iPad Apps for Film Editors As a editor it was essential you bought an iPad, you know for “work stuff.” Now that you’ve got iPad just lying around, isn’t it about time you did...
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The Best Studio Monitors For An Edit Suite
The Best Studio Monitors For An Edit Suite Update July 2022: My personal recommendation for the best studio monitors for your edit suite would be the Yamaha HS7s, which I have used happily for years...
Contour Design Shuttle Pro v2 Review
Contour Design Shuttle Pro v2 Review Buy Shuttle Pro v2 on Amazon.com | Buy on Amazon.co.uk The ShuttlePRO v2 from Contour Design is a nifty little editing peripheral, and a popular one with editors...
HP DreamColor Z27x Monitor Review
HP DreamColor Z27x Monitor Review When I was putting together my rather extensive post on ‘Affordable Colour Grading Monitors‘, HP kindly sent a DreamColor Z27x monitor for me to...
Books For Creatives – Every Book Review on the Blog
Books For Creatives – Every Book Review on the Blog I love a good book. I love acquiring new knowledge, discovering fresh ideas and enjoying a good tale, well told. So over the years I’ve...
5 Books on The Craft of Film Editing
5 Books on The Craft of Film Editing In this fourth instalment of books on film editing for film editors are a five more books that you may want to read to improve your understanding of the craft...
What’s New in Final Cut Pro 10.2?
What’s New in Final Cut Pro 10.2? It’s always a pleasant surprise when Apple updates Final Cut Pro X and they chose to coincide with NAB 2015 for their latest release, which brings...
FCPX Feature Film Workflow
FCPX Feature Film Workflow It’s an exciting time for FCPX and its fans, for it has finally come of age and out of the dog house of popular opinion and into the spotlight. Not that it...
5 Books To Help You Learn How To Be A DIT
5 Books To Learn How To Be A DIT Learning how to be a DIT can be a tricky thing. For starters there’s a lot to master. You need to know the nuances of how to work with cameras and digital...
How To Be A DIT – Part 12 – From The Sensor To The Screen
How To Be A DIT – From Sensor To Screen A DIT’s (Digital Image Technician) responsibilities cover the entire journey an image will take from the camera sensor to the screen. Beginning...
The Big DaVinci Resolve 11 Training Review
The Big DaVinci Resolve 11 Training Review If you want to learn how to use DaVinci Resolve 11 then you would be smart to invest in some online training. But when there are so many to choose from...
Video Editing With Logitech G-13 Keyboard
Video Editing with Logitech G-13 Keypad Buy on Amazon.com | Buy on Amazon.co.uk I recently purchased a Logitech G13 after hearing how Editor Alan Bell A.C.E. uses one in combination with his Wacom...
Mixing Light Review – Inside Colorist Subscription Site
Mixing Light Review – Colorist Subscription Site How do you maintain visual interest over the length of a feature film as a colorist? How do you handle a client who insists the grade looks...
DaVinci Resolve 11.1 Tips and Tutorials
DaVinci Resolve 11.1 Tips and Tutorials With the release of DaVinci Resolve 11.1 (no longer in beta) there are a slew of new editing features and updates which are quickly covered in the video above...
Film Editing Keyboards, Mouse, Controllers and more
The Best Keyboards, Mice, Tablets & Controllers for Film Editing As a film editor you’ll be handling a mouse, keyboard, tablet or other, more exotic, controller all day every day. So it is...