Post-Production Resources
As with pre-production and production, there are a huge number of free resources available to help you during post-production. On this page, you will find links to sites containing explanatory videos, free tools, and copyright free music that you can use to make your films.
Editing Theory
The History of Cutting - The Birth of Cinema and Continuity Editing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uahjH2cspk
The History of Cutting - The Soviet Theory of Montage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYedfenQ_Mw
The Kuleshov Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuRJgLsRf-8
Master Editing Techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm4rvPMsNJo
Editing Practice
Video 101: Editing Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8yrs47LyIU
iMovie in Under Five Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J79_0h3ozS0
iMovie 2015 Full Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9LcLENceNE
iMovie for Beginners 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGG5kbMKmLo
Adobe Premiere Pro Tutorials for Beginners by GetGoing Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLhmOBMFPDhUcid2z2u9U-HJTY_PH-xEM
The Ken Burns Effect - iMovie 2014 (this is also a nice introduction to iMovie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYtgk8NxImQ
How to Greenscreen in iMovie 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb3bikCspPE
How to Avoid 5 Common Green Screen Mistakes - Visual Effects 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lSZr1BInl0
How To Effectively Light Your Green Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPrvEyw-3mo
How to Pixelate/Censor a Face/Number Plate etc. in Final Cut Pro X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boCbZj7W4OQ
Multi-Camera Editing in Final Cut Pro X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGF0EpjZNz8&=&ab_channel=StreamingMedia
Recording Voiceover in Final Cut Pro X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqt8mYqYhjY&list=PLTJa1o34Oay-LrhjK0DHfiLEPi0MD9NdL&index=102
Colour Correction and Grading
Macworld's How to Correct Colours in Final Cut Pro X (Text): http://www.macworld.com/article/2039344/color-correction-in-final-cut-pro-x.html
Colour Correction Workflow from lynda.com (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPpX3ZYAKy8
Popular Colour Corrections by Color Grading Central: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucAzmD-uEEk
Special Effects Tutorials
Time Travel Warp Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qNzQdeBdNo
Ray Gun Beam FX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ9x_7bvimU
Put a Helicopter in Your Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To0Cnm2kriE
Software
Final Cut Pro X Free 30-day trial: http://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/trial
Final Draft Free Trail: http://trial.finaldraft.com/
ClipGrab: http://clipgrab.org/
Smart Converter: From the App Store or http://smart-converter.en.softonic.com/mac
Dropboxes
For exchanging large files. Most of these have free 30-day trials or allow you to set up a basic dropbox for free
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive
Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com
One Drive: Comes with Windows 8 and 10
Box: https://www.box.com/home/
Amazon Cloud Drive: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/drive/app-download
Copy: https://www.copy.com/page/home
SugarSync: https://www.sugarsync.com/index1t.html
Fonts
The fonts you use in your titling and other written materials help convey the atmosphere of the film. Many feature films actually commission their own fonts for this purpose. Fortunately, a huge variety of free fonts are available for download online. With these fonts, check what you are allowed to do with them.Some are 100% free to use in all materials, some are free for personal use, and others are 'donationware'. When downloading double-check and abide by the category the font falls into.
Dafont: http://www.dafont.com
Font Squirrel: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/
1001 Free Fonts: http://www.1001freefonts.com/
Urban Fonts: http://www.urbanfonts.com/free-fonts.htm
Cool Text: http://cooltext.com/Fonts?gclid=CLiSu9GojcgCFUMrvQod7AYDcQ
Fontspace: http://www.fontspace.com/category/opentype
Font Palace: http://www.fontpalace.com/
Google Fonts (mainly for use on websites): https://www.google.com/fonts
