Dolby Atmos – the sound of the future? Wired magazine has a great article on the behind the scenes work that has gone into the development and roll out of Dolby’s new sonic cinema...
Category - Editing
Editing a Pixar film
Editing an animated feature film… The art of the guillotine has a great podcast interview with editor Ken Schretzmann on how he got his start in the industry, his creative process as feature...
How to get a job as an editor
Getting your big break Zac Arnold shares how he worked his way to his ”big break” through Craigslist and Facebook (and a lot of hard work!) Assistant Editing Handbook (free chapter!) If...
Smoke 2013 Tutorials and Tips
Learning how to use Autodesk Smoke 2013 Autodesk Smoke 2013 is now available (download it here) so to learn how to get started with it, check out this extensive round up of tutorials, tips and...
How to be a VFX Assistant
What do VFX assistants do on big hollywood feature films? Anthony Snitzer has an interesting blog/journal documenting what he got up to as visual effects assistant working on The Avengers for five...
How to be a film director
Pixar directors on film directing Pixar has some really interesting filmmaking interviews with various senior members of its creative team. My favourite is probably Brad Bird on handling the barrage...
Prometheus Visual Effects Breakdowns
Behind the scenes on Prometheus With the release of Ridley Scott’s epic Prometheus a plethora of visual effects breakdown articles have popped up. Here are some of the best around: FXGuide TV...
DaVinci Resolve 9 video demo
DaVinci Resolve 9 – New Features Alexis Van Hurkman delivered a 20minute presentation to the Montreal Final Cut User Group after NAB 2012. Alexis talks through the new user interface and some...
Getting started using LUTS
Using LUT Buddy from Red Giant LUT Buddy is one of Red Giants free tools (along with Colorista Free) and allows you to… Use LUT Buddy with host apps like After Effects and FCP to output LUTs...
Learning how to use Cinema Tools
Understanding what Cinema Tools does… Back in the days of Final Cut Studio 3, the most ‘legacy’ and often overlooked program was Cinema Tools. I often use Cinema Tools to conform...
Colourist Aidan Farrell in conversation…
Interview with Bafta winning Colourist Aidan Farrell co-founded The Farm in London and has been one of the top colourists working in the world today for decades. In this podcast from FXGuide he talks...
Useful tools for film editors
Here are some really useful tools, tips and resources for film editors… File management workflow tips Dpbestflow.org has a huge range of really useful info on a vast range of digital video...
Choosing your editing software package…
Premiere Pro CS6 vs Final Cut Pro X Vs Avid MC6 If you’re trying to decide which editing software to go for, be it Adobe, Apple or Avid then Oliver Peter’s insightful article will help...
DaVinci Resolve Grading Tips
Professional grading tips for DaVinci Resolve Warren Eagles from the ICA has 5 tips in 5 minutes for DaVinci Resolve covering leaving the highlight on, polygon softness, how to zoom and move the...
Final Cut Pro X Tutorials
Learning Final Cut Pro X Given that you can download a free trial of FCPX there’s no reason not to give it a go. If you want a helping hand in getting started there are plenty of resources...