How To Clarify Your Cut With Insert Shots
This quick edit tip is all about the details. When you want your audience to be absolutely clear about an action that’s taking place or…
Fades to Black and Dissolves: What You Need to Know
This post is all about the transitions used most often in editing. Here’s a pretty basic tip, but good to remember: Fades to and from…
How To Intensify A Moment With Time Manipulation
This quick edit tip is all about controlling time. When you want your scene or sequence to make an impression, time manipulation can heighten a…
4 Reasons Why Your Rough Cut Matters
When it comes to sculpting a timeline, there’s really no right or wrong way. However, we've got some pretty compelling reasons to begin your edit…
Reaction Shots Do Much More Than Convey Emotion
If you’re looking for a really quick way to communicate a story point...use a reaction shot. Yes, that might seem obvious at first, but did…
Quick Tip: How to Edit Your Videos Faster With Hotkeys
Every editor wants to be fast. But how do you get fast? We’ve always found that using keyboard shortcuts when editing — or doing anything…
Faking Camera Movement For Greater Impact
This quick edit tip puts you in the director’s chair. Sometimes you really wish a static shot had a slow push in on a character's…
Fast vs. Slow: Video Editing Pacing Tips
This quick edit tip is all about speed of your cuts. Whether you’re cutting fast…or you’re cutting slow. Remember: keep the pace appropriate — too…
3 Dialogue Editing Workflow Tips to Smooth Out Your Cut
One of the first challenges you’ll encounter when editing dialogue is picking the audio source you’re going to edit with. That is, which microphone’s audio…
How to Begin Your Trailer Music Editing Process
A lot of trailer editors will think of the early stages of a cut almost like a radio spot. That is, telling a story and…