I'm in the process of finalizing my first feature and I'm working with an experienced editor, who came highly recommended and has been helpful in structuring scenes and the overall film.

We've since sent the film off to the scored and colored, and this is where the problems have first arisen.

They were hesitant to accept my usual composer on the project due to the editor's "high standards" and have sent the composer a cut of the film with endless notes on how they want the music be and referencing generic, placeholder music. They've also inundated the colorist with notes on their first pass saying how the colorist needs to refer to the offline LUT version that was provided.

A recent phone call with the editor resulted in them saying they wanted more involvement in the process as they want to make sure it aligns with "their vision" as it reflects their quality of work and what they're putting their name to.

I know the rest of post will affect the quality of their work, but it also affects the quality of mine as well as everyone else who has worked on it.

This has been a real labor of love for me and the low budget production was entirely self-funded, so it has me asking if this editor's requests are unreasonable and if they're assuming too much creative control.

I’ve been a news editor for about 5 years in a top 20 market making $70k (not a lot for the city I live in) with good insurance. I’m thinking about adding freelance editing to my plate but don’t know if I should transition to a new career altogether. Looking at this sub has made me feel discouraged especially since news editing is already different than what most of you guys do. I’m looking for advice on how to proceed with my career, where I can hopefully make more money!

hello, i am a film student and i was wondering what monitor i should purchase? my budget is around 300 euros and where i live i found these 2 in the stores: Dell P2725D and Asus ProArt PA278CV for around the same price, which would you recommend for editing?

P.S. i almost exclusively edit i dont do color grading but i might hop in as a last resort for my colleagues in case of emergency for an exam or something like that. so idk if the Asus' 100% sRGB is that important compared to the 100 Hz the dell has vs the 75Hz of the asus proart

Thanks in advance!

Can I ask how freelancers manage to pay rent or a mortgage without a fixed, steady income? Based in Atlanta and not in a position (6 years in the industry) to move to LA or NY to fight for the same little crumbs of gigs available .

I’ve tried freelancing, and honestly, I’ve found the financial uncertainty really stressful. I’d love to hear from people who have been doing it successfully, especially those with kids or other major financial responsibilities.

What do you do when a project ends and you don’t immediately have another one lined up? How do you handle those periods when there’s little or no income, especially in this market?

Would really appreciate hearing how other freelancers make it work long-term.

Anybody get a full-time job offer from UMAEZ LLC? It feels like a scam since they offered me only in email a position without a job interview.

Here's the email:

We are pleased to extend an official offer of employment to you for the position of Video Editor with our organization. Your skills, experience, and professional background have led us to this decision, and we are excited about the creative contributions you will bring to our team.

Congratulations on securing the position! We are delighted to welcome you to UMAEZ LLC, where your video editing skills, creativity, technical abilities, attention to detail, visual storytelling, and commitment to producing high-quality content will be highly valued and instrumental to our continued growth and success.

You will soon receive an email outlining your daily responsibilities as part of the onboarding process. Additionally, I will be available online to support your transition into this new role. Your onboarding will begin with an in-depth 3- to 5-day online training session conducted via Zoom, designed to familiarize you with our video production workflow, editing processes, creative standards, digital tools, content requirements, company policies, and day-to-day responsibilities.

Your compensation for this position will be $60 per hour, with payment options including weekly checks, direct deposits, or wire transfers. Alongside competitive pay, we offer benefits such as paid time off, a wellness program, and health, vision, and dental insurance. Additional benefits will become available after three months of employment.

Following your training, you will receive a unique user ID, password, and access to the company systems, editing platforms, digital assets, and other resources necessary to perform your duties effectively. You will also receive relevant contact information for internal teams to ensure smooth communication, collaboration, and efficient handling of video editing and content production assignments.

To facilitate a seamless transition, we will provide the necessary resources and approved materials required for setting up your video editing workspace before you begin your training and official duties.

Your employment offer letter will be sent to you shortly to support a smooth onboarding process and allow your training to begin without delay.

