Before your check out the interview on this NYC via Orlando alternative soul crooner, check out the teaser Drempt created for the interview with Peter Baldwin featured on CultureClimax.com.
Check out the teaser, then head over to Culture Climax for the interview! You won’t regret it!
Then be sure to check out more of Drempt’s productions here
Thanks!
~Arielle
This is the true story of 2 platforms picked to work together, and edit people who’s lives are taped, to find out what happens when Post people stop being polite, and start getting real…
The Real World – Edit Bay
Creative Cow Member, and Senior Vice President of Post Production of Bunim/Murray Productions, Mark Raudonis, wrote this fascinating article from an insider’s perspective on switching between two editing platforms. As an industry leader, BMP went from Avid to FCP and back to Avid. Check out the article to find out why they made the switch! In the business of storytelling, you need the best tools to tell your tale. This is Mark’s story.
~Arielle
I am not a videographer.
Although, I can operate a camera, I do not have the training to title myself Director of Photography. I have taken news and field camera classes and have shot numerous personal home videos and interviews for clients, but ask me about ISO and I go blank.
I am a video editor or I’ll even use the term video production professional.
As explained in this quote from Reel SEO, in an interview with a digital media director,
“A videographer has a more specific skill set, particularly around camera operation. A video production professional is more of a generalist, with the ability to think through the video production process end-to-end… Along with videography skills, a video production professional may need to aid with the full production process. They can aid with planning, setup and breakdown of a shoot location. They should also be able to aid with the post-production, including editorial advice.”
With that being said, as a video production professional I have had the opportunity to shoot most of the work I’ve edited on Drempt and have felt I did a good job behind the lens – this given the fact that I shoot with an editor’s eye.
Dylan Reeve, aka Edit Geek, wrote a list of must-see helpful tips for fellow editor/camera folks! As he calls it, these are tips for “shooting from my cosy seat, miles away and days or weeks later.”
~Arielle
FCP X was introduced this spring to mixed reviews. On one hand, Larry Jordan, industry guru, was a supporter and held many webinars on training. Not to mention numerous websites, like GeniusDV, having free tutorials.
On the other hand, Conan O’Brien mocked it in this clip.
With Apple’s FCP backlash came a 50% off discount this summer to switch over to Adobe Premiere Pro CS5. Adobe has even provided these .pdf’s highlighting how to switch to Premiere Pro if you’re coming from FCP or Avid.
And more recently, Avid announced a new Media Composer 6.
Alas, I am still running the now old school FCP7 with Drempt. I’ve done research on the other options, but I haven’t experienced any problems with FCP7, so I’m sticking with it for now.
This blog post from Oliver Peters on digitalfilm is a great resource and has definitely helped me get better at what I have! For those of you still using FCP it’s worth checking out: “Ten Tips for a Better Final Cut Pro Experience“
~Arielle
What were the best editing tips you’ve heard?
Where did you pick up those tips? Did you acquire them on you own or stumble upon them?
Drempt wants to know!
Did you scour the web and come across websites like Larry Jordan’s Final Cut Tip of the Day? A new tip is generated everyday!
Did you happen upon Avid‘s Forum and find “7 Quick Tips for More Efficient Editing“? Great tips on getting and staying organized!
Have you checked out Oliver Peter‘s blog post “Ten Tips for a Better Final Cut Pro Experience“?
Do you follow #PostChat on Twitter? A weekly meeting place for editors, where you can gain new perspectives from all around the world!
What about Drempt‘s past blog post “Tips and Tricks and Lists, Oh My“? That was a fun post to research! 
Please share in the comment section your best editing tips! Whether your a beginner or a seasoned professional, we can always learn something new!
Thanks!
~Arielle
Drempt wants to get back into sharing tutorials. There are so many great resources out there worth sharing; here’s one tutorial that’s great to keep in your back pocket. 
Blurring out a face or logo in Final Cut Pro. Today’s tip brought to you by the helpful folks at Genius DV. They have an everlasting plethora of free tutorials for FCP, Motion, Avid, and Photoshop.
I had always wondered how to get that blur in the right place and learned about the Superimpose function. Makes perfect sense! Now that I got the settings down, I can’t wait to give it a try!
~Arielle
Who doesn’t want to enhance their videos? A great way to add some visual excitement is to utilize the mattes!
As Genius DV so eloquently describes
“travel mattes can add another dimension to your Final Cut Pro project by allowing you to conceal part of a video image with a shape, while selectively focusing on an area of interest in your video.”
In a 3-part tutorial series, found on Creative Cow, Walter Biscardi (comically) shows you how to create the matte and apply it to Final Cut!
First, is “Travel Mattes part 1: The Basics” explaining what a travel matte is and how alpha differs from luma.
Part 2 is a tutorial about “Adding animation and drop shadows.” Applying that drop shadow is not as easy as you’d think! Check out the video here to see how to do it!
Last, part 3 of the series explains how to “Enhance your interviews.” It add new visual stimulation by having text, backgrounds, video and travel mattes! It’s a fun way to show your interview and b-roll at the same time!
~Arielle
Back to some FCP tips now on Drempt.
I’m working on a video where there are a ton of still photos I need to add. In my research, I found great sites with really helpful posts that break down the science of pixels, formats, and Adobe color vs. Apple color.
Larry Jordan, FCP Master, so eloquently describes
“that images on our computer are not the same as images we see in video. They differ in color space, color sampling, gray scale, bit depth, and, worst of all, the aspect ratio of their respective pixels.”
He provides images showing the dreaded stretched-out Phtoshop image in your FCP canvas and supplies a helpful chart for how to size our desired image, so you never get that stretched effect..
In this other Larry Jordan article, he helps us out by providing a chart of image sizes when your working with non-transparent images. He is covering all of our bases! And if you want to read more about the sciences of Photoshop color vs. Apple color, check out this article and get schooled. It goes into detail about fixed resolution, interlacing, color, and video gamma.
FCP Daily had a post on the how’s and why’s of sizing your stills to save on render times. When working in Photoshop, you’ll want to save your files as JPG, PICT, PNG, or TIFF. And before you do that, you’ll want your image to be 8-bit channel and switch to RGB color!
While using Photoshop, this Genius DV article shares how to size and save your layers before opening the files in Final Cut. There’s a helpful picture tutorial walking you through the steps in Photoshop.
That really helped clear things up for me, hope it helps you too! If I missed some tips that you want to share, leave a comment!
~Arielle
Pop quiz yourself with these cool Final Cut Pro flash-cards I just found online. They may seem a little bit geared towards a FCP novice, but fun to play nonetheless!
Check them out here. There’s 114 of them, so you never know, you may learn something new!
~Arielle
