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Ripple Training: Video editing tutorials for the best editing software for PC and Mac.

Rex Ruiz

I truly appreciate the training and depth it provided. Just wanted to share some results to encourage you that your training is inspiring and so so so helpful.

Ripple Tutorials used: FCP Core Training

Paul McGinnis

Featured Customers, Ripple Training: Video editing tutorials for the best editing software for PC and Mac.

Since 1996, I’ve been a professional puppeteer on TV, film and stage. A few years back, I decided to take a leap of faith and shoot a personal project I’d been toying with for a while – a short film in which a robot butler puppet teaches the popular dance move The Dougie.

When it came time to edit it, a colleague of mine, editor Brent Carpenter, did a first pass, but I needed to carry it through to the end. Having never edited before, I purchased Final Cut Pro X and soon realized I was going to need more help. I found my way to Mark and Steve’s MacBreak Studio shorts on YouTube. I loved their videos. They made everything clear, and soon I started buying their Final Cut Pro X tutorials.

Steve’s Final Cut Pro X Core Training tutorial gave me the foundation I needed to gain familiarity with FCP X. The Sound Editing tutorial was particularly timely because it helped me do a proper mix of the dialogue, music and sound effects, all of which were recorded at varied levels.

The puppet had been shot against a blue screen and Mark’s Color Correction tutorial helped me make it look like the puppet had been shot in the same environment as the background video we were placing the puppet over.

Given the style of puppeteering, there were lots of messy shadows and puppeteer bodies to contend with and Ripple’s Compositing tutorial gave me the entry point I needed to face the epic challenge of cleaning up the key. Finally, Media Management helped me get a solid grasp on where all my files live. Without Ripple Training, I can honestly say I still might be editing my project.

Here is a cool “split screen” behind-the-scenes version:
Split Screen Video

www.youtube.com/PaulMcGinnisPuppetry

Ripple Tutorials used: MacBreak Studio, Core Training for FCP, Sound Editing in FCP, Color Grading in FCP, Media Management in FCP

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Miller & Miller Architectural Photography

So I put aside work for the last week and binge-watched all four of the following tutorials in this order:

Getting Started in Motion

Warp Speed 3D in Motion

Creating Particle Effects in Motion

Creating Replicator Effects in Motion

I followed along closely and co-created the projects side by side which made the time invested a lot longer than the length of the videos but made for a fantastic learning experience. I feel these tutorials were well worth the money and falling a little behind with work! They’re very clear and thorough without being boring or annoying. The broad range of topics was efficiently covered and yes, I felt I was being taught my creative goals without wasting time.

I previously had very minimal experience with Motion and now feel I could actually use it to produce meaningful content for clients already. We should’ve purchased these tutorials long ago. Here is a fifteen-second video of my first Motion project with just a couple of things I learned from the tutorials if you’re interested.

Timothy Dowd

The courses gave me time and money saving tips and tricks for Final Cut Pro, Motion 5 and Garageband… understanding the underlying concepts of each topic is invaluable and you cannot get this experience just watching examples on YouTube…I even used what I learned in the tutorials to add Motion graphics and voice-over to my video blog.

Ripple Tutorials used: Warp Speed 3D in Motion, Replicators, Particles, Shapes, and Paints

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Davinci Resolve Core Training, Ripple Training: Video editing tutorials for the best editing software for PC and Mac.

Gary Yost

Fun on the Midway is a short 4-minute exploration into the feeling of being young and let loose from your parents at the county fair on the fourth of July. My goal was to create something that captured the lightning-in-a-bottle that is the feeling of being free, with a huge night of fun ahead of you. I shot this over the course of 3 nights with a Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6k and an DJI Inspire X5R aerial camera, all in raw format.

These are two completely different cameras with very different sensors… and that presented a creative challenge that I needed to address. Since the cameras both shoot raw video, I had the image flexibility plus the tools in Davinci Resolve to match them quite well.

I began by shooting tests with each camera using a DSC One Shot color chart. Once I had those tests in Resolve, I applied the look I wanted in the final film to the Ursa Mini example (the “A” cam), and then I brought the X5R image in as the “B” cam. I then used the Hue vs Hue, Hue vs Saturation and Hue vs Luminance controls to match the RGB values of the B-cam to the A-cam on the vectorscope.

That gave me a profile for the X5R that closely matched the Ursa Mini, and from there the grade progressed by adding lots of animated power windows to highlight the most important elements in the scene.

As a photographer, I’m always looking for ways to draw the viewer’s eye towards specific aspects of the scene… usually faces of the people to create a sense of empathy and connection between the viewer and the subject. The tracking functions in Resolve are so fast and accurate that they’re a joy to use and I use them a LOT.

I’m a firm believer in getting up to speed by learning from an expert, and Ripple’s Resolve tutorials authored by Alexis Van Hurkman have taught me so much about how to use the myriad of creative controls in Resolve to create subtle gestalts that make each frame of the shot shine in a way that would be impossible without the tremendous power Resolve offers.

Back when I first began using Resolve in 2013, I was incredibly intimidated by the vastness of its capabilities, but by methodically making my way through Ripple’s tutorials I soon overcame that sense of being lost. Now, when each new version of Resolve ships, I immediately jump on the latest Ripple Resolve update tutorials and within hours I’m comfortable with all the new features.

I now look forward to the color correction process as being the absolute most creative of all of the steps involved in building a show because putting those finishing touches on my footage is a force multiplier that makes the difference between a really good video and something great… something that I can be truly proud of.

www.garyyost.com

Ripple Tutorials used: Tutorials from the DaVinci Resolve Learning Path

DaVinci Resolve Learning Path

    
 
 
         
   Andreas Jensen 
 
 
 
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   Dave Coles 
 
 
 
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   Steve Baker 
 
 
 
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   Satya Emani 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Over the past few years, as I focused on FCPX for handling my personal videos, I discovered Ripple Training. I tried out their free courses and (tra-la) discovered I learnt a few techniques. Unlike more traditional "bookish" courses that tend to explain the user interface, menus and options to a degree that leaves you thumped and unwilling to go further (skim-skip-skim), Ripple training is refreshingly good and paced well. Mark and Steve's training style is practical and down-to-earth. So, the outcome is I purchased a lot of Ripple training courses and train from them at my own pace, many times repeating sections that were tough to digest in the first go. Excellent training, Steve and Mark - way to go!!!
  
 
        
   HERO-RVTECH LLC 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Ripple Training: The Best Resource for Learning Final Cut Pro If you're serious about taking your YouTube channel to a professional level, Ripple Training is the best investment you can make for learning Final Cut Pro (FCP). Before this course, I found FCP confusing and overwhelming, but Ripple Training broke everything down step by step, making it easy to follow and understand. This course provided the building blocks I needed to confidently edit my videos, and I constantly refer back to the training as I continue to improve. While mastering FCP takes time, I can already tell that in about three months, I'll be far more proficient thanks to this course. Hands down, this was the best training I've taken for FCP, and I’d recommend it to anyone looking to level up their editing skills. If you're feeling lost with Final Cut Pro, Ripple Training is the way to go!
  
 
        
   Con Filippidis 
 
 
 
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   Jeffrey Steinhorn 
 
 
 
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   Andrew Osei 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Ripple Training is a great resource and helped me get up to speed with DaVinci resolve. Their courses are comprehensive but without additional fluff information that's not needed. Would highly recommend!
  
 
        
   All Things Film 
 
 
 
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