I'm wondering, as the editor, how to credit a previous editor on the project who essentially transferred the position to me after she had to quit? Brief summary: She worked with the director for about three weeks, and then for reasons I'm not completely privy to she indicated she had to quit, and I was called to take her place. By that time, the film was still very rough. I only met with her a couple times in order to properly transfer the project and footage, as we were switching NLE's as well. Since then, I've had no contact with her and have been working with the director myself for more than two months. Given how much more time I've been editing the film than her, as well as I guess being more "impressive" (I'll be honest, her work was a bit sloppy and I had to redo a lot of it), the director is adamant I be credited as "Editor," but also wanted to find some way to credit the first editor. I had her down as "Assistant Editor", but that sounds rather generous since we didn't really communicate or work together at all, just passed on the torch. Would "Additional Editor" be more appropriate here, or is there something else?

Been looking for another gig to hop on since I wrapped up on the last show I was on, but as we all know the industry is the worst it has ever been. Looking on LinkedIn for something to take just to get some income and the list of editorial jobs asking for an editor who is also an animator, graphic designer, camera operator, storyboard artist, and producer.. all this and the wages start at 50k is insane. I saw Disney actually had a position like this just a month or so ago on their LinkedIn page. I wanted to high five the first person who commented on how ridiculous that they were looking for someone to have 7 jobs at once with a laughable wage. Is anyone else getting burnt out by these ridiculous requests?

How's it going? Is it stable or buggy? Plugins working alright?

Not as concerned with doing the Mac OS update at this time.

(the mods of r/VideoEditing told me to post here)

Hey,

I am gonna shoot (hopefully) my first podcast and i need to make a prive suggestion, and i dont know how to do it, here is my plan:

I think to charge either 1k or 1,5k per Podcast overall, included are 100-150 Corporate photos (never done)

i do have a s5ii with 50mm and 20-60mm, one light, and two led tubes, hollyland mark 2

I need to rent one or two cameras. I am gonna give them a discount on the editing for the social media videos (seperate). I need to travel around 700km and maybe stay their one day.

Equipment cost 400€ ( each camera cost at rentin 100€ + Microphone, and maybe renting a ordinary/good key light)

Photos: 300€, i am not sure how much i should charge ect. the Post production i am gonna outsource.

travel: 300€ (100€ for each drive + 100€ for a possible over night.

500€ for profit. lol but how should i do this?

The "problem", its my first time shooting a paid video (till now i would only edit), its my first time shooting podcast (i did the suggestion to them), and shooting corporate photos (their suggestion, after i talked about the podcast), i want to it, even if it is low paid or for free (excluded travel and gear cost), for the podfolio. I want to gain them as a recurring client for the podcast, if i do it too cheap, i am gonna stick at that price point, but i dont want to scare them. (i am based in Germany)

I help supervise post at a small doc house. We have 30 Avid Licenses under one account, and it's become quite the mess tracking who's using what license on what computer. Often we'll find that two people are somehow on one license (not a bad mistake), or that someone needs a license and takes the first one marked "Available," only to kick someone out of their Avid.

I'd really like to move to an Avid Teams account, but it will be a bit of an awkward transition because (for some reason) you can't cross-grade from single licenses to Teams. Before we take the plunge, I'm wondering if it's worth the headache. Can anyone speak to the pros/cons of Teams/the Admin Console? Does it work well, or is just as frustrating as what we have currently?

Thanks!

That's it, that's the post.

Guyss! Please someone help me. I have am working on a freelance gig, editing a video but the audio is really bad. The mic was not functioning properly at the time of recording. I need to recover and enhance the audio. I've tried Da vinci resolve's audio fixing tools but it didn't work well. Also tried to use Adobe Podcast but it changes the voice and words, adding like an accent to the voice which is obviously not what I want. I really need your help. Thanks in advance :)

Whether I sit up, stand up, lay down, change tables, desks, chairs… the pain comes lingering back.

In my arm, hands, neck, back, and now my ass back and hips from slouching forward which is a horrible habit. I try to stretch but I can’t stop every 20 minutes or I lose my flow.

Set up ideas please? Anyone tried one of those yoga ball chairs???

I’ve seen a few people say that only knowing Final Cut is a disadvantage when looking for jobs but doesn’t matter if you’re a free lancer. I just wanted some advice on what to do. I have access to the adobe cloud through my college so I have access premiere pro and after effects. I currently own Final Cut and motion but is the switch to adobe worth it?

What are your favorite wired headphones? Trying to level up my sound design skills. Noise cancelling would be a big plus too.

I feel like I should know this but here we go.

A previous project database may have been lost and client asking for a change to one graphics clip a year later…(of course) Original project was setup as davinci color managed and exported as rec709-gamma 2.4. Ideally im going to take one of exported files (prores 422 HQ) and just make the change and rerender. Is there a way to just lock in original color space or should I make project and export color as 709 gamma 2.4? Thanks

Hello all!

