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Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut are the most widely used editing programs.
DaVinci resolve is free for your purposes and is a good editor as well as a world-class color grading program. It will take some effort to pick it up but it's well worth it.
Video editing is very resource intensive for both CPU and GPU with modern editing programs. Pay attention to minimum and recommended specs for your edit machine. There are lots of blogs about building and optimizing computers for editing.
You might also want to check out some general editing theory books like in the blink of an eye by Walter Murch
Check out "In the Blink of an Eye". It's a quick read and well worth your time.
Do you mean editing or using editing software? They are two different, but overlapping, skills.
YouTube has everything you need and more - the issue is cutting through the noise.
This community is great for answering questions. Add some more details: what do you want to do, where are you at, what are you stuck on? No one ever reaches perfection and editing is never finished, you just hit the deadline.
It's ages since I read it, but In the blink of an eye was a good read on editing.
According to his book Walter Murch averaged 1 cut per day on Apocalypse Now. Editing is a shapeless process of solving problems.
Lots of good advice here about keyboard shortcuts- but I want to add that in my experience, producing fast professional work has more to do with templated projects, and that really begins with how the show is written and directed. Best of luck to you:)
I think you should maybe check out this book. In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1879505622/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_24V577YSG5AX31WRRF46?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I am going to say something that might sound condescending but I’m not trying to be. I’m not sure you know exactly what you are editing for. You might need a better fundamental understanding of the the concepts behind editing.
Actually I've never read material on it before, but I've seen people mention this book: http://www.amazon.com/Blink-Eye-Perspective-Film-Editing/dp/1879505622/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450462875&sr=8-1&keywords=blink+of+an+eye
To be honest seamless cuts are a combination of movement and SHAPES. But cutting motion to motion and stillness to stillness is a pretty simple way of making shots flow.
I recently watched an assembly on a low budget movie from an editor I kept wondering about - how he's got stuck editing low budget since the dawn of time - I noticed he can cut to new beats like someone who's been doing this for 30 years - but his approach to timing and motion/stillness doesn't seem to be a part of his skillset.
I mean my assemblies aren't Mozart but I still feel there's a huge gap between "knowing how to cut" and knowing how to feel it out.
One fun little fact about editing is that many editors/directors use the technique to cut right as a character is blinking. I can't remember any specifics behind it, but something about the actor blinking is a cutting technique used by film editors to switch from one angle to another. There's a book called "In The Blink Of An Eye" by Walter Murch that talks all about it.
In the Blink of an Eye (Walter Murch)
Hitchcock/Truffaut (Francois Truffaut)
Something Like An Autobiography (Akira Kurosawa)
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Those are all must reads, in my opinion. But this is just off the top of my head. I'm not next to my bookshelf at the moment, so this is the best I can do right now! =)
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EDIT: Back with round two.
Orson Welles's Last Movie: The Making of the Other Side of the Wind (Josh Carp)
A Hundred Years of Japanese Film (Donald Richie)
All the Emperor's Men: Kurosawa's Pearl Harbor (Hiroshi Tasogawa)
In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch had some great insight on this. I’d definitely recommend checking it out
In the Blink of an Eye (Walter Murch): https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Eye-Perspective-Film-Editing/dp/1879505622
Basically if you need a book on editing, this is it (also read about Walter, he's amazing).
In the blink of an eye seems like the classic book, reviewers on amazon suggested only reading the 1st half; allegedly Conversations contains same material and be a substitute. I got 1st of the two books waiting for me to read it. My other tutor was using Understanding the Comics in the class, apparently it's also helpful. Are there other highly regarded books on the topic?.. They also say extended DVD editions those which include behind the scenes extra material may contain helpful info on the topic.
Oh, I don't know.
Maybe you could, you know, do your own research.
https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Eye-Perspective-Film-Editing/dp/1879505622
Search "pages".
Seriously, wtf?
You have a brain, so use it.
Try this video, and the rest in this series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q3eITC01Fg
Buy and read this short book: https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Eye-Perspective-Film-Editing/dp/1879505622
In the blink of an eye by Walter Murch is an essential for understanding how editing works on you. Story by Robert McKee is well regarded for screenwriters.
Depends on what type of content you want to make, honestly. From what I see on YouTube, Premiere, FCP, and Resolve are probably common options. Film/Narrative TV/Documentaries in Hollywood primarily use AVID Media Composer, and sometimes Premiere (which, in 5 years, I've only seen twice for features). Web advertising companies may primarily use Premiere (or, in one horror story, AfterEffects...). I don't think Resolve as an NLE has made it in many parts of the industry yet, but it is an industry-standard color correction tool.
There's some differences between Premiere, Final Cut, and Resolve, but they're all fairly similar (if you're using Resolve's Edit page). The important thing is learning editing techniques, and then the tools. If you've started in Resolve, stick with Resolve for now. Eventually (especially if you go to film school), you'll probably pick up AVID and/or Premiere.
