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Colour Grading Craft Stories

Stories on the Art & Craft of Colour Grading Although its relatively easy to find a wealth of technical and how-to information about colour grading online, finding articles on the art and craft...

The Current State of Post-Production

Editors on Post Production Trends The Editor’s Lounge Pre-NAB panel is celebrating its 10th year in style with this extremely lively discussion between Debra Kaufman (Creative Cow) and...

Interviews with Film Editors on Film Editing

Editors on Their Craft Here is a quick round up of some recent interviews with incredibly successful film editors on what it takes to become an incredibly successful film editor. If you take away one...

Best of BVE2013

Catch up on the best presentations of BVE2013 Online If you couldn’t make it to BVE2013 this year, then fear not you can still catch up on some great presentations thanks to the wonders of...

How To Be a DIT – Part 3

How To Be a DIT – Part 3 I’ve blogged a few times about how to become a DIT or a Digital Imaging Technician, bringing together the best things I can find from the internet to help those...

Why now is a good time to buy Avid

Why you might want to think about buying Avid Media Composer 6.5 I’ve been a Final Cut Pro editor for my whole working life, which is inching towards a decade which isn’t that long in the...

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...

How to become an Assistant Film Editor

How to become an Assistant Film Editor If you’re interested in learning how to become an assistant editor then there are quite a few resources out there to help you get started, or at least...

Preparing for a Grading Session

Questions to ask during the Creative Brief Patrick Inhofer from Taoofcolor.com is (hurricane Sandy not withstanding) about to release his grade along training series in which you get to grade an 8...

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...