The Edit Suite
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Apart from the fact that
I build edit suites (or at least PC-based edit suites), I've been editing
video since the early '90s, and my interest in editing goes back to
Super 8 film in the '70s.
My current edit suite has both Avid (with SDI Mojo)
and Adobe Premiere Pro (with Matrox RTX and Decklink I/O hardware), so I
can work with most formats including HDV.
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Picture Grading & Audio
Dubbing
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For
me, picture grading and audio dubbing are two of the most satisfying
parts of the edit. I think it's because they offer an opportunity to
find something extra which wasn't in the original footage. I don't so
much mean the occasions where you're simply rescuing a bad location
shoot, but where you start with good material and then spend a little
time finding ways to make it even better!
With audio, the main
process is to even out the levels to avoid unwanted changes which can
induce "listener fatigue" (where you keep wanting to adjust the volume
control). It's bad enough on TV where you can have the remote control at
your fingertips (although it still drives me up the wall on some
programmes) but it's definitely a distraction.
I'm also a big fan of
keeping as much natural sound as possible, and building layers of subtle
effects to create a rich background atmosphere on the soundtrack.
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based in Salford, Gtr Manchester,
UK
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The Final Curtain
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At the end of the edit,
if we're mastering for broadcast, we put the video through our SDI video
"legaliser" and the audio through a delay-line "brick-wall" limiter to
keep within the tech requirements.
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