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3 min read

5 Things Video Pros Should Always Invoice For

You’re good at what you do. You listen to your clients. You take their chicken-scratch briefs and create astonishing videos that live and breathe....

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man sitting in leaves

8 min read

The Post Pro’s Guide to Optimizing Work–Life Balance

(In 4 Simple Steps) As post-production professionals, we obsess over optimal workflows, batch export queues, minimizing render times, and maximizing...

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Sound keys

3 min read

Tips for Sound That Supports Your Video Story

Excerpts from Sound and Story in Nonfiction Film and Video: A practical Guide for Filmmakers and Digital Content Creators (Routledge) by Amy DeLouise...

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Phone in the sky

4 min read

Tik Tok as a Video Marketing Tool: Fad or Trend?

“We don’t spark trends, we set them on fire” - TikTok If you’re anything like me, then you’ve probably steered well away from the cringey world of...

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How to Share Wipster Assets for Delivery or Download

While the core of Wipster enables video editors and reviewers to collaborate faster and leave frame accurate feedback, you can also use Wipster to...

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3 min read

The great video debate: In-house or Outsource?

Judging by the fact that you're reading this, you're probably one of those savvy marketing types who is sold on the idea that video is the best thing...

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man filming at sunrise

5 min read

Attention Video Producers: Don't Make These Five Mistakes

As we all know, these days anyone can make video: smartphones shoot 4K, optically stabilized footage, a GoPro can be tossed over a waterfall and film...

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2 min read

Why every editor needs to learn After Effects

At a recent Toronto Media Composer User Group I asked the editors how many of them knew After Effects, and I was stunned at how few put their hands...

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Lady at the beach on her laptop

3 min read

Three Things Freelancers Shouldn’t Worry About

I’ve been a freelance film editor in London for over a decade now and I’ve enjoyed pretty much every minute of it. It’s not for everyone though:...

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