The Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals for Film Editors

Black Friday 2024 Deals for Film Editors
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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:

Edit Rave 2024 – Two weeks of free editing training and insights – 21st Nov – Dec 4th
Blackmagic Design – 20% off DaVinci Resolve Studio, Color panels and more
Adobe Creative Cloud – Up to 50% off All App Annual Subscriptions (cancel and resub!)
Ravengrade – Up to 40% off high-end colour grading tools and looks
Masterclass.com – Up to 50% off 200+ World-class teachers in your pocket.
BackBlaze – 30% off set it and forget it unlimited backups. Discount code: CYBRBLZ24
Hedge – 20% on any product with “jonnyelwyn“. Get 2x Hedge Funds on Black Friday.
Riverside.fm – The best way to record video call interviews – 35% off annual plans with code: JONNY35. 20% off all year code: JONNYELWYN
Artlist – 10% off and two-months extra free on Artlist Max; music, footage, AI voiceover!
SideShowFX – 30% off all icon packs/plugins for StreamDeck/Loupedeck – Code: BF2024
Film Simplified – 75% off ($500 > $119) Resolve training, PowerGrades, footage and more.
LowePost – 20% off membership to practical, essential editorial training with new courses.
Xencelabs – 25% off pen tablet bundles. In the EU get +10% off code: 2024ENDING
OWC – Hundreds of discounts on harddrives, docks and post peripherals
Inside The Edit – 50% off lifetime access to this unparalleled editing training – Code: BF24
EditStock – Buy 1 get 1 free (up to 5 projects) on original dailies for short projects.
Edit Mentor – 40% off film editing training on a unique learning platform. Code: BFLL40
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 superb post-production classes. 20% with BLACKFRIDAY24
CineColor – Excellent LUTS are 40% off site-wide with 50% on bundles
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.
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
Pixel Tools – 25% off every individual grading tool with code: Black25
Toolfarm – Up to 60% off post-production plugins for After Effects, Premiere and more.
FXFactory – 25% off every product with promo code: BLACKFRIDAY until Dec 3rd.
Carrd.co – The simplest and most affordable single-page web hosting is 40% off. BF2024
School of Motion – 25% off everything, including the best MoGraph training around.
A Sound Effect – Up to 88% off 2000+ sound effect libraries and get free packs too!
Topaz Labs – Save up to 50% on AI-powered scaling, sharpening, and credits.
Routledge/Focal Press – 25% off Art of The Cut Vol 1&2 plus tons of great editing books
Waq as Qazi Freelance Colorist Course – Save $348.5 on 27+ hours of detailed colorist craft and business training with code: BLACKFRIDAY
FXPHD.com – 30% off annual memberships, New Resolve courses & Intro to HDR
Demystify Color – 30% off Color Charts, PowerGrades, Film Emulation and more.
Salamifish – 20% off professional DaVinci Resolve DCTLs, plugins and more
FXElements – 70% off all FX clips and 40% off (lifetime discount) all FX subscriptions
LearnSquared – 50% off professional level training for VFX, concept and CGI artists
Assimilate – PlayProStudio is 50% off at only $99 with code: PPSBF2024
Editor Keys – 30% off shortcut keyboard covers and 10% off backlit keyboards
Hostinger – Get up to 81% off website hosting for faster sites and better SEO
Video CoPilot – 40% off After Effects plugins from everyone’s favourite instructor
MZED – $150 off their all-access membership, 40% off individual courses, plus the chance to win $20K of gear!
Video Game Trailer Academy – Save up to $400 on video games trailer training from professional trailer editor, Derek Lieu. Use code VGTA2025
Calman – 25% off upgrades for existing Portrait Display’s Calman calibration licensees.
Post T-Shirts – Isaac T has created some fun edit ready T-shirts. Code: YTVUFFZR7F
KeenTools – Smart tools for VFX and 3D artists. Save 30% off any Freelancer Annual plan. Code: BFCM2024
MisterHorse – Lightning-fast motion graphics for editors. 25% off annual subscriptions.
Audio Design Desk – Make sound design fun with 50% off. Code: ADDBF24
The Edit Chef – Save $250 on the Everything bundle for the next 48 hours only.
TG Pro – 75% off professional-grade fan control for your Mac and other apps.
Digital Rebellion – 30% off desktop apps and deep discounts on Kollaborate Server
Train Robber – 50% off niche trailer editing course from The Refinery. Code: AOTBLK50

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!
The Go-To Editor – Save $700 on This Guy Edits superb editing career course bundle
WASD Keyboards – Over 50% off bespoke mechanical keyboards
Avid Media Composer – 20% off new, one year subscriptions
Fylm.ai – AI powered colour grading at a discount

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!

