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  Filmmaker U recently spoke with Visual Effects Artist Debra Khoo-Jeffrey.  In this chat we spoke with Debra about immigrating to New York from Malaysia, working remotely and her various projects she at HBO. Debra Khoo is a visual effects artist at HBO Hudson Yards, NY with nearly 20 years of experience in motion graphics, animation, compositing and rotoscoping. She works mainly in After Effects, Cinema 4D, and Boris FX Mocha Pro. Her credits include "From The Earth to the Moon" (Limited Series), "Game of Thrones: The Last Watch," "First Cow" (movie), and handling many promos for HBO, HBO Latino, and HBO Sports.   Gordon Burkell (GB)  - Welcome to Filmmaker U! At  filmmakerU . com  we bring the top people in the film industry to discuss their craft and how they approach working in the industry. This week, we have Debra Khoo-Jeffrey. Thanks for coming to the show! Debra Khoo - Jeffrey (DKJ)  - Thanks for having me. Nice to meet you. GB  - It's gre...

J oin Manhattan Edit Workshop for our May 21st Virtual Open House! This is an opportunity for you to learn more about our Six Week Intensive Workshop and all of our new online classes. You’ll get a chance to meet an instructor and administration for a live Q & A online! Thursday, May 21st , 2020. Stop by anytime between 3:30pm and 4:00pm.  REGISTER HERE! Our staff will be live talk to you about all of our classes including: Six Week Intensive Workshop Avid Media Composer and Pro Tools Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Captivate, Color Correction with Premiere Pro DaVinci Resolve Workshops - Color Grading, Editing, Fairlight Audio, Fusion Making the Cut with Bobbie O'Steen Avid Assistant Editor Workshop & Advanced Avid Workflows for Assistant Editors Workshop NEW Three Week Advanced Editing Workshop Apple Final Cut Pro X, Logic Pro, Motion, and macOS Assimilate SCRATCH Workshops Autodesk Smoke Workshops Production Works...

  Join Manhattan Edit Workshop for our February Open House!  This is an opportunity for you to learn more about our Six Week Intensive Workshop and all of our classes. You’ll get a chance to meet some of our instructors, administration, other potential students, and to get a tour of our facilities. Refreshments and snacks will be served! Wednesday,  February 7th, 2018.   Stop by anytime between 7pm and 8pm. JOIN US FOR DEMONSTRATIONS WITH OUR INSTRUCTORS! Premiere Pro DEMO with Certified Instructor Mark Chandler - 7:15pm Round tripping or Dynamic Link to After Effects. An easy, time saving technique to work between Premiere and After Effects Avid Media Composer DEMO with Certified Instructor Janet Dalton - 7:45pm Working with the new Source Browser  How to hide jump cuts with fluid morph Also our staff will be on hand to talk to you about all of our classes including: Six Week Intensive Workshop Avid Media Composer and...

Whether just starting out in a new career, switching gears from an old one, or pursuing your own creative goals; the Six Week Intensive helps you develop the practical tools you need every day and the foundation of your voice as a visual artist.    Our Six Week Intensive Course in the art and technique of editing is a comprehensive jump-start for anyone serious about a career in post-production. During the six weeks you will learn the latest versions of  Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe After Effects . The Workshop runs  Monday through  Friday   10am - 5pm . The classroom will also be open to Six Week students  Monday  -  Friday  from  5pm - 6pm  for lab time (schedule permitting.) Manhattan Edit Workshop is excited to continue our successful intern referral partnership between MEWShop and ITV America (LeftField Pictures.) ITV America (LeftField Pictures), is a reality television powerhouse ...

Hi everyone! Welcome back to the workweek - here's everything we read and talked about this weekend. A guide to demystifying expressions selectors in Adobe After Effects - motion graphics artist and designer Joe Clay provides a simple walk-through of this complex tool [ Lester Banks ] Have you ever seen a lined script and gone "How the heck do I read this"? Welp, you're in luck: Editstock has a great, coherent guide to your script supervisor's hard handiwork [ Editstock ] Adobe Premiere Pro has just introduced a new Team Projects feature in its update - here are ten things that Creative Cloud users need to know [ Premiere Bro ] Da Vinci Resolve 12.5.2 is out, and Jonny Elwyn has a rundown of what's new in the update, as well as a few color grading tutorials for the interface [ Jonny Elwyn ] What's it like to work with Werner Herzog ? As you could probably guess, the answer seems to be "challenging" - his longtime editor of two decad...

Former Manhattan Edit Workshop Six-Week student Andrea Podaski talks about his experiences with Mewshop's Six Week Intensive Program. For more information on Manhattan Edit Workshop's Six Week Intensive Workshop go to:  http://www.mewshop.com/six_week_works... . Manhattan Edit Workshop is a New York Film Editing School offering a full range of basic to advanced manufacturer certified training courses, from the Avid, Autodesk, Assimilate and Apple products to the complete suite of Adobe applications. Manhattan Edit Workshop's mission is to provide the highest quality education for filmmakers and editors. Focusing on both the art and technology inherent to our craft. We foster a "learn by doing" approach in an atmosphere where mistakes are encouraged as part of the process and the only "silly" question is the one that isn't asked. 

What else could we add to hearing legendary editor Anne Coates?!?! Thanks to our awesome sponsor Boris FX/Imagineer, each attendee of "Sight, Sound & Story" this June 11th will get a free 3 month subscription license to Boris Continuum Complete or mocha Pro 5!!! Go to  http://bit.ly/1Z7tJUs  for more info! ‪#‎BorisFX‬ ‪#‎Imagineer‬ ‪#‎SSS2016‬ ‪#‎mochaPro

Editors Jesse Averna, Sidney Wolinsky, ACE and Michael Berenbaum, ACE on the importance of Adobe After Effects. From Manhattan Edit Workshop's Sight, Sound & Story event, June 13, 2015. For more information visit www.mewshop.com and www.sighsoundandstory.com. About Jesse Averna (@Dr0id): For the last six seasons, the series editor for "Sesame Street," for which he has won five Emmys. Jesse also teaches Continuing Ed at the School of Visual Arts, recently directed a new children’s series "Monica’s Mixing Bowl" and is in active development on his own film. He also leads a weekly Twitter chat every Wednesday night for Post Professionals, called #PostChat. When Jesse’s not engaged in the above, or spending time with his family, he’s editing recap promo’s for SyFy’s "12 Monkeys.' Basically, he’s a workaholic insomniac with a love for his daughter, Post Production, monsters and droids. About Michael Berenbaum, ACE: Michael served as editor on both...