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How do I get rid of these vertical lines on my Final Cut Pro X timeline?

How do I get rid of these vertical lines on my Final Cut Pro X timeline?

June 13, 2018

'Unwanted vertical lines' are fast becoming one of the biggest problems new Final Cut Pro X editors encounter. What are those lines and cross-hatching on the FCPX timeline? We explain why they are there and how to remove them.

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How to Create the Stacy's Mom Effect in Final Cut Pro X

How to Create the Stacy's Mom Effect in Final Cut Pro X

March 07, 2018

In this tutorial we show you how to build the animating stroke outline or border around a moving object in Final Cut Pro X. All created within FCPX itself, we teach you a quick keying trick to achieve this effect. The look was made popular by the 'Stacy's Mom' video from the American rock band, Fountains of Wayne. 

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How to Create the Bourne Flashback Effect for Final Cut Pro X

How to Create the Bourne Flashback Effect for Final Cut Pro X

February 24, 2018

Everybody will be familiar with the flashback effect from the Jason Bourne series of films. We show you how to build the strobing, highlighted streak look into an effect plugin for Final Cut Pro X.

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How to Auto White Balance Colours in Final Cut Pro X 10.4

How to Auto White Balance Colours in Final Cut Pro X 10.4

January 30, 2018 1 Comment

In this tutorial we will show you how to get rid of unwanted colour casts using the Auto White Balance tool in Final Cut Pro X. We also publish a colour correction 'SuperTip' that's not to be missed.

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How to Censor or 'Bleep' Words in Final Cut Pro X

How to Censor or 'Bleep' Words in Final Cut Pro X

January 14, 2018

In this tutorial we will show you how to obscure a word or profanity using only the tools found in Final Cut Pro X. A quick and easy way to bleep an interview, speech or 'piece to camera' for safe viewing.

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How to Make the 'Pleasantville' or 'Sin City' Effect in Final Cut Pro X 10.4

How to Make the 'Pleasantville' or 'Sin City' Effect in Final Cut Pro X 10.4

January 13, 2018 1 Comment

In this tutorial we will show you how to make the 'Pleasantville' or 'Sin City' isolated colour look with Final Cut Pro X's new color tools. (FCPX 10.4)

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How to Delete Final Cut Pro X Renders

How to Delete Final Cut Pro X Renders

December 19, 2017 1 Comment

In this simple tutorial we show you how to trash Final Cut Pro X's renders. It's easy and you can choose between deleting a Project or a Library's renders right in the app. No folders to navigate or original files deleted by mistake!

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How to Make Custom LUTS For Final Cut Pro X 10.4

How to Make Custom LUTS For Final Cut Pro X 10.4

December 15, 2017 1 Comment

In this tutorial, we will show you how to make your own custom LUTS for Final Cut Pro X colour grading (Version 10.4) We will concentrate on the latter as we would think most creative LUT use will be on the Timeline and not in the Inspector. 

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How to Trash Final Cut Pro X's Preferences

How to Trash Final Cut Pro X's Preferences

November 27, 2017 1 Comment

Its a question that comes up time and time again: How do you trash the preferences in Final Cut Pro X ?  The answer is easy! All FCPX editors should know how to do this quick reset, it is the first fix to try when something goes wrong.

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How to Combine Four 1080 Quadrant Videos Into 4K IN Final Cut Pro X

How to Combine Four 1080 Quadrant Videos Into 4K IN Final Cut Pro X

September 25, 2017

One question we got asked recently was how to combine four 1080 videos that had been shot in 'quadrants of 4k' into a full 4K (or more accurately) a UHD video clip using Final Cut Pro X. After some trials, we think we have come up with the best method. This is because some cameras and post production equipment record and playback in 1080 segments.

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Finding Final Cut Pro X Libraries in the Finder with Smart Folders

Finding Final Cut Pro X Libraries in the Finder with Smart Folders

September 22, 2017 1 Comment

This tutorial will show you that Smart Folders work a treat in the finder for locating all those long lost Final Cut Pro X Libraries. Hope that saves you some time!

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Timed Bullet Points Plugin in XEffects News Graphics

Timed Bullet Points Plugin in XEffects News Graphics

May 24, 2017

We are sure you are familiar with one of the plugins in the pack, the auto animating menu with built-in bullet points. However we had a request - “Could these bullet points animations be individually timed rather than appearing all at once.”

The answer- No problem!

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