Inside Skyfall’s post production process The latest instalment of the Bond franchise does not disappoint (so go see it if you still can!) and as ever Roger Deakin’s cinematography does...
Category - Editing
How To Fix FCP7 Out of Memory Error
Solving Out of Memory Error in FCP7 The out of memory error in final cut pro 7 certainly is mysterious and very frustrating. I had this error today while working on a project with a lot of large jpg...
5 Amazing Visual Effects Breakdowns
Step by Step Visual Effects Reveals Visual effects breakdowns are always compelling viewing for me, as they are like watching the post production process in reverse. Peeling back the wallpaper and...
Free Final Cut Pro X Grading Tutorials
15 Free Color Grading Tutorials FCP.co posted a link to the first 5 of 15 free tutorials from Color Grading Central. If you want to see all 15 short tutorials on everything from creating looks to...
Dealing with difficult clients
How to deal with difficult clients I’ll be the first to admit I like laughing at the silly things ‘clients’ say and on the internet you don’t have to look very far for plenty...
Editing Tips from the Editor of The Amazing Spiderman
Editing Tips from Alan Edward Bell Alan Edward Bell editor of The Amazing Spiderman and 500 Days of Summer has added two more tutorials to his blog one (above) on how to do basic rotoscoping in order...
Colour Grading Workflows
Resolve 9 R3D Grading Workflow Markus Wellguny shares his dailies, editorial and final conform workflow in his guest post on Ninofilm.net. If you’re about to begin work on a R3D project and...
How to become an Assistant Film Editor
How to become an Assistant Film Editor If you’re interested in learning how to become an assistant editor then there are quite a few resources out there to help you get started, or at least...
Preparing for a Grading Session
Questions to ask during the Creative Brief Patrick Inhofer from Taoofcolor.com is (hurricane Sandy not withstanding) about to release his grade along training series in which you get to grade an 8...
Grading & Finishing Commercials
Creative DI in Commercials Studio Daily and Assimilate hosted this hour long webinar with Emery Wells, CEO & Founder of Katabatic, who walks through his colour grading, compositing and finishing...
Understanding DCP – Digital Cinema Package
What is DCP and why is it the future? Digital Cinema Package’s are the future of cinema projection (sadly – I love film!) but if you’re not up to scratch yet on what it is, how it...
New Features in FCPX 10.0.6
LAFCPUG – FCPX 10.0.6 Walkthrough For over an hour, Mark Spencer and Steve Martin from Ripple Training walk through the new features in FCPX 10.0.6 at the latest LAFCPUG meeting. The update to...
DaVinci Resolve 9 Keyboard Shortcuts
Resolve 9 Keyboard Shortcut Cheatsheets For a handy list of keyboard shortcuts for DaVinci Resolve 9 check out these free downloads. Mathieu Marano of Ilovehue.net has created these free keyboard...
Tapeless Workflow – Doing all the right things
Tapeless Workflow for Beginners Shane Ross of Little Frog in HD delivers a concise and complete workflow tutorial on how to work with tapeless media in FCP 7. This is well worth a watch for any...
Editing The Avengers – Jeff Ford
Avid Roughcut – Cutting features of all sizes The Avid Roughcut podcast is a wealth of excellent editing information, advice and insight – I’ve selected some of the best in this...