TOUCHSCREEN MACBOOK

You can now use an iPad to achieve this, with the new OS bringing iOS functionality to the desktop OS.

This is a USBC 13/15" screen - see https://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/2020/07/23/this-portable-display-brings-touchscreen-functionality-to-macbooks/

BLOGGER new way to embed videos

Who knows how such data-driven giants can make such dumb, careless decisions, but they've made a right mess of the Blogger interface.

The old, simple method of pasting an embed code, checking just ONCE...EVER that interpret HTML is selected in OPTIONS has been mysteriously ditched - and you can't change the default to just display HTML.

So, I've figured out a way to do it.

Always do --- + return + ---, to paste into the blank line

type H + return a few times

Now, change the view from compose to HTML (the icon on the very left)

Look for the H's (you'll see br or p tags after them.

Paste your embed code in before the 1st H (as in my screenshot)

Switch back to compose mode + hit preview to check.

It should work...

Delete the H's!

Now say rude things about Google!

---

H

H

H

---

CONVERGENCE future is now: wipe moving objects with FCPX plug-in

It's 20 years since I oversaw my 1st student coursework assignment, having created some ... interesting productions myself with fellow PGCE (teaching degree) students with a big old VHS camera and an agonisingly slow post-production digitisation process.

As much as I've been teaching on the concept of convergence for a lot of that time, I'm truly astonished at what popped up on my Google news feed this morning. This is an incredible example of where we're at with convergence, which is not just the barriers between industries crumbling but equally the gap between professional and consumer/prosumer technology radically narrowing.

For $30 (on offer from $50) you can do in Final Cut what very recently would have required a highly-paid team of VFX specialists working for days to do ... You can remove moving objects from a scene!!!

I haven't tried it out yet - to test for example if it works with wobbly camera shots or short takes (logically it needs the background it will use to be visible for at least 1 frame) - but definitely intend to buy it.

I'm not easily impressed but this is a genuine jaw-dropping moment. A decade ago my classes were just transitioning from iMovie to Final Cut Express 4 before we finally got the budget to move to Final Cut Pro X. Those licenses are still in place back in my previous school in England - I make no apology for highlighting that a purchase of Final Cut is a one-off lifetime payment, with two big updates/upgrades every year (in contrast to the Adobe Premiere subscription model). I've fought for and gotten Final Cut/Macs installed in several schools now, and would do so again if I started afresh somewhere else.

The power the student of 2020 and beyond has in their hands is absolutely incredible - I hope to see many more fantastic uses of it!!

https://youtu.be/vWqe3iePbzM

The website link is in the video description

FCPX Sharing full Library using Compressor

Thus technique definitely isn't for all! It's quite complex (though the video is a very clear step by step) AND requires the additional programme Compressor to work.

Ideally you can build and share a main Library first, then share additional clips as they come in, keeping file names and tags identical so that project files (the tiny XML files) can be shared via email. But this is an alternative if there's going to be gap in meeting up. The idea is to radically reduce (to 20%) the file size of the source video clips for easy online sharing. Once complete, a shared project file can be re-linked to the original full size media.

https://youtu.be/iyos9dP4eL0

FCPX AUDIO LEVELLING built-in compressor

This might still need initial manual levelling where you've got multiple voices, the demo looks at just one (you can always Google on that, keywords FCPX audio compressor multiple voices).

But it's a promisingly simple technique if you reduce the video to written notes!!

BEST COMPRESSOR SETTINGS FOR VOICE | A Full FCPX …: https://youtu.be/72rtkuk9Gb0

CONVERGENCE iPad iPhone rough cut to FCPX with Lumia

This could be pretty handy for those of you tied into the iOS platform with your iPhones and iPads. I'm not into either, but it seems the LumaFusion editing software now has a port to FCPX feature, ie you can edit on your phone or iPad then move the project and whole library over to a Mac to polish it up in Final Cut. Nifty

Hands-on: LumaFusion FCPXML Final Cut Pro X expor…: https://youtu.be/8yJ7n_NsCvk

GETTING GOOGLE EARTH MAP VIDEO

Izzy Video is one of the major software tutorial sites out there, a particularly user-friendly one if you want to learn s new one (eg Motion) or delve deeper into FCPX.

This tut is a handy one, very usable in coursework film, video and vodcast - or just for 'home videos'. I cut an occasional video as a present for Xmas or birthday, something unique (and lasting!) rather than more landfill, maybe something you'll try at some point. Either way, this is worth a look. And btw, it seems Google Earth Pro is free (from a search, I haven't installed it yet)

Final Cut Pro Technique: How to Get Video from Go…: https://youtu.be/_lAPjn3obz4