Jourdan Aldredge at No Film School has a good article on getting started with the online Runway and it's Generative AI features. I haven't played with the new generative ai features, but have used the keying features in the past, and Runway is good, though not good enough for daily use, but it has it's uses for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM7nmBy3NmU&feature=emb_imp_woyt An article on the long running Editing software Lightworks which has been updated to 2022. I have never tried Lightworks, though at some point I should give it a try. It at least has a timeline like AVID and Premiere unlike Final Cut Pro X.
I ran into this site when looking for a post on using the Stream Deck for video production (I will be doing a future post about the Stream Deck as I got one for Christmas and am just loving it), this is the home page of Film Editor Jonny Elwyn. Really this site is well worth a long delve into and read, and they are not just short posts, but well thought out and researched. This is a really great site that you should subscribe to and read through when you have a chance.He has hardware recommendations, free luts and links, and there isn't a short or useless article in the bunch.Do yourself a favor and check it out.
OK this post is a little different, and not directly about using Premiere, instead I want to talk a little about work at home. Most editors have switched to working at home during the covid-19 pandemic because it just isn’t safe to work in an office.Personally, I have absolutely loved it. I am married and I own a house, and have dogs, so I love being home as I can see my wife and dogs, I can start laundry at lunch, and most off no commute.The commute in Los Angeles is always brutal, I would say it averages an hour each way a day, but can be much worse. I worked a job in Long Beach and it was 2 hours each way, every day, and the day it started there were fires and my drive took 4 and a half hours to get there and 3 and a half to get home. I don’t mind never commuting again. Hell on The Hobbit behind the scenes, where we forced into 12 hour days, I started at 5 am so at least my morning commute was better.I hate the commute, but also getting ready for work. Now I can just wear sweatpants, which is so much more comfortable, but it is also the time getting my ice and water bottles and ice tea. And even more so it is being able to spend that time with my wife and my dogs and sit on my couch. And when work is done, to be able to go right to making dinner. Or even starting some dinner early so you can eat bot longer after finishing dinner. Maybe some of it comes down to being married and having a house and loving being home.What I was surprised about, was a thread on a post production Facebook group about the topic, where I would say 2/3 of people hate work at home or would prefer to return to an edit bay (at least half), while the rest loved work at home. This blew my mind as if I had a choice I would never return to an office.Most said social interaction was what they missed, others thought editing went better in real time in a bay, less versions, others wanted to get out if their home as there were too many distractions, and people also said not having a powerful enough machine or fast enough internet at home.OK so I have loved worked at home forever, my first real editing job was on the Lord of the Rings behind the scenes and I did all those from home and it was wonderful, just went in tor screenings.Honestly when at home, I get more work done, I don’t get distracted by people at work, and I spend less time surfing the net, and can focus better without being distracted.And my home computer is better than most computers I have run into at work, and even if the machine was more powerful, it is not as…
It is 2021 and I am a video editor who has been working in the field for 20 years now. I am both a good editor as well as very technically proficient, and I want to pass on some of what I have learned.Of late I am mostly using Premiere Pro for work, so I have decided to do a series of posts about working with Adobe Premiere Pro. I want to talk about things that I have learned that will make things more stable, things that will fix issues, and organization that will help you or anything else if they come back to a project after you have finished.I work mostly on a Mac (I know, I know Premiere works better on a PC), so will mainly be including Macintosh leaned directions, but will include windows when I have a chance. I do have a Surface 3 that I love, though it is a bit underpowered for editing.These posts will always include the JonahOnPremiere tag, so you can quickly get to just them, and I plan to post every weekday at least once, though not every post will be with this tag, though I would like to make at least 3 a week.