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Webinars return next week with "Ask Larry Anything!" It's always nice to start the year with a session devoted to answering questions. Email your queries so I have time to prepare demos & answers. As always, live event registration is free.
Registration link: Larry's FREE Weekly Webinar
One of the frequent requests from my social media team are for vertical videos for social media. The problem is that almost all the videos I shoot are horizontal. Final Cut has a very clever feature called "Smart Conform" that converts horizontal video into vertical. Here's a tutorial that explains how this works.
Link: Smart Conform in Final Cut Pro 11
Sally is returning to editing in Premiere after working elsewhere for a few years. She asked me to explain how titles work. So, I created the following tutorial.
Link: Creating Titles in Adobe Premiere Pro v2025
Another request from Sally was to explain how and why we use buses in audio mixing. Buses are very powerful tools which exist in Premiere and Audition; as well as ProTools and Fairlight. FCP's Roles attempt to emulate buses, but not very well. I wrote this tutorial nine years ago. It is still accurate and worth reading.
Link: Primer on Audio Sends and Buses in Premiere & Audition
While I was on vacation, I made a point not to read the news, mostly to get away from work, reduce my stress, and take break from our industry upheaval. Politically, socially and economically these are very challenging times. It often feels like we are buffeted by forces out of our control - which in one sense is true.
But, in another sense, we have more control than most. We can communicate - powerfully - with people all over the world. We are our own gatekeeper. At a time where deep fakes and misinformation seem to rule, we have the ability to shine our truth for others to see. We are not powerless, nor need we be silent. We can cower in a corner hoping no one notices us, or we can use our media skills to help the people that need to be heard.
Staying silent is easy - but helps no one. Not even ourselves. Find a cause you care about and support it. Others dream of the power we already hold.
Until next Monday, stay healthy, stay hopeful and edit well.
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