
Larry Jordan is a producer, director, editor, consultant and trainer with over 25 years video production and post-production experience. He is currently using his award-winning skills in training editors to use Final Cut Studio. He is the Executive Producer and Host of Creative Planet’s Digital Production BuZZ, as well as the Creator and Editor-in-Chief of Edit Well, the Rich- Media Newsletter for Final Cut Studio.
A member of both the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America, he is a post-production consultant to Los Angeles broadcast and production studios. In addition to his broadcast credits, Jordan is recognized as one of the Top 100 Corporate Producers in America and is frequently a featured speaker at trade shows, industry events and user groups around the U.S.
As an Apple-Certified Trainer in Digital Media, specializing in Final Cut Studio, Jordan combines his extensive production experience with his teaching skills to bring a wide-ranging, real-world perspective to his classes. He was one of the first four Apple-Certified trainers in the U.S. to receive credentials as an “Advanced level” Final Cut Pro instructor.
As the Executive Producer for the Creative Planet’s Digital Production BuZZ, Jordan is responsible for its newsletters, podcasts, daily news feeds, websites, and the BuZZDex — an on-line reference to thousands of digital production tutorials and techniques.
Jordan also provides system design, training and support for Final Cut Pro editing systems. His clients range from independent producers to networks with multiple-user production studios.
In addition to authoring two books on Final Cut Pro, published by Peachpit Press, Jordan has produced hundreds of hours of on-line training for Lynda.com on all the applications in Final Cut Studio.
Just a few of the things Larry will be covering:
- Ten Tips for Faster Editing in FCP
- Creating Variable speed clips in FCP 7
- Trouble shooting your FCP system
- Improving the look of graphics and text
- Technique: Choosing the best video codec
- Understanding Pixel Aspect Ratio
- Improving Video Export Quality
- Technique: Using Media Manager to get rid of unused media & archive FCP Projects
- Understanding Fields and Interlacing in FCP
- Shooting 24fps Video
- Using the Limiter Filter to even out audio levels
- Learn how to read video scopes in FCP
Registration is limited. To register, contact Don Pham (don@infocusvideoevent.com), or for those registering for IN[FOCUS], secure your spot at the conference and the registration page will present its self to you.
Larry’s seminar will be conducted from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, January 17th, 2010 in the ballroom at the DoubleTree Austin. Do not use Google maps for directions – trust the ones on the Doubltree website.