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Final Cut Pro: Exporting Your Finished Movie

Exporting your finished movie is one of the last steps of the editing process.  This tutorial covers the process of converting your edited project into a new movie file that can be uploaded to YouTube, embedded into a website or presentation, or burned to a DVD. Click...

Recording Audio in GarageBand

This tutorial will show you how to record audio with GarageBand in your newly created podcast project.Select a Track The new podcast that you’ve created will open with two tracks. The first one will be selected by default. To select the other, simply click on it. The...

Editing Podcasts in GarageBand

This tutorial will help you edit your audio, whether it’s fixing your mistakes or adjusting the volume.Once you’ve made a recording, you can play it back by dragging the playhead to the beginning and pressing the spacebar.Trim Ends You can trim of the ends of clips by...

Fades, Volume Adjustment, Music, and Sound Effects in GarageBand

GarageBand comes with a wide array of jingles and sound effects to make your podcast pop. This tutorial will show you how to use them in your podcast, and how to do fades and adjust audio levels of different clip segments.Add an Intro or Outro Click the Loop icon in...

Capturing Footage using an iSight in iMovie

This tutorial will explain how to capture footage using your iSight camera (the built-in camera on the iMac) inside iMovie. Press the Import button at the top of iMovie, which is a downward-facing arrow. Choose FaceTime Camera (Built-in) under the Cameras section on...

Exporting a Podcast as an MP3 in GarageBand

This tutorial will show how to export a podcast out of GarageBand as an MP3.Once you’ve completed your podcast, exporting as an MP3 is extremely easy. Click File and select Save. This step only saves the data file of your recording and edits. Select Share and then...

How to Import Videos from an HD Camera

This tutorial explains how to import videos into iMovie from an HD camera.On the Camera Plug in your HD camera via USB or Firewire cable, whichever your camera uses. Make sure your camera is on and set to Playback mode. NOTE: You should be able to switch to Playback...

Converting iPhone HEVC Video to .mp4 Format

This tutorial will show you how to use a program called Handbrake, to convert your iPhone video into .mp4 format.Different cameras and phones record video into many different formats, depending. The most universal video format at the moment is .mp4, but sometimes your...

Setting Up Premiere Project Folder

This tutorial shows how to create a project folder and begin a new project in Adobe Premiere Pro.Project Folder Before you get started editing in Premiere Pro, you need to create a file system to save all of your video files and your Premiere project files. Create a...

Importing Footage into Adobe Premiere

This tutorial shows how to import footage into an Adobe Premiere Pro project. If you have not yet set up your project folder, please go to our tutorial explaining how to get set up. Go to the main menu at the top of your screen and select File then Import. Next,...

Adding Video Clips to the Timeline and Basic Editing

This tutorial shows how to add video clips and make basic edits to an Adobe Premiere Pro projectAdd Video Clips When you are ready to start editing your project, you’ll need to move your video clips from the Media Browser to the timeline. The timeline is in the lower...

Adjusting the Volume of a Clip

This tutorial shows how to change the volume of a clip in Adobe Premiere Pro. Select the clip on the timeline that you wish to increase or decrease the volume by clicking on it. Select the Effect Controls tab in the upper left quadrant of the interface. Scroll down to...

Viewing Project in 360º Mode

This tutorial shows how to view your project in 360º viewing mode while editing to make sure any edits, such as titles and transitions look correctly aligned. Click the plus sign underneath the preview window which is in the top right quadrant of the interface. Drag...