Post-Production
The Editing Workflow
The edit is where a film is truly made. This course walks the whole post-production workflow the way an editor actually works it — organizing your footage, building the assembly, shaping the rough cut into a fine cut, finding the pacing, cutting dialogue that breathes, locking picture, and exporting a clean master. Turn a hard drive of footage into a finished film.
What you'll learn
✓How to organize a project and manage your media so the edit stays fast and findable
✓The real progression: assembly → rough cut → fine cut → picture lock
✓The grammar of the cut, pacing and rhythm, and how to edit dialogue that breathes
✓How to lock picture, hand off to sound and color, and export a clean delivery master
Pairs with this tool
Recut
Plan your edit before you open the timeline. Recut helps you log footage, build a paper edit, and organize your scenes and beats — so you sit down to cut with a map instead of a mess.
Open Recut →Course chapters
Module 1 — Foundations
I9 min
Why the edit is the final rewrite — where the film is truly made.
What Editing Really Is
II8 min
Organize your project and media so the edit stays fast and findable.
Setting Up Your Edit
III8 min
Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, or Final Cut — how to choose and why it matters less than you think.
Choosing Your Software
IV9 min
The grammar of editing — cuts, continuity, and why an edit works.
The Language of the Cut
Module 2 — Core Craft
V8 min
The first pass — getting the whole film onto the timeline, ugly and long.
The Assembly Edit
VI9 min
Shaping the film through drafts — from rough cut to fine cut.
Rough Cut to Fine Cut
VII9 min
Pacing and rhythm — the invisible engine that keeps an audience leaning in.
Pacing & Rhythm
VIII8 min
Cutting dialogue scenes that feel natural — performance, reactions, and the listen.
Editing Dialogue Scenes
Module 3 — Putting It to Work
IX9 min
The whole workflow applied — how to edit a short film start to finish.
Editing a Short Film
X8 min
Temp sound and music in the edit — and why audio is half your film.
Sound & Music in the Edit
XI8 min
Locking picture and handing off cleanly to color, sound, and VFX.
Picture Lock & Finishing
XII7 min
Exporting and delivery — codecs, settings, and a master you can trust.
Exporting & Delivery