Video

Editing

—

Hard

Skills

Master

list

hard

skills

SKILLS

Non

linear

editing

(

NLE

)

operation

Ingest

transcoding

proxy

workflows

Timeline

assembly

three

point

editing

Rough

cut

fine

cut

paper

edit

cuts

(

audio

lead

lag

)

Multicam

sync

angle

switching

Narrative

pacing

cut

rhythm

Story

structure

scene

ordering

Continuity

match

cuts

eyeline

Primary

color

correction

Secondary

color