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We will post Demo Reels and clips from new catalogs on youtube as soon as they are availiable.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Every Final Cut Pro editor knows there are multiple ways to accomplish the same result. Keyboard shortcuts allow me to edit quicker and more efficiently. Here are a few of my favorites:
F shows the match frame in the viewer. Ex: I will open a new sequence and drop in my EX-3 footage. This allows me to scroll through all the footage without opening each individual clip. I place my playhead over the shot, press F and proceed to mark an in and an out in the viewer workspace.
BB or B twice will switch over to my razorblade tool and slice through not one but all layers at a specific point in the timeline.
Shift Z lets me see my entire timeline sequence, fitting it into the size of my sequence space.
Command Z is my savior, the undo command. I have the maximum number of undos set in my preferences.
Command U allows me to reset my layout to the default layout. I’ll almost always start a session by using this command on a workstation that is host to multiple users/editors.
N is the snapping tool.
X will mark the in and out of a clip. I use it when I want to replace that clip or locate the original source material with an in and out by combining the X key with the F key.
Command + and command – allows me to zoom in or out within the timeline, viewer or canvas.
Command C will not only copy a clip but it will also copy its attributes. If I wish to apply a clip’s attributes to a series of clips I will use this command in conjunction with the paste attributes command. Magic!
This is just a few of the Key Stokes I use day in and day out. Happy FCP Editing!!!!!
Bio: Co-Founder of BigfhootHD, as a director/producer Daniel Duncan has won many major awards including twenty-four Rocky Mountain Emmy awards in directing, cinematography, editing, documentary, and feature categories. Currently, Daniel is director, video photographer and editor of The Desert Speaks, a nationally distributed high definition series on PBS about the Sonoran Desert and deserts throughout the world. (This series airs on over 100 PBS stations, is carried by seven of the top ten U.S. markets and is cablecast on the HD Discovery Channel.) He has also been honored with four Arizona Press Club awards, an Associated Press International award, a Best of the West award and a gold Addy.
After a very successful workshop this summer in Mexico, Dan Duncan, one of the founders of BigfootHD and a contributer to this blog will be teaching another intensive workshop on High Definition Documentary and Television. Here is more information along with the fliers:
Aspiring videographers will have a new opportunity to learn high
definition documentary filming in the center of Afro-Brazilian
culture, Salvador, Bahia. A ten-day seminar in all aspects
of HD filming will be offered in the spring break of 2010, with studio classrooms in the heart of the famed Pelourinho
District of Salvador, Brazil’s third largest city. Led by Emmy
award-winning videographer and Brazil specialist Dan Duncan,
accompanied by David Yetman, host of the PBS documentary series The
Desert Speaks, a small group of students will undertake an intensive
course in all aspects of filming documentaries, including pre- and
post-production.
Duncan and Yetman found Bahia to be the ideal setting for the seminar,
which is an outreach program of the Oaxaca Summer Institute, sponsored
in part by the University of Arizona’s Southwest Center and Center for
Latin American Studies. Salvador teems with Afro-Brazilian
traditions, including the mysterious rituals of candomblé, the agile
and athletic arts of capoeira, the pulsing rhythms of samba, and the
incomparable Bahian cuisine. Students will have the option of
attending courses in Portuguese as part of the seminar. Instructors
are also fluent in Spanish, so students from other Latin American
countries will find the sessions equally valuable.
Application and financial questions contact: mrankin@utdallas.edu
Workshop information contact: dan.prepost@gmail.com
The BigfootHD team would like to welcome a new contributor to the Editor’s Corner blog, the very talented Avid editor and broadcast engineer: Henry Ruben!
