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Summer Deals On CS5 Classes Ends Soon! Please check here for upcoming CS5 training dates!

Thursday, August 19, 2010 - From ProVideo Coalition Today, two years after its official beta launch, Wuala announces its latest feature - Wuala Sync. Users can now synchronize files online and across multiple computers and operating systems. Changes made on the user’s home computer will be automatically synchronized to his or her work computer. The user can work right on the desktop, even if offline. In addition, Wuala’s file versioning and time travel feature allows users to access and restore previous file versions. To read the full article please click here .

Part 2 of Julian Clarke's discussion. Julian Clarke, editor of District 9 discusses his work and approach to cutting District 9. This is a part of the Canadian Cinema Editors screening and discussion events they put on in Toronto, Canada.

Cutting to the Chase Editors Discuss Their Craft at EditFest LA by Laura Almo  photos by Peter Zakhary/Tilt Photo The American Cinema Editors’ (ACE) third annual EditFest LA took place the first weekend of August at Universal Studios.    It was a veritable feast of editing talk.    The five panel discussions covered a lot of ground––from breaking into the business and making the transition from assistant to editor, to analyzing scenes and talking shop.    The opening panel, Welcome to EditFest, moderated by the organization’s president, Randy Roberts, A.C.E., highlighted just how much the field of editing has changed in the digital age, a topic on everyone’s mind throughout the two-day gathering.    To read the rest of the article please go here .

AVID Media Composer 5: Interview with Deepraj Sandhar posted on Art of the Guillotine from MacVideo,  gives an  overview of what Media Composer 5 offers to the editing world.  To see the interview click here .

Manhattan Edit Workshop has just posted upcoming dates for their signature Six Week Intensive Workshop.   2011 Six Week Intensive Workshop Dates: January 10 - February 18 February 28 - April 8 April 25 - June 3 June 20 - July 29 September 12 - October 21 November 7 - December 16 For more information on our Six Week Intensive Workshop please click here .

An extension of our original two-day class, Manhattan Edit Workshop’s HD - DSLR Filmmakers Workshop is a five-day, hands-on workshop covering pre-production, production and post for DSLR Filmmakers. Through hands-on exercise and demonstration, instructors  Josh Apter  and  Jem Schofield  will lead you through pre-production, planning, camera set-up, shooting and in-depth editing with the most popular tools on the market. You will also work on your own documentary film project which will be screened at the end of the course. We’ll cover shooting techniques, helpful tricks, infinite accessories, and workflow solutions for this new filmmaking tool.  Among the topics covered: • HD-DSLR camera overviews. • Lighting for DSLR. • Field Recording. • Best shooting practices, shortcomings and workarounds. • Shooting video like film. • Double-System sound. • Camera support systems and “tricking out” your DSLR. • Lenses, adapters and how to use them. • Transcoding and ingesting. • Editing and out

Perspectives on Editing: Animation and Documentary Techniques Film editors Kevin Nolting, John Carnochan, Joe Bini, Nancy Frazen, Kate Amend, Bill Cartright, Lois Freeman-Fox and Brian Johnson discuss the differences in editing for animated films and live action films. To see the video please go to the link below: Perspectives on Editing: Animation and Documentary Techniques | Video | The Academy

The Art of The Guillotine  has announced new features on their website as well as a new video section.  Check out the first video from A.C.E.'s  EditFest LA 2009 Television Panel Part Two .   For more information click  here .

NEW YORK - New York State has renewed the 30 percent tax credit on film and television production for five years through 2015. And, for the first time, a post production tax credit has been included in the program. To read the full article at Post Magazine please go to News | Post Magazine .

District 9 's editor Julian Clarke from the Editing Association Video Series on  The Art of The Guillotine .

On Thursday July 22nd, high school students from the  Long Island Film Academy visited Manhattan Edit Workshop to discuss the history and process of editing, as well as the basics of Final Cut Pro.   Long Island Film Academy is a summer crash course in filmmaking sponsored by SUNY Farmingdale and the Hempstead Boys and Girls Club.  To see the full article from Long Island Film Academy's site please go  here . MEWShop Owner Josh Apter and GM Jason Banke discuss editing with students from the  Long Island Film Academy .

Great Deal On Upcoming CS5 Courses For August!   After Effects Level II - August 12 -13,  2010 This  two-day  intermediate class will take you beyond the basics by focusing on industry standard best-practices for creating motion graphics. Building on concepts learned in the level one class, course topics include blending modes, masks and track mattes, working in 3D Space, cameras, lighting in 3D, parenting, nesting  and advanced text animation. For more information on this class click here . Register Here . Photoshop Level I - August 22 - 23, 2010 Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard application for professional image manipulation. This  two-day  introductory class will get you up-to-speed quickly. This course starts with an overview of the workspace and tools, and moves onto project planning and workflow, basic photo correction, photo retouching and restoration, working with layers  and masking techniques and channels. For more information on this class click  here .

Heres another great article on EditFest NY 2010 from Kirsten Studio : An Editors Blog .  Click here to read the article.

This past weekend MEWShop held another successful DSLR Fundamentals Workshop. Check out video from the class below: After the continued success of our Three-day DSLR Fundamentals Workshop, MEWShop is proud to announce our new F ive-day  HD - DSLR Filmmaking Bootcamp: From Storyboard to Screen . Please click here to see information on this great new class for DSLR Filmmakers coming in October.