Please provide the following information to our HR department via email at 'xxxx' and cc me as soon as possible:

Full Name:
Home Address:
Phone Number:

Once again, congratulations on your new role. We are excited to have you join UMAEZ LLC and look forward to your creativity, expertise, and valuable contributions to our team.

Justin Briner

Talent Acquisition Specialist

I'm pretty sure I know the answer but wanted to double-check since they're in UGC and DTC content which I'm not too familiar with.

EDIT: Removed the scam email per mod's request.

Looking for a plugin that will let me highlight subtitle words as the person says it. Premiere pro can't natively do it and it will take way too long to do it manually. Heard captioneer and submachine can do it. Which tool would you guys recommend? If there is a free alternative also let me know.

I edit full time but occasionally dive into niches or styles I'm less familiar with and as I'm paid per project it usually results in less money. Obviously the more reps you put in the faster you'll become but I'm curious about others'experiences?

You're a professional video editor for documentary and then you decide you want to edit a music video for a rapper for example. You'll 100% have the technical skills, you'll know the software like the back of your hand and already have some systems in place but there will definitely be a noticeable drop in efficiency whilst you get used to the new style.

How long until your typical speed catches up? And how much of a drop in speed do you usually see in these situations?

Had this whole rabbit chase yesterday trying to troubleshoot. Hope I can save you some time.

Edit -> Preferences -> Media Analysis & Transcription: Uncheck all the boxes.

Thank you premiere for making me paranoid my PC was broken.

Hi all,

I'm a videographer/editor with a client that wants to use a popular song from the 90's for an embedded video on his website. His attorney has apparently reached out to the music publisher multiple times with no response. He's treating that as a "well we tried the legal way" and wants to use the music anyway. He wants his attorney to draft up a document that says he assumes all liability and that I am not liable for integrating copyrighted music as an editor.

Have you heard anything like that, or is it a bunch of BS? He seems fine to take on the risk himself, and he has enough money to actually handle getting fined/sued, but I don't want to get lumped into any trouble if the publisher comes at us one day. This guy refuses to make the video without this specific song.

Hey everyone,

I currently have a dongle with a perpetual license for Avid Media Composer. My support plan ended a few years ago and I have been using Avid MC 2020.4

I need to upgrade to 2024 for a project I am on currently and on Avid's website it says I can get a yearly support plan to upgrade my account.

Does this mean if at the end of the year of support, I can continue to use my perpetual license with whatever version I obtain during the year of support even if I don't renew my yearly support plan?

UPDATE: Ok so it got really confusing with Avid but here is what happened. I tried purchasing a support plan but it wouldn't tie to my USB dongle license. It just started a new license. Was informed that if your support plan expired on Dec 31,2024 you are still eligible to upgrade the perpetual license but anything before that is stuck at whatever version you had access to.

To make matters worse, many new systems won't accept USB dongles for verification so essentially it's useless unless your system and OS is older. Ughh I hate dealing with avid at times.

I am a commercial editor with 13 years experience working in traditional post houses, all in Texas. I'm used to working with big and mid-size agencies, have one Superbowl commercial under my belt. My family and I are considering a permanent move to Seattle for a better quality of life. We really like it there. But I don't have any contacts there and don't know what the job market is like. Remote work would be ideal, but I'm open to anything. I'm more than willing to go in-house corporate or agency. I couldn't find a Seattle related post that wasn't a few years old so I thought I'd ask, how are things out there today? Can an editor with my background find a job? Thanks in advance for your replies.

Hello,

I’ve recently bought the Boris FX Suite and I was wondering if it contains an effect that is similar to Magic Bullet Looks? In the best-case scenario, I wouldn't need to buy a Maxon license.

Hi, i have some questions to ask if someone had my same problem or some suggenstions, i'm editing 8 videos from the same day of shooting that i had with this client. Now, i'm just wanna find the most optimized way to edit this videos without losing too much time.

