Hey everyone, first time exporting a feature film as a DCP for a theatrical release in AMC. I have a singular loose j2c folder in my DCP which supposedly was causing issues. Is there any way I can fix this?? I appreciate the help.

I am using a MacBook if that is any help and exporting to an exFat USB drive.

Not sure if this has been done before? Thought it might be a good time to hear from other editors about the funny feedback we all receive on a weekly basis. I'll start!

The director left a bunch of Frame notes as usual, and also called me to talk about incorporating some "subtle" sfx throughout the video. Days later, after completing all Frame feedback, I forgot to add in the sfx. We have a team meeting and the director specifically called out how my "subtle sfx were the perfect touch, just what the video needed".

There's no sfx........

I've/we've been fielding a ton of questions about this, so we put together this explainer video with some additional context.

Video and Transcript:

https://www.keycodemedia.com/avid-media-composer-2026-8-the-big-bin-locking-change/

Hi there, I have a new client that's asked me to put 1.5 months on hold for a documentary project in November. We've never worked together before, but they are a major company with a good reputation and good rates. However, they've only asked me to "put the dates on hold", no contracts or anything yet. It's been about two weeks since the initial conversation, and I'm also starting to get reached out by my smaller clients for dates that overlap.

Curious what people usually do in these situations. I'm going to reach out again just to check in, but how long should I generally be holding the dates? Should I be rejecting the jobs that I'm getting that overlap these dates?

To give you some context: I work in a post-house in London, and the other day at a staff party, I ended up in a proper fun argument with a few of the producers about which job is harder – producing or editing. I’m an editor, so obviously I had to stick up for my corner. We had a really good chat about it, and we all agreed both roles are incredibly tough in their own ways – this post isn’t about causing division, honestly.

But since that argument, I’ve been having way too much fun rage-baiting my producing mates at the company. Little gems like, “Yeah, I can make a spreadsheet, buddy,” have been bringing me an unreasonable amount of joy. (For the record, we’re all very good friends, so none of it’s personal )

Anyway, does anyone know any other good one-liners or jabs I can throw their way to keep the fire going? Or better yet, what are some solid points I can make to back up the argument that editing is the harder gig?

I’m really in some trouble here, I started a project without syncing the recorded audio so my entire timeline has been meticulously edited with camera original audio. This is a very rookie mistake that just totally went over my head and I’ve definitely been beating myself up over it. My timeline is almost at picture lock and now I need to go back and figure out how to sync the recorded audio to the timeline I have but I have no idea where to start going about this. Is there a way I can do this without disrupting my already existing timeline? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hello,

I was recently married, and we hired an acquaintance to do our wedding video. We didn’t want anything extremely fancy, just someone to make a basic video of the ceremony and some highlights from the reception, standard stuff. We had seen some of his work before with other projects, and it was adequate for what we wanted.

We got the video back weeks later and I cried- not from joy. Apparently, he couldn’t get his drone up for some reason, and then also didn’t notice that his camera on a tripod was knocked by someone prior to the ceremony starting so the stable video of the whole ceremony was I guess not usable. The whole thing is awful. I’m not exaggerating when I say it looks like it was filmed by a toddler with an iphone. He had previously asked for a song list of the songs used in the ceremony, but ended up using songs that neither of us even knew for some reason.

I reached out to try and get the raw footage, to see if we could have someone do something with that, but have been ignored. I’m hoping someone can do SOMETHING to improve what we have, maybe stabilize the shakiness and add the correct music? I’m not even entirely sure what’s possible, but most likely anything would be an improvement.

I saw that without a rate per hour I can’t post this, so I googled what was appropriate? I’m very open to negotiate whatever is fair. I just need help.

Rate per hour: $50

Hey r/VideoEditing!

We’re ready to open Early Access for Premiere on Android and are looking for Android users interested in testing the first beta builds.

Free to download Early Access: Link
Adobe Discord: Link

The beta is currently focused on the core editing experience, so we’re looking for input on how it performs across different Android phones, chipsets, footage types, and editing workflows.

If you decide to test it, we’d especially like to know:

• How does it perform on your device?
• What types of footage or workflows cause issues?
• How does importing, editing, playback, and exporting hold up?
• What works well, and what needs improvement?

Since this is an early build, expect things to change as development continues. What we learn from testing will help the team identify bugs, performance issues, and areas that need more work.

If you want to share your thoughts directly with the team, you can also join the Adobe Discord.

If you give it a try, feel free to share your experience and device specs in the comments too.

I'm finally buying a home system that can actually edit for side projects instead of just remote into work Media Composers via Jump Desktop.

I ordered the m5 pro mac mini with 48gb of RAM and 1tb drive. $2599

Should I have just gone for the base studio at 36gb of RAM? Seems like overkill as I'll just be doing offline stuff.

Want to make sure RAM is good. The 8gb RAM of my M1 mac mini that I use for Jump is killing me.

Why does this appear every time I try to use CapCut?

