FilmEditingPro has a good article on how and where to install Keyboard shortcuts on all the major editing platforms. Most useful for those of us who are constantly on different machines.
Jose Antunes has an article at ProVideoCoalition on the recently released upgrade to LumaFusion for iPad, version 3.0. The update includes stabilization software from CoreMelt, and the ability to use external drives, especially for the new iPad Pro with USB 4.0. It also has a new graphic equalizer.
I have actually used LumaFusion as it is the most standard type editing program on iPad, if you can use Premiere or AVID you can easily use LumaFusion. It is well worth it’s $29.95 price.
So I have not subscribed to this (though I would love to), but this is a very cool idea. Shotdeck is a web site with a library of HD images from movies, that you can use for reference and share with other users. It is $99 a year of $12.95 a month. And you can get a 2 week free trial.
Honestly I am always looking for movie stills and they can be a huge pain in the ass to get, because of Copy Protection. I often find myself ripping a blu-ray just to make a screen shot to get reference images, so this is pretty incredible. I can really see a director subscribing to this to show a look that they want. Now this is mainly going to be for very cinematic shots because that is what they are going for here, but certainly I can see it’s uses.
I find this super interesting especially since I have had bad problem with this when trying to shoot with household lights.
Of course I wish I could afford a real Sekonic color meter but starting around $1699 that is not going to happen anytime soon! Ha!
You can check out Chadwick’s site or his YouTube channel and he has many videos that will get you working even better at DaVinci.
This is on the media management tools within DaVinci.
Thanks to CineFix at IGN movies for these 3 videos. I always love building Camera gear with PVC!
Well worth a quick read if you have 8 Bit Footage that shows banding and you need to get rid of it. I often have the issue with graphics and ramps, so this is always good to know.
The Better Editor YouTube Channel has this very interesting video on Mixing Audio with the Loudness Meter in Premiere Pro. I have to admit as an editor I certainly need to get better at my Audio Mixing, as so many places aren’t even doing a proper mix before going on the air, which is insane to me. A mixer can do it quickly and so well, but it is certainly a skill that as an editor you will have to use more and more, so this is certainly something you should learning about.
