Using the Tangent Element in Final Cut Pro X

Using the Tangent Element in Final Cut Pro X 1

This week on MacBreak Studio, returning special guest Sam Mestman shows our host Steve Martin from Ripple Training how he uses the Tangent Element to control Final Cut Pro X. Sam, who is behind the shared storage solutions from LumaForge, has figured out how to map Final Cut Pro’s keyboard commands to the buttons, knobs, […]

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AE for Editors: Prolost Speedramp

AE for Editors: Prolost Speedramp 2

Speed ramps used to be rare, and before that, nonexistent. Slow motion has long been a part of cinema—it mirrors the psychology of how we recollect powerful or traumatic moments—but the ability to swoop gracefully in and out of slow mo belongs to the era of Phantom cameras and now, camera phones that can record 250fps […]

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ART OF THE CUT with Ken Burns’ doc editor Craig Mellish, ACE

ART OF THE CUT with Ken Burns' doc editor Craig Mellish, ACE 4

Documentary editing is an art form that requires tremendous patience, skill and imagination. Eisenstein’s theories about the juxtaposition of images are constantly on display in documentary film. Director David Mamet said, “This is good filmmaking: to juxtapose images.” That is the essence of editing, of course, but in particular, documentary editing. This series has done […]

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