J-Cuts layer narrative audio over your transitions. Learn how to use them in this quick tutorial. First question you might ask is what is a J-cut? Essentially, a j-cut pulls audio from your next scene into a transition before the current scene ends. You’re introducing the sound of the next s

The latest update to Adobe Premiere Pro left some video editors unhappy. Here’s how fix it. Cover Image via Adobe. Recently, I noticed that several of the tool icons in Premiere Pro were missing. Since I’m not a stranger to accidentally closing and undocking panels, I thought it

Customizing transitions is essential for every video editor. Here’s what you need to know about Premiere’s Transition Effects Panel. The dissolve is one of my favorite transitions. It’s a timeless classic, although unfortunately, it is becoming more uncommon in contemporary cine

Software giant Adobe has bet big on VR and 360 video with the acquisition of Mettle’s SkyBox VR editing tools. Adobe has just announced the acquisition of all SkyBox technology from leading VR tool developer Mettle. The VR tools were originally available from Mettle as plugins for Pre

Reach inside hundreds of folders at once to access your assets with this Premiere Pro Relinking tip. In this short video tutorial, I walk you through how to reach inside hundreds of subfolders to find the files you need and then move (or copy) them into one new location. This is handy for a

Keyboard shortcuts are essential for any serious editing project. Here are five important tasks that deserve custom shortcuts. There are so many shortcuts for Premiere Pro that it could take you just as long to learn them all as it would to learn to use the program. Although there are pract

Are you hesitant to throw down $50 a month to pay for the Adobe suite? All the NLE alternatives available to you are both free and paid. While Adobe may be the top choice of NLE for most indie filmmakers, production houses, beginners, and even the option for large-scale productions such

DaVinci Resolve to the rescue! Learn three techniques you can use for capturing a still or creating pauses in your next project. In 2016, DaVinci Resolve went from being the acquaintance application I barely knew to the software that I opened every day. Initially only used for color grad

Kill your darlings! A quick guide to cutting down your projects to make them shorter, tighter, and actually flow better. In literature, there’s a famous saying—kill your darlings. The big brains over at MasterClass explain it perfectly: Kill your darlings. That’s reall

This lower third element is commonly found on news channels—bits of information via a crawling text. Let’s create it in After Effects. This dynamic graphic element consists of a logo, a text crawl, and a lower third. The technique I’ll be using to recreate this requires using

Ready to start shooting your own horror film? Here are 400+ horror-themed assets that will add thrills and chills to the project. Over the past couple years, we’ve written and created an enormous amount of content about Halloween and horror-themed filmmaking. So, I figured: Why not rou

Let’s look at the surprisingly easy, effective way to pull off HDR looks in post-production. One of the trickiest parts of filmmaking is capturing light in ways that might not be possible with the camera you have. What do I mean by that exactly? Well, our camera’s sensors and cap

Though you may have heard otherwise, Premiere Pro is not dead to video editors. Here’s why it’s still a good choice for seasoned video pros. Note: This article is a response to a recently published PremiumBeat article that covered reasons for leaving Premiere Pro. Be sure to chec

As video editors, playing with keyframes is absolutely essential for producing better videos. Let’s look at a few key animations you should try out. I find animated keyframes to be an almost magical post-production tool for cinematography. These simple frame adjustments can elevate a s

Heads up, motion designers: Here’s a handy, up-to-date roundup of some of our very favorite motion graphics freebies. Look, everyone loves free content and assets. How could you not? But over the last few years, outlets have realized that advertising free assets is an easy way to gener

If you’re in the market for an editing computer but need something that’s portable, your best bet is a solid video editing laptop. In the past, you could really only edit video on a desktop computer — laptops just weren’t up to speed in the editing realm. They didn’t

With these cool FREE retro graphics, you can get old school creative and produce your own vaporwave and synthwave animations. Vaporwave and Synthwave design continues to become more and more popular. If you aren’t familiar with them, check out our tutorial “The Visual Styles of t

GPU hardware acceleration within Adobe Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, and After Effects could be right around the corner for PCs. For a long time now, Adobe Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, and After Effects have lacked utilization of discrete graphics cards when it comes to exporting media. This

Relying on any aspect of post-production to repair your project is a bad idea. But there is a right way to “fix it in post.” Here’s what you need to know. In this write-up, I’ll take you through four post-production tricks I used on my latest short film to eradicate e

Expand your video editing toolkit with 13 FREE Final Cut Pro X plugins to boost your editing workflow and improve your final product. If you’re a follower of the old adage “Work smarter, not harder,” then plugins might be your new best friend. They’re excellent at con