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...

There are any number of ways to accomplish time lapse photography which is a series of images, viewed as a video sequence in a compressed duration. The most straight forward method is to record video in real time and speed up its playback in post. The down side is that to span a long interval of time, you end up working with a very large video file. An alternative is to assemble a series of still photos taken at a fixed interval over a long period of time. Here are my thoughts on how to do that and a sample of 6 clips to help illustrate options with the GoPro HD Hero2 - 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...

A strong recommendation for the excellent and free Final Cut Pro X training video modules provided by Izzy Hayman - by David R. Beebe Read More...

MakeMKV, while in Beta, is an excellent way to port your BluRay content to play on your WDTV Live Hub Media Player - 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...

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...

Not to imply that this equipment list is the best possible (even at this moment in time before they are all outdated), but I've selected Canon and Macintosh products that yield excellent results - by David R. Beebe Read More...