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-The New York Times has published an article on "Which Editing Is A Cut Above"
- A new blog for assistant editors is at Post Production Standards. It looks to be a good place for standardizing editorial practices and sharing ideas. And its not just for assistants.
Congratulations Editors!! The nominees have been announced. Please visit the Nominee’s Page for the list. For all the info about the 2008 Eddie Awards including information about Norman Jewison, Bud Smith and Millie Moore, ticket and advertising info please go to the Eddie Awards section of the site. Keep looking for updated information!
2008 Student Competition Nominees
Soojin Chung – American Film Institute
Sebastian Ng – Los Angeles Film School
Scott C. Silver – American Film Institute
Invisible Art Visible Artist Seminar
10AM – 12 Noon Saturday, February 23, 2008,
Hollywood Egyptian Theatre
- The LA Film School sponsored a seminar on editing in early 2007, hosted by Joe Byron. The panel included editors Stuart Bass, A.C.E., Tchavdar Georgiev, and Stephen Rivkin, A.C.E. along with assistant editors Andrew Charlton, Meagan Keane, and Alan McCurdy. It was moderated by Harry Miller, A.C.E.. Click here to view part one of this four part series. Topics include how each got into the film business, collaboration in the edit suite, creativity and the use of technology, and finally a Q&A with the students. The series is posted on the web site Digital Content Producer, from the publishers Millimeter magazine.
- The 2007 Eddie Awards are on-line on the HD Expo site.
- The Boston Globe has published this article on "The Lost Art of Editing"
- Splice Here is Steven Cohen's extremely informative blog on editing and technology.
 "The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing" is an entertaining journey into the evolution of the often unappreciated art of motion picture editing. Directors such as Steven Speilberg, Quentin Tarantino, James Cameron, and more discuss the importance of editing to the entire filmmaking process and the director/editor relationship. "The Cutting Edge" is available now at THE ACE STORE.
Editorial Assistant's Credits
If you have noticed our picture editorial assistant's credits migrating from up near the head of the crawl to down near the bottom, appearing often times after personnel who may have been involved with the film for only a matter of days, please read this letter from the ACE Board.
 The CinemaEditor Magazine
The CinemaEditor Magazine is the official publication of The American Cinema Editors. It has been distributed for over 50 years to editors, producers, directors, post production professionals and film students. To get a glimpse of past issues please visit the CinemaEditor Page.
Avid Tips and Tricks
Frame Rate Conversion
There are times in a production when the footage only exists in one format and the user needs to use it in another. A common example of that is a 24p project being handed an establishing shot that was shot on digibeta. In this case, the footage is interlace, 60 fields at 30 frames per second while the project type is progressive and 24 frames per second. Read more...
Using Extended Characters on MAC OS X
Get a quick reference guide to extended characters when using MAC OS X. This website will provide you with tips on how to activate language utilities so you can use letters with accents, symbols, currency, foreign characters and extended keyboard accents.
More Tips...
 New Tech Blog and ACE Surveys Introduced
ACE Member, Harry Miller has produced a Tech Blog to support ACE and it's members. Also ACE has 2 online or downloadable surveys that will help ACE grow. To participate, LOGIN to your account and click the Members Only link
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