Ben Balser : Ask.Video

Ben Balser grew up doing media production and music composition from a very early age. He founded the Louisiana Cajun Cutters FCP users group and runs the FinalCutProX.guru website.

Ben Balser

Having studied educational psychology at Loyola he naturally became an Apple Certified Master Trainer, teaching the Apple pro apps for over 15 years. With an extensive professional IT background he now does media production as full time.

As VP of production for a locally based broadcaster he is practicing and improving upon the skills and software he teaches. He has led many seminars and taught in-depth courses for NAB Show, Louisiana State University, CMA/ACP national college media convention, several international cable broadcasters, CentCom and more. He travels coast-to-coast across the U.S. leading training classes and consulting for Final Cut Pro, Motion and Logic Pro X for Apple Authorized Training Centers, corporations, government agencies and universities.

Back home he lead the LSU Teen Filmmaking Bootcamp and has helped several universities make the switch to Final Cut Pro X. Ben currently produces original educational TV shows.

For more information about Ben Balser visit www.BBalser.com and www.FinalCutProX.guru.

Courses by Ben Balser

Reviews

Steve wrote on February 9, 2023

Awesome stuff. Thanks
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Steve wrote on February 8, 2023

Awesome! Easy to understand for a newbie
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Nigel wrote on December 16, 2021

Excellent course. One of the best MacProVideo courses out there. My one request would be for Ben to create an advanced course on FCPX project management and exporting of 1 hour and 1.5 hour videos in 1080 P or 4K. Most of the Macs out there can't handle the rendering of even a 10 minute 4K video. Even with 1Terabyte external SD cards, you rapidly run out of space when working with Optimized and Proxy files.
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Neil Gilmartin wrote on June 5, 2021

Another fantastic course from Ben Balser. As with the other series I have watched from Ben, his style is straightforward and the explanations succinct and easy to follow. There is no filler - just useful stuff to take notes on throughout. Boom!
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Neil Gilmartin wrote on June 5, 2021

Fantastic course. I find Ben's style so easy to watch and follow. There was no filler at all - just a pure stream of useful tips from beginning to end. Boom!
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Will wrote on January 9, 2021

Ben! Thank you Sir! Excellent way of explaining the process and meaning of the different functions of the available tools in FCP! Thank you!
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Kyle Walker wrote on December 11, 2020

Very understandable, organized and helpful.
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Roy D Bailey Jr wrote on November 29, 2020

content was great and well presented... I only wish we had the option of downloading the clips so we could replicate what the instructor was doing on the screen
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Jerry wrote on March 29, 2020

Very helpful.
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Sergi wrote on February 27, 2020

Excellent
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