Editing Picture

Print

Buy it!	Bordwell, David . Kristin Thompson, Janet Staiger. 1985. The Classical Hollywood Cinema. London: Routledge.
Buy it!	Dmytryk, Edward. 1988. On Film Editing. Boston, MA: Focal Press.
Buy it!	Eisenstein, Sergei. 1949. Film Form. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc.
Buy it!	Eisenstein, Sergei. 1942. Film Sense. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Buy it!	Murch, Walter. 1995. In the Blink of an Eye. Beverly Hills, CA: Silman-James Press.
Buy it!	Monaco, James. 1981. How to Read a Film. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Online

EditorsNet is an electronic magazine on editing.

Organizations

American Cinema Editors (ACE) is a motion picture editors organization that publishes Cinemeditor magazine, American Cinema Editors, Inc., 100 Universal City Plaza, Building 2282, Room 234, Universal City, CA 91608. Phone 818-777-2900, fax 818-733-5023 E-mail amercinema@earthlink.net.

The Motion Picture Editors Guild, 7715 Sunset Blvd. Suite 200, Hollywood, CA 90046. Phone 800-705-8700, 323-876-4770, fax 323-876-0861.

Organizing the Material

C.A. Childers created freeware Slate 2.0 for the Palm platform.

Eidria makes e-trim for the Palm platform.

Production Magic Inc.'s Production Magic Shot Logger for the Palm platform.

Square Box Systems Ltd makes CatDV for Windows-based computers.

Software

In addition to manufacturers' Web sites, WWUG Forums cover many applications.

When the people who maintain Codec Central say, "Your one-stop source for educational information on streaming technologies," they mean it. Codec Central is an informational resource created and maintained by Media 100 Inc, makers of Cleaner 5.

Adobe Systems Inc.

For Windows

For Mac

Adobe® Premiere® for Windows and Mac. One of the best-selling video editing applications on the market. Integrates well with other Adobe products, such as Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop.

Adobe® After Effects for Windows and Mac. After Effects really is as cool as everyone says. After Effects is used for producing motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, multimedia, and the Web. Integrates well with other Adobe products such as Premiere and Photoshop.

Adobe Digital Video Collection for Windows and Mac comes with

After Effects 5 Production Bundle
Premiere 6
Photoshop 6
Illustrator 9

Apple's Final Cut Pro

Buy it!

Final Cut Pro 2 for Mac features a new, QuickTime-based real-time architecture that removes lengthy rendering time from the creative process. Simply add an optional, real-time processing card to perform wipes, dissolves, and 2-D motion graphic effects instantly, and get maximum flexibility to experiment and innovate. The advanced Final Cut Pro 2 interface keeps your editing rhythm fast and productive. New features and enhancements, including three-point editing, JKL keyboard-control shortcuts, and more.

Avid® Technology, Inc.

CineStream (EditDV)

Discreet Logic

DPS

Fast

in-sync distributes one of my favorite plug-ins for Premiere: ViXen. They also offer other great products, including Big FX's FilmFX, a filmlook plug-in.

Ulead

Windows only

Ulead® Media Studio® Pro for Windows. Includes Video Editor, Video Paint, CG Infinity, Video Capture, and Audio Editor which make up MediaStudio Pro 6.0 digital video editing suite.

Autodesk has signed an agreement to acquire the software product line from Media 100. This includes the Cleaner family of products: Cleaner 5, Cleaner EZ, Cleaner Live, Charger and SuperCharger and the editing and dynamic streaming media production software of CineStream, EventStream technology, EditDV, and IntroDV.

Plug-ins

Boris FX, plug-ins for Mac and Windows platforms.

CrystalGraphics

CSB-Digital offers AlamDV special effects tools for both Mac and Windows platforms.

DigiEffects, digital special effects tools for Mac and Windows platforms, including Cinelook, a filmlook plug-in.

Digigami, Inc., products for Mac and Windows platforms.

Digistudio offers Digital Video Stabilizer to repair shaky video images.

Digital Mediaworks VScope is a software-only waveform monitor/vectorscope for the Windows platform. It is accurate and about $30 delivered to your e-mail. 30-day free trial.

Eveological offers many plug-ins and applications for the Mac platform.

Pixelan Software

StageTools develops and sells MovingPicture, which enables pans and zooms on still images. Available as a standalone app or a plug-in for most NLEs.

Synergy International, Inc.

Synthetic Aperture makes a series of plug-ins and tools for DV on Mac and Windows platforms.