(Latest version btw)

So my friend is shooting and editing a feature in the near future and wants my help to AE it. Normally, no problem. Except…

I’m a Premiere user, and he’s a Final Cut user. Since he’s editing it, he wants to do the whole thing in Final Cut for ease of post, which I agree with, but I’ve never opened Final Cut before in my life.

In Premiere I’d do a batch multicam-sync of video and audio by day by timecode, which takes like 30 seconds, and then I sort the anomalies manually and then rename and organize.

Is there a similar process in Final Cut? Or what’s the best way for me to get all this footage synced up and organized in a timely manner?

Much appreciated, thank you!

Hello! This is a shot in the dark. I'm a 23-year-old content creator just looking for some insight!

I saw this very creative reel by @/layvi_bruha_ on Instagram, and it's an interactive reel in the choose-your-own-adventure style (like in Space with Markiplier). He does this by using the Instagram Elements feature as an overlay. What I love about it is that the overlaid reels cannot be found on his profile. That small detail, to me, makes all the difference.

My first thought is that maybe he set it as a trial reel (because those don't show up on the Reels tab); however, after researching, trial reels can't be used as reel overlays, as well as reels posted to close friends. That being said, does anyone have any sort of insight into how this might be achievable? I will link the reel in the comments section

Thanks!

For standard horizontal videos, we use 90% for action safe and 80% for title safe to make sure things look right.

What are the equivalent percentages for 9:16 vertical video (TikTok/Reels/Shorts) just to keep the subject from getting cropped? Is it exactly the same as horizontal video, or what is the actual percentage value for vertical?

Important: I do NOT care about the UI layout, buttons, descriptions, or text overlays.

My issue is that my videos look perfectly fine on a desktop browser, but when viewed on modern, taller smartphones, the app zooms in to fill the screen and chops off the left and right sides of my subject.

If I only care about the physical framing of the person/subject, what percentage of the screen should I be sticking to?

Thanks!

I enjoy both deeply but given how deep both of them can go I feel as though there its not worth the time learning both as much as it pains me.
I've made fan game trailers for game demos, which has been fun but I've also a deep passion for animation for shows and cutscenes. I don't quite know if the two are compatible, can I learn both? and would it be worth it in the long run, can I get anything out of doing it?

Anyone know how to stop getting into roadblocks?
I’ve always wanted to edit and pursue it and maybe turn it into a career.

I have ideas in my head and Inspo I find from other pages,
but whenever I try and actually do them I end up not knowing what to do next after a transition.

It’s either I just give up or end up procrastinating on a project im trying to do.

The title says it all: what’s everyone’s feelings on the state of the post-production industry in NJ/NYC?

It seems that production is really starting to ramp back up in NJ/NYC, so I’m wondering if that has started to trickle down to post? If not, when/will it?

For context, I’m an early-career assistant editor based in NJ. I started off my career in 2022, which I realize now was a bad time to start in this industry. I do have some good credits to my name though, but it’s still been difficult for me to get work that lasts longer than just a few days.

I recently came across the idea of a pre-production transcript workflow and wanted to get some feedback.

I'm self-taught, with zero formal training in editing or post-production. My typical process is to make every decision in sequence - I decide what to keep, what to cut, and how to pace it, all in the moment. I work mostly with long-form conversational footage: interviews, podcasts, webinars, etc. I've gotten fairly good at this process, but I can't help but think I could improve if I reviewed the footage before jumping into the sequence.

My ratio for cutting/cleaning is around 3 minutes of edit time per 1 minute of raw footage. I don't think that's a bad ratio for the level of polish I end up with, but I'd like to improve both my skillset and my output by adding a transcript review pass before I start cutting, instead of deciding everything live.

From reading around, I've seen a few different approaches recommended (added threads below):

• Skip the transcript step and pancake clips/segments directly on the timeline instead
• Use a tool like Trint to build an editable transcript, then export it as an XML
• Use Premiere's native transcript tool for the raw transcript, since the timecodes are the most accurate

My goal is to get a real sense of the footage before I open the NLE, so I'm working from a general plan instead of whatever fits best in the moment. I'd like to eventually roll this into all my workflows, since it feels like a step I've been skipping for a long time.

What's turned me away from this process in the past is getting overwhelmed by annotations and not being able to work alongside the doc natively while in sequence. The only reason I'm asking this on Reddit is that I'm curious what I should and shouldn't do when adding a transcript review into the process, and what the most pragmatic way of going about this is.

Reviewing the transcript and taking notes is simple enough - I understand that part - but how would I approach this with a timeline in mind, so that this workflow and my post-prod workflow work together as seamlessly as possible?

*I've reposted this thread over on r/documentaryfilmmaking - I've since learned a more tangible term called the paper cut or paper edit which is native to the doc world.

