Author Archives: Scott Simmons

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Useful Service for Editors: Doodle

Doodle is a very nice, free service that makes online scheduling between a group of people very easy. It’s not necessarily just for editors, but since I’ve started another Useful Tools for Editors post, then this is where it goes. … more »

A Hint at the Next After Effects

We all know that with Adobe’s new release schedule a major upgrade to Adobe After Effects CS6 is in the works and will be released at some point in 2012, most likely around NAB. You may or may not like … more »

Walter Murch Talks FCPX

The good folks over at MacVideo sat down with legendary editor Walter Murch and had a nice, long discussion for all to see. As editors we don’t listen to Murch only because he has edited such great films as Apocalypse … more »

DaVinci Resolve Lite Adds Unlimited Nodes, More Colorists to the Population

I got a bit of a surprise when I downloaded Blackmagic’s recent DaVinci Lite update. The free version of the color-grading tool had been limited to only two nodes for color correction. In the 8.1.1 update that limit has been … more »

Read All About the History of Editing in this New eBook

If you’re into post-production and need some winter reading to fill those lazy snow days then check out John Buck‘s Timeline – A History of Editing. I haven’t read them yet — I’m still trying to finish the Steve Jobs … more »

More on Avid Media Composer 6

Last Thursday was a big day for filmmakers as both Canon and RED had significant announcements of their new products. Being an editor, I was most excited about Avid’s announcement the same day of Media Composer 6, slated for release … more »

The Useful Tools from Automatic Duck Are Now Free

If ever there was some truly good Useful Tools news for editors, then this is it. All of the timeline translation tools that have been produced by Automatic Duck for over 10 years are now free for download. This comes … more »

Useful Tools for Editors: Project X27

In the ongoing saga of Final Cut Pro X comes one of the first third-party tools based on the newly released FCPX XML format. XML came to FCPX in the version 10.0.1 update just a month ago. Project X27 is a … more »

Would You Like to Win a Job at a Post House?

There are quirky contests and then there are quirky contests! The recently announced Make me a pro! contest from Quantel and London post house LipSync is one of the quirkiest. Well, quirky may not be exactly the right word; it’s … more »

A Tough Week for Film

It’s been kind of a tough week for film. Yep, film. That physical media and photo-chemical process that had been the staple of both cinema and photography until digital acquisition came along. Digital is driving film to its grave. There … more »