I couldn't find a thread for this specific situation so wanted to double check something.

I've been given a load of proxies for a project since I'm editing remotely in Premiere (original files are all massive), and the proxies were generated using DaVinci Resolve's Proxy Generator.

Am I okay to edit the project in Premiere Pro without the originals and using only the Proxies? After the edit the plan is for me to send an XML project to the colourist who is working in DaVinci (they're also the one who generated the proxies so they have all the originals on their machine)

Is this workflow okay or will it cause issues? I want to double check as I'm a bit new to remote work and using only the proxies so I'd hate to run into issues after doing the edit 🙏

Any help would be appreciated

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Hi everyone,

I'm working on a video project (on Premier Pro) where some of the audio has had some interference. I used Rode mics, and one of them must have brushed up against something whilst the other was being used for dialogue. There's a loud static that I'm having difficulty getting rid of over a chunk of dialogue. I've moved over to Adobe Audition to try, but I can't seem to pinpoint what the static looks like in the Spectral Frequency Display in order to erase it. Does anyone have any experience with this or any advice on what else I can do?

Any help would be much appreciated as I need to get this project finished off for the client ASAP and this issue is a sticking point!

I’ve gotten used to my standard set up, but figure it might be worth forcing myself to switch to something that makes more sense and would overall involve less clicks and movement. With Premiere 25 there are a couple of premade new workspaces (I think they’re new at least) and I’m wondering what’s the most efficient.

Hi all 👋

I've experienced this a fair bit with footage downloaded from Envato but just put it down to corrupted files, but now I'm producing animated titles in Videobolt and downloading them in ProRes 4444 and am seeing the same issue of black rectacular artifacts in the video:

https://ibb.co/pbk1WZB

This screenshot was from Quicktime Player, but the same issue shows up in Premiere Pro. Weirdly the glitches DON'T show up in VLC. Has anyone seen this before? It's driving me crazy 🤪

1- System specs

• CPU (model): Apple M3 Pro
• GPU + GPU RAM: 36GB (Shared)

2- Editing Software

• Software +plus version Premire Pro 2025 (plus QuickTime Player - 10.5)

3- Footage specs

• Codec (h264? HEVC?): Apple ProRes 4444
• Container (MOV? MP4? MKV?): MOV

I love editing, but hitting that render button and uploading into frame to send off, for me is just the most relieving thing ever

Hey everyone,

I recently made the switch from being a commercial editor to editing for YouTube, and honestly… it’s been rough. Back when I was doing commercial work, I was putting out maybe 3-4 high-quality projects a month, which allowed me to really dive deep into each one. Now, as a YouTube editor, there are months I’m pumping out close to 40 videos. It’s non-stop, way faster-paced, and, to top it off, the pay is lower.

One of the biggest surprises was how little free time I have now, even though we work remotely. I thought this switch would mean I’d have more flexibility and time for myself, but it feels like I’m constantly on the grind, rushing to keep up. People seem to think we just hit a button, and bam, the video is ready. In reality, the workload is intense, and the quality expectations are still high.

Just wanted to share this experience with anyone considering making the jump. It’s a totally different beast, and definitely not the easy road I expected!

Currently working on an interview, and I was wondering if it is better to color correct with the source clip, and not the cut clip and just copy/paste it to the other clips of the same camera? The latter option is more tedious, but with the former I can't see the lumetri graphs and such.

Otio (open timeline IO) is getting some momentum as a potential AAF/XML/EDL replacement interchange format.

Not ready for primetime yet but worth keeping an eye on...

NB .otio is sequence only (paths to source media), .otioz has embedded copied media, .otiod has linked directory of copied media.

Resolve 19 can export + import .otio and .otioz - seems furthest along.

PP beta can export + import .otio

Avid 2024.2 has 'public preview' of .otio export (Windows only).

There's a macos player in progress to playback an exported .otio

Hi. I worked on a freelance project as video editor a couple of weeks for an US based production company (I live in South America)
The work consisted in editing some chapters for a web documentary, with an hourly rate system. I was only in contact with a project manager through mail
They said first I should edit 2 chapters and they just shared the footage without any brief or guideline. When I asked about this, because it was a bit strange, they said I can do what I feel. After editing the first one, they said it was good, just a couple of minor comments. Then I had green light to start with second one. Also the same, good feedback. Then I was asked to edit a third, and then a fourth one. (two extra ones from what we agreed at first) But payment was hourly based, so no problem with this.
But suddenly, they asked me to stop editing because "client changed the scoop of the project". No more information was given, and no more mails. I asked on how to continue because I rejected other works to be able to do this, and no answer. Then I claimed for payment, the woman said first that she would ask for it, and then that the accountant had some trouble but was going to solve it.

