Travel Matte - Luma is a compositing tool built into Final Cut Pro. You can use it to create custom mattes in specific shapes. In this video, I show how to use it to blur out a subject’s face. I chose this topic because it’s one of the more obscure tools in Final Cut Pro, and I haven’t seen many tutorials on the subject.

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These days, most internet videos (including video podcasts like mine) are rendered for small screens such as those found on the video iPod. This can be a challenge because when you shoot for small screens, some different rules apply. This installment of Izzy Video will show you how to ensure your video looks great on small screens.

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I’m focusing more on the creative side of video in this new installment of Izzy Video.

You can use a Gaussian Blur in a number of ways, but my purpose in this video podcast is simply to expose you to some new possibilities. It’s a brief Izzy Video because I’m just throwing out some ideas. In the future, I’ll show how to create the effect.

How do you use a Guassian Blur? Let me know in the comments…

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I’m here for business, but I think Wednesday (tomorrow, Jan. 17th) night would be a good time to get together for a drink if anybody is interested and available?

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Just send me an email at israelhyman at gmail dot com. Or you can call me on my mobile at 480-980-1533.

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Many of the videos I watch on the web are too quiet. I think that’s because new producers tend to spend more time on editing video and not their audio.

There are many things that can make your audio sound better. One of them is simply making it louder. I like to use the Adaptive Limiter in Soundtrack Pro to increase the volume of my audio without clipping. How do you use the Adaptive Limiter? Just watch this installment of Izzy Video, and I’ll show you.

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Would you like to know how to use the Time Remap tool in Final Cut Pro?

My guess is that other video editors have a similar tool, but I don’t know. It’s certainly quite useful, but there isn’t a lot of documentation on the web about the Time Remap Tool, so I thought I’d offer a basic introduction.

You can create some really clever effects using the Time Remap tool. I frequently see it used in car commercials and extreme sporting footage. With the Time Remap Tool, you can do variable speed changes in your video, and in Izzy Video 50, I show you the basics of how to do it.

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Reposting as a smaller version:

My camera is still off at the shop, but I found some footage in my computer that I decided to use for this installment of Izzy Video. Try not to pay attention to the expression on Noell’s face. She was listening to a serious scientific talk via the internet, so she was hardly even aware that I was working around her.

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This week’s installment of Izzy Video introduces the idea of four-point lighting, instead of the more frequently covered three-point lighting.

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Once again, the small version. This time it’s episode 47.

The original text went like this:

Because my camera is broken, I have no choice but to do more screen casts.

This installment of Izzy Video is for newcomers to Final Cut. In it, I show you how to use the “Fit to Fill” editing option. It’s extremely useful for timing video to music.

Please pardon the technical problems. There are a couple of audio and video glitches in this Izzy Video which I couldn’t get rid of. I believe it might have been a bug in the software I used to get the screen movies, Snapz Pro X from Ambrosia software. Usually it works great, so I’m not sure if I did something wrong. However, if I wait until everything’s perfect, I might never get this out!

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I received an overwhelming audience request to post small versions of all the videos, so I’m doing just that.

This is Izzy Video 46, only much smaller.

The text from the original post went like this:

Time for another screencast. I had someone ask me this week how to do the “Pleasantville Effect” in Final Cut Pro. This installment of Izzy Video shows you exactly how to do it.

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