Kent Lamm of Standard Story Company shares his top five tips to speed up your video editing workflow and finish your videos/films faster. He’s done editing for some of the biggest companies in the world. Kent also shares resources for editing in the video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=IgoRgbRDMhyMPECP&v=IggVtaFGivw&feature=yo...
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Nice find, Maurice Vaughan I see many similarities between writing the first draft of a screenplay and the first edit in post: get it down. Don't expect it to be Oscar worthy on the first attempt.
I also liked Kent's tip for getting through an edit quickly by working problems from big to small.
And finally, perhaps my fav bit, "The mouse is lava!" Same for software programming. The mouse is a time killer. I cringe when I watch some reach for the mouse when a quick one-two keyboard combo completes the task instantly.
Thx for sharing!
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You're welcome, Ty Strange. I try to do the same thing ("edit quickly by working problems from big to small"). The keyboard shortcuts save me A LOT of time, especially when I'm switching between windows and copying/pasting.
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Maurice Vaughan I love how he starts this out to grab our attention, and show his editing chops at the same time.
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Yeah, Kent does a great job grabbing our attention in his videos, Debbie Elicksen. He knows his stuff, and he explains things really clearly. His videos are some of my favorites. He has editing videos, screenwriting videos, filmmaking videos, and more.
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I work as a professional editor and post-pro as well. His tips are fine for very short-form, client-work with relative simple setups. I do similar things for those types of jobs. And keyboard shortcuts are always great to use as is some type of hardware controller device (shuttle wheel so much better than JKL keys for me). But beyond the organized project method, these techniques will create more problems than they solve on a feature, complex project or collaborative projects. I've posted some stuff from Eddie Hamilton that is a much better guide on narrative, bigger, collaborative project workflows.