EDIT RAVE – FREE TRAINING EVENTS

Want something free this Black Friday season?

EditRave is a two-week editing and storytelling festival from This Guy Edits, which is totally free to attend during the live sessions.

Don’t miss the first session, which gives you access to the dailies of an award-winning short film. Cut a scene from this and win feedback from a pro TV editor, Josh Beal, ACE (House of Cards, Outer Limits, Bloodline), plus some great prizes, too.

EditRave 2024 Schedule – All sessions start at 10 am PST

Nov. 21st – Opening Ceremony + Launch of Big Editing Challenge with Prizes
Nov. 23rd – Editing Scripted TV with Emmy-nominated Editors
Nov. 24th – Feature Film Editing in 2025 with ACE-nominated Editor This Guy Edits
Nov. 25th – The Mandalorian Editor on Working with Music & Sound (with Jeff Seibenick)
Nov. 26th – Chat GPT for Video Editing is Already Here with Shamir Allibhai
Nov. 30th – Successful Documentary Filmmaking with Roger Nygard, ACE
Dec. 1st – Screening of ‘The Ever After – Redux,’ a Feature Film Cut by 16 First-Time Editors
Dec. 2nd – How I Got 9 New Clients Within 3 Months – with Freelance Editor Eike Dale
Dec. 3rd – Advanced Film Editing with Steven Marks, ACE
Dec. 4th – Editing Notes with Josh Beal, ACE, Editing Challenge Feedback + Prize Awards

BLACKMAGIC DESIGN

A rare opportunity to get Blackmagic design tools and software are a 20% discount.

ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD

Adobe Creative Cloud – Get a massive 50% off a full year of Adobe All Apps during Black Friday. If you’re an existing subscriber, just tell customer support you want to cancel as it’s too expensive, and they’ll offer you the Black Friday deal…

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!

RAVENGRADE

Ravengrade – Creators of high-end colour grading tools designed by and for professional colorists are offering up to 40% off their Ravengrade complete bundle, normally $453 now only $269!

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

You can also get 30% off the individual plugins too.

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!

ARTLIST MAX

Artlist – Get 10% off and two-months extra free on Artlist Max plans which includes unlimited music, stock footage, AI voiceovers, sound effects, templates, LUTs and plugins. All for one monthly fee.

Artlist is where I get all of my music from and I really rate the quality of their AI voiceovers!

INSIDE THE EDIT

Inside The Edit – Without a 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.

Black Friday is one of the few times a year that Inside The Edit is on sale and with a massive 50% off lifetime subscriptions which normally cost £497, it’s a steal.

Use the code: BF24 at checkout to get unparalleled editing training for life for just £297!

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.

Where else can you learn from the former heads of the CIA?

You can also learn skateboarding 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 is running a discounted sale for the first time in its history (AFAIK), with up to 50% off its premium tier. While at 30% off, its most affordable tier is only £7/month billed annually.

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!

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.

FILM SIMPLIFIED

Film Simplified – Get 75% off the Ultimate DaVinci Resolve Bundle 2.0. This includes in-depth training, LUTs, titles, effects, practice footage library, a LookEngine, and much more.

Down from $500 to only $119, you’ll gain lifetime access to their entire site, created by popular YouTuber Alex Jordan.

LOWEPOST

LowePost – 20% off annual membership to a library of practical, essential editorial training with new courses, including a quartet of colour grading classes from Cullen Kelly, Lee Lanier, and Dylan Hopkin.

An absolute steal!

