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The Best Amazon Black Friday Deals for Film Editors 2024

Black Friday 2024 (November 29th) is nearly upon us, with deep discounts on post-production services, software and essential gear, already appearing online.

In this post, I’ve reached out to all the post-production brands I know best to see if they’re running a deal this year that will help you save a few bucks and also support their essential businesses.

Some of them have offered me exclusive discounts or details of their deals ahead of time, so be sure to check back regularly over the next week or two to see if new deals are available for the thing you’re after, as I will be updating this post daily.

For others, I’m guessing that if they ran a Black Friday deal last year, they may well this year. But just because I’ve listed them early on, doesn’t guarantee that they will!

Here’s a shortlist of the Black Friday Deals for Film Editors 2024:

Ravengrade – Up to 50% off Ravengrade Complete bundle of all grading tools & training
BackBlaze – 30% off – Discount code: CYBRBLZ24
Hedge – 20% on any product with “jonnyelwyn“. Get 2x Hedge Funds on Black Friday.
Riverside.fm – Best way to record video call interviews – 35% off annual plans with code: JONNY35. Get 20% off all year with code: JONNYELWYN
SideShowFX – 30% off all icon packs/plugins for StreamDeck/Loupedeck – Code: BF2024
EditStock – Buy 1 get 1 free (up to 5 projects) on original dailies for short projects.
Time In Pixels – 30% off all products including Nobe Omniscope – Code: JONNY2024
FilmConvert & Cinematch – 40% off Nitrate and CineMatch (+10% with code: ELWYN). 10% off the new Hazy and Halation standalone products with coupon code ELWYN
Knights of the Editing Table – Up to 20% off Premiere Pro Extensions
FilmmakerU – 10% off excellent post production training
Huion – Up to 50% off their affordable and high quality pen display tablets
CVP – Huge discounts on a massive range of cameras, monitors, lights and more.
AVA Music Group – 70% off Trailer sound effects, synth loops and more
Boom Library – 30% off their giant 48,000+ file audio library: Boom One.
A Sound Effect – Up to 82% off 2200+ sound effects libraries, plugins and instruments
MotionVFX – 30% off Design/CineStudio, and PPro Resolve packs with code: BW30
Recut – Automate your audio edit and get $10 off
Boris FX – 25% off everything, including Continuum, Sapphire and Mocha Pro!
Action VFX – 30% off all credit plans and packs for 2D/3D VFX assets, pay now save later.
iZotope – 40% off RX11, Elements packs for only $29 each, Elements Suite for $95.
RippleTraining.com – 40% off everything with discount code: Blackfriday40

Last year’s deals – I will move these into the confirmed list above if they are active in 2024.

Master The Workflow – Save $200 on the best Feature Film Assistant Training there is!
Masterclass.com – World-class teachers, 2-4-1 discount (find a friend, get it half price!)
Inside The Edit – 50% off lifetime access to this unparalleled editing training
Waq as Qazi Freelance Colorist Course – Save $400 on 27+ hours of detailed colorist craft and business training with code: BFCM
LearnColorGrading.com – Get $600 off an epic collection of Resolve Training
The Go-To Editor – Save $700 on This Guy Edits superb editing career course bundle
MZED – $150 off their all-access membership plus chance to win $20K of gear!
FXElements – 70% off all FX clips and 40% off (lifetime discount) all FX subscriptions
WASD Keyboards – Over 50% off bespoke mechanical keyboards
LearnSquared – 50% off professional level training for VFX, concept and CGI artists
Adobe Creative Cloud – Up to 45% off All App Subscriptions
FXFactory – 20% off site wide with promo code: BLACKFRIDAY
Avid Media Composer – 20% off new, one year subscriptions
Topaz Labs – Save up to 60% on AI powered scaling, sharpening and more
Video CoPilot – 25% off After Effects plugins from everyone’s favourite instructor
Digital Rebellion – 30% off industry standard desktop apps and deep discounts on Kollaborate Server
Fylm.ai – AI powered colour grading at a discount
CineColor – Excellent LUTS are 40% off site wide with 50% on bundles
FXPHD.com – 30% off annual memberships, New Resolve courses and Intro to HDR
The Edit Chef – Save $150 on a popular editing course designed to boost your editing speed. – Code: BF2023

The Best Black Friday Deals for Editors on Amazon – Nov 21st – Dec 2nd 2024

I’ve culled Amazon’s Black Friday deals to cherry pick the best deals that professionals working in post production should seize with both hands.

