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How to Edit for Children’s Television

By Mike Sullivan
Fetch! is a reality show for kids, integrating live-action and animation.

Senior editor Arnie Harchik explains how he integrates 500 hours of studio, location, animated, and audio footage to create one season of WGBH’s Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman.

Don't Cut This Class: Future Media Concepts

By April Gardner
Future Media Concepts recently moved to Kendall Square.

Warp speed your knowledge of postproduction through coursework at facilities like Future Media Concepts.

At Long Last: Editor User Groups Combine Forces

By Mike Sullivan
Last month's Boston Avid and FCP user group meeting drew a packed house.

In the first of a two-part series, editor Mike Sullivan investigates how Boston’s Avid and Final Cut Pro user groups find common ground in tumultuous times.

Perseverance in Post

By Mike Sullivan
Julie Checkoway returns to Newburyport this month.
Sister/brother duo Julie and Neal Checkoway describe the process of editing their first documentary, Waiting for Hockney, which screens this month at the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival.

How to be a Master Editor

By Nikki Chase
Thelma Schoonmaker accepts her Oscar for editing The Departed.
Three-time Oscar winner, Thelma Schoonmaker, shares tricks of the trade, how to break into "the business" and what it's really like to work with Marty.

The Ultimated DV Storage Drive

By Peter Bohush
A photo featuring the VideoRaid system.
Writer Peter Bohush profiles Medea Corporation's VideoRaid with his usual tongue-in-cheek humor.

Apple of an Editor's Eye

By Peter Bohush
Final Cut Pro 1.25
Peter Bohush reports on what's new with Final Cut Pro 1.25.

Getting in Tune

By Kristen Paulson
music
If getting music rights to your film seems as daunting as a trip to the DMV, you're not alone. Here's a step-by-step guide to make it through the maze.

First-Hand Adventures of a First-Time Filmmaker, Part 6: Post-Production and the Discomfort Zone

By Lorre Fritchy
Sandy Slade puts a ball on the finger and a smile on the face of a Hoop City fan in Philly. (Photo: Lorre Fritchy)
Lorre Fritchy dives into post-production of her documentary "Sandy 'Spin' Slade: Beyond Basketball."

Keeping in Sync

By Sam KauffmannAn informative chapter on "Keeping in Sync" from Sam Kauffmann's book "Avid Editing."

What Makes a Good Editor?

By Lillian Baulding & Jessica Stephan
Errol Morris
Hear the secret to editing from local producers such as Errol Moris, the filmmaker of "A Midwife's Tale" and others.

Going Native: A New Nonlinear Editing System

By Fred Muchnik
editing
A new nonlinear editing system enters the marketplace and sets a new standard for this former Avid user.