Top 10 Digital Video Tips and Tricks Blogs
Are you or someone you know the go-to video person for special occasions? These blogs (and sites) help you sort out how to create or transfer raw footage and then edit and package it to get a more professional-looking final result.
Podcasts since 1995 on digital-video issues by a Brian Alves, a dozen other media pros, and an entertainment attorney. Also has a premium version with more in-depth content, but public content emphasizes Final Cut Pro tips as well as QuickTime Pro and thornier issues, such as converting Hi8 videotapes to HD.
Thorough blog by an experienced former TV news producer. Includes audio and video tutorials on editing, plus reviews of equipment and tips on marketing and how to get your video to go viral.
Articles on tutorials on format conversion, editing software, online streaming, letterboxing, playing video backwards, and more. Also offers digital photography and audio tips, plus access to Jake's blog on travel, China and food.
Orlando-based consultancy's blog on video production and editing, updated daily. Navigates topics such as networking Windows PCs with Mac OS X, using stock footage, and dealing with third-party plugins. Also reviews software and offers free tutorials for Avid and Final Cut Pro users.
Digital Director Video Editing Forums
British site contains large ongoing discussions of video hardware and software (especially Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas and Ulead Media Studio), many with thousands of posts. Readers can browse posts or ask questions of a large number of registered users.
Site includes news on DV hardware and software plus extensive community forums covering all aspects of production and editing, with special attention to Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Studio but also Apple iMovie and other nonlinear editing platforms. Bonus: a rather large jobs board if you're considering this line of work.
A typically solid, easy-to-understand About.com site where hostess Gretchen Siegchrist introduces aspects of video production, editing and even viewing (in case you don't already have enough ways to do that). Discusses topics such as how to broadcast yourself on YouTube, shoot better video and port Flip video to a TV.
Professionally oriented site focuses on hardware and software and how to use them in the field. Community forums and technology reviews, plus coverage of major trade events that showcase the newest, shiniest tech.
Nicely organized tips, including exhaustive discussions of topics such as color grading effects or the pros and cons of Avid and Final Cut softwares. Conversational tone and plentiful screenshots help newbies.
Primarily about--you guessed it--Final Cut Pro, but includes sections on editing, effects, motion, color and audio, plus reviews of other software including QuickTime Pro as well as hardware. Small community of writers augments Stone's writing and provide hundreds of articles to browse.
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