You can jump down the post to those here:

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I’ll update this post as deals become available but a few highlights from last year included:

Bargains on hard drives
High quality headphones on sale
Discounts on Stream Decks
Sales on high-end keyboards and peripherals
Blu-Ray and DVD collections at a steal
Deals on interesting things like AirTags, TVs and electric toothbrushes

If you hear of a great sale (or are running one) hit the comments or the contact form to let me know!

Don’t Have Money? Want Some Freebies?

If you’re currently a little strapped for cash at the minute and can’t snap something up right now – fear not – you can still grab some excellent post production freebies and promo codes, all year round, right here.

For example, you can save 20% on Riverside.fm, my favourite way to record remote interviews for optimal results with the discount code: jonnyelwyn.

Or 10% off any Hedge product including, EditReady, OffShoot, Mimiq and many more!

Black Friday Deals and Discounts for Video Editors

When it comes to some of the best post production software, hardware and online services for film editors, there are plenty of opportunities to save some of your hard earned cash this Black Friday.

I’ll update this list over the next few weeks as more details become available and offer codes appear online but to get us started I’ve based this year’s list on last year’s final Black Friday Deals list, with the assumption that many of the same companies will be running a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale again this year.

So check back regularly to see what’s new and if your favourite company is running a sale!

RAVENGRADE

Ravengrade – Creators of high-end colour grading tools and training are offering up to 50% off their Ravengrade complete bundle, normally $801 now only $475!

Ravengrade Complete includes the flagship Cinelook plugin, Mira Powergrades, Master Tone and Daro Cinema Looks, which were designed by colorist and colour scientists who have worked on countless high-end productions.

The half-price bundle also includes their brand new The Color Apprentice and DaVinci Resolve Master Tips training courses.

Check out my detailed review of the Ravengrade CineLook film emulation plugin here, it’s a finely tuned colour grading tool, created by professional colorists for professional colorists!

HEDGE – ALL PRODUCTS

Hedge makes joyful software. I say that because every time I use Offshoot to safely copy files, it literally brings me joy. It’s beautifully designed, easy to use and 100% effective.

What more do you want?

PostLab, EditReady, and ScopeBox are also essential items in my Post-Production arsenal. They will serve you well.

Save 20% on any product with the exclusive discount code: “jonnyelwyn” until Dec 4th.

BACKBLAZE

Get 20% off this pricing during their Black Friday sale!

BackBlaze – Get 30% off unlimited cloud backups of your edit suite and all your connected drives with the discount code: CYBRBLZ24 from November 1st til midnight on the 30th November 2024.

So you could get two years of unlimited data backed up to the cloud, for just over $66/year!

Don’t delay on backing up – Sign up today and let BackBlaze do it’s work.
Your future self will thank you!

SIDESHOW FX

Sideshowfx – Creators of thousands of custom icons and pre-built profiles for devices such as the Stream Deck, Loupedeck and Touch Portal are offering 30% off everything they make, during their Black Friday to Cyber Monday sale. Use discount code: BF2024

The sale runs from November 29th to December 2nd 2024.

Check out my detailed post on setting up a Stream Deck for editing and grading to learn more about Sideshowfx’s unique products.

TIME IN PIXELS

Save 30% on Nobe OmniScope, Nobe Display and Nobe Color Remap

Time in Pixels – Creator of respected Nobe OmniScope, Nobe Display and Nobe Color Remap and False Color plugins is offering 30% off everything from November 18th until November 30th.

