Not only do you save time as your editing knowledge increases, but you become more capable of quickly creating stories that are entertaining to watch.
Taking the time to make sure you have the right hardware, memory, and GPU and media cache settings will help you avoid lags and ensure that you’re editing at optimal speed.
From pacing to music to transitions, all great montages have a few characteristics that make them stick out — which you can use to get the most out of your own projects.
When Michael Radner offered Lisa D’Apolito access to boxes of his sister’s home movies, diaries, and audio tapes, it completely changed what the director’s film would become.
When you edit 1080p or 4K video, you may experience some lag, but there are easy ways to improve playback and overlay speed with lower-resolution substitute files called proxies.
Standard transitions between scenes are certainly useful and “standard” for a reason, but there’s also an art to matching the content of your video between edits.
The 2011 release of Final Cut Pro X produced the kind of major drama within the editing community that would be right at home in a movie. Now it is.
Some filmmakers invest heavily in creating spec spots, but if the work achieves an aesthetic or quality that matches the best primetime ads, the effort is well worth it.