Izzy Video tutorials make it easy to learn video.

If you’ve been editing in Final Cut Express (or Pro) for a while, there’s a good chance you’ve accidentally used the wrong sequence settings…but you found out about it long after you were done editing. How can you fix the problem?

There are several different ways to deal with the incorrect sequence settings. In this video, I demonstrate one way you can do it. (This is a major time-saver.)

The full version of this video is for Izzy Video Members only.

This is the first in a series I’ll call “Meet the Shooter” where I interview video production professionals. I think you’ll enjoy this one with Benjamin Eckstein. After you read his answers, make sure you watch his reel at the end of the article. Awesome stuff. (more…)

The first light I purchased cost $350, and I rarely use it. It was a Mole Richardson tungsten fresnel (used).

Don’t get me wrong. It’s an amazing light, and if I was shooting different stuff, I’d use it a lot more. But it has a big problem… (more…)

Which camcorder microphone should you choose? And why not just use the microphone that’s already built into your camera?

Let’s start with this last question — (more…)

One of the most simple types of videos to make is an animated photo montage. It’s easy because if you have a lot of photos and some music, you can make one. You don’t even need actual video.

Of course, if you add the Ken Burns effect to your photos, it adds more energy and intensity than if you have just a static photo.

In this new tutorial, I demonstrate the basic workflow for creating an animated photo montage using the Ken Burns effect. I show the workflow in Final Cut Express, but it would also work in Final Cut Pro, and the main concepts apply to any editing software.

The full version of this video is for Izzy Video Members only.