Category: Video Production

Twitchy Artifacts with 1080i Video in Final Cut Pro X

I was cutting a quick video—which ended up not being so quick—for a friend. One not-so-small clip was recorded in 1080i 60 fps. Once imported into FCPX there were these twitchy artifacts forming every couple seconds during playback. I searched

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Changing Perspective on Text in Illustrator 5

This is more for me, in case I forget, but if it helps you out, I’ll turn around and pick a bail of cotton. Create outline of text in question (Command-Shift-O). Select Free Transform Tool (Shortcut Key E). Grab hold

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Just Learned About FCPX Roles for Exporting Media

Working on a quick music video of mine, I needed to do some scrubbing on just the audio track. After detaching the audio I tried copy and paste, as that works in Logic Pro 8 and 9, but that didn’t

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Sharing Custom Compressor 4 Settings Between Computers

I recently needed to share a custom Compressor 4 setting from one Mac to another. It’s pretty simple, yet, I don’t understand why there’s no import / export feature to accomplish this. On source computer navigate to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Compressor and

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