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Use Twitter as a post-production forum
Thursday Apr 7, 2011 12:53 am by Eric Wise 07 04
Tired of hoping and praying that someone will get around to answering your question on a forum? Twitter is like forums on steroids. There are thousands of people talking shop everyday – all day (and night). And these are … Continue reading
Filter out the noise on Twitter
Thursday Apr 7, 2011 12:44 am by Eric Wise 07 04
Twitter is great but sometimes it can be a lot of noise. You favorites and lists features to save a cache of helpful post-production tips, tricks and links. Mark a helpful post-production Tweet as a favorite for future … Continue reading
Use Tweetdeck as a comprehensive real-time industry dashboard
Thursday Apr 7, 2011 12:32 am by Eric Wise 07 04
The obvious advantage Tweetdeck has over Twitter and other 3rd party Twitter apps is screen real estate. Being able to have numerous realtime feeds on post related topics is awesome – if a little overwhelming. But the … Continue reading
Use your iPhone as a document scanner
Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 11:12 pm by Eric Wise 06 04
Use the Prizmo iPhone app to scan your video project documents or passages from your favorite industry books. I want to be clear that I do not condone the copying of an entire book. Ethics aside, it’s just not … Continue reading
Use forum search engines for more targeted results
Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 10:42 pm by Eric Wise 06 04
Often, when we’re having a technical problem we’ll turn to the web for help. We look for the answers on forum sites and there are many to choose from. But it can be exhausting to search each … Continue reading
Use Evernote to document your video project
Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 10:25 pm by Eric Wise 06 04
The only thing I swear by more than DropBox is Evernote. It has become my extended brain. The genius of Evernote is that it is a highly indexed and easily searchable database with an intuitive user interface. And oh … Continue reading
Use your mobile device as an external hard drive
Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 10:18 pm by Eric Wise 06 04
As editors, we’re always using the “sneaker-net” and it can be a real pain when you don’t have a thumbdrive handy. But you’ll always have your mobile phone on you, so why not use it? Here’s how: Download … Continue reading
Use Drop Box for daily project back ups, mobile access and archiving
Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 10:11 pm by Eric Wise 06 04
As a video editor, DropBox has become indispensable. Since almost every computer I’m working on is always connected to the Web, I try to save every file to The Cloud. This includes project files and stock media files. … Continue reading
Catalogue the entire contents of your edit suite
Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 9:50 pm by Eric Wise 06 04
Use the Allstate Digital Locker iPhone App to keep track of the entire contents of your edit suite including your software. If your studio is ever burglarized or a natural disaster happens you will have complete and up … Continue reading
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