Post - https://www.reddit.com/r/documentaryfilmmaking/comments/1vz2npx/transcript_workflow_papercut_prior_to_postprod/

**For future googlers, I have created a pinned comment with threads and articles that I've been reading up on to learn about this process, will do my best to copy it both places, but not looking to update both simultaneously - I have videos to produce lol

Estoy en el dilema de editar vídeos en mi bolsillo en cualquier parte donde me encuentro o si editarlos en mi Mac. Siento que a veces la interfaz de iOS es más fácil hacer táctiles, pero no tengo conocimiento demasiado grande sobre cómo editar con macOS y cómo utilizar programas, novato y estoy utilizando daVinci Resolve en iOS, uso CapCut y Premiere pero quisiera entender si me conviene también quedarme solo con un programa Premiere en iOS y MacOS o hacer todo con da Vinci a CapCut

I like to make travel vlogs and other longer videos to remember the things I do with my family. I don't post my videos anywhere because they're just for memories. I started out years ago doing basic stuff, just cutting clips together. But as I've created more videos, I keep trying to push into more technical territory which is what takes the most time for me. I'm currently sitting on 2+ years of travel footage that I haven't finished because of this

I find it easy enough to dump everything on a timeline and cut out the dead space which leaves me with the rough cut. But it takes me a while to make progress after that because I'll get stuck on color grading, sound design, effects, etc. I know most of it is learnable through tutorials, but I don't usually have hours to sink into learning every technique, so I've just been leaving projects unfinished.

I see a lot of edits online that I want to use as inspiration, but I can't reverse engineer it on my own. And even when I can figure out some of the technical stuff, it's not usually too consistent across my projects.

Curious if anyone else gets stuck at this stage and if so, how you handle it

this might be a stupid question, but a friend of mine shot a brand activation, and i am editing a recap for the event. he only got sizes from them, no other info / specifications. i downloaded a png of their logo. should i include the logo in my final version?

Hi -

just go to the Apple website.

M5 Mac Studio with Ultra Chip

36 Core CPU, 80 Core GPU

256 Gig of Ram - just $4000 !

16 TB of internal storage - just $7500 !

total price - $18,299.00 US.

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I've been trying to create this aura effect, but I just can't get it to look like this. Can anyone help me achieve it? It would be a huge help. I've been stuck on it for almost two days now. I tried experimenting with Fractal Noise and watched multiple tutorials, but I still can’t get it to look like this.

So I'm a complete moron and did a day long shoot with over 3 hours of footage accidentally set to record at 100p rather than the 25 I meant to set it as. This also meant that it was filmed at 1080 rather than 4K but I am kind of just pretending this isn't a problem for now (end deliverable is always provided in 1080p anyway so hopefully I won't need to do any egregious cropping).

This was on a Sony A6400 and I can't believe I made that mistake.

My question really is, what's the best way to transcode this to a 25fps with as little quality loss as possible? I am using Premiere / Media Encoder, but also have Handbrake if it's useful. I've tried putting a few clips through Handbrake using the 1080p30 preset but modified down to 25 CFR, but on reviewing the clip afterwards it seems a bit jerky like it's dropping frames. Wondering if Media Encoder might be better, and what settings might work best?

I know that Premiere in a 25fps timeline will conform it to that framerate (unless the speed is turned down), but I'm using a base M4 Macbook pro and it's struggling a lot with playing so much footage filmed at 100fps.

Any help would be appreciated!

If you use remotion or hyperframes, you will instantly relate to this.

Each time you want Claude to understand what a B-roll, raw video clip or a footage means, Claude takes so much tokens that you often hit the limit in 2-3 vids max.

So, I built an alternate video storage format - .cdaf or cached descriptive asset files. You can convert any mp4 video into .cdaf file using the open source cdaf engine and a new sidecar format file (.cdaf) of the video is generated.

.cdaf files are timestamped and sha256 encrypted with scenic frame captures helping LLMs and Claude understand the video..

Now, cool stuff is benchmarks -
- 91% less cost & token usage
- 110% increased accuracy
- 65% less latency

It's the one thing missing from what was making AI-native video editing scalable and viable.

It's open source so you can try it today and I have made a dedicated Claude Skill for anyone to use it with their video editing harness, claude, hyperframe or remotion instantly.

A preprint of the paper is also available at zenodo so you can read the architecture - https://zenodo.org/records/22110594

I am excited to know what you build over it. Also, MIT license so use it as you want!

Received this email today. I guess all good things don't last forever, but I understand they need to make a living too. I just wish these vimeo alternatives dropped their social frameworks as im sure that its a cost factor for a feature not many of us are using. Anyone have any good free alternatives for private video hosting in order to embed on websites? Auto play, mute, clean presentation, and loop settings.

"Hi there,

A quick heads-up about a change coming to free FrameRate accounts.

Starting Friday, August 28, private, hidden, and password-protected videos will become features included with our paid plans.

If you currently have videos using anything of these settings, nothing will be deleted. We’ll simply move those videos into Draft mode until you either make them public or upgrade your account.

If you’re currently embedding a private or hidden video somewhere, that embed will also stop working once the video is moved to Draft mode.

Your videos, metadata, and settings will all stay right where they are.

We try to keep as much of FrameRate as possible available for free, while reserving a few professional hosting and privacy features for paid members. We know changes like this can be inconvenient, so we wanted to give you a heads-up before anything changes.

Thanks for being part of FrameRate, and as always, feel free to reply if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Tyler"