Category Archives: Books

Useful resources for learning Avid

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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Editors on Editing

Mastering Film.com is Focal Press’s taster site to get you to buy their books, and the free content they offer is well worth checking out. These excerpts from Cutting Rhythms by Karen Pearlman and Justin Chang’s Film Craft: Editing provide valuable … Continue reading

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Books on film editing

Top 5 books for film editors Here are my top 5 books for film editors that focus specifically on the art and craft of film editing, rather than on how to use any one particular piece of software. Between these … Continue reading

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Larry Jordan FCP X 10.0.3 walkthrough

At the recent LAFCPUG meeting Larry Jordan walked through the new features of FCP X 10.0.3 and dispensed some very helpful tips on working with FCPX. Working with FCPX 10.0.3 books and tutorials Larry has also written a 300+ page … Continue reading

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Top 5 business books for the digital age…

Top 5 Business books I’ve been reading a lot of business books lately, partly for fun but mostly to try to learn more about the art and science of running a great business that not only creates profits but makes … Continue reading

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5 books for creatives everyone should read…

There are a small selection of books that I keep recommending to people (creatives and ‘non-creatives’ alike – in my mind everyone is creative in some way) that I think are worth reading whatever field you are in. To me a … Continue reading

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Digital Video Magazine

If you don’t subscribe to the free digital edition of Digital Video Magazine, you really should! This months edition was a corker with excellent articles from Oliver Peters on ARRI Alexa color grading workflow (p.68-71), another on RED workflow (p.60-63) … Continue reading

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