Use the discount code: JONNY2024

FILMCONVERT & CINEMATCH

FilmConvert – Makers of popular film emulation and grading plugin FilmConvert Nitrate and the Cinematch camera matching system, are offering 40% off individual plugins and bundles from the 25th November to 6th December 2024.

Save an extra 10% on top with discount code: ELWYN

This doesn’t include the recently announced Halation and Hazy standalone plugins. But you can get 10% off with the discount code: ELWYN

These are the lowest prices you’ll see all year!

EDIT MENTOR & EDITSTOCK

Edit Stock – Get access to the complete dailies for short form projects to edit with to practice your craft, from commercials to short films and everything in between.

Buy one get one free on up to 5 projects.

Offer starts 28th November and ends Cyber Monday 2nd December 2024 and includes multi-user licenses but doesn’t cover educational packages.

RIVERSIDE.FM

I’m a huge fan of Riverside.fm, it’s the best way I’ve found of recording video calls and remote interviews for later editing. Ditch Zoom and use Riverside instead.

I use Riverside for autotranscripts, audio enhancement, timecoded chapters and much more!

During Black Friday you can use the code Jonny35 to get 35% off annual plans.

If you’re too late for that, or want try a monthly plan get 20% off with the code: jonnyelwyn

HUION PEN DISPLAYS

Huion – are offering up to 50% off their excellent pen display tablets or $120 off items like the Huion Kamvas Pro 16 Plus (4K) which I have previously reviewed in great detail here.

AVA Music Group – Up to 70% off in their Black Friday sale. Trailer sound effects, synth loops virtual instruments and more are 50% off.

Boom Library – Boom One is a massive (500+GB!) sound effects library comprised of over 48,000 wav files. You can buy the whole thing outright only $1,495 instead of ~~$2,990~~ or more affordably, pay $29/month, which works out to $348 instead of ~~$499~~ per year.

A Sound Effect – Up to 50% off their 21,000+ premium sound effects library, plugins and instruments. Free bonus libraries included dependig on your spend amount.

Knights of the Editing Table – Makers of some superb and time-saving extensions for Adobe Premiere Pro editors, such as their ‘Grave Robber’ tool, which takes nested clips and un-nests them in place, are offering 20% everything off from November 29th to December 6th 2024.

MotionVFX – Save up to 30% on their CineStudio and DesignStudio plugins, as well as motion graphics packs for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve with the discount code “BW30” from now until Cyber Monday.

Recut – Automate your audio edit with this neat little app that is $10 off with my year-round discount code. Recut automatically chops out the silent gaps between speech in a jiffy.

BORIS FX

Boris FX – Creators of some of the film and TV industry’s (especially Avid Editors) favourite plugins and VFX software are offering 25% off everything for one week only, November 25th to December 1st 2024.

Sale is limited to one new product purchase per customer. Monthly subscriptions are discounted for the first month only.

Action VFX – 30% off all their monthly and annual credit plans and one-time purchase credit packs for their huge library of 2D and 3D VFX assets. So you can pay now and store up some credits to buy the assets you need later in the year and save when you do.

iZotope – Makers of the extremely popular RX 11 suite of plugins for audio polishing and the incredibly affordable Elements Suite are offering 40% off and $29 Elements plugins.

Sale runs from November 14th to December 5th 2024.

RIPPLE TRAINING

Ripple Training – Use the promo code BlackFriday40 to get 40% off everything you put in your cart (excluding bundles, FCP for iPad and FX Factory plugins) from one of Apple’s offically recommended training partners.

Ripple Training produce some of the easiest to follow learning available today, with one of the best online training platforms around.

Apple just updated FCPX to version 11 and DaVinci Resolve is now at v19, so you’d be wise to check out their:

FILMMAKER U

FilmmakerU – Get 10% off Mad Max: Fury Road colorist Eric Whipp’s superb colour grading masterclass, available from Filmmaker U, along with all of their other excellent post production classes.

