Redeem 7 Day Free Trial Click Here
Effective Storytelling with FCP X
In this new lynda.com course, author Diana Weynand shares a comprehensive method for finding, crafting, and developing a compelling story in Final Cut Pro X. The course covers key concepts such as building a primary storyline, evaluating content and pacing, trimming distracting clips, creating different story versions, and storyboarding. The course also explores how to capture and organize media, incorporate B-roll cutaways, apply the Ken Burns effect to still images, re-time music and clips, and apply finishing touches. Exercise files accompany the course.
In this course, you will learn valuable storytelling techniques that you can apply in Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere, or any nonlinear editing system. If you're not a subscriber to lynda.com, subscribe today to enjoy this course.
Read All About It In Diana's New Blog!
In all my years in training, I've taught and talked about editing systems and editing applications. That's been fun. I even wrote books on Avid and Final Cut Pro along the way. But I haven't gotten to share my passion for editing...until now. With my new Lynda.com course, "Effective Storytelling with Final Cut Pro X," I finally get to respond to all those students who, after taking a "how-to" class on a specific app or system, call me and say, "Where do I start? How do I dive into the mountain of footage I shot? I'm overwhelmed. Can you help?"
The answer is – yes, I can help. You'll find lots of tips and tricks for 'finding your story' in my "Effective Storytelling" course. I teach you what I refer to as 'the Michelangelo approach' where you find the story you want to tell in a mountain of footage, just as Michelangelo found his David in a hunk of marble. In addition to the content in my course, I'm also starting a companion blog called "Telling Stories." You see, it doesn't matter to me what medium you choose to tell a story. You can use photography, music, video, or play-doh. What matters is that you actually tell your story. And with guidance and practice, you'll become even more skilled and efficient. So join me and together we can journey back to our storytelling roots. In my blog, I'll share stories on the art and craft of storytelling and challenge you to develop compelling stories of your own. Join me! I'm sure we'll all have fun in the process.
Pro Audio To Go! - Available Now in the iTunes Store
Turn your iPhone into a Professional Audio Recorder
"This is the audio recording app we have been waiting for, without even knowing we were waiting for it! Incredible audio, with 48 Khz professional quality plus easy to use controls and a terrific user inferace. Beautifully designed and engineered, a quantum leap for field audio recording." Barry Clark, Producer, 'A Thousand Roads', 'Galapagos', 'Heart of Midnight'.
Pro Audio To Go turns your iPhone into a professional audio recorder for use on location by news reporters, journalists, documentarians, musicians, filmmakers, produers and editors. With one tap on your iPhone, you can record an AIFF audio file in 48 kHz. Upload the file directly to a FTP server or email it, then download and instantly begin using it in your editing system's timeline. No conversion necessary!
Designed for journalists at the Los Angeles CNN News Bureau and used by CNN on-air talent!
This app is ideal for any professional in news, documentary or film projects, music performance and production or anyone who needs torecord audio or music on-the-go. In addition, you can use it for your own voice overs, podcasts and narrations, while you're working in your home or office! Watch our Ad!
iKeysToGo: Photoshop CS5.5. Updated. Available now!
Calling all iPhone Users: Update your App!
This week we released an update of iKeysToGo Adobe Photoshop CS5.5. No matter whether you have been working on Photoshop for years or you are brand new to the software program, iKeysToGo is an effective learning tool, to teach you the more than 450 keyboard shortcuts. Learning keyboard shortcuts and definitions can help you cut corners and speed up your work process.
New Tutorial: Working with Selection Tools in CS5.5
The Selection Tools are located at the top of the Toolbar to the left and below the Move Tool. To Access the related tools of the special selection tool, click and hold on the tool to get the pop-up window with the other tool optons:
The Move Tool moves selections, layers and guides. The Marquee Tools make rectangular, elliptical, single row and single column functions. The Lasso Tools make freehand, polygonal (straight-edged) and magnetic (snap to) selections. Read more from our own Beverly Houwing our own in-house Adobe Certified Expert.
