How to Sync Sound from Audio Recorders in Final Cut Pro

When you shoot a video, you should always record the sound separately with an audio recorder. It sounds drastically better and is definitely worth the extra effort. It’s not very difficult to do. If you use Final Cut Pro, this is how sync externally recorded audio files with your video footage.

How to start making a Final Cut Pro X video

I often forget how to do things I occasionally want to do, so I write down notes that remind me how to do them. Instead of storing these notes privately, I publish them on this blog so others can maybe benefit. Because it’s confusing, I always forget how to properly begin a video project in …

A Doritos “Crash the Superbowl” video completed, and a lesson learned

A few years ago I shot a video for the Doritos “Crash the Superbowl” contest. If you’re not familiar, the idea is to produce an original 30-second Doritos commercial. The winning video gets aired during the Superbowl, and the person who makes it gets a million bucks. That sounded appealing to me, but, in my case, the …

Using Final Cut Pro X for the first time, years later…

I’ve been a Final Cut Pro user for a long time. It’s the only professional video editing software I’ve ever used. Even though it’s my tool of choice, I avoided upgrading to the new version for as long as I possibly could. Final Cut Pro X has been lingering in my subconscious ever since it was first …

Apple’s New FCPX: Has the Pro Finally Been Cut?

Sam Mallery tries to make sense of Apple’s new FInal Cut Pro X, and worries that Apple’s professional computers may be one their way out.