When you run into the problem of two tracks of audio sliding out of sync over time – for example using a DSLR for your picture and Zoom H4N for your audio, it could be down to this little Final...
Category - Editor’s Tools
Useful tools for film and video editors
REDCINE-X PRO Workflow
How to conform RED raw files For a step by step tutorial on using REDCINE-X PRO to finish your Final Cut Pro edit with a roundtrip through Color to grade your RED footage, from the raw .r3d files...
Editing The Descendants
Digitalcontentproducer.com has an interesting interview with editor Kevin Trent on editing The Descendants, starring George Clooney and directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt) Kevin...
Hard drive management for video editors
How to manage your hard drive space Keeping track of what is taking up space on your hard drives (especially if you use a lot of portable drives for different clients and different projects) can be...
Conform FCP timeline to r3d files automatically
Michael Cinquin – an editor from Belgium – has created some life saving tools for film editors (which can only be found online) and one in particular will help you to conform your FCP...
Thunderbolt peripherals for editors
For an overview of the latest Thunderbolt developments after CES Cary Dissmore (an editor from Minneapolis) has two great video blogs explaining the state of play and also some interesting (and...
Free FCPX Effects – Animation Curve Controls
Using FCPX Effects Alex Gollner of Alex4d has some great free FCPX effects for better animation control through curves controls in FCP X. His blog post also has a full run down of how to make the...
Understanding the Activity Monitor
If your system is slowing down, your internet seems slow or your edit keeps dropping frames, chances are a quick look at the activity monitor might help you figure out what’s going on…...
How To Use a Waveform Monitor
How to correctly use a Waveform Monitor Knowing how to correctly use a waveform monitor is an essential skill to master for accurate colour grading. Aside from it being one long advert for Tektronix...
Importing DSLR footage into Final Cut Pro
The most important thing about importing DSLR footage into Final Cut Pro 7 is making sure it has timecode and reel numbers. Both of these will allow for proper media management throughout post...
FCP 7 Media Manager Not Working? – Gotcha
Why isn’t the FCP7 Media Manager working? Final Cut Pro’s media manager is an extremely useful tool, when it works. But often you don’t know that its not going to work properly...
What works with Thunderbolt?
Thunderbolt connectivity has been slow going (other than Apple sticking it into all of their new laptops) and now more than a few blogs are discussing whether 2012 will be the year of Thunderbolt, or...
Invest in your creative career – The Importance of Ergonomics
Ergonomics for Creatives – a Life Long Career Investment My brother is an animator and pointed me to this great video on the importance of ergonomics in ensuring you’ll still be...
Free film production template to help organise your projects
Making use of the film production template This film and video production template can be a useful resource to help shape your client relationships and get your film projects off to a good start by...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo final editorial workflow
Conforming and Compositing A Feature Digitalcontentproducer.com has a detailed article from assistant editor Tyler Nelson (who also used a similar workflow on The Social Network) describing the...