Category Archives: AVID

Useful resources for learning Avid

Posted on May 11, 2012 by jonny

Switching to Avid? Scott Simmons from the Pro Video Coalition gave a seminar at NAB 2012 where he taught the essentials for editors migrating to Avid Media Composer. He followed up that seminar by posting a list of useful links for … Continue reading →

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Learning Avid

Posted on May 4, 2012 by jonny

Switching from FCP to Avid? In the quest to find a more long term solution for an editing platform I’ve been looking closely at Avid Media Composer 6. Oliver Peter’s has a very handy article offering several tips for editors … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Learning Avid…

Posted on April 11, 2012 by jonny

Avid Media Composer is the only piece of software (other than After Effects) that I’ve lost work by not knowing. Some post houses are all Avid and when you want to work there, you need to know the software. As … Continue reading →

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How to view Avid MXF files without installing Avid

Posted on April 9, 2012 by jonny

ProVideoCoalition have a handy post on how to view Avid .MXF files without having to install Avid. This becomes very useful when all you want to know is what’s inside that folder of confusingly named Avid MXF file. View inside … Continue reading →

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Editing Inception

Posted on April 5, 2012 by jonny

How to edit a $200 million dollar movie Here is an in-depth interview from Studio Daily with film editor Lee Smith and assistant editor John Lee discussing their workflow and creative process for Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Interestingly Smith and Lee … Continue reading →

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Moneyball editor Christopher Tellefesen

Posted on March 10, 2012 by jonny

Studio Daily has a great interview with Moneyball editor Christopher Tellefesen about his instinctive process of cutting, reliance on Avid Script Sync and combining Oscar nominated performances with those of non-actors. Tellefesen also features in this 30 minute Q&A from … Continue reading →

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Free digital specification guides and short cut cheat-sheets

Posted on February 1, 2012 by jonny

If you need help remembering how fast transfer speeds are over firewire 800, or what the target bit rates are for RED-RAW or what the shortcut is for ‘add edit’ in FCP7 then look no further than worldwide-studios.com for a … Continue reading →

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Editing The Descendants

Posted on January 28, 2012 by jonny

Digitalcontentproducer.com has an interesting interview with editor Kevin Trent on editing The Descendants, starring George Clooney and directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt) Kevin Trent editing on Avid Media Composer in some random places like a train journey across America … Continue reading →

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