Editors are so underrated and as such, there isn't a whole lot of content geared toward them and how to improve the craft properly. I'm glad you guys did this!

1: Organize the timeline 2: use the audio track mixer 3: clean your audio! (fade) 4: organization selects 5: pancake timelines :)

FINALLY... A real professional who knows what the heck they're doing, who shares with us really useful tools for the intermediate and advanced editors! I sip my hat to you!

Editors dont get the much love and appreciation in hollywood as they should in my opinion

I've been working as an editor for the last 6 years and I was surprised how many of these are precisely the same methods I've figured out myself over the years. I would counter that using built-in audio transitions is the way to go when you're working with a tight deadline and a client that is not interested in "really good" but just "good enough". Also, always save old iterations of time lines in their own bin. Every time you get a round of feedback from the client, save a copy of your timeline before you start hacking away at it. You never know when the client will change their mind or you'll hit a dead end and have to backtrack.

There are people who edit and there are editors.

Josh's cameo, I love it

*Pre-Tip/Sip:* Get a second monitor for just your timeline. HUGELY helpful and most of the other tips aren't possible or would be difficult without a dedicated timeline monitor.

I mean, this is a lot of audio work, which is totally fine, but when I've been hired as an editor, that's always the audio persons job. Sure, I keep my audio timeline nice and organised because when I export that OMF or AAF, I want the sound designer to have an easy time, but I'm not doing mixes or dialogue clean ups because I don't want to be getting rid of something that they may use. Also, first thing I do is colour code each scene, so when I'm doing my selects and pancake editing, I can see "oh there's all of scene 1, there's all of scene 2, there's all of scene 3" and onwards and upwards.

This legitimately has some of the best quick tips I've seen for editing and I've already started taking note and applying these to my projects. What a difference some organization makes in the long run

When I was in film school, I was taught to grab my selects from the clip viewer and drag the selects down to the timeline. Out of habit, I almost always drag my whole video files into the timeline and select and trim things from there. Glad to know I'm doing things the right way! This episode is also good timing with a few massive editing projects I've been doing.

Mind blown! I have been editing from the bin for so long and didn’t realize how much time I have wasted. After watching your great sips I am changing up my workflow to include editing from the timeline and pancaking the timelines to streamline the process. This will save me an incredible amount of time and frustration!

This is crazy! Very good information here. I've been a person who edits for 7 years and an editor for 3 years. 100% agree with everything here, right down to the ERA-4 Bundle. I know the Pro bundle is expensive, but it's so worth it. Era-D and DeEsserPro makes my life so much easier. No messiness of importing every goddamn audio file into Audition for clean up. For the audio tracks, I think it should be broken down further. For my workflow, I have a scratch audio, main dialogue, emotional effects, foley, and a music section. Each of these sections has between 2-10 tracks each, in which every audio clip is color coded according to their purpose. In total, I generally have 10-40 audio tracks. I highly recommend using a mouse with a horizontal scroll wheel like the Logitech Master 2s or 3. You can scroll up and down between your audio tracks with ease. For labeling, just assign that shit to NumPad keys. It makes it so much easier to be able to select a clip and just hit a button to make it the color you want. (Ctrl+Alt+K, then search for "label"). Personally, I like to have timelines side by side instead of stacked on top of each other, but it depends on how many displays you're working with and what the resolution of those displays are. I have not yet delved into the world of audio track effects. All I have used so far is the Loudness Radar on the master track for mixing for broadcast. Some very useful tips in this video for effects directly on audio tracks! Unrelated, I highly recommend using the pen tool when working with kayframes on audio clips in the timeline. You can select multiple keyframes so easily! Overall, there is some great information here that I wish I had learned sooner. Thank you so much! Can't wait for the next vid.

The biggest improvement in efficiency I got was learning the effective use of hotkeys. The JKL jog controls, Ctrl+K and Ctrl+Shift+K split clip, Shift+Delete ripple delete, Timeline->Selection follows playhead, and zoom in and out mapped onto the keyboard are 90% of what I need. Those allow me to do a lot of assembly, cutting heads and tails, and rough editing by just using the keyboard.

I love all of this. Such good info, thanks!

Great advice loved watching this video and love to watch all your videos when they come out

I’ve been an editor for 17 years and without question the best resource for editing is a book by Walter Murch “In the Blink of an Eye”.

