Category - Workflow

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...

Grading Pro Res – LT/HQ Showdown

Which ProRes Codec should I grade with? Tristan Kneschke from Exit Editorial has an interesting post providing a side by side comparison of how well images hold up in grading when stored as Pro Res...

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...

Grading a music video with Resolve 9

Inside a grade – Renaissance Style Tristan Kneschke has a great post detailing his grading process on a Renaissance style rap video for ‘Killer Mike’ in DaVinci Resolve 9. Tristan...

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...

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...

Tackling Challenging Edits

Inside two difficult edits As an editor I’m always on the look out for other editors talking about their craft, and often the most interesting stories are how they solved the problems that...

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...

Kick-Ass Film Editor in Conversation

Eddie Hamilton on Editing Kick-Ass Eddie Hamilton is one of the editors who cut Kick-Ass and X-Men First Class and in this 30 minute conversation with Chris Jones he shares what it was like to spend...

RED Workflow – FCP7 to Resolve to FCPX

Indie feature film RED workflow FCP.co has a great write up of one indie feature’s RED workflow that involved roundtrips from Final Cut Pro 7 through Resolve and back to FCP X. Nick Gregorio...

How To Edit Film Trailers

Cutting Film Trailers Recently director Joe Carnahan uploaded this sizzle reel for the (18/NC-17) version of DareDevil that he was trying to persuade the studios to let him make. More interesting to...

The Psychology of a Scene

Crafting your edit Moviola.com has weekly webinars (free at the time, paid for on demand later). They also do an interview with the presenter each week, which you can listen to for free on their...