Final Cut Pro & Motion
Mark Spencer is a freelance producer, editor, teacher and writer based in the Bay Area. His company Day Street Productions is a production and post studio focused on corporate video. He is an Apple-certified instructor for Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, and Motion, teaching for organizations such as BAVC, Stanford University, DVExpo, MacWorld, and consulting for corporations and individuals. He is the author of the Apple Pro Training Series book Motion Graphics and Visual Effects from Peachpit Press and has written for print and online publicat...
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Exploring the Camera in Apple Motion on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | April 13, 2012
In Part 1 of a 3-part series, Mark Spencer demonstrates working in 3D space in Motion. He shows Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to arrange sets, add a camera, and navigate a 3D environment.
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On MacBreak Studio Live
By Mark Spencer | April 13, 2012
Mark Spencer and Steve Martin from Ripple Training welcome Alexis Van Hurkman for a discussion on Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve. They discuss the business of color grading, what you need to build out your own color grading suite, and the pros & cons of some of the many color grading packages available.
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Part 2 of 2 on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | April 10, 2012
On this episode of MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin is joined by special guest Alexis Van Hurkman to dive deeper into Blackmagic Design's color grading software, DaVinci Resolve. They show you an easy way to round trip your Final Cut Pro X projects with your DaVinci Resolve color work, including how to maintain color work you've already done in Final Cut Pro.By the way, if you missed Part 1, you can see it here.
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Part 1 of 2 on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | April 10, 2012
On this episode of MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin is joined by special guest Alexis Van Hurkman to show Steve how to get started and navigate through Blackmagic Design's color grading software, DaVinci Resolve.In Part 2, Alexis shows Steve how to roundtrip between Final Cut Pro X and Resolve - check that out here.
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The overshadowed update on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | March 21, 2012
On this week's MacBreak Studio, I discuss the features of the Motion 5.0.2 update with Steve Martin from Ripple Training. Why is there an image of Final Cut Pro X above? Well, these same new features are also available in Final Cut Pro X. Go figure.
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This Week on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | March 13, 2012
Steve Martin from Ripple Training show us one of the great under-reported features of the Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 update - relinking media - and gives us some interesting usage scenarios.
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Part 3 of a 3-part Series on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | March 08, 2012
This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training and I conclude our 3-part introduction to multicam editing in Final Cut Pro X. In the first episode which you can see here, we discussed synchronizing clips; in the second, which you can see here, we discussed real-time editing, and today, we talk about how to clean up your edit: changing camera angles, trimming, and more.
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Part 2 of a 3-part series on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | March 01, 2012
This is the second of a 3-part series on MacBreak Studio where Steve Martin from Ripple Training and I discuss the new Multicam editing features in the Final Cut Pro 10.0.3 update. In this episode we focus on how to edit a multicam clip in real time. If you missed Part 1, you can see it here.
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Part 1 of a 3-part series on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | February 27, 2012
This is the first of a 3-part series on MacBreak Studio where Steve Martin from Ripple Training and I discuss the new Multicam editing feature in the Final Cut Pro 10.0.3 update. In this episode we focus on importing and syncing clips.
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Building your own custom slider on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | February 23, 2012
On this week's MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin the slider I built and used on our recent Napa Valley winery shoot. I purchased the parts for the slider here and here.
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Including answers to questions we couldn't get to during the show
By Mark Spencer | February 20, 2012
On Thursday's MacBreak Studio: Live show we discussed the Final Cut Pro 10.0.3 update, diving in deep on features big and small.
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Setting Up a Rig in Motion 5 on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | February 09, 2012
On this week's MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to build a rig in Motion 5 in order to provide more creative options for the Final Cut Pro X editor.
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7 Professional Editors Share Their FCP X Experiences
By Mark Spencer | February 09, 2012
You probably already know of Philip Bloom from his DSLR adventures. He recently asked seven professional editors to talk about their experiences with Final Cut Pro X. It's a fascinating read, including the growing list of comments at the end of the article. Check it out here.
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Multicamera Editing in Final Cut Pro X
By Mark Spencer | February 05, 2012
Steve Martin (Ripple Training) and I just completed a tutorial on multi-camera editing for the Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 update. In that tutorial, we used 5 camera angles from a 5-camera music video greenscreen shoot we produced, plus two other angles: one for clean audio, one for some motion graphics.
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Motion 5 Publishing Tips on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | February 04, 2012
On this week's MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Rippletraining.com how to give the Final Cut Pro X editor greater creative control over their titles thanks to the publishing features in Motion 5.
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On MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | January 19, 2012
I do a lot of audio editing for our Rippletraining.com tutorials. I used to use Soundtrack Pro, but I've found I can be much faster using the tools in Final Cut Pro X thanks to the magnetic timeline and auto-save features. On this week's MacBreak Studio, I show host Steve Martin why I like using FCP X for editing audio so much.
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Playing with Cards in Motion on MacBreak Studio
By Mark Spencer | January 11, 2012
On this week's MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin some fancy card tricks you can play when you create particles out of an image sequence.
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Yes, Virginia, you can even do 3-point back-timed edits
By Mark Spencer | January 04, 2012
In this edition of MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin shows me how to do 3-point editing in Final Cut Pro X.
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Changing cell color and exchanging media
By Mark Spencer | December 23, 2011
On this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve a couple of tips when working with particle emitters in Motion. We are using Motion 5, but everything we discuss will work in Motion 4 - even Motion 3!
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Yes, you can do multi-cam editing in FCP X today - on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin shows me how
By Mark Spencer | December 16, 2011
While Apple has announced that a full multi-cam feature will be available for Final Cut Pro X in "early 2012", in this episode of MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows me how you can easily do a multi-cam edit of two camera angles, synchronized to dual-system audio, in Final Cut Pro X right now.
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