XENCELABS

Xencelabs – During their Black Friday sale in the US, you can save up to 25% off their excellent pen tablets and peripherals bundles.

If you’re in the EU, head to the official Xencelabs site, where products are on sale with a 15% discount. Then use the code 2024ENDING to get an additional 10% off (so 25% total). This code lasts until Christmas day.

Everyone else can save 15% on Amazon’s other global stores.

Read my in-depth review and learn why I switched from my beloved Wacom tablet after 12 happy years.

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.

Edit Mentor – Get 40% off their excellent video editing courses from This Guy Edits and Stephen Mark, ACE with the code BFLL40 or 50% off a bundle deal of both courses. Sales runs from 23rd November until December 2nd 2024.

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 – Save 30% on Boom One, a massive (500+GB!) sound effects library comprised of over 48,000 wav files. Save 50% on bundles or buy 3 for 2 on individual sound effects packs.

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).

UPDATE – Use BLACKFRIDAY24 to get 20% off any course.

Color Finale – FCPX’s flagship colour grading plugin, Color Finale 2 Pro, is on sale from November 18th until December 3rd. It features film emulation, AI masking and more.

PIXEL TOOLS

PixelTools – Get 25% off their tools for professional colorists, made by professional colorists. These include PowerGrades, Halation tools, exposure adjustments and much more.

There will also be unique bundle deals with free products exclusively for their newsletter subscribers, so if you want to save even more, be sure to sign up here.

I’ve previously reviewed some of their tools here.

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.

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 the 26th November until December 2nd you can:

Save 40% on every individual LUT pack
50% on bundles, including technical LUTs, film emulations, textures and film grain packs.
“Buy 2 Get 1” offer that will apply to any 2 single LUT packs or any 2 Bundles.

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

FXFactory – Get 25% off site wide with the promo code: BLACKFRIDAY from November 26th until December 3rd. This includes high-end plugins and software for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and DaVinci Resolve. FxFactory Pro 6 is also out now.

Carrd.co – Make a single-page site (or 9 more) for only $19/year and save 40% on that price. Perfect for a showreel, CV and contact form. What more do you need? Use code BF2024

Topaz Labs – A trusted AI tool creator for massively upscaling, sharpening, denoising, and enhancing your digital assets. Save 54% on their all-in bundle (~~$647~~ = $299) which includes 200 cloud credits or single apps + cloud credit bundles at 50% off too.

School of Motion creates some of the best Motion Graphics training around, which is especially useful for editors. The second question most producers ask is: Do you know After Effects? Now you can say yes!

The sale runs from November 29th to December 4th.

ASoundEffect – Save up to 88% off 2000+ sound effect libraries. Use their AI-powered search engine to find the right libraries in their 7000-strong catalogue. All orders come with bonus sound packs and a 60+ page Sound Success Guide e-book. Take a rummage and see what you could save.

Routledge/Focal Press – 25% off Art of The Cut Vol 1&2 and many other essential editing reads. My other top picks would be Jump Cut and Make The Cut both super helpful reads for young editors. Sale runs for Black Friday only.

WAQAS QAZI FREELANCE COLORIST

Waqas Qazi Freelance Colorist Course – $348 off (~~$697~~) 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 429,000 subscribers in just 5 years.

He’s also built a suite of colour grading tools that you can also buy at a 50% discount with the same code: BLACKFRIDAY. Although I’ve not tested these tools personally.

Both Black Friday sales start on the 21st and end on December 2nd. Use the code: BLACKFRIDAY to get 50% off at the checkout.

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

FXPHD – Get 30% off colorist Warren Eagles’ brand new DaVinci Resolve 19 training, Colorist Kevin Shaw’s Introduction to HDR, and site-wide annual membership to 270+ professional VFX courses, including Unreal Engine, Houdini, Maya, and many more!

Demystify Color – 30% off Color Charts, PowerGrades, Film Emulation and more from professional colorist Nico Fink. Use the code: AllBlackEverything24 at checkout until December 1st 2024. This also stacks on top of existing discounts!

Salamifish – 20% off professional DaVinci Resolve DCTLs and plugins from colorist Tobias Wiedmer. Sales ends on 30th November 2024.