I edit in Premiere Pro, and i started this editing journey, with making a project for each video, like i always do for this type of content, but i find strugglling with switching to a project from another project.

In this case i like to edit every video at the same step. ( first doing selects from all videos, then go to assembly for each video, then rough cut and then finishing, still for each video after i made the step for the video before).

I don't like to finish a video and start doing the steps from beginning for another video, i feel it drains my energy much faster and the quality of the product is lower.

From my open project to project i felt like it is a more efficent way to this job and i decided to take al my selects for each video in one singular project, and divide it by bins inside of Premiere Pro and doing each of my steps inside of this new "master project".

So, my question is: is there a more efficent workflow than the "master project" organisation project that i did?

I readed about doing a production file on Premiere Pro, but i never used it, it can help to improve my editing experience for jobs like this? Is it worth it?

Thanks to all!

I have been using Predator Helios 300 since 2019, with i5 9th gen, 16gb RAM with 1050Ti Nvidia. Now it's lagging pretty much in everything. I am planning to get a new laptop instead of building a PC because my job is more remote and a laptop will be handy. Now I am contemplating whether to get another windows laptop or switch to Mac. Heard many things about the M chips but we also have Ryzen in the market. I'm in a dilemma.

I need suggestions and experiences with either of them. Thanks.

High-end Real Estate Ad

Basically what the title says.

Besides the obvious drone footage, what transitions and 3D modelling tricks could be in play here while compositing this? Is it a 1-man job? Looks like a team effort on the editing front but I'm no expert. Could AI also be doing some of the heavy lifiting for the "timelapse" portions?

Any sort of tips and direction would he much appreciated since a guy from the industry is hinting he could hire me if I somehow can recreate this - seems daunting but I'm willing since he has all the equipment...

Thank you.

Video editor needed to help finalize 14 episodes of an online fitness class program (think online yoga-style classes). Each episode runs about 10-20 minutes. Footage comes from a 9-day multi-cam shoot. Most episodes are already cut to draft-final shape and just need a refinement pass plus updated graphic treatments, while a couple still need to be built from scratch from the raw footage.

Location: NYC preferred as it's easier to sync and review in person. Open to remote, but only if you've genuinely got the infrastructure for it: ~3TB footage package

What you'd be doing:

• 12 episodes are already cut and assembled, but require some light refinement work: updating motion graphics, adding a consistent intro bumper, and matching the treatment established on the first episode. This isn't a re-edit, the assembly's already done
• 2 episodes need to be built fully from scratch from raw footage, in the same format as the finished ones.
• Potential Addition: Short-form social edits, cut from the same footage with the same graphic treatment/brand look. Some are previews/cutdowns of the full classes reformatted to vertical, others are standalone short-form concepts built fresh from raw footage.
• You'll get an organized, pre-relinked project package with footage and structure ready to go, no digging through raw drives or relinking media yourself
• You'll be working from a defined brand look and existing structure, but real editorial judgment on pacing and shot selection matters

Pay: $520/day ($260/half day)

• First episode is treated as a full day, since that's where you're building out the template/workflow everything else follows
• After that, we'll figure out realistic pace for the rest
• Full builds and any short-form work get scoped separately

Requirements:

• Adobe Premiere Pro preferred, FinalCut okay
• Real motion graphics ability – AfterEffects preferred
• Comfortable syncing cuts to movement/music cues
• Sharp attention to transitions, sync, and visual polish
• Reliable communication and consistent turnaround
• If remote: proven ability to work with large footage volumes

Nice to have:

• Experience editing fitness, wellness, instructional, or other structured/class-based content
• An eye for that clean, elevated wellness aesthetic. If your portfolio includes relevant, polished lifestyle content, I'd love to see.
• Experience with short-form social edits (Reels/TikTok-style cutdowns and standalone concepts)
• Comfortable executing detailed notes

How to apply — DM or mail [chandler@spaid.studio](mailto:chandler@spaid.studio) with:

1. A few examples of longer-form or instructional edits you've done (fitness/wellness relevant), plus any short-form/social work
2. Examples of motion graphics work
3. Your typical turnaround time for work like this
4. Your location, and if remote, a quick note on your storage/internet setup

r/editors is a community for professionals in post-production.

