Occasionally, a client will request a copy of the timeline with timecode. This can be helpful for transcriptions, translations, and a variety of other uses. There are multiple ways to get timecode on the export, and Shane Ross shows you his preferred version over at Creative Cow.

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For many videos, 2 tracks of audio is perfectly fine- after all, most computers and TVs just have 2 speakers. But what if you need to export more than that, or layoff more than 2 tracks to tape? Shane Ross shows you how over at Creative Cow.

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In the ongoing Avid vs Final Cut flame wars, I’ve occasionally seen Avid editors complain that you can’t load a sequence into the viewer, and edit the actual cut into a new sequence. And for a long time, I wished for that feature in Final Cut. Well, it’s actually been there. Instead of nesting a cut, you can easily edit the cut into a new sequence. Shane Ross at Creative Cow shows you how.

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B-roll can be a real pain to manage and keep track of. Chris Fenwick from One On One makes the case against making subclips, and shows you his way of dealing with tons of B-roll. He also demonstrates a nice trick for closing lots of gaps.

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Project bloat can happen so easily, making navigating the browser or archiving your project more difficult. Here’s a quick tip from Pixel Heads Network on how to find all your unused assets and do some “manual media management.

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You’re on a deadline, of course, when Compressor decides to crap on you. Of course. What do you do? You launch Qmaster preferences, and there isn’t a button to restart it… or is there? Jim Geduldick over at FinalCutUser shows a couple ways of troubleshooting when Compressor goes south.

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If you’ve tried tracking in Motion, you know it can be a real pain. Luckily, Mocha, which has been available for After Effects for awhile now, is now available for FCP/Motion. This tutorial takes you through the workaround workflow, as it’s kind of convuluted. But it looks easier with great results.

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Metadata is very helpful in organizing the masses of media we have. And here’s a cool tip from Final Cut User on how to do that in Compressor. So you’re able to export your videos, and people opening it up in iTunes or another program will automatically have the author, title, keywords, etc., fields filled in.

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A large portion of what you learn about Final Cut will come from experience- sitting in front of the program and actually editing. And in doing that, it can be easy to miss the simple things. Jeff from SuiteTake has this great list of “The Top-Ten Things I Wish I Knew About Final Cut Pro…Ten Years Ago.”

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I was shooting an early morning rally, as the sun came up, on a pro camera with a grayscale viewfinder. Great for focusing, but when I got it back to the studio, I realized that the color temp had changed over those 3 hours as the sun rose, and I hadn’t white balanced. Richard Harrington over at Creative Cow has this tutorial that would have helped me a lot on fixing White Balance.

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