Yanobox the creators of Motype have created a text animation plugin that works in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express. Motype is powered by Fxfactory Pro. So it is essential to download FxFactory for free in order to use the plugin.
For all the editors in the world [...]

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Alex Gollner editor, designer and ideas man, made a cool free plugin that makes the closing credits in Final Cut Pro very cool and easy to use . Alex also has the instructions posted on his blog on how to install the plugin. To download the plugin you will find the highlighted link [...]

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Not happening! Tomorrow I’m going to shoot the audience for the private screening for Dogs of Chinatown. Only problem is I can’t figure out how to capture directly to my computer with a firewire connection to my camera. I can do it with no problem if I use DV-NTSC and capture in [...]

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I hope I don’t confuse you with this video. It really is simple.
How to Make Chapter Markers In Final Cut Pro for DVD Studio Pro from Andy Coon on Vimeo.

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DvShade Easylooks is a color grading plugin for FCP/Express/Motion that is part of FxFactory that you can use without purchasing FxFactory…pretty cool. I absolutely love this plugin. By just adding this one filter you have over 30 presets at your fingertips to make your ordinary footage look extraordinary.
Usability
It is so easy to use. [...]

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Why? Can anyone give me a reason why capturing HDV always crashes the log and capture and the timecode breaks so easily. The only setting that I can use without any worries is the Apple Intermediate Codec. The problem with that codec is the same as the HDV, it breaks the video [...]

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Thanks to the Digital Production Buzz for cluing me in on a new plugin from yousendit.com for Final Cut Pro. When I was at the HOW conference in Atlanta in 07 a rep from yousendit.com told me about this. But it was only in development at that time. Here is the info from [...]

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When I first installed Boris Final Effects Complete 5, I was pretty unimpressed. I felt it was pretty ordinary and I was really bummed that a top name like Boris would put out a product like this. If you just drop these filters on your video tracks you would get those results. [...]

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I wasted yet another day trying to figure out how to run a Qmaster Cluster between my desktop and my laptop while encoding a file for DVD Authoring. Bad news is I tried so many tutorials and looked endlessly through the compressor/qmaster discussion board and found jibberish…until I came across a post that had [...]

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Final Cut Pro Tutorial: How To Bleep Out Words So Your Mama Doesn’t Hear It from Andy Coon on Vimeo.

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