Switching from FCP to Avid? In the quest to find a more long term solution for an editing platform I’ve been looking closely at Avid Media Composer 6. Oliver Peter’s has a very handy...
Category - Editing
Smoke 2013 – Demos & Tutorials
There are plenty of Smoke 2013 product demonstrations and video tutorials available showcasing all the new editorial features and post workflows possible in the new version of Autodesk Smoke. Here...
Using metadata to colour correct RAW video
Blain Brown has a handy 7 minute tutorial on adjusting the metadata on your RED raw footage, in this case inside Assimilate Scratch, to colour correct your footage to the appropriate ISO, colour...
The Art of Film & TV Title Design
PBS Off Book short doc on the art of film and tv title design featuring three of the best in the business discussing some of their most famous titles; Mad Men, Blue Valentine and Zombieland. Watch...
Exporting DPX files from Color
DPX Workflow Sometimes if you are finishing your project in a professional colour grading suite, or sending plates to a vfx house they prefer to have dpx files to work from. To create these...
Compositing Visual Effects – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Visual Effects Compositing Walkthrough Eric Bever talks through some of the visual effects compositing that Digital Domain created for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo at NAB 2012. FX Guide has...
Colour Grading Tips
Colour Grading Tips Lift Gamma Gain is a new forum for colorists that has some interesting discussions going on. There are areas for a vast number of colour grading programs, industry news, hardware...
Premiere Pro CS6 New Features
Video2brain.com has just released over 2 hours of free tutorials introducing all of the new features in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Over 2 hours of Premiere Pro video tutorials… The course covers...
Interview with Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan is undoubtably my favourite director. I’ve enjoyed every one of his films and I love that he’s a stickler for doing things properly – like actually shooting on...
Creating a real film look from digital footage
Creating a real film look Studio Daily recently held a 70 minute webinar in partnership with Assimilate Scratch on how to create a film look from digital footage by adding a ‘film...
Editing in The Cloud
Using The Cloud in post production workflows With NAB fast approaching there is lots of discussion that 2012 will be the year when more and more cloud based services rise up in the world of post...
90 minutes on colour grading
Mark Spencer and Steve Martin are joined by Alexis Van Hurkman for an hour and a half on the world of colour grading, largely on DaVinci Resolve, but other applications too. Which control surface to...
Thinking about Learning Avid…
Avid Media Composer is the only piece of software (other than After Effects) that I’ve lost work by not knowing. Some post houses are all Avid and when you want to work there, you need to know...
Editors on Editing
Editors on Editing Mastering Film.com is Focal Press’s taster site to get you to buy their books, and the free content they offer is well worth checking out. These excerpts from Cutting Rhythms...
Books on Film Editing
Top 5 Books for Film Editors Here are my top 5 books for film editors that focus specifically on the art and craft of film editing, rather than on how to use any one particular piece of software...