Category - Workflow

Comparing Online Video Review Tools

Online Video Review Tools Compared There are a plethora of video review services available to filmmakers today, seeking to help them collaborate on projects, gather client feedback and do a lot more...

Understanding the FCPX Magnetic Timeline

Understanding the FCPX Magnetic Timeline The magnetic timeline with FCPX is the source of much of it’s power and much of the love it or hate it reaction from editors used to a different way of...

Inside Professional Editing Timelines

Professional Film Editing Timelines It’s not often that you get to peer over the shoulder of a Hollywood feature film editor and see exactly what they look at day after day, whilst honing the...

The Making of The Revenant

The Making of The Revenant The Revenant looks like one brutal journey. Not only for the central character but also for the cast and crew. Shot over the course of almost a year in deepest Canada, the...

Editing in Avid Media Composer 8.4

Editing in Avid Media Composer 8.4 The most recent release of Avid Media Composer is now up to version 8.4. (8.4.5 is the latest patch) Some of the headline new features include the ability to create...

Premiere Pro CC 2015 Tips and Tricks

Premiere Pro CC 2015 Tips and Tricks Premiere Pro CC 2015’s December update brought with it a whole host of new features, that had been showcased at NAB, but are now in your hands. In this...

DaVinci Resolve 12 Free Training

DaVinci Resolve 12 Free Training DaVinci Resolve 12.1 is now available and packed with a slew of new features and updates. This post brings together some of the best free DaVinci Resolve 12 training...

Mixing Light – A Year in Review

Mixing Light Colorist Training – In Review It’s been over a year since my initial review of Mixing Light.com, the professional colorist training site which delivers weekly insights to a...

Feature Film Workflows

Feature Film Workflows There is a certain feeling of trepidation that is experienced in the heart of every editor when they take on a project that is bigger and more complex than anything...

How To Be A DIT – Part 15

How To Be A DIT – Part 15 It’s been a while since my last How To Be a DIT post, and if you’re new to this series you might want to check out this post that brings serves as a...

Getting Started With Fusion 8

Getting Started With Fusion 8 Fusion, the compositing and visual effects software, recently acquired from Eyeon by Blackmagic Design, is available as a free download under a beta release, for both...

Tips for Better Editing in Premiere Pro

Tips for Better Editing in Premiere Pro In this 30 minute webinar editor Richard Harrington shares a ton of tips for better editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015, from which you are guaranteed to...

The Beginners Guide to Learning FCPX

The Beginners Guide to Learning FCPX If you want to learn Final Cut Pro X, either as an experienced editor giving it a try from another NLE, or as a complete newbie, this round up of resources will...

Tutorials for DaVinci Resolve 12 Colorists

Tutorials for DaVinci Resolve 12 Colorists Davinci Resolve 12 and Studio editions are now out of public beta and jam packed with features, fixes and more. You can download them for free for Windows...