HitFilm 4 Pro – First Impressions HitFilm 4 Pro is the latest release of the compositing/editing software from the UK based software company, HitFilm, and I point that out because it’s...
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Christmas Gifts For Film Editors
Christmas Gifts For Film Editors Christmas is the season for giving thanks and sharing the love, and who better to thank than your hardworking, bleary-eyed, faithful editor. The one who has cut you...
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...
4K Video Editing Monitors
4K Monitors for Film Editing Last updated: July 2022 Should you buy a 4K computer monitor for video editing? That’s the question I’m currently asking myself as I look to buy a new monitor...
How To Be A DIT – Part 15
How To Be A DIT – Part 15 It’s been a while since my last How To Be a DIT post, and if you’re new to this series you might want to check out this post that brings serves as a...
Getting Started With Fusion 8
Getting Started With Fusion 8 Fusion, the compositing and visual effects software, recently acquired from Eyeon by Blackmagic Design, is available as a free download under a beta release, for both...
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...
The Beginners Guide to Learning FCPX
The Beginners Guide to Learning FCPX If you want to learn Final Cut Pro X, either as an experienced editor giving it a try from another NLE, or as a complete newbie, this round up of resources will...
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...
Tutorials for DaVinci Resolve 12 Colorists
Tutorials for DaVinci Resolve 12 Colorists Davinci Resolve 12 and Studio editions are now out of public beta and jam packed with features, fixes and more. You can download them for free for Windows...
iPad Apps For Film Editors
iPad Apps for Film Editors As a editor it was essential you bought an iPad, you know for “work stuff.” Now that you’ve got iPad just lying around, isn’t it about time you did...