If you want to do narrative work, Walter Murch's "In The Blink of an Eye" is a good book you might want to pick up or ask for for your birthday/Christmas. (And it's common in film school, too.) Resolve's training materials are free, and are some of the best training I've seen. (Training materials for 17 will come out when they're ready, but most of the 16 and even 15 training will apply to 17)
Does he read? Some kind of film book may be nice link
If you're interested in more - I really liked this book https://www.amazon.ca/Blink-Eye-Revised-2nd/dp/1879505622
The cuts could use some work.
Check out this book by Walter Murch: https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Eye-Perspective-Film-Editing/dp/1879505622/
I have a similar relationship to editing though there was only a year or two gap from when I graduated and started editing again.
At the time, I was working a sales position at a company that produced trade show events. I sat down with the owner of the company and discussed how we could use video content to boost sales and company image. I took footage from one event and created two videos; the first showed a lot of services and products, the other video showed a lot of attendees and various exhibitors.
The first video was for potential attendees to show them how informative and useful our events were while the other video was used to show potential vendors why they should pay us for a spot in our event. I would get companies on the phone and gauge their interest in becoming an exhibitor, if they were interested I would send them a link to the video and watched it with them.
For me, I started with how I could use the skill to be useful, monetarily.
From there, I started following Larry Jordan and paid for his courses for FCPX (reimbursed through my company). I learned everything else through youtube.
My favorite book on editing is In The Blink Of An Eye
Six years later, I'm at a different company (another sales position) but I still have my old company as a client where I produce all their promo's, television and radio ads for all their trade show events (there are forty four events).
I avoided working for free as much as possible and created financial opportunities instead. There are people out there that want to pay you for this kind of work, you just need to focus on solving their problems and meeting their needs.
I read a book by Walter Murch years ago. It was fascinating how he worked. i highly recommed it.
https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Eye-Perspective-Film-Editing/dp/1879505622
This book is a great read for video editors of all levels, it's pretty short and it taught me alot! Would definitely recommend
Haven't watched this yet but just want to big up "In the blink of an eye", an amazing book about editing, by film editor Walter Murch (apocalypse now, godfather 1 and 2). https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1879505622/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_WnpnxbRNR3H0Y
Please let me stop you.
As I did the same because of Mega64...5 years ago. Flash forward to this past spring where I graduated from broadcasting school, moved to LA, interned, got fucked over, moved back to my original state got a last minute offer and moved back to LA within a month. It is not easy. College will not make it any easier. Film and TV really only exist in LA or NYC. It's extremely hard to find work anywhere else. Mega64 is a group of guys who got lucky by finding an audience online that comes back every week to give them love and views. Going to school for broadcasting only threw me into a already over saturated market. What I learned most in LA is: a friend who went to NYU told me this as I was an assistant editor for him for a month, "any dummy can edit, it's the motion graphics where the money is." so with that I say go to school for graphic design with a focus in motion graphics. Not only will you get a degree from a place that values you,** you can work at an agency in any city...anywhere**. The people I interned over the summer were all self taught by youtube and books. That's all it takes in filmmaking is experience; going to broadcasting school did nothing in that category for me. I had to research, network and go out of my way to keep up with NYU/Florida State film school big leagues HOWEVER unlike them my college debt will only take 5-10 years to pay off. NYU(not Florida State, holy shit their tuition is cheap and their program is amazing so if you're in florida GO THERE! Otherwise read the rest of this)'s tuition will follow you past your death. Editing/filmmaking is much like painting or any other creative outlet, it takes time and the more you do it the better you get; the more you work with people who are better than you; the better you get; the more hungry you are for opportunity the better you get.
Some books I recommend for pursuing your interest in anything creative further:
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be.
Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential
And some helpful links in what it's going to take. You can't learn everything in college, it's only a gate to your journey that opens the day you graduate and enter the real world.
Ash Thorp - Steps On A Creative Path
Here's what film school taught me: How to order my own DSLR, tripod, memory cards, case and a second lens. How to download the creative cloud and pay for it using a student license. How to play with Avid but not really learn how to edit in avid. How to make shitty short films so you get that out of your system and never try to make some deep bullshit story ever again, you're 21 years old you have no life experience stop throwing 20 minute films about pills down other peoples throats. How to understand 3 point lighting. How to waste money on courses for information I could of gotten off research. Now for the good stuff I got out of going to college: friends, mentors, experiences, memories, and chances to work(without pay). I was able to learn how to get burned but I was also more driven than the other students in my program. It's all about drive, and Mega64 has an unstoppable drive that's why they've been successful for the last 10+ years in keeping interest alive. You gotta take that inspiration that drive to want and keep moving forward with you to the future. Let mega64 be your inspiration but for the love of god don't waste your money, talent or time on broadcasting school.
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