From Creative Cow-

“I about had a heart attack, as the budget did not allow for days of AE work, so I began to search for alternatives to animating a gazillion layers in Final Cut Pro.” If you haven’t been there yet, you will. Either way, Chris Poisson will show you how to build high-impact composites in Final Cut Pro, more quickly than you can in AE.

Read the tutorial here.

From Creative Cow-

In this tutorial, we’ll like to welcome RunawayTraining.com’s Steve Miller who joins the Cow team and offers this tutorial for Final Cut Pro users who want to know how those TV commercials and music videos make their footage look like there is a malfunctioning projector running amuck, serving up the footage with the kind of jitter and jump that was once so common in the silent movie era. This tutorial uses only the stock plug-ins that come in the box with Final Cut Pro HD.

Read the tutorial here.

Here’s a handy little tip that will help you composite without having to leave Final Cut. With this tip from Ko Maruyama, you’ll be able to pull off some pretty complicated looking effects with no sweat.

Watch the video tutorial here.

While FCP does a decent job with keyframing, it’s not always the best route to take when editing. Jude Cotter has a quick tutorial on KenStone.net that will make your life a lot easier when your client wants their logo animated 5 minutes ago. Learn this trick, and put it in your arsenal to use when you need something quick and not necessarily detailed.

Read the tutorial here.

From Ripple Training:

Learn how to use Photoshop to break your flattened graphics into separate layers you can animate in Final Cut Pro.

Watch the video tutorial here.

From Ripple Training:

What if there was a way to create quick cuts to the beat of the music without ever having to make a cut. In this tutorial Steve will show you how to put the blink filter to really good use.

To see the video tutorial, click here.

From Ripple Training:

Learn how to create animated “highlight” graphics that call attention to an otherwise busy frame. This is great technique to use whenever you want to focus your audience on some text in a document, a location on a map or a specific person in a group photo (to name a few).

You can view the entire video tutorial here.