That was awesome! Loved the sip #4! Thanks 🙏

this is perfect timing for editing my stay at home 1 minute short film

Love all of these sips! I have been working in Resolve much more lately and have really enjoyed the source tape functionality in the cut page to plow through lots of source material instead of dragging it all into a timeline. It also makes me nostalgic for when I used to do the same with an actual source tape :)

Loved the submix idea. Haven't gotten that deep before, but that will definitely come in handy! Much Love!

I just started getting into editing so this is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!!!

This was SUPER helpful! I'd love more editing content like this!

This is GOLD! I'm self-taught like most people, and have developed a way that works for me, but never knew if it was 'right', and I found it difficult to think of other ways of doing stuff with different types of projects once I had a flow. Lots of little things to pick up here just to make things a bit easier. Thank you :)

This was so good. Thanks for the sip'n'tips! :D

thankyou for the sip for tips, theyll be so helpful proceeding forward with my editing!

I’ve been making videos for a while now, and EVERY tip was a new concept for me. THANK YOU!

Great advice. I'm just now starting out with all this so I took lots of notes on all that. Thanks for the video! Thanks for the 'Gear we use' section too. Subscribed!

Excellent tips. Cannot express enough thanks for this helpful tutorial.

Awesome tips! Agree 1000% with the CLEAN YOUR TIMELINE 👏 Bravo👏

Thanks! I'm doing some of these things but the "not deleting the other footage" part makes so much sense. I have found myself in weird positions coz of that before and will embrace that for the future

I'm just starting to get serious about editing and this was a great watch. Thanks.

love these sips!!

Sip four blew my mind. I can't believe that I'm not already doing this. Thank you so much!

Very nice, opened my eyes to a few things! Will use this moving forward! Thanks Film Riot yet again :D

The stacked timeline is a tip I haven't heard yet and I can't wait to implement this into my workflow! Thanks for the knowledge transfer guys!

Editing is an area which i love, but im just starting,there is so much to learn and these tips are so helpful. Thank you :)

Thanks Lucas, absolutely love this. Have yourself a drink, you've earned it! 😄😁

Great stuff. What game pad is he using in his edit? For a Quarantine video, might be cool to see what you and he are using for keyboards, monitors, mice and game pads...

What a treat! The stacking timelines tip actually made me gasp lol im using that asap

Lucas rocks!! Not using the same program or even doing the same thing as he is but it was hilariously informative listening to his sips'n tips. More please!

Never thought you can do number 3. What a great tip!

Wow! This is incredibly helpful! We have been making our own music videos for a couple of years, but knew that we weren’t being efficient and effective. Watching tips like this is helpful in up leveling our content, so thanks! 🙌🏾😀

Super cool... Can't wait to have you in Nigeria. Film Riot

that was awesome, thanks lucas!

i Enjoy the creativity and uniqueness about Filmriot I have learned a lot through your "DIY" builds and various tutorials

Thanks for the tips!!! Very useful!!! 😁👍

Would really appreciate a deep dive int audio editing and what dialogue should sound like and what you should be listening for to clean up

Literally poured a glass of whiskey before I hit play on this. Thank you Lucas.

Love your video.

Thank you for the video. I am a newbie so will be following you. I wanted to learn PP but it was overwhelming. I will start out on iMovie.

A big thanks for the nice helpful video...

Another awesome episode! Donation complete and stay healthy gentlemen.

Love this video! Definilty have to use the pancakce technique more often! I always color code clips especially for music video’s & weddings, to see who is who or what was shot where :) good luck everyone during this crazy time!

Bins, shimnz. Timeline based take sequences, with elevated takes of importance, is where it’s at!!! I thought I was the only one. But never thought of the pancake timeline. Have to give that a whirl. Thx fellas!

I'm an Editor from Nigeria and i just want to say that Editors don't get the appreciation they deserve and it's heartbreaking 😩

This is amazing!! PLEASE more SIP tips.

I'm an amateur and just started editing a project. These tips were really useful and made me feel much more organized and efficient. Thx from DK

THANK YOU LUCAS!

Really great tips especially for someone who is starting out!

Great episode! Lucas is a goldmine! Curious what (sound) monitors those are and what is the setup? (5 channel?)

worth every sip!

Hey Ryan! What editing monitors do you have? Is there already an existing episode on monitors? Thanks for the help!

thanks film riot, I owe you my life !!

Sub mixes = gold. I liked the separating sections with a locked track trick as well. Thanks for sharing... Also what was in the glass? Currently it's Woodford Reserve for me.

Lucas is amazing. I liked watching him collab with Ryan on Ballistic. Also Nice lighting in your office Ry-guy

Great video. People always focus on the actors but the editor makes or breaks the process.

This was a super helpful episode!! Is there any chance we could get one on advanced hotkeys for premiere?

