Useful Resources for DIT’s If you are interested in becoming a working DIT or just understanding a bit more about what they actually do, then this 4th round up of useful links and resources...
Category - Editor’s Tools
Useful tools for film and video editors
NLE Color Correction Round Up
Colour Grading in Your NLE If you’re looking to get some quick colour correction done then often the fastest place to do that is right there on your timeline. Most of my colour correction and...
Matching Film Stocks with Film Convert
Matching Film Stocks with Film Convert If you’re looking for a simple way to match your digital footage to what you might get out of a film camera then Film Convert is a New Zealand based...
Diary of an Avid Switcher Part 3 – Things I Should Have Done
Learning Media Composer – Doing Things Right From The Start So this is my third instalment of my Avid Diary of a Switcher and thanks to the help of everyone who has commented I’m slowly...
Tips For New FCPX Editors
A Round Up of Tips For FCPX Editors If you’re new to editing in FCPX then hopefully this large collection of quick tips should help you learn to get faster, smoother and more productive in...
Lightworks on Linux and soon on Mac?
Lightworks for Linux and soon on Mac? If like me you’ve been waiting with child-like excitement at the thought of getting your hands on Lightworks for Mac ever since Editshare announced they...
A Colour Grading Round Up For Virgin & Veteran Colourists
Colour Grading in Resolve, Speedgrade & More Here’s a quick round up of some of the latest free tutorials, tips and training on the craft of colour grading that should help both those who...
Best of BVE2013
Catch up on the best presentations of BVE2013 Online If you couldn’t make it to BVE2013 this year, then fear not you can still catch up on some great presentations thanks to the wonders of...
Final Cut Pro X Workflow Round Up
Final Cut Pro X Workflow Round Up If you’re working with FCPX in any serious way then you’ll soon what to rummage through these articles to see how editors around the world are learning...
Over 4 hours of real-world training for Media Composer
Using Media Composer in the Real World Rule Boston Camera’s Learning Lab Series is always superb and I’ve shared to some of their excellent videos before (like this post on 2 Hours with a...
Layered Photoshop File Won’t Import into FCP7?
Gotcha: Importing Layered Photoshop Files into FCP7 I was trying to bring in some graphics into FCP7 as a layered photoshop file so I could easily animate the different layers separately. But for...
Diary of An Avid Switcher – Part 2: Wrestling The Basics
Working with Avid Media Composer 6.5.2 First of all thanks to all those who have been commenting and tweeting and helping me out while I’m trying to get to grips with working with Avid Media...
3 Essential Books on Avid Editing
3 Books on Editing in Avid Media Composer If you’re looking for some great books on learning Avid Media Composer and then, after having grasped the fundamentals, developing some mastery for it...
Diary of an Avid Switcher – Solutions for FCP Editors
Learning Avid Media Composer 6.5.2 – Solutions for FCP Editors If you’re in the throws of making the switch from FCP7 to Avid Media Composer (or just learning Avid for the first time) and...
Dale Grahn – Colour Timing Over 200 Feature Films
Dale Grahn – Learn to Colour Time Dale Grahn was Spielberg’s color timer (the pre-digital intermediate way to colour grade your film) with over 200 feature film credits listed on imdb...