Light Iron Digital’s On Set Post Production This video from Michael Cioni and his team at Light Iron Digital is seeking to demonstrate a) how their kit works and b) their vision of the future...
Category - Editor’s Tools
Useful tools for film and video editors
Free Lightworks 11 video tutorials
10 free Lightworks NLE video tutorials Lightworks is a free NLE from Editshare, which, while not as well known as Avid or FCP, has a long cinematic heritage. You need only check out the banner image...
Free 120 page Final Cut Pro 7 editing ebook
Over 170 tips, tricks and techniques for FCP7 Digital Heaven (a UK company that also runs finalcutters.com) has just added Final Cut Pro Killer Secrets (formerly a £9.99 ebook) to their selection of...
Affordable Colour Grading Monitors
Which color grading monitor should I use? If you’re trying to figure out which colour grading monitor to choose for your “small edit suite set up” then these resources should help...
Thunderbolt devices for film & video editors
What Thunderbolt devices are there for editors? Abelcine’s Andy Shipsides has a detailed write up of all the best Thunderbolt enabled peripherals for film editors. Andy covers hard drives and...
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 run a post production studio
How to run an edit facility Post Magazine has an interesting article interviewing different post production house bosses run their editing facilities with comments ranging from which software...
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...
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...
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...
Lightworks V11 Available now…
Lightworks Opensource Video Editing Lightworks from Editshare is the only free open source video editing software that can really compete with Avid, FCP or Premiere Pro. The Windows version is now...
Adobe Audition and Prelude CS6 first looks
Getting started with Audition & Prelude CS6 Larry Jordan has a couple of lengthy blog posts on his thoughts on using Audition and Prelude in a post production workflow. He comments on many of the...