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Links

American Cinema Editors (ACE)

Archive.org: labyrinth of materials on film editing
https://archive.org/search?query=film+editing

Backstage:

Film Editing 101
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/film-editing-explained-75695

How to Find Video Editing Jobs
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/how-to-find-the-best-video-editing-jobs-74482

British Film Editors
https://www.britishfilmeditors.co.uk

DeScript: Film Editing 101
https://www.descript.com/blog/article/film-editing

Film Editing Pro
https://www.filmeditingpro.com
Paid and free film editing video tutorials

Film Making Lifestyle: What is Film Editing?: The Complete Guide
https://filmlifestyle.com/what-is-film-editing

PremiumBeat
Free Video Assets

Stock Footage & Motion Graphics

ArtGrid (paid)

Videvo (free)

Tutti
Everything You Need to Know about Film Editing Techniques (?!)

Vashi Visuals


Video Editing Software & Users’ Fora

Los Angeles Creative Pro User Group
http://www.lafcpug.org/phorum

Reddit: Film Editors’ Forum
https://www.reddit.com/r/editors

SoftwareFora
Adobe Premiere Pro
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  • Liftgammagain
  • Reddit
  • Avid Media Composer
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  • Blender
  • Blender Artists
  • CG Society
  • Blender Community
  • Daz3D
  • FSDeveloper
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  • Make Human Community
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  • SCSSoft
  • StackExchange
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  • Creative Cow
  • DVInfo
  • iDustrial Revolution
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  • MacProVideo
  • MacRumors
  • Final Cut Pro at Reddit
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Blackmagicdesign
  • DaVinci Resolve Community Forum
  • Creative Cow
  • The Modern Filmmakers
  • Reddit
  • Kdenlive
  • Kdenlive Users' Forum

  • Video Editing Plugins

    FCP Effects

    Motion VFX

    Pixel Film Studios

    Red Giant


    Books

    BILLINGE, Sam:
    The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing
    (Routledge, 2017)

    BRICCA, Jacob:
    Documentary Editing, Principles & Practice
    (Routledge, 2023)

    DANCYGER, Ken:
    The Technique of Film & Video Editing
    (Routledge, 2018)

    DMTRYK, Edward:
    On Film Editing
    (Routledge, 1984)

    FRIERSON, Michael:
    Film & Video Editing Theory: How Editing Creates Meaning
    (Routledge, 2018)

    GAMMARDELLA, Fabrizio:
    Cut & Drag: Tips & Tricks for Filmmaking Freaks
    (Fabrizio Gammardella, 2023)

    HIRSCH, Paul:
    A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits – Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission Impossible & More
    (Chicago Review Press, 2021)

    HOGGAN, Michael:
    Art & Craft of Motion Picture Editing
    (Routledge, 2022)

    HOLLYN, Norman:
    The Film Editing Room Handbook: How to Tame the Chaos of the Editing Room
    (Lone Eagle, 2009)

    HULLFISH, Steve:
    Art of the Cut: Conversations with Film & TV Editors
    (Routledge, 2017)

    KEAST, Gred:
    The Art of the Cut
    (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2015)

    LoBRUTTO, Vincent:
    Selected Takes: Film Editors on Editing
    (Prager Publishers, 1991)

    MURCH, Walter:
    In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing
    (Silman-James, 2001)

    NYGARD, Roger:
    Cut to the Monkey: A Hollywood Editor’s Behind-the-scenes Secrets to Making Hit Comedies
    (Applause, 2021)

    OLDHAM, Gabriella:
    First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors
    (University of California Press, 1992)

    ONDAATJE, Michael:
    The Conversations: Walter Murch & the Art of Editing Film
    (Bloomsbury, 2008)

    PHILLIPS, Lance:
    Video Editing Made Easy with DaVinci Resolve
    (Pakt Publishing, 2023)

    REISZ, Karel:
    The Technique of Film Editing
    (Hassell Street Press, 2021)

    ROSENBERG, John:
    The Healthy Edit
    (Focal Press, 2010)

    ROSENBLUM, Ralph & KAREN, Robert:
    When the Shooting Stops …the Cutting Begins
    (da Cappo Press, 1979)

    TUCKER, Jack:
    Twilight for the Gods: The Art & History of Film Editing
    (Cognella Academic Publishing, 2018)