I have some sad personal news to report. Long-time colleague and personal friend, Debbie Price, passed away last week. She was hugely instrumental in everything we did. I have a tribute.
No webinar this week. However, I continue to need photos of "audio production in the real-world." My hope is to share this as a webinar in the next few weeks. Please send me behind-the-scenes photos of how you are setting mics, recording or mixing audio on set or location. If possible, include a description of what you did. Remember, these will be publicized so they need to be released.
I have four video excerpts from last week's
Ask Larry Anything! webinar. Each of these came from an audience question. The first is designed for all of us: Ideas to help you grow your free-lance business.
Next looks at those metadata tags in Final Cut Pro: how to add & modify them.
The third discusses when to use photo scanners vs. copy stands for digitizing.
And, finally, I have a detailed tutorial on how to create, modify and delete keyframes in Apple Motion to animate movement.
My first updated tutorial looks at how to create adjustment layers in Apple Motion for Final Cut Pro. Adjustment layers allow you to apply an effect to one clip that affects all the clips below it. This is a great way to apply the Broadcast Safe filter or color effects to multiple clips at once.
My second updated tutorial looks at how to use custom overlays in Final Cut. I use this particular technique weekly in my editing, only to discover that I never wrote it up. Well, time to change that.
Also, a follow-on to my earlier comment, two of the powered docks that I own don't supply enough power for A/D audio converters (like FocusRite) or video connectors (like CamLink). I was getting very stuttery performance. Once I connected these peripherals directly to the computer, these stutter problems went away. I'm now looking at Thunderbolt docks that provide more power to the connected peripheral. If you are experiencing similar problems, take the dock out of the circuit. I'll let you know how my research goes.
The big Northeast snowstorm on Saturday blanketed us with about 2 feet of snow. Made me glad I wasn't driving to work. But it reminded me of my days in broadcast news where bad weather meant a road trip with the mobile unit, rather than taking shelter. I miss those days, though I do prefer being warm!
Stay safe, stay healthy and, until next Monday, edit well.
