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Last week's webinar - Multicam & Double-System Editing in DaVinci Resolve - looked at three different ways to do multicam editing - double-system, Sync bin and traditional multicam editing. We also looked at preferences that prevent effective multicam editing, along with trimming and color grading multicam clips. (The color grading tip alone is worth the price of the webinar!)
Link: Multicam & Double-System Editing in DaVinci Resolve 19
My next webinar is in two weeks and covers audio cleanup, editing and mixing in the Resolve > Fairlight audio page. Similar to Adobe Audition, this powerful tool not only mixes audio from Resolve projects, but easily imports projects from other NLEs (think Final Cut) for audio cleanup and mixing. If your audio is important to you, you'll want to see this session.
Link: FREE Registration to Larry's Fairlight Webinar
Thinking of Resolve, this tutorial shows how the Sync bin works. This feature is unique to Resolve and is designed for editing multicam projects where you are cutting material to shape a story. (Traditional multicam works best when the audio track is essentially complete.) The Sync bin shows all available images for that moment in time. It took me a while to figure out, but it is a very cool technique.
Link: Use the Sync Bin for Multicam Editing in DaVinci Resolve 19
While we are talking about multicam editing, here's one more excerpt from last week's webinar: A Resolve multicam stress test to see how many 4K streams Resolve can edit. This example is both fun and short.
Link: Stress Testing Multicam Editing in DaVinci Resolve 19
Final Cut is not forgotten, however. Luis asked me if there was an easy way to create burned-in captions and there is! But Apple did a really good job of hiding the secret.
Link: Create Burn-in Captions in Apple Final Cut Pro
Finally, one of the hidden interface elements in Final Cut is workspaces. Not only do they exist, but you can create your own. In this tutorial, I show how to access and customize workspaces, plus how to create a keyboard shortcut for it using Finder shortcuts.
Link: Final Cut Pro Workspaces – A Better Way to Organize the Interface
As you probably noticed, Apple released a major new version of the macOS last week. As you may not have noticed, this new version immediately started causing problems with security software, along with minor issues across multiple apps. Yes, this new version brings us access to Apple Intelligence (Apple's version of AI), but those AI features won't be shipping for months yet. Yes, the new version has improved security, but better security won't help if the key apps you use every day don't work reliably.
As usual, my advice is to wait on upgrading to any major new macOS version until Apple releases a .1 upgrade. Give Apple and third-party developers time to find and fix problems and stabilize the OS. Keep in mind that Apple has split security updates from OS updates, so you can keep your Mac secure without needing to upgrade to the latest OS. For now, I'm sticking with macOS Sonoma 14.6.1. I'll keep you informed when my opinion changes.
Until next Monday, stay healthy, stay hopeful and edit well.
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