Category - Editor’s Tools

Useful tools for film and video editors

2 & 1/2 Hours of free Smoke 2013 Training

Free Smoke 2013 Tutorials If you’re looking for a high end ‘finishing’ program editorial mashup then Smoke 2013 may be just what you need. The Smoke Training youtube channel now has...

Better editing in Avid

Re-editing an action sequence At the 2011 Supermeet editor Eddie Hamilton (in the middle of a Avid demo) played two versions of an edited action sequence from Kick Ass. Jump to about 6 minutes in and...

Amsterdam Supermeet Videos

Michael Cioni Supermeet Speech Michael Cioni, CEO of LightIron Digital, spoke on the need for evolution or face extinction. Product demos from the Amsterdam Supermeet John Brawly demo of the...

Editing Tips from Alan Edward Bell

Editing Craft – Alan Edward Bell Alan Edward Bell editor of The Amazing Spiderman and 500 Days of Summer has started a blog where he shares some of his insights and tips into what it takes to...

DaVinci Resolve Color Grading 101

Free Four Part Resolve Tutorial Series Den Lennie from F-stop Academy has created a free four part colour grading tutorial series. As a DP (rather than a colorist) Den offers more of a beginners...

Standing Desks for Film Editors

Creating your own standing desk Sitting at your desk for 40+ hours a week is slowly killing you. Standing is healthier and apparently makes you more productive. Plus Walter Murch does it so it must...

Three Avid Workflow Tips

Roundtripping: Avid to Resolve & Back Here’s a short video tutorial on how to get your timeline from Avid Media Composer to DaVinci Resolve and back again… Skip to 4 minutes in to get...

Finishing in Final Cut Pro X

Finishing Your Project in FCPX Oliver Peter’s has a great article on colour grading in FCP X to finish your project. Demonstrating just how much is possible (although why wouldn’t you...

Editing with VFX in mind…

Editing in your own VFX If you’ve not watched Alan Edward Bell’s 30 minute webinar on the visual effects that he temped into his offline cuts of The Amazing Spiderman, then sit down and...

REDCINE-X Pro Tutorials

Grading in REDCINE-X Pro and more… REDCINE-X Pro, the free ingest and grading application from RED, lets you create dailies or finished graded material from your original RED metadata. The...