep things legal.
How To: Beat Final Fantasy X (FFX) on the Playstation 2 (PS2)
If your having trouble with Square Enix's Final Fantasy X (FFX) these videos are for you. These videos show you how to complete the game on the PS2.
How To: Beat Playstation's (PS) Final Fantasy IX (FF9 or FFIX)
Here is a sequence of videos that walk you through how to beat the popular PS game Final Fantasy 9, part of the Final Fantasy Series, for the original Playstation.
How To: Scout for locations, guerilla style
No, this isn't location scouting in the professional, industry term, where often paperwork and legal matters become involved. We mean it in the way that guerrilla filmmakers mean it.
How To: Properly notarize your documents through a legal notary
Sometimes--no matter how much you may want to avoid any trouble--you just have to swallow it up and do it the smart way. Notarizing your documents helps you avoid fraud.
News: Netflix & Verizon Could Be Headed Towards a Legal Battle
For quite some time, Netflix and Verizon have been duking it out, and it seems that things have just a little saltier between the two:
How To: Conform Canon 5dmk2 footage from 30p to 24p in Final Cut Studio 2
A tutorial using Final Cut Studio 2 on how to convert footage shot in 30p to perfect 24p. Used in the short Sofia's People. Can't quite figure out why you have two of the same filters in FCP? This quick clip will sort you out. Whether you're new to Apple's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more...
How To: Convert Canon EOS H264 video to Apple ProRes 422 for editing in Final Cut Pro
In this clip, learn how to convert photo shot on a Canon EOS DSLR camera to Apple ProRes for convenient editing in Final Cut Pro Studio. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.
How To: Pick a 700 series American Lock
Grab a thin tension wrench and a thicker tension wrench, combine them with your favorite pick, and you'll be ready to unlock that 700 series American Lock that you, or someone you know has lost the key to.
How To: Earn large amounts of gold through crafting in World of Warcraft
This video shows you several tips and strategies for earning large amounts of gold in the game World of Warcraft. Everything here is perfectly legal - it's all about strategy and making good decisions about crafting and in the auction house.
How To: Get free currency, lindens, tokens and peds for your online games
MetaRL is a site you can sign up with that will let you accrue points that you can cash in for free online currency in your favorite online game. It's a very secure and perfectly legal way to get game currency without having to hack your games.
How To: Acquire legal ownership of an abandoned car
Been keeping an eye on the car that's been sitting on the side of the freeway for the last month? This video shows you how to legally acquire the title for an abandoned vehicle. You'll need the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) and license plate number to locate the owner. Then work out the transfer title, and the car's yours!
How To: Open an envelope secretly so no one finds out
Opening someone else's mail without permission is a felony offense, but if you really need to read someone else's mail and don't want them to know about it, watch this video. It will show you how to open an envelope and reseal it secretly, protecting you from anger and legal action.
How To: Pick the right sperm donor for you
Just getting the pretty boy genes shouldn't be the only thing you go for. When going for artificial insemination, there's also plenty of rules that you may not be aware of. In this video you'll learn about how the process works to a degree, and what sort of legal actions you should take in the process.
How To: Ride in a group of bicycles
The riding style demonstrated in this how-to video is very common to take, is legal, and encouraged. If the road is too narrow or there is too much traffic, it might be safer to ride single file to make room for other vehicles. Watch this video cycling tutorial and learn how to ride in a group of bicycles.
How To: Obtain free and legal music for your amateur filming
Several great YouTubers have had their accounts suspended for illegally using copyrighted music from those easily agitated big record labels. This episode of Jim Shorts covers places you can go to find awesome music for your videos that won't end your YouTube career.
How To: Use BitTorrent and download Torrents
Torrents can also be used to download trial software quicker than regular speeds, if you have enough seeders and such, and the direct download speed is really slow.
How To: Install a trailer wiring harness on a Chevy Aveo
If you want to pull a small trailer with the Chevy Aveo, you are going to need some wiring for the trailer lights. This video will demonstrate how easy it is to connect a modulite circuit protected wiring harness. Now, even though you don't have a truck, you can run to the hardware store to pick up supplies and it will be safe, convenient, and legal.
How To: Pet proof your house
Reviews of products used to protect your home, family, and other pets. Also, we'll have a look at the legal side of pet damage in a rental property and how to prevent it.
How to Final Cut Tutorial: Creating Lightsabers, Keyframing M
Playing around with plastic lightsabers is juvenile; playing around with digitally generated, realistic-looking lightsabers is gangsta.
How To: Create a teleporation effect on Final Cut Studio
Unless you happen to be the real life version of Hayden Christensen's character from the movie "Jumper," who has the magical gift of teleportation, traveling from one place to another simply by will is a power restrained to science fiction novels and movies.
How To: Blur out images in Final Cut Pro so you won't get sued
Andy Coon made this tutorial so users of Final Cut Pro can learn how to blur out images so they won't get sued.
How To: Add music with Final Cut Pro
Learn how to add music to your project using Final Cut Pro and incorporate it smoothly.
How To: Add text and titles in Final Cut Pro projects
Learn how to add titles, credits, and other text to your project using Final Cut Pro.
How To: Edit multicam footage with Final Cut Pro
Matt, the Shirtless Apprentice, follows up his last segment on syncing timecode for a multi-camera shoot with a quick explanation on how to utilize this technique in the edit. Learn how quick and easy multi-camera editing can be when using the multicam function in Final Cut Pro.
How To: Create dissolves with Final Cut Pro
In this video tutorial you will learn to create dissolves in Final Cut Pro. There are many different ways to dissolve between one clip to the next. These transitions are recommended by Dvplace.
How To: Choose external drive options for Final Cut Pro
Larry Jordan explains the advantages and trade-offs of various external drive solutions, compares data rates or FireWire drives vs. SATA drives, what solutions work the best and how to avoid clogging your Final Cut Pro workflow.