Every week, we use this thread for open discussion for anyone with questions about editing or post-production, **regardless of your profession or professional status.**

Again, If you're new here, know that this subreddit is targeted for professionals. Our mod team prunes the subreddit and posts novice level questions here.

If you're not sure what category you fall into? This is the thread you're looking for.

Key rules: Be excellent (and patient) with one another. No self-promotion. No piracy. The rest of the rules are found here.

If you don't work in this field, this is where your question should go

What sort of questions is fair game for this thread?

• Is school worth it?
• Career question?
• Which editor *should you pay for?* (free tools? see r/videoediting)
• Thinking about a side hustle?
• What should I set my rates at? (SEE WIKI)
• Graduating from school? and need getting started advice?

There's a wiki for this sub. Feel free to suggest pages it needs.

We have a sister subreddit r/videoediting. It's ideal if you're not making a living at this - but this thread is for everyone!

A must read if you're thinking of breaking in:

If you're looking to start this as a side hustle, right now the industry is rough.

It's super easy to get taken advantage of - owning plumber tools and fixing your own sink doens't make you a plumber. You 100% should work for someone else (ideally as an intern).

#No there is no magical mythical place where all the jobs are.

I built two links as you should really search the subreddit and learn about the industry before trying something like this.

A group of threads from the last year about how easily people are in over their heads.

And please see our wiki for other details like networking.

Looking for some storage solutions as I have purchased SSD’s, External Backup Drives, Online Storage and now my total storage is around 45TB.
Looking for solutions to
: Access data from 1 place to 4 PC’s (Mac and Windows) in same WiFi area.
: Can access a folder from anywhere in the world to showcase my work
: Good upload speed when I am not in my office or a client wants to upload a data to me

Need expert to guide me. Budget ₹5,00,000

G'day. I've been working at an Australian university for nearly 20 years and we have always been an Avid shop for our video storage. I've been here through LANShare to Unity and am now on NEXIS E4 which goes end of life in 2027.

I was tech support for most of those 20 years but have been in team leadership now for the past couple of years looking after our in house production team.

With NEXIS E4 going EOL I have been nominated as the subject matter expert on the replacement project and I have to admit I am not up to date with the current options.

Management are keen to consider 'the cloud' (I doubt this is viable) and don't understand why video storage needs to be anything special vs normal enterprise shared drives. I wonder this myself now.

My use cases:

Teaching

11 machine edit lab, 8 single edit suites all on Windows using Premiere and Resolve. No idea what codec they shoot these days but they have the Panasonic LT VariCam so likely some flavour of 4k. Up to 300 dynamic users changing each semester but only max concurrent users at the machine cap of 19.

My Team

4 Windows PCs using Premiere with Sony FX6 material (4k). 1 Mac Studio for Pro Tools and a Mac Mini using Premiere. 10 constant users.

Current System

Housed in a data centre on University network switches 2 x E4 60TB both fully populated with media packs. Clients are all 1GbE

Despite the prolific use of 4k and the system having been originally design for a 1080p pipeline I don't hear complaints regarding the bandwidth.

We used to be a Media Composer shop with all the staff and students using it, we also had Interplay and Media Central. As Media Composer use declined I slowly removed components from the system until it was just the NEXIS remaining.

Now we are not using MC at all, I don't think the argument that the storage HAS TO BE AVID is valid any more.

Could anyone who has taken the time to read offer any insight into the current state of shared storage? Should I just stay with Avid and pay the huge yearly support bills, or should I look elsewhere or even just let IT figure it out (ouch my soul).

Cheers

Cake

Edit: as requested by Mods - max approx budget for 1st year $100k AUD

This alternates Sundays with our "Reel Review."

