Is FCPX Too Easy to Use?

There’s been a dull roar recently about the introduction of FCPX at NAB. Some editors have complained that the new application, particularly the GUI overhaul, is too much like iMovie. Many of the complicated tasks that seasoned pros have become adept at navigating may be simplified or outright eliminated in this new version. I wonder if this simplification of editing is driving some of these...

Content Survey

I have a created a short survey that will help us craft content that fits our audience. Please take a quick moment to fill out this one short page; http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LKLSK5J Thanks for your continued support of the Seattle Final Cut pro User Group!

New Final Cut Studio at NAB?

I’m attending the FCP SuperMeet in Las Vegas next Tuesday. This is an annual meeting at NAB of all of the FCP User Groups from all over the world. In it’s 10th year, the SuperMeet has been an opportunity for firms to make short presentations about how their products are helpful to Editors. This year’s event had an agenda posted that included the same group of presenters....

Encoding for Vimeo

HD Video Encoding for Vimeo using Compressor from Ed McNichol on Vimeo. Instructional screencast showing how to use Apple’s Compressor to encode HD content for uploading to Vimeo. Screen grabs of this process and the droplet created in this tutorial can be downloaded from; mcnichol.com/​vimeo.htm © 2008 Mumbian Enterprises,...