Category - Craft

How To Become A 2nd Assistant Film Editor

How To Become A 2nd Assistant Film Editor 2nd Assistant Film Editor Robert Sealey’s various post credits include Star Wars: Episode VII, Mission Impossible 5, Heart of the Sea, Edge of...

Davinci Resolve 11 Colour Grading Tutorials

DaVinci Resolve 11 Colour Grading Tutorials DaVinci Resolve 11 is now out of beta and available to download for free, either as the Lite version or as a free upgrade for fully paid-up customers. In...

5 Great Books For Business-Minded Artists

5 Great Books For Business-Minded Artists As a fairly entrepreneurial creative I’m always on the look out for great books on improving the business side of my artistic endeavours. After all if...

Inside Edit Fest London 2014

The Best Quotes from Edit Fest London 2014 I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the American Cinema Editor’s Edit Fest London at the very comfortable BFI on the South bank in London. It...

DaVinci Resolve 11 Free Download!

DaVinci Resolve 11 Now Available in Public Beta DaVinci Resolve 11 is now available to download as a free public beta. Version 11 of everyone’s favourite free colour grading software was...

Twitter Tips for Avid Editors Part 3

Even more Twitter Tips for Avid Editors #Shortcut of the Day: In #Avid MC map menu items to keyboard using ‘Menu to Button’ Reassignment in Command Palette. pic.twitter.com/XoMgFduAZF —...

Making of Godzilla 2014

The Making of Godzilla 2014 Godzilla (2014) looks like a great summer blockbuster to me – largely because of director Gareth Edwards and (in this trailer) Bryan Cranston’s excellent...

What A Film Editor Actually Does

What A Film Editor Actually Does If you’ve ever wondered what a film editor does, and what it takes to be one, then this 2 minute promo for creative film editing course Inside The Edit, is...

Twitter Tips for Avid Editors Part 2

Tips for Avid Editors from Editors who Tweet #Shortcut of the Day: In Avid MC hold Opt and move track up or down to change it’s order. Good for moving timecode track between A/V tracks. — Josh...

Insights on Editing Top Television Shows

Insights on Editing TV Shows From Top Editors Arrested Development is a fantastic show, and if you’ve not seen it, well you’ve made a huge mistake. Although you can catch up on most of...

Books on Film Editing – Part 3

Books on Film Editing – Part 3 Reading books, especially on film editing, is one of my favourite things to do. If you’ve been tracking with my blog for any length of time you’ll...

Free DIT Training From LightIron Digital

Free Online DIT Training From LightIron Digital LightIron Digital, the leaders in the field of on-set post production tools and software, has just released two new DIT training series covering their...