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Editing Deadpool and Hail, Caesar! in Premiere Pro
Editing Deadpool and Hail, Caesar! in Premiere Pro As an editor who cuts in Adobe Premiere Pro every day, it’s always exciting to see major Hollywood films make the jump into very much the same...
Inside Professional Editing Timelines
Professional Film Editing Timelines It’s not often that you get to peer over the shoulder of a Hollywood feature film editor and see exactly what they look at day after day, whilst honing the...
The Making of The Revenant
The Making of The Revenant The Revenant looks like one brutal journey. Not only for the central character but also for the cast and crew. Shot over the course of almost a year in deepest Canada, the...
Learn the Craft of Film Editing
Learn the Craft of Film Editing If you want to learn the craft of film editing, to truly understand the ‘why’ of film editing and not just the technical button pushing how. If you want to...
Professional Colour Grading Breakdowns
Professional Colour Grading Breakdowns Learning from professional colorists is one of the best ways to improve your own colour grading skills, and this round up of breakdowns from a wide variety of...
Craft Insights – Editors in Conversation
Craft Insights – Editors in Conversation Commercial’s editor James Rosen, shares some fantastic creative wisdom in this blog post on the creative potential of intention, and our place as...
Mixing Light – A Year in Review
Mixing Light Colorist Training – In Review It’s been over a year since my initial review of Mixing Light.com, the professional colorist training site which delivers weekly insights to a...
Feature Film Workflows
Feature Film Workflows There is a certain feeling of trepidation that is experienced in the heart of every editor when they take on a project that is bigger and more complex than anything...
Interviews with Film Colorists
Interviews with Film Colorists If you want to learn how to be a better colorist then you need to get around professional colorists and ask them as many questions as you can. If you don’t happen...
Tips for Better Editing in Premiere Pro
Tips for Better Editing in Premiere Pro In this 30 minute webinar editor Richard Harrington shares a ton of tips for better editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015, from which you are guaranteed to...
The Making of The Martian
The Making of The Martian I really enjoyed The Martian, starring earth’s most expensive rescuee – Matt Damon. Him and a host of Go-Pro cameras. Strangely what I appreciated most about the...
Film Editing Pro – The Art of Action Editing Review
Film Editing Pro – The Art of Action Editing Review The Art of Action Editing, a unique editing training course from Film Editing Pro, offers you the opportunity to learn how to edit to a...
Editing Feature Films – Insights on the Craft
Editing Feature Films – Craft Insights In this post I’ve brought together three detailed interviews with editors cutting feature films, two of which are interviews I’ve conducted...
The Best Studio Monitors For An Edit Suite
The Best Studio Monitors For An Edit Suite Update July 2022: My personal recommendation for the best studio monitors for your edit suite would be the Yamaha HS7s, which I have used happily for years...