Oliver Peters has a comprehensive test review of the first batch of Thunderbolt enabled I/O devices which allow you to capture and playback via through external interfaces. Peter’s tests the...
Category - Editing
Understanding Digital Dailies
Cinema Editor Magazine has an interesting article on the rise of digital dailies and the blurring of the line between production and editorial as a greater number of ‘post-production’...
How to view Avid MXF files without installing Avid
ProVideoCoalition have a handy post on how to view Avid .MXF files without having to install Avid. This becomes very useful when all you want to know is what’s inside that folder of confusingly...
Titanic in Super 3D
Titanic in Super 3D Remake George Lucas, JJ Abrams and Michael Bay remake Titanic in Super 3D
Editing Inception
How to edit a $200 million dollar movie Here is an in-depth interview from Studio Daily with film editor Lee Smith and assistant editor John Lee discussing their workflow and creative process for...
Batman The Dark Knight Post Production
Editing Batman The Dark Knight I’m a big fan of Christopher Nolan’s movies, I can’t think of one I haven’t enjoyed both from an entertainment perspective and a craft or...
Alexis Van Hurkman on DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve Resources Alexis Van Hurkman is a colorist and DaVinci Resolve trainer. He’s here on the latest Macbreak Studio episode, giving an introduction to Resolve. You can buy his...
Compositing Technique – Hitchcock’s Rear Window
Rear Window Compositing Breakdown Really interesting compositing work by Jeff Desom with footage taken from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1964 Rear Window.
Baselight Plugin for FCP7
Filmlight, the UK company that make the Baselight colour grading systems recently released a plugin for Final Cut Pro that delivers all the power of Baselight inside the FCP interface, but then...
Larry Jordan FCP X 10.0.3 walkthrough
Working with FCPX 10.0.3 books and tutorials At the recent LAFCPUG meeting Larry Jordan walked through the new features of FCP X 10.0.3 and dispensed some very helpful tips on working with FCPX...
Syncing Audio in RED CINE-X Pro
How to sync audio in RED CINE-X Pro This tutorial from RED will show you how to manually and auto sync audio to your R3D files. You can download RED CINE-X Pro (beta) for free from red.com here.
Funny videos about editing
Funny Videos About Editing Conan O’Brian’s editors on FCPX and Premiere. An obvious choice?
Why you need Timecode and Reel Numbers
Hopefully this post is just for a few newer editors, fresh into the world of digital editing who need a bit of a brush up on how to edit their Canon 5D footage in a professionally organised fashion...
Photoshop for video editors
Richard Harrington, CEO of RHED Pixel, delivers a 40 minute workshop on creating graphics for film editors, providing some useful tips and techniques when using Adobe Photoshop in the edit suite...
How to set your freelance business rates
How much should I charge? Richard Harrington has a great 5 minute excerpt from his Lynda.com series Budgeting Video Projects, on how to plan and set your business rates. Taking the time to watch...