Here’s my full review of Eric’s class, including one of my major takeaways from his teaching; narrate your work. Click through here to find out why this is so powerful.

Save 10% year round with these exclusive discount codes:

Colorist Eric Whipp = JONNY
Sound Designer Eugene Gearty = 3UG3NE4J0NNY (the o is a zero)
Editor Brian Kates = BR14N4J0NNY (the o is a zero).

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MASTER THE WORKFLOW

Master The Workflow is offering a huge $200 discount plus $800 worth of bonuses during Black Friday 2023.

Normally $997 but now down to $797, this is likely to be the very best price you can secure life-time access to their excellent Assistant Editor training all year, so don’t miss out!

For the first time bonuses include:

Free Avid Practice Media – worth $300.00
Free 45min mentoring session with Editor Lawrence Jordan – $500.00 value

Grab this offer while it lasts here!

The full Master The Workflow course is the best feature film assistant editor training I’ve ever seen and you can read my in-depth review here and 1 year later update review here.

Top 3 Benefits of MTW membership:

The Best Assistant Editor Industry Training Around
An Assistant Editor’s Digital Codebook (plus updates)
Access to MTW Private Alumni Group (Jobs, Help, Connections!)

MASTERCLASS.COM

Masterclass.com – I’m a massive fan of Masterclass.com, and try to use their huge and growing library of world class experts to learn something new almost every week.

You can learn skate boarding from Tony Hawk, magic from Penn and Teller or screenwriting from Aaron Sorkin, directing from Ron Howard or Texas-style BBQ mastery from Aaron Franklin. (Yum!)

Masterclass are once again running a Buy One Gift One promotion during the holiday season. Only new customers are eligible to make the purchase, but they can gift the 2nd membership to an existing Masterclass member, to extend their access for another 365 days.

So find a friend and split the cost between you to effectively get a year of Masterclass for half price!

This would make an amazing Christmas gift for anyone with a curiosity for learning and the world-class experts they have in their library are unparalleled.

Don’t miss out on this excellent opportunity to enjoy Masterclass throughout 2025!

INSIDE THE EDIT

Inside The Edit – Without doubt the best documentary editing course you can take online today is Inside The Edit. I’ve written about it several times and it’s a core part of my Alternate Film School for Editors.

Once again they are offering a massive 50% off lifetime subscriptions.

Use the code: BF23 at checkout to get unparalleled editing training for life for just £750!

Missed the sale? Use code “JONNYELWYN20” to get 20% off year round!

LEARN COLOR GRADING / FILM SIMPLIFIED

DaVinci Resolve Training Black Friday Sale

LearnColourGrading.com – Alex Jordan who runs a popular YouTube channel on colour grading in DaVinci Resolve usually offers his 10-course in-depth training at rock-bottom prices and this year is no different with a huge $600 discount available until 28th November.

THIS GUY EDITS – GO-TO EDITOR COURSES

This Guy Edits, Go-To Editor 4.0 Training – Hugely popular YouTuber and Editing instructor, This Guy Edits’ unique training courses are on sale until 26th November 2023.

$100 OFF the Go-To Editor 4.0 with Coupon Code: “HappyEditing100” or 10% off the monthly payment plan.
Save $700 on the Super Bundle – The Go-To Editor 4.0 ($997) PLUS Editmentor’s Advanced Editing Workshop with Stephen Mark, ACE ($499) PLUS YouTube Kickstarter with ThisGuyEdits ($199) for only $997.

I’ve previously reviewed the course in detail here, and written about three graduates of the course who won the opportunity to edit a real feature off the back of it here. The business tactics and career advancement strategies Sven shares make The Go-To Editor a core part of my Alternative Film School for Editors.

ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD

Adobe Creative Cloud – If you’re not yet a subscriber to Adobe’s Creative Cloud suite of apps yet, or are thinking of upgrading, then this is the best time of year to sign up.

Until November 24th you can save between 25% and 40% off All-App plans for individuals, 70% off All-App student plans and 25% off Team plans. Sale prices vary depending on your region.

(Psst. Even if you’re an existing customer and you’ve been on a discounted deal since last year, you can just politely ask their live support chat for the new deal or to renew on discounted rate, you may well just get it anyway….)

LearnSquared – Creators of professional level training for VFX, Concept and CGI artists with courses from some of the industry’s brightest minds, are offering 50% off everything until November 30th.

WAQAS QAZI FREELANCE COLORIST

Waqas Qazi Freelance Colorist Course – $400 off (~~$997~~) this popular 27+ hour training course which aims to take you from a standing start to landing paying gigs as a freelance colorist.

Waqas has been sharing his knowledge and experience on YouTube clocking up 388,000 subscribers in just 4 years.

The Black Friday sale starts on the 22nd and ends at midnight on the 27th November 2023.

Use the code: BLACKFRIDAY to save $400 at the checkout.

I’ve previously reviewed this exceptionally comprehensive course, which covers topics others don’t touch, in quite some detail here.

Color Finale – FCPX’s flagship colour grading plugin, Color Finale 2 Pro, is 30% off and there is up to 55% off bundles which include Color Finale LUT Manager and Color Finale Transcoder and LUT packs.

FXElement – 70% Off All FX Clips , 40% Off All FX Subscriptions (Lifetime Discount), 30% Off All FX Packs. The sale runs from November 21st to 30th 2023.

WASD Keyboards – WASD make some hugely popular and completely customisable mechanical keyboards and has a ton of individual discounts, with over 50% off available on some specific products.

FXFactory – Get 20% off site wide with the promo code: BLACKFRIDAY from November 21st until November 28th. This includes high end plugins and software for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve.

Avid Media Composer – Save 20% on new Media Composer one-year licenses until Nov 26th.

Topaz Labs – Are a trusted AI tool creator for massively upscaling, sharpening, denoising and enhancing your digital assets. Save up to 60% on their everything bundle (~~$758~~ = $299) or get their Video AI Toolset for just $159 (~~$299~~).

MZed – Offer an impressive training academy featuring First Man and La La Land editor Tom Cross and DP Shane Hurlbut ASC among many others. Their Black Friday sale is live now and includes:

30% off Tom Cross The Art and Technique of Film Editing Course (normally $249) – 8+ hours!
Year’s membership to MZed Pro for only $199 (save $150) delivering 450 lessons over 36 courses worth $9000, if you bought them individually!
30% off all individual courses, including DaVinci Resolve training

Video CoPilot – Save 25% on Video CoPilot plugins Element 3D and Optical Flares, plus on bundled shaders, motion elements, lighting packs and much more!

Toolfarm – Plugins, scripts and niche After Effects goodies are all on sale through the Toolfarm warehouse. Have a rummage for up to 50% off popular post-production tools from Video CoPilot, Boris FX, AEJuice, NewBlueFX and more.

Digital Rebellion – Makers of the endlessly useful Post Haste, CinePlay, Pro Maintenance Tools and Pro Media Tools are offering 30% off their desktop products and also on the self-hosted and recently revamped Kollaborate Server until Cyber Monday (Nov 27th 2023.)

Kollaborate Server (self-hosted): $111-$1329, depending on options chosen (normally $159-$1899)
Kollaborate Encoder (self-hosted): $69 (normally $99)
Pro Maintenance Tools – $99 (normally $129)
Pro Media Tools – $69 (normally $99)
CinePlay – $19 (normally $29)

fylm.ai – AI-powered colour grading at a discount. The Pro plan is reduced from $180 to $108 (discounted at checkout) and their sister site Lutify.me is also offering a discount ($99 instead of $168) on their fylm.ai Lite and LUT bundle with the code: FYLMBF2023.

