Why you might want to think about buying Avid Media Composer 6.5 I’ve been a Final Cut Pro editor for my whole working life, which is inching towards a decade which isn’t that long in the...
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Comparing Final Cut Pro X vs Premiere Pro CS6
Which is better? FCPX or Premiere? No Film School posted a write up about this 45 minute presentation from Ric Lanciotti of the The Pacific Northwest College of Art. Its an in depth video with point...
Books On Film Editing – Part 2
More Books on Film Editing A while back I listed my ‘Top 5 Books on Film Editing‘. Since then I’ve read a few more and thought I’d list them here. There really is a wealth of...
Why I love to edit with my Wacom Tablet
Why Edit with a Wacom? As an editor I sit in front of my computer at least 8 hours a day. Eight hours of developing ‘The Claw‘ that was swiftly becoming my mouse-hand. Soon I started to...
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...
A Complete Guide To Setting Up a Home Color Grading Suite
How to set up a colour grading suite If you’ve ever wondered what it might take to set up a decent grading suite in your guest bedroom then this post from Ryan E Walters on nofilmschool.com...
Thunderbolt RAID Review & Thunderbolt Resources
G-tech Thunderbolt G-RAID Review Adam Garstone from High Definition Magazine reviews the G-tech Thunderbolt G-Raid, which offers ‘blazingly fast’read and write speeds, meaning you can...
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...
Premiere Pro CS6 free video tutorials
Learning Premiere Pro CS6 CreativeCow has an extensive collection of short video tutorials from Andrew Davis teaching you the basics of how to edit in the new Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. The principles...
Adobe Speedgrade
First look at Adobe Speedgrade Speedgrade is Adobe’s latest acquisition to its production premium line up, giving its suite of products a dedicated grading tool. Nikolai Waldman on Colorgrader...
Premiere Pro CS6 vs Final Cut Pro
Premiere Pro CS6 first impressions… David Lawrence has a lengthy blog post over on Creative Cow with his first impressions of the new Adobe Premiere Pro in CS 6. As a long time FCP user he...
Books on Film Editing
Top 5 Books for Film Editors Here are my top 5 books for film editors that focus specifically on the art and craft of film editing, rather than on how to use any one particular piece of software...
Thunderbolt Capture Devices Test Review
Oliver Peters has a comprehensive test review of the first batch of Thunderbolt enabled I/O devices which allow you to capture and playback via through external interfaces. Peter’s tests the...
Promise Pegasus Thunderbolt RAID Review
Provideocoalition has a review by Allan Tépper, of the Promise Pegasus Thunderbolt RAID 5, which combines high performance with data redundancy for HD film editing. If you don’t know anything...
Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Review
Is FCP X 10.0.3 ready for professional editors? Scott Simmons has an in-depth and interesting review of the latest version of FCP X 10.0.3 over on Studio Daily. Having added many of the features that...