Adam, Doug, and Lance are back and talking about nothing but editing! Our favorite nostalgic editing systems, the “Big 3″ nonlinear editors out there, some editing best practices across any system, and our picks of the week.
Panel is:
Adam (@adamfairholm)
Doug (@thedougmovement)
Lance (@omegabane)
Picks
Lance FCPTips.com
Doug Dougpound
Adam The Film Editing Room Handbook
I often seems to me like there are two types of editing software users: the key peckers and the touchers.
If you are a key pecker you know who you are. You love editing almost entirely by key commands, and probably started on an Avid system. Key in and out points, key into the timeline – key everything. Key peckers see the video timeline and see something that is manipulated with keystrokes point by point.
But then there are the touchers, and I have to say I’m in this group. These are the ones who see a timeline and want to move it around and re-arrange the elements via a visual interface. The timeline is something fluid, and although there are some key commands involved with the left hand, the right hand is all about the motion.
My question is though: why are all of you touchers still using a mouse?
We here at DiY Filmmaking are not NL editing evangelists – Doug is a Sony Vegas man, and I like to sit down with my Final Cut Pro and go to town. We keep it peaceful.
However, if you are a Final Cut user, and you know you’re way around the program pretty well, check out the FCP Daily blog. I have been a Final Cut Pro user 6 years and found a ton of great tips that I am definitely putting to use. There are also a lot of great free resources you’d probably miss otherwise.
Be aware that this is not an ideal place to start for beginning Final Cut Pro
So Final Cut Pro power users, put this in your feed reader and starting impressing women with these sweet tips.
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