Today I received another mail, saying that I was gonna get paid only about 40% of the full amount, because my work didn´t match their expectations (!!!!) I was surprised because I only received good feedback from them, and even got assigned more work than the initial. I wrote a polite email explaining more on this, and the new answer was that the Creative director didnt like the work, and a couple of lies about the workflow. So that's it.

This is really unethical and unprofessional, and it´s very clear that they are putting excuses to avoid payment. I mean, if they really dont like my work, first they should give real feedback, and then they can avoid hiring me for other opportunity.

I really need some advice on what to do. I dedicated lots of time on this project and feel cheated because its lots of money what they are "stealing". I worked in another opportunity for this company a few years ago, and that time they made me sign an agreement. Not sure if there´s anything I can do with this.

Hello everyone! I’m a video editor which has his first big project as a freelancer in a couple of weeks. I’m editing a full length documentary with insane amount of footage, all the footage from the project is 22tb. I edit everything on a MacBook Pro m3 Max. I find my self wondering which is the best option of hard drives for me to edit from. I already have a the footage on 5 ssd’s, but it’s a pain in the ass to edit from them a project that is taking me a month. All the footage is a mix of Arri, FX6 and FX3, all shot in All intra codec, so I guess the reading speed from the drive must be fast. I wanted to find a NAS, big hard drive (like the Lacie 2big Dock) or whatever is better for me. I was thinking of buying a Synology 4bay NAS or Asustor Flashstor 12 Pro, but I don’t know if it’s a good idea. So if anyone knows the best way to store the project and edit from your help will be much appreciated! Thank you!

Hey all!

I have to flatten my sequence in Premiere pro to export an EDL for color. Is there a way to lock the timeline horizontally so I can quickly flatten the sequence without having to worry about accidentally moving cuts?

I know you can do this in adobe audition, so I was hoping there is a way in premiere. If anyone has a better workflow, I'd love to hear!

Thank you!

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This site is seriously so fucked that now apparently I don't have a feed anymore where I can check which accounts I follow uploaded something, but they also don't allow Germany to search anything anymore haha

https://imgur.com/Uv2avJx

https://imgur.com/0Pboa7a

First whenever I try to search something, it only searches in my own library and then I can search all of Vimeo and it just says it's not available in my region. It's seriously sad what is going on with this site, where most of agencies entire portfolio lives on.

Edit: Now it seems like I can't even go to a channel anymore and can't follow anyone. I always used this site for finding references of big agencies which now I can't anymore.

We have been babysitting a boy who likes to watch this show on Youtube and it is the definition of an editing nightmare. There is not one second that goes by where there isn't motion graphics, sound fx, cuts, transitions, etc you name it, AND it's working with little kids.

I am working in another room at the moment and just the audio alone sounds like this editor is at war. I can't even imagine how long it takes to make this.

EDIT: Look at this though. Take everything from SocialBlade with a grain of salt

Looking to hear from anyone who uses a PCIe card with (m.2) SSDs for editing. I currently use an OWC DAS on USBC for my editing, but with multiple layers of 6K & 4K footage the box struggles to keep up. I am considering installing an SSD card with 8-15TB of editing storage which promises super fast transfer speeds. The card would hold 4 m.2 SSDs at either 2TB or 4TB capacities in a RAID and would hold only the current projects Im working on. Since I primarily edit short form content, this would be plenty of storage to have a few projects simultaneously going. All footage would also be backed up to external drives, as I currently do.

Looking at something like this: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1790762-REG/asus_hyper_m_2_x16_gen5.html/specs

My questions, are how is this working for you? Any compatibility issues? Did this setup deliver as expected?

I work for a camera company and we wanted to use one of our old videos from 2010 roughly. Unfortunately the video has some pretty bad vertical kernel structure. I used Topaz to try clean it up and it did a great job with the noise but unfortunately didn't effect the vertical lines. I would put an image to show what I mean but apparently they arent allowed.

I signed up for Upwork back when I first started freelancing. Now that I'm looking to find some additional work, I've dusted off my old account and realized why I never invested too much effort in their platform. They charge 10% from whatever you make and they charge you for even bidding on jobs. I've been applying for gigs on StaffMeUp all year and haven't had any luck. I know it's tough out there, but has anyone had any luck finding any work through Upwork?

So I am 42 years old and I want to change careers. I've always been in health care and have extreme burn out. So now I'm considering a hobby as a career. I'm wondering with AI so available now, is editing a viable option as a new career path at my age. I've always wanted to do creative work and I'm so burned out from what I've been doing for over 20 years. Idk if it seems like a pipe dream bc of AI advancement, and my tech savy isn't that of someone younger than me or is this something that can realistic? I've done lots of research etc and basically just need to ask those that do this 😊. It's scary changing careers so radically at my age. I would be interested in being freelance with flexibility to work from home. I would attend school for a degree in it.