Dive into the Editing Secrets of 'Challengers'
Editor Marco Costa has become director Luca Guadagnino's right-hand man lately, working on several of his projects starting with 2020's We Are Who We Are, the series for HBO. After that, Costa hopped...
View ArticleDissecting Closing Shots In Movies
A great movie ending can send you walking out into the theater lobby with so much energy and excitement that it can be contagious. One of the ways I know it's great is that the last shot sticks in my...
View ArticleThe Secret Spice to Epic Scale in 'Dune: Prophecy' is in The Editing
Dune is one of the most expansive series, with so much meat on the bone when exploring new characters and parts of its history. HBO understood this and greenlit Dune: Prophecy. The show is as...
View ArticleHow 'Children of the Church Steps' Uses Sound to Find Authenticity in Tragedy
Good sound design is one of the most essential parts of any film or TV project—whether you realize it or not. Two people who know just how important it is are the sound designers behind Netflix's...
View ArticleHow To Edit A Documentary With a Personal Impact
I love a good documentary with a social angle. That's why I was keen to check out Zurawski v Texas and speak with its editor, Austin Reedy. He’s worked on multiple documentary films, including Keith...
View ArticleHDMI 2.2 Has Been Announced and Will Support Resolutions Up to 16K
Announced at CES 2025 in Las Vegas this week, the HDMI Forum has put the world on notice that HDMI 2.1 hasn’t been enough. No, we’re ready to step into the bold new future of HDMI 2.2. This is...
View ArticleHow Premiere Pro and Frame.io Helped 'Black Box Diaries' Filmmakers Tell...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 9, 2025.Directed by Ito herself and edited by Ema Ryan Yamazaki, the film follows Ito through her very...
View ArticleHow the Editors of 'Eno' Used Premiere Pro and After Effects to Cut the First...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 10, 2025.In addition to showcasing Eno’s rich archive of hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage...
View ArticleArtlist Empowers Creation Without Limits With Creative Tools and Digital Assets
As 2024 comes to a close many creators are looking for ways to kickstart their careers in the next year. If you’re ready to start a fire and take things to the next level here in 2025, then there’s...
View ArticleNew DaVinci Resolve Update Adds Cache Clearing and Fusion Effects Fixes
While the news of the day might be focused on the TikTok ban and the unforeseen future of Chinese film tech companies, the good folks at Australian digital media company Blackmagic Design are still...
View ArticlePremiere Pro Adds AI Clip Recognition with New Media Intelligence and Search...
We’re all collectively in for a big day today as Adobe has announced a host of updates to Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Frame.io ahead of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The biggest headlines here...
View ArticleSundance 2025: Filmmaker Alireza Khatami Used Premiere Pro and After Effects...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 22, 2025.This quietly insidious psychological thriller follows a university professor haunted by the...
View ArticleHow This Filmmaker Turned Stock Animations into a Sundance-Worthy Short
One of the amazing things about going to film festivals is seeing unique works of art from edgy creators, works you might not come across as a casual viewer. That's certainly the case for Paradise Man...
View ArticleSundance 2025: How Editor Lev Lewis Crafted Cinematic Fever Dream “Dead...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 24, 2025.The film follows a lonely gravedigger (played by Glowicki) who finally meets her dream man, but...
View ArticleSundance 2025: Behind the Scenes with the Editor of “BunnyLovr”
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 26, 2025.Directed by, written by, and starring Zhu and edited by Stephania Dulowski (Tendaberry), the...
View ArticleSundance 2025: Editor Benjamin Shearn On Using Premiere Pro and Frame.io to...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 23, 2025.The film follows Camille, a woman sustained by friendships with other women who only use her to...
View ArticleSundance 2025: How Editor Viridiana Lieberman Used Premiere Pro and Real-Life...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 24, 2025.Told entirely through real-life footage – including police body cameras, dashboard cameras, Ring...
View ArticleSundance 2025: Erik Vogt-Nilsen on Editing “Plainclothes” with Premiere Pro
This feature directorial debut from writer and director Carmen Emmi stars Tom Blyth in a breakout performance as Lucas. Not only is Lucas straining to fit into his role in the police force, but he’s...
View ArticleSundance 2025: How Editor Anadi Athaley Brought 'Sabar Bonda' to Life with...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 27, 2025.This debut feature from writer and director Rohan Parashuram Kanawade offers a personal and...
View ArticleSundance 2025: 'Endless Cookie' Is an Animated Look at Two Half-Brothers’...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 25, 2025.While traveling from the present in isolated Shamattawa, Canada to bustling 1980s Toronto, the...
View ArticleSundance 2025: Crafting Alien Fever Dream 'Touch Me' with Premiere Pro,...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 25, 2025.The second feature film from writer and director Addison Heimann explores mental health, desire,...
View ArticleSundance 2025: Editing 'Didn’t Die,' a Thriller about Podcasting in a Zombie...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 26, 2025.This low-budget thriller, written and directed by Meera Menon and edited by Geoff Boothby, pays...
View ArticleSundance 2025: Inside the Making of 'Third Act' with Victoria Chalk and...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 27, 2025.This touching documentary not only chronicles Bob’s monumental life and career but also tracks...
View ArticleSundance 2025: Editing 'Sugar Babies' with Premiere Pro and Frame.io
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 28, 2025.Part of a vibrant close circle of friends growing up poor in rural Louisiana, she is determined...
View ArticleIs the On-Set Download Solution We've All Been Waiting for Finally Here?
For as long as we’ve been shooting to card-based media, we’ve needed a way to download that media to hard drives or other backup sources on set. If we’re going to format that camera card and keep...
View ArticleHow a Background in Sports TV Led Me to Editing Feature Films
This is a guest post by Emmy-nominated editor Corey Frost. After film school, I was jobless. That’s the part they don’t prepare you for—what do you actually do to build a career in this industry? Like...
View ArticleAdobe’s Generative AI Video Model is Available Via a New Firefly Web App
Since first being showcased at Adobe MAX 2024 in Miami last year, Adobe’s Firefly Video Model has been one of the most talked about and anticipated models in this budding AI video space. Adobe, to the...
View ArticleFilmmaker Kevin Jin Kwan Kim Shares Personal Stories about the Immigrant...
This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on February 4, 2025. Thousands of years before we learned to read and write, our ancestors used sounds, gestures,...
View ArticleWhat is Compositing? The Video Editing Technique Explained
When starting in the world of video production and—more specifically—video editing, there can be a lot to learn. There are all types of video editing approaches and techniques to explore. There are...
View ArticleBlackmagic Cintel Adds Improved Image Stabilization and Scanner Calibration
For decades now, Blackmagic’s Cintel has been one of the leading technologies in film scanning. The latest version, the Cintel Scanner G3 HDR+, has advanced the art of film scanning with its...
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