MacBreak Studio

Steve Martin demonstrates retiming your video in Final Cut Pro X. He shows to Mark Spencer how you can take your footage recorded at a higher frame rate and conform it to a project of a lower frame rate.

Mark Spencer goes over with a much requested tutorial on creating a scoreboard in Motion. Using the replicator function in Motion, he shows Steve Martin the various steps needed in creating a basic scoreboard within Motion.

Steve Martin talks about using an audio compressor in Final Cut Pro X. He demonstrates the versatility with FCPX's compressor to sweeten your audio to improve its overall quality.

Mark Spencer talks to Steve Martin about working from shapes to masks and vice-versa in Motion 5. Mark shows how within Motion 5, you can work between shapes and masks very easily for various purposes.

Steve Martin talks about retiming your audio in Final Cut Pro X. He shows to Mark Spencer how you can stretch out the audio in your project to its desired length without affecting its pitch.

Mark Spencer dives into creating your own paint brushes in Motion 5. With Steve Martin, they show you a number of ways to have a variety of different paint brushes to use within Motion.

Steve Martin goes over the process of sweetening your audio in Final Cut Pro X. He shows Mark Spencer how easy it can be to remove unwanted sounds in your audio and have your audio be overall cleaner.

Mark Spencer shows you how to create a road in Motion 5. He shows Steve Martin by using various features of Motion 5 like shapes and paint strokes, you can easily create a road using Motion 5's powerful tools.

Steve Martin debunks the myth of not being able to share project files in Final Cut Pro X. He proves to Mark Spencer how simple it can be to share various project files with other editors and keep the files needed for sharing to a minimum.

Mark Spencer demonstrates how to track a shot using Mocha Pro with Motion 5. He explains to Steve Martin how with Mocha, you can supplement Motion's capabilities by tracking a shot in Mocha and then compositing in Motion.

Steve Martin dives into color correction within Final Cut Pro X. He explains to Mark Spencer how Final Cut Pro X's powerful color correction features can be used to limit corrections to different parts of an image.

Mark Spencer talks about compositing in Final Cut Pro X. He shows Steve Martin how to setup up your footage to get the best composite possible, along with helpful tips to help with the process.

Mark Spencer talks about rigging and animating in Motion 5. He shows how to work with multiple parameters within Motion and have the rigged parameters change at the same time to create fluid, animated objects.

Steve Martin talks about the updated search feature in the 10.0.3 update in Final Cut Pro X. He shows Mark Spencer how using user-inputed meta data tags to your favorite and rejected clips can help you search for them more easily.

Steve Martin goes over working with Layered Photoshop Files in the 10.0.3 update in Final Cut Pro X. He shows Mark Spencer on how Final Cut Pro X works with the photoshop files and how easy it is to make changes within it.