Avid Uncut: Workflows, Tips, and Techniques from Hollywood Pros

by Steve Hullfish

Leverage the full power of Avid Media Composer with this essential guide from an Avid guru. Master timesaving tricks and techniques that utilize the latest Media Composer features and state-of-the-art workflows. Learn the secrets of the postproduction professionals from box office blockbusters like Harry Potter , I am Legend , Dark Shadows , Men in Black II , Charlie’s Angels , 42 , and The Last of the Mohicans , as well as primetime hits like SMASH , Big Bang Theory , Weeds , The Mindy Project , and MythBusters . In Avid Uncut , Steve Hullfish taps into the expertise of the world’s top editors to share in-depth, behind-the-scenes secrets and best practices that will boost your editing and color correction skills to the next level. Five distinct sections Also featured are extensive tips dedicated to helping FCP editors switch over to Avid, as well as a companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/hullfish) loaded with video tutorials of the techniques discussed in the book and project files, including RED and ARRI Alexa footage, that turn Avid Uncut into an invaluable, hands-on workshop!

416 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2014

About the author

Stephen Hullfish has been an editor since 1983. He moved to Chicago 1985 where he worked on sports, comedy and cooking shows for SportsChannel and The Travel Channel. In 1992 he started working on Avid and was hired at Del Hall Video, where he primarily edited "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Investigative Reports," "The New Explorers" and "Cold Cases." In 1997 he was named an Avid Master Editor. In 2002 he started working for VeggieTales as an editor and producer and in 2004 began freelancing as a feature film editor, cutting films like "Overcomer," Courageous," "War Room," "Champion," "My Brother's Keeper" and "Clinton Inc." His Art of the Cut podcast and interview series started in 2014. He has interviewed over 300 editors including nearly every Oscar winner of the last 30 years.