CINECOLOR

CineColor.io – Filmmaker Noam Kroll is behind these excellent LUT and film grain packs over at CineColor.io that are genuinely worth paying for and I’ve reviewed them here.

From now until midnight on the 28th November 2023 you can save 40% on every single pack and 50% on the bundles, including their technical LUTs, film emulations, textures and film grain packs.

There are also several FREE LUTs which are also worth grabbing too.

FXPHD – Get 30% off colorist Warren Eagles brand new DaVinci Resolve 18 training, Colorist Kevin Shaw’s Introduction to HDR and site wide membership to 270+ professional VFX courses including Unreal Engine, Houdini, Maya and many more!

The Edit Chef – Save $150 on a popular editing course designed to boost your editing speed, productivity and earning potential. This is the first time this course has been discounted and the sale runs until the end of November. Use code: BF2023.

DuplicateDirectory – 50% off a handy app to duplicate directory structures with or without their contents. Sale runs until the end of Cyber Monday. A steal at only $12.50!

The Best Black Friday Deals on Amazon for Film Editors

Amazon always go big during the ‘Black Friday’ sales season – which somehow they stretch out for weeks on end – so keep an eye out for limited time deals, offers leading up to Black Friday and past Cyber Monday.

Amazon have opened up their Black Friday Week Deals already, many of which are time or stock limited so check back frequently.

These links should all geo-locate and attempt to find the same deals in your local Amazon store so click through to see if the same deal is available to you.

I’ll keep updating this list with the best deals I spot on Amazon in the next week or so, although some of them might be time or supply limited, if you’re reading this a bit later on.

If you’re not yet an Amazon Prime subscriber, I highly recommend it!

Not only will you get early access to some of the best deals during the sales, but you’ll get free shipping year round, access to Amazon Prime Video for shows like Mr. Robot and Homecoming (along with a zillion others) and their Prime Music service which has a strong catalogue of original soundtracks to listen to.

To name just two benefits.

You can sign up for a 30-day free trial here.

Save up to 60% on Amazon devices, including Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen), Amazon Fire Tablets, Echo smart speakers and Ring doorbells and security cameras.

Save $65 (46%) on an Amazon Fire HD 10 with a 1080p screen and 32GB of space, and turn it into a portable training library by downloading tons of tutorials onto it like I do, thanks to massively expandable external storage through the SD card slot.

Or get up to 45% off brand new Amazon Fire 8 tablets with 1080p screens and 32GB of internal storage. That’s a handy portable tablet for around $55!

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K are currently 56% off at only $21.99

Extend your wifi with Amazon’s Eero Mesh network and save over 40%

My current fav Audible listen… really hope the make a movie of it!

Get 3 months of Audible for only $0.99 – That’s $45 worth of membership for only $0.99!
You’ll get a free ebook each month, which you keep even after you cancel, plus access to thousands of other audiobooks while you maintain your subscription.

Using a StreamDeck for video Editing — Save 20% on the superb Elgato Stream Deck

The Best Amazon Black Friday Deals for Post-Production Professionals 2024

I’ve reviewed a lot of gear for film editors over the years from headphones to hard drives to editing peripherals – you can find quick links to them all right here.

Deals that aren’t really deals – Before you smash that buy button, it’s also worth using a price history site like Honey to double-check whether any particular deal is actually authentic or just manufactured through a (suddenly) high RRP and sale price to create a “discount” difference.

Apple Products – Airtags, Macbooks and more

Big TVs, Computer Monitors and Home Cinema Deals

Coming Soon…

Headphones

Coming Soon..

Cheap big hard drives and fast SSD video editing storage

Blu-Ray and 4K Collections

Mice, Keyboards, Studio Monitors, Microphones and other Editing Peripherals

Check out my review of the best mice for film editing here, including how Mission:Impossible Rogue Nation/Fallout editor Eddie Hamilton sets up his Razer Naga mouse.

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