FCP X 10.0.4 was released in mid-April, 2012. It brings to the table a lot of new features. To my great relief, it has also solved my orphaned frame problem outlined in my 3/22 note. - by David R. Beebe Read More...

FCP X has a feature to group clips together into a single virtual clip in the timeline. While this works well for managing 2 portrait oriented clips side-by-side, it has some unwanted results when grouping many clips together. - by David R. Beebe Read More...

Keyboard Maestro makes short work of repetitive tasks by giving you the ability to easily record macros. I find this really useful in FCP X. - by David R. Beebe Read More...

I find it to be an amazing oversight, either in my search capabilities or in the lack of information available on the best project length to fill a BD-R disc from FCP X - by David R. Beebe Read More...

Post-production video stabilization comparison between Final Cut Pro X and iStabilize - by David R. Beebe Read More...

First impressions on making the transition from Final Cut Express to Final Cut Pro X - by David R. Beebe Read More...

I've compiled my notes on authoring BluRay content on BD (instead of DVDs) using Roxio Toast to give you a head start - by David R. Beebe Read More...

Netmedia's Timecode Calculator is an invaluable tool for matching video sequences to royal-free music candidates of the appropriate duration - by David R. Beebe Read More...

If you work in Aperture, Lightroom or Photoshop, you owe it to yourself to check out the excellent plug-ins from NiK Software. They will simplify your workflow and amaze you with the results for black & white and color processing, pre and post -production sharpening, etc. - by David R. Beebe Read More...

A reminder that Macintosh OS X is unix-based which lets you leverage the power of the rsync command for doing incremental backups of your SD media from your AVCHD camcorder - by David R. Beebe Read More...

Its been a love-hate relationship with Roxio's Toast but since there is little else to use on Macintosh, I wanted to share my observations on making it work - by David R. Beebe Read More...

I've done a lot of testing for the best export settings from Final Cut Express so you don't have to - by David R. Beebe Read More...

How to use iStabilize as an external video editor from Final Cut Express - by David R. Beebe Read More...

Its far from perfect but if you need to retain audio with a lot of wind noise on a video clip, try this filter in Final Cut Express - by David R. Beebe Read More...

I've been editing AVCHD video clips with Final Cut Express for a year now and wanted to share with you my observations - by David R. Beebe Read More...

There are a number of ways to import AVCHD video clips into Final Cut Express and each has pros and cons - by David R. Beebe Read More...

I import still images into every video project, here is an overview of my workflow from Aperture to Final Cut Express- by David R. Beebe Read More...