Announcement (and Affinity Photo Inpainting Tool Tutorial)

Published January 23, 2017

I’m very excited to announce a new addition to the Izzy Video team!

Who is this new team member?

You might recognize him because he’s been in several of my videos over the years. He’s my son, Blake.

Blake is currently a film student at Arizona State University. He’ll be working with Izzy …

Five tips for Using Final Cut Pro X on an Old Computer

Published December 13, 2016

Are you using an old computer to edit video?

I am. I'm writing this on a mid-2012 MacBook Pro. It's also my main video editing computer.

Considering that as I write this, it's December 2016, that makes my computer a little over …

New 10.3 Version of Final Cut Pro X! (and Motion, and Compressor)

Published October 28, 2016

Yesterday Apple released a new version of Final Cut Pro X. I’ve been digging into it since the moment it got released, and I really like it.

It’s only been one day, so I have plenty more …

"What camera should I get?"

Published October 11, 2016

"What camera should I get?"

This is one of the most common questions people ask me, and unfortunately it’s nearly impossible for me to answer because there are so many variables that go into the decision-making process.

Instead of …

Building a Story from Video Pieces

Published October 6, 2016

Do you ever struggle to piece together a video from a bunch of barely-related video pieces?

For example, maybe you shoot video clips throughout the month, and then at the end of the month you try to edit them together into a video about things that happened that month — but …