Larry Jordan's Newsletter: Feb. 26, 2024

February 26, 2024

Lots of goodies this week. My lead story is a changed behavior I discovered in Final Cut Pro - it seems FCP no longer links to Photoshop files dynamically. This makes working with PSD files a lot more difficult.

Link: Adobe Photoshop Files No Longer Dynamically Link to Apple Final Cut Pro

Last week, I ran a tribute to Robert Dalva, the man who invented the timeline. Well, that generated a lot of reminiscences. But, my background is video, not film. So, this week, I have an article sharing memories of the early days of video.

Link: Stories from the Past – 2″ Video Tape

In the news:

Adobe recently updated Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Bridge and Media Encoder. New Premiere features include enhanced speech clean-up, export directly to TikTok, streamlined proxy creation, new support for color fonts and emojis, and support for the Sony Burano camera

Link: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/whats-new.html

A couple of weeks ago, I ran an article on how to keep your gear safe from cyber-attack. However it lacked specifics on what we can do to protect ourselves. Phillippe Neron provided this link to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Link: www.nist.gov/cyberframework/getting-started/quick-start-guide

EVRapp released a new version of ChronoX for Final Cut Pro. Here's my review.

Link: Review: ChronoX 2 for Apple Final Cut Pro

I'm getting reports of current versions of DaVinci Resolve having problems with M3 Macs and H.264/HEVC hardware encoding. The workaround is to use software encoding for output. If this affects you, please visit Resolve support. This does not seem to affect Intel, M1 or M2 systems.

Smartsound, a long-time supplier of adjustable, royalty-free music, continues releasing new albums every month. Their host software is a free download. Albums have a one-time cost. Learn more about their latest releases here.

Link: https://www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/searchresults

FXFactory continues releasing new plugins and effects almost weekly. If you haven't visited their site recently, there are a lot of fun, new demos to watch.

Link: www.fxfactory.com

NAB Show registration for 2024 is open. The exhibit hall runs from April 14 (Sunday) - April 17 (Wednesday). Registration costs money on the NAB site, but if you know an exhibitor, they have tons of free tickets to share.

Link: https://nabshow.com/2024/

In this Premiere Pro tutorial, I look at ways to adjust audio placement within a frame. I'm using this technique on a current project. It's fast and helps a lot.

Link: Adjust Audio By Milliseconds in Adobe Premiere Pro

Then, I looked at how to slip audio within a frame inside Final Cut Pro. It isn't as easy as Premiere, but yields similar results.

Link: Adjust Audio in Sub-Frame Increments in Apple Final Cut Pro

I haven't decided if I'm going to NAB this year. I always enjoy the show, though. There's always interesting new products and ideas to discover and learn. It is also a fast way to get an overview of our industry. Hmm... I may talk myself into it. In any case, change is a constant and constantly accelerating. Always remember that our job is not technology but story-telling. At our best, we enable our clients to reach audiences with messages that matter. That requires a creative spirit and an ability to find paths past problems.

Until next week, stay healthy, stay hopeful and edit well.