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Aug 2022
59m 6s

How Do You Know When Your Edit is Done?

NO FILM SCHOOL
About this episode
How do you maintain perspective as an editor? Can you really do nothing to get ahead? Have you experienced the runner’s high of editing? Plus DaVinci Resolve 18 and killer new cloud tools…     In this episode, we talk about… What editorial perspective entails and the emotional rollercoaster of editing Suggestions for gut-checking yourself in the editing pr ... Show More
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