Category - Books

3 Essential Books on Avid Editing

3 Books on Editing in Avid Media Composer If you’re looking for some great books on learning Avid Media Composer and then, after having grasped the fundamentals, developing some mastery for it...

An Editor’s Epic Christmas List

What to buy a film editor for Christmas? The Christmas is almost upon us and you’re thinking about just how much you love, value and appreciate your humble film editor. You want to show them...

Dealing with difficult clients

How to deal with difficult clients I’ll be the first to admit I like laughing at the silly things ‘clients’ say and on the internet you don’t have to look very far for plenty...

Books On Film Editing – Part 2

More Books on Film Editing A while back I listed my ‘Top 5 Books on Film Editing‘. Since then I’ve read a few more and thought I’d list them here. There really is a wealth of...

Tackling Challenging Edits

Inside two difficult edits As an editor I’m always on the look out for other editors talking about their craft, and often the most interesting stories are how they solved the problems that...

Interviews with Master Editors

Master Editors – Anne V Coates Anne V Coates has cut such great films as Lawrence of Arabia, In the Line of Fire, Out of Sight and Erin Brokovich and in this excerpt from Justin Chang’s...

Free 120 page Final Cut Pro 7 editing ebook

Over 170 tips, tricks and techniques for FCP7 Digital Heaven (a UK company that also runs finalcutters.com) has just added Final Cut Pro Killer Secrets (formerly a £9.99 ebook) to their selection of...

How to get a job as an editor

Getting your big break Zac Arnold shares how he worked his way to his ”big break” through Craigslist and Facebook (and a lot of hard work!) Assistant Editing Handbook (free chapter!) If...

Useful resources for learning Avid

Useful Resources when 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...

Editors on Editing

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...