Here is his short bio and you can also click on the link to see his complete bio
Bio: Henry Rubin has been consulting in the broadcast industry for seven years. Some of Henry’s specialties are ACSR certification on Avid editing systems, Avid Isis and Avid Interplay for system administrator. Henry has worked as an editor and edit supervisor for the past five Olympics for NBC, and his now preparing for the Winter Olympics. Henry’s has also worked as an editor and edit supervisor at the Rose Bowl for ABC, NCAA National Basketball Championship for CBS, Super Bowl for ABC, BCS Fiesta Bowl and FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan. Full Bio
I’m a big fan of Sony’s HD XDCam work flow but when I first started to work with the imported files I got frustrated with having to open each clip independently to view the files. (When working with tape I usually digitize in bulk under a single clip file and then make subclips from the larger clip) So to speed up my workflow after the import, I drag all of my HD XDcam clips into a sequence timeline. I scroll through these clips in my sequence, find the shot I want, place the play head over that shot then load the original clip into the viewer with the “F” key or match frame button. Then I trim my shot, tab over to my “Program sequence” and then drop the shot into my timeline. When I’ve got hundreds of clips and don’t want to bother labeling each and every one, I believe this workflow is most efficient and speeds up my editing big-time!
Bio: Co-Founder of BigfhootHD, as a director/producer Daniel Duncan has won many major awards including twenty-four Rocky Mountain Emmy awards in directing, cinematography, editing, documentary, and feature categories. Currently, Daniel is director, video photographer and editor of The Desert Speaks, a nationally distributed high definition series on PBS about the Sonoran Desert and deserts throughout the world. (This series airs on over 100 PBS stations, is carried by seven of the top ten U.S. markets and is cablecast on the HD Discovery Channel.) He has also been honored with four Arizona Press Club awards, an Associated Press International award, a Best of the West award and a gold Addy.
Here at BigfootHD we also offer video production services. Leveraging on 100% HD source content library, extended industry networks, and our footage editing and processing capabilities, we provide additional values to our customers and content providers with the following services:
• HD Editing
BigfootHD offers services for the customers who do not have capabilities for editing in HD. The customers can storyboard and/or rough cut a project in a low-resolution format. BigfootHD then “conforms” this cut into a full HD resolution project and delivers on a Blu-Ray HD DVD.
• Crew Connecting
BigfootHD offers a commission based networking service for independent HD cinematographers, producers and customers who need to assemble a crew to film footage not already available in our database. Industry partnerships and affiliate programs are also available to increase our footage offerings.
• Footage Processing
While suppliers may provide their footage already edited with metadata and cataloging information, many prefer to submit hours of unedited footage. In exchange for a percentage of commissioned sales or a fee, BigfootHD organizes and edits the raw footage provided by content suppliers. This model ensures the superior quality of our products, and the sustainable growth of our library and unique specialty catalogs with our efficient streamlined footage processing workflow.
Please contact dan at bigfoothd.com for questions or to place an order.
Welcome to the BigFootHD Blog!!! We’ve got a host of expert editors of both Final Cut Pro and Avid edit systems to share their editing and work flow experiences with you.
Welcome to High Definition, BigfootHD.com! We have hundreds of catalogs, thousands of clips. Cityscapes, nature, extreme sports, green, culture, environments, festivals, backgrounds, etc. We are adding new suppliers and footage every week and will soon to be a one-stop shopping trip for whatever stock footage you need for your HD or SD production.
Gone are the days of analog and standard definition footage that get delivered days or weeks after you place your order. BigfootHD gets you the high definition footage you need with a quick download to your computer or an overnight delivery to your doorstep. All of BigFootHD clips are native HD and are available in many other sizes and resolutions, already rendered out ready to be incorporated into your project.
We’re all about empowering you and your client. License an HD catalog and you get all the other “flavors” so you can repurpose your project for HD big screen projection all the way down to the internet and the other way around.
SUPPLIERS: If you’re a talented HD videographer, own your own HD footage and are looking for a passive income stream then contact our acquisitions department to see if you meet our high quality and aesthetic standards. If we decide to represent your footage on BigfootHD.com there’s a good chance you can create a healthy income stream for yourself. BigFootHD is all about empowering you, the independent HD videomaker, with financial reward and satisfaction in seeing your footage on our website around the globe.