Issue #19 of Larry Jordan’s most-excellent FCP Newsletter is in the wild. As always, it’s packed with tips and techniques, a lot of great content. The newsletter is free, but requires you sign up for it. Well worth it.

A few highlights that caught my eye:
*New book is out.
*Prepping stills for import into FCP5 (recommended resolution).
*FCP Render Manager.
*Differences between HDV & DV (and issues/workarounds).
*Compressor Droplets (more on that below).
*And of course, tons of reader mail and comments.

I’ve personally been a big fan of Compressor Droplets since Ripple Training explained how to create them in a Compressor DVD tutorial excerpt. The one droplet that gets the most use from me is a “Convert to AIFF” droplet I configured after watching the tutorial. It’s fast, and painless and well worth the few minutes it takes to set it up.

[Larry Jordan Newsletter #19]
[“Final Cut Pro 5″ by Larry Jordan]
[Ripple Training]
[Ripple Training Droplet tutorial (MOV)]