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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 2015https://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&amp=&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