I laughed so hard at that josh cutaway 😂

The workflow must work FOR you. Great video guys! If you need a book rec for editors On The Cutting Room Floor. Gives examples too from some bigger releases.

SO VALUABLE

Not being a slave to your workflow holds true for... everything, really.

Great audio tips!

Ry, Ry my little Apple Pie, Pie... THIS WAS REALLY A GOOD EPISODE. EXCELLENT my Amigo - mucho excelente.

Thanks for the tips..

Ryan....you have, in the past, portrayed this guy, Lucas, as a dufass when in fact, he is totally brilliant. Loved this video.

thank you sir for inspiring

Just in time for my edits!

Inspired

I thought this was a pretty informative video nice job 👍🏽

A thing I often do for a particular client is I will lock the edit in one sequence, then bring that into a new sequence for sound design, and then a final sequence for music.

8:32 ladodi made me smile lol thanks the tips

Hello Film riot I love you guys Ive been watching since 2017!

Thanks for great tips! Never tried drinking while editing before.

This lesson is awasome !

I have been editing from the timeline from the very beginning and I thought my fellow professionals are cooler because they would review clips and select from the bin! 😆 Well least I'm not alone. I've always found it easy to see every thing on the timeline and move my selections up to begin with. Nice one lads, Great vid 👍

Thanks Film Riot

Ay I do #4! But then I also raise the best from track 2 to track 3 cause I'm indecisive

Ryan, I asked a long time ago how you would copy Firefly (TV show) and Serenity (movie) effects!! And I was never specific on what I was talking about!! So I will try to briefly outline what I was talking about here!! In the show (and movie) Firefly there are camera shots of the "ship section" with violent shakes (as though the camera is mounted to the side of the ship, showing the "ships view" perspective) and I always liked how that is done!! BUT the ship is "fake" and I am not sure how to film the footage of the "ship parts" in the foreground without an actual "ship"!!!! Further effects on the show is find sets in some scenes they visit "old west" looking places in one episode, then major "future modern" places in other episodes, and I wonder how and where they find THESE sets without building a whole back drop!! I would suggest watching the first episode of Firefly which was the original pilot to the show named Serenity (and not to be confused with the 2005 movie by the same name), which towards the end of the episode there is a "space ship chase that details the effect I am looking for as you are watching one space ship chase another space ship in "earth like atmosphere" but the camera "feels like" it is mounted to the side of the space craft being chased!! Other effects that make Firefly and Serenity "cool" is when they allow light flares in camera shots, which again at times is strange being the space ship is NOT REAL! And other times they are "late on shots" and do an almost "handheld effect" where the camera is slightly out of focus then focuses on the ship as it begins to fly away (again the ship is NOT a real ship)!!Other effects in the show WOULD include having to "build a set" and this is where I wonder how you could build one cheaply? Like the cockpit of the space craft named Serenity (that is the name of the Firefly transport ship IN the TV show!), and know you'd have to have space to do it in....so how would you go about "affordably" renting a space to set something like that up in??? I have always loved science fiction and I love shows and movies like Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and others but it is hard to find anybody talking about how certain effects are done!!!

I’ve always been a stickler for editing audio with keyframes. I feel so validated. Haha

At what point during the editing process do you make that decision whether to use the best take you have or completely throw it out and re-shoot the scene? I know that re-shoots are one of the most inconvenient and unfortunate events that happen in the realm of film making but how do you determine that you need better footage to work with?

Well its amazing that all editors do more or less the same with out knowing others work. Its intuitive. The only diference I found is in tip 5. I dont copy the chuncks selected from one timeline to the others. I cut the chuncks so there leaves a blanck space for those finally selected and moved

Loved the sips tips. Just one question. You talked with detail how you label and organize your audio tracks, but how about your video tracks? Do you have an specific hierarchy, color labels, etc? Beyond elevating the selection to the upper track, that thing has always bother me, and I can't find a way to effectively organize my video tracks. I've tried to dissect some pro timelines i've seen in the web, but most of the times they were just too complex or bloated to understand.

Amazing FILM RIOT

I've fucking been doing it for a year but yeah I figured these things after 3-4 years of experience and you're teaching it to others is amazing 💕😍

FCPX's roles are really great for organising your timeline.

Oh cool super helpful

You may have changed my life. Also, whisky neat? My man.

Sip 4 is also one of the most essential things believe in also

Can filmriot make a video on how THE EXTRACTION car chase was cut because the camera movement from outside to inside of the car is so seamless. Really something to learn about. Thanks.