FXElement – 70% Off All FX Clips , 40% Off All FX Subscriptions (Lifetime Discount), 30% Off All FX Packs.

OWC – Hundreds of items on sale including multi-TB RAIDs, refurbished Macs, thunderbolt docks and much more. Take a rummage and find what you need at some of the best prices all year.

LearnSquared – Creators of professional-level training for VFX, Concept and CGI artists with courses from some of the industry’s brightest minds, is offering 50% off everything until December 1st.

Assimilate – PlayProStudio is 50% off at only $99 with code: PPSBF2024 until December 6th.
Live FX Studio, Live FX, SCRATCH and Live Assist are all 25% off too!

Editor Keys – 30% off video editing shortcut keyboard covers and 10% off backlit keyboards – the perfect way to speed up your workflow by easily memorising more shortcuts every day!

Hostinger – If your website loads slowly or is sliding in Google rankings load speeds and core web vital metrics might be the problem. I recently switched to Hostinger and my site is MUCH faster. Get up to 81% off Premium Web Hosting and 60% off Cloud Start-Up tiers.

Video CoPilot – Save 40% on Video CoPilot plugins and products such as Element 3D and Optical Flares, plus on bundled shaders, motion elements, lighting packs and much more! Sale runs from November 29th until December 2nd.

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!

Video Game Trailer Academy – Save up to $400 on video games trailer training from professional trailer editor, Derek Lieu. Use code VGTA2025. The sale ends midnight on Dec 6th.

Calman – 25% off upgrades for existing Portrait Display’s Calman calibration licensees. For example, if you upgrade from Calman Home to Calman Studio you can save $300.
Email sales@portrait.com for your personalized discount code.

The Edit Chef – Save $250 on the Everything bundle for the next 48 hours only ending midnight Nov 30th. The bundle includes an array of workflow presets and training to enhance and speed up your day-to-day editing existence. Use code: CTTP-BF24

Post T-Shirts – Isaac T has created ten fun edit-ready T-shirts for you to rock in your edit suite. Use discount code: YTVUFFZR7F to save at checkout.

MisterHorse – Lightning-fast motion graphics for editors in Premiere Pro and After Effects. Save 25% on the first year of new annual subscriptions. A great tool for any editor to have in their arsenal!

KeenTools – Creators of smart tools for VFX and 3D artists, including face and geo trackers for Blender, After Effects, and Nuke. Save 30% on any Freelancer Annual plan until December 3rd. Code: BFCM2024

Audio Design Desk – Make sound design fun with 50% off their latest 2.1 update for the next 7 days only. If you don’t know ADD you can discover why it’s so good here. Code: ADDBF24

TG Pro – 75% off professional-grade fan control for your Mac and other apps like Folder Tidy from Tunabelly software. I use TG Pro and it’s great. Folder Tidy automatically organies files into subfolders by type, date, or custom rules.

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 (Dec 2nd 2024.)

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)

Train Robber – 50% off niche trailer editing course from The Refinery. Normally $370 but only $185 for the first 10 students to use the code: AOTBLK50. The course includes feedback from professional trailer editors on your work.

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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!)

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.

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….)

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.

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

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.

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 + $20 Audible voucher – That’s $65 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.

One of my favourite listens this year was Heat 2 from Micahel Mann and Meg Gardiner. It actually made my heart, literally, pound on more than one occasion.

Once you embrace the machismo of the narrator’s voice and some of the writing, it’s a really great listen. Pretty brutal in parts, but gripping.

A money-saving tip – at the end of the membership just hit cancel and say it was too expensive. Audible will likely aim to get you to stay with another half-price membership offer of 3-4 months. I’ve done this a couple of times. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever paid full price for it.

If you’re an Amazon Music Unlimited subscriber you can now also borrow one audiobook a month as part of your subscription! Amazon are also running a 3 month free trial for Unlimited music and podcasts right now.

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

You can also bag some big savings on Thunderbolt 4 Docks such as $70 off the 18-port TS4 from Caldigit.

Big TVs, Computer Monitors and Home Cinema Deals

Headphones

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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