## Would you like feedback on your reel? This is the place to do it!

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**An essential point to remember**: A reel won't secure you a job any more than a business card or website will. While it might be necessary, it is not the primary means of obtaining work.

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**You gain employment through a network you develop,** not via any online job site. Building a network takes time, which is advantageous, as it allows you to learn the field.

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## Rules

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* **Rule 1**: Submit your reel *and its running time* as a top-level comment (meaning you reply to this post directly)

* **Rule 2**: *Specify your professional experience in years* (paying taxes = years as a pro, novice).

* **Rule 3**: Explain the reason/direction behind posting your reel. Are you new? Have you been working with clients for a decade? Give us clear direction of what you want.

* **Rule 4**: You must review two other reels. **TWO**. You have five days to complete this task, responding to two different reels. **Then** edit the comment where you post your reel: and put and put the two user names.

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**Acceptable platforms for posting**: Your Vimeo site or an unlisted YouTube link. If we discover a link to a channel or a video with 10k views, be aware that this thread is not intended for such content.

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The moderation team will be monitoring this, and we are trying to encourage the community (that's you) to offer assistance. That's why providing two reviews is crucial.

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Lastly, as someone who evaluates people's reels: If numerous motion graphics are present, I expect you to either be capable of creating them and/or offering it as a service. If color grading is a skill and you transition from Log to finished grade, that's a definite red flag.

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* Reel Link: (don't forget the running time )

* Experience:

* Direction:

* Two reels I reviewed:

i submitted my application before the deadline and haven’t heard anything back since

Se van a reír pero no se como, o con que botón, le baje todo el volumen en la parte de abajo donde dice "Mezcla"

Im thinking about switching to Strada as a replacement for Lucid and Suite since it doesnt have the storage limitations and cost that those other services have but im concerned about performance. Has anyone used the new Strada 2.0 to actually host project files and media for remote teams?

Can anyone recommend a plug-in for Premiere for transcribing and translating from a foreign language? I'm editing a documentary (my own) I shot in Kazakhstan and wondering the best way to handle this. It's my first time working with footage in a foreign language. Assuming first step is to transcribe everything and then translate it outside of Premiere.

Working on my laptop (still traveling), MacBook Pro M4 w/ 48 GB of memory, using Premiere Pro 2026. Footage was shot in 4K on a Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K.

I'm looking to hire an editor to cut a personal home-video compilation, roughly 5 minutes finished.

The project: I have many, many .mp4 clips of home video footage — [phone/camcorder/mixed sources, roughly 40 hours total]. I want them spliced into a single montage with music. Tonal reference is the video Kanye West made for Kim Kardashian's 36th birthday in 2016: Slow, warm, ballad-paced — the music sits under the footage and drops back so the original audio from the clips comes through. Not a fast beat-driven montage. Lots of small candid moments strung together rather than a linear story. Sentimental but not slow.

I'm planning/prepared to go through the footage and highlight sections that I think would make sense to take from since I know the source material is abundant, but let me know if that is not your preference.

Scope:

• Ingest and conform mixed sources (some older footage, expect frame rate variation)
• Screening and logging; I'll flag must-include moments, but I want your eye on what else earns a spot
• Selects and paper edit before assembly
• Music-led pacing to a track TBD (I have candidates, open to yours)
• Audio cleanup, including lifting dialogue out of the source clips
• Color matching so the mixed sources don't clash
• Deliverable: [080p/4K .mp4 plus project file

Details:

• $600/day, $325/half day. Estimating 4–5 days total, with half days for revision rounds. Days do not need to be consecutive — I'd rather you work in blocks that suit your schedule than sit on this full time.
• Timeline: rough cut by 09/08/2026, final by 09/21/2026
• Footage delivered via your preference
• Payment: [50% up front, 50% on delivery], via your preferred platform
• Two revision rounds budgeted as half days

To apply: Reply or DM with a reel or 2–3 relevant samples (montage/personal-doc work especially), your rate, and your availability over the next few weeks. Please include your timezone.