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...
Category - Editing
How To Be A DIT – Part 5
Resources for New DITs In this 5th round up of online resources for DIT’s (Digital Image Technicians) editors and colourists who need to understand more about colour science, workflows and data...
Star Trek: Into Darkness – Post Production
Inside Star Trek: Into Darkness Post Production If you enjoyed JJ Abrams fun filled Star Trek sequel and wanted a closer look at some of the post production that went into the film then this round up...
Diary of An Avid Switcher Part 5 – Upgrades, Audio & Effects
How To Upgrade Avid Media Composer So in practice for the anticipated installation of Avid Media Composer 7 I’ve decided to actually update my Avid installation to MC 6.5.2.1. As always with...
Film Editing Wisdom For Editors & Assistants
Film Editing Wisdom For Editors & Assistants Whatever stage of your film editing career you’re in, be it just beginning or sitting on decades of experience, this collection of editing...
Freebies for FCPX
Free Things for Use With Final Cut Pro X If you’re on the look out for some free generators, effects, and such for use in FCPX, then this round up of some of the best free downloads available...
Colorists Resources Round Up Part 2
Useful Resources for Learning Colorists The last post I did called Colorist Resources was very popular so here is yet another round up of some of the latest tips and tutorials to hit the web. If you...
5 Things To Do While At EditFest & Supermeet London
5 Things To Do In London – Editor’s Weekend The weekend of the 28th and 29th of June is a big one in the editor/geek’s calendar. Not only is EditFest coming to London for the first...
5 Books on Storytelling Every Creative Should Read
5 Great Books for Every Creative Storyteller Being a great storyteller is key to any creative work, whether its a song, still image or feature film. These 5 books on screenwriting and writing will...
Colorist Resources Round Up
Great Resources for Colourists Another wave of great resources for new colourists has hit the web and I’ve rounded up a fair few of them here. Hopefully this melange of tutorials, tips and...
Colour Correction in Resolve, FCPX & Avid
Colour Correction Tips for Resolve, FCPX & Avid Here’s a quick round up of some useful tutorials on colour correction in Davinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X and Avid Media Composer. The first...
Tips for Easier Editing in FCPX
Tips for Editing in FCP X If you’re new to editing in FCPX getting used to the unique way in which it does a few things can be a bit of distraction to getting any real work done. Hopefully this...
Interviews with Editors who are using Avid
Avid Editors – Interview Round Up I’ve been collecting a growing list of links to interviews with editors who are using Avid Media Composer to get their job done, whether thats a major...
Working with C300 LOG Footage in FCP7 – Plus Free LUTS
Working with C300 LOG Footage in FCP7 The other day I had to work with some C300 LOG footage in FCP7 and needed to quickly apply a LUT that would show the client what it might actually look like in...
Lightworks On Mac
Lightworks on Mac Lightworks is probably the first (?) truly cross platform NLE, running on Linux, Windows and (soon) Mac OSX. So although its exciting to see the demo above at NAB 2013 of Lightworks...