Thursday was kind of a milestone here at The Spokesman-Review. It was a busy day for everyone. Our MoJo (mobile journalist) Thomas Clouse called me over to his desk. He was working on a video he’d just shot of a railroad crossing emphasis patrol by local police. He was ready to export his movie, but before he [...]
Want your videos to have that polished professional look to them? Of course you do. When I view a video produced by someone inexperienced, I see all the little things they could have fixed before they exported. Since I seem to be fond of top ten lists, here is my How to final cut your [...]
Here’s a quick way web producers can add multimedia content to their newspaper websites. I recently teamed up with Spokesman-Review writer Jim Kershner and together we have produced a half a dozen historical multimedia videos made up of photos from our in-house photo archive. Themes such as: The Evolution of Transportation in the Inland Northwest, Hobo [...]
I am a serial unlinker. Being able to move audio and video separately is one of the great benefits of professional video editors like Final Cut Pro. I was constantly mousing over to the button bar to click the link icon. That motion is a time waster.
I had recently transitioned to using the [...]
On Tuesday, I am running a two-day in-house training on video fundamentals and Final Cut Express for my newspaper’s MoJos, photojournalists, and web producers. I only have three hours each day to get to the point. Trying to use the time wisely and not overwhelm people is paramount for me.
Yesterday, Liz Kishimoto, [...]
Last month, I had the privilege of helping lead the Northwest Multimedia Workshop in Yakima, Washington. Forty photojournalists, journalists and web producers attended the two-day video boot camp. My job was to teach them Final Cut Pro 6 in less than three hours. It was a challenge, but I pulled it off. The [...]
During my vacation last week, I found this website that consumed an entire evening of my time. At first glance, I thought the Digital Juice website was just a business selling motion graphics. After further exploration, it turned out to be so much more. Intermixed amongst the motion graphic ads are some killer video and audio production [...]
