5 Must Read Books for Freelance Creatives As a freelance creative these ‘must read’ books will inspire you to see your creative business and career in a fresh and energising light. Being...
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Colour Grading – The Technical Stuff
Understanding The Technical Side of Colour Grading One of the fun things about being in a creative field is the technical side of things, that is if you’re a geek like me. A lot of great...
Learning Film Editing – Insights From Film Editors
Learning Film Editing From Film Editors Learning more about film editing from talented film editors is one of my favourite things to do. Finding videos, articles and interviews with working film...
5 Books on Colour Grading And Colour Science
5 Books on Colour Grading And Colour Science These days if you’re an editor you are expected to have a decent handle on colour grading and colour science. Being able to steward your project...
Color Grading Craft Stories
Insights on the Craft of Color Grading In this round up I wanted to share some of the great resources to be found online about the art and craft of color grading. While many of the grading posts...
Adobe Speedgrade CC Tips & Tutorials
Tips and Tutorials for Adobe Speedgrade CC The latest release of Speedgrade allows you to ‘direct link’ between Premiere Pro which means that you now no longer need to render out new...
Making of John Lewis Animated Advert: The Bear & The Hare
John Lewis Christmas Ad 2013 – Bear & Hare This advert for John Lewis (a UK department store) is pretty special. I always love seeing the intricate, passionate, endless work that goes into...
The Best Training on Lynda.com for Film Editors
The Best Training on Lynda.com for Film Editors Lynda.com is a hugely valuable resource for digital creatives the world over who want to pick up new skills, learn new software packages or hone their...
DaVinci Resolve 10 Grading Tutorials
DaVinci Resolve 10 Color Grading Tutorials DaVinci Resolve 10 is now out of beta and available to download. The latest release from Blackmagic Design is a huge leap forward – adding in features...
Editing Craft Round Up
Learn about the craft of film editing As an editor, learning more about the craft of film editing is one of my favourite things to do. Thanks to the great people who make up the online global post...
More Tutorials for Colorists
Colour Grading Tutorial Round Up In this round up of tutorials for colorists of every calibre you can learn how to use scopes on your iPad, just how many ways you can colour grade in FCPX, and get a...
How To Make A DCP For Free
Creating Digital Cinema Packages for free Digital Cinema Packages are the gateway to digital cinema projection and distribution and is a specifically designed set of video, audio and metadata files...
How To Be A DIT Part 7
How To Be A DIT Part 7 – Tips & Tech This series of How To Be A DIT posts is marching into it’s 7th instalment. Although you don’t have to be a DIT to benefit from the resources...
Ebook: How To Be A Successful Freelance Creative
Forthcoming Ebook For Freelance Creatives So, I’m writing this book on how to be a successful freelance creative, essentially trying to pack in every useful piece of advice I’ve ever...
The Art and Craft of Sound Design
Understanding The Craft of Sound Design Sound design is 60% of any film’s construction. In many ways good sound design is more important than good picture. You might be forgiven for shaky...