Final Cut Pro X Tutorials

A strong recommendation for the excellent and free Final Cut Pro X training video modules provided by Izzy Hayman - by David R. Beebe
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Authoring BluRay For WDTV Live Hub Media Player

MakeMKV, while in Beta, is an excellent way to port your BluRay content to play on your WDTV Live Hub Media Player - by David R. Beebe
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Authoring BluRay For BD-R

I've compiled my notes on authoring BluRay content on BD (instead of DVDs) using Roxio Toast to give you a head start - by David R. Beebe
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Timecode Calculator

Netmedia's Timecode Calculator is an invaluable tool for matching video sequences to royal-free music candidates of the appropriate duration - by David R. Beebe
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Camera lenses vs. scopes

Commentary on the digiscoping trend of pairing spotting scopes and small digital cameras vs. DSLRs and telephoto lenses - by David R. Beebe
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NIK Software Plug-ins

If you work in Aperture, Lightroom or Photoshop, you owe it to yourself to check out the excellent plug-ins from NiK Software. They will simplify your workflow and amaze you with the results for black & white and color processing, pre and post -production sharpening, etc. - by David R. Beebe
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Cotton Carrier Camera Vest

Having seen advertisements in photo magazines for years, I finally decided to give the Cotton Carrier camera vest a try and I couldn't be happier - by David R. Beebe
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Digital Photography School Online

If you haven't already, I recommend that you sign up for the free Digital Photography School newsletter - by David R. Beebe
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Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

My thoughts on the Canon EF 100-400mm lens which in my opinion is the single most useful travel lens in their product line - by David R. Beebe
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Backup Of Camera Flash Memory In The Field

A reminder that Macintosh OS X is unix-based which lets you leverage the power of the rsync command for doing incremental backups of your SD media from your AVCHD camcorder - by David R. Beebe
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Renting Specialty Glass

If you're like me, you covet expensive lenses but can't justify the cost to own them and didn't realize at first that you can rent them to cover your immediate need for much, much less - by David R. Beebe
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Toast Pro DVD Authoring

Its been a love-hate relationship with Roxio's Toast but since there is little else to use on Macintosh, I wanted to share my observations on making it work - by David R. Beebe
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Output From Final Cut Express

I've done a lot of testing for the best export settings from Final Cut Express so you don't have to - by David R. Beebe
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iStabilize Is Amazing

How to use iStabilize as an external video editor from Final Cut Express - by David R. Beebe
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Audio Editing WIth Final Cut Express

Its far from perfect but if you need to retain audio with a lot of wind noise on a video clip, try this filter in Final Cut Express - by David R. Beebe
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Editing AVCHD With Final Cut Express

I've been editing AVCHD video clips with Final Cut Express for a year now and wanted to share with you my observations - by David R. Beebe
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Importing AVCHD Into Final Cut Express

There are a number of ways to import AVCHD video clips into Final Cut Express and each has pros and cons - by David R. Beebe
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Preparing Still Images In Aperture For Final Cut Express

I import still images into every video project, here is an overview of my workflow from Aperture to Final Cut Express- by David R. Beebe
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Notes On AVCHD Editing With Mac: Equipment Summary

Not to imply that this equipment list is the best possible (even at this moment in time before they are all outdated), but I've selected Canon and Macintosh products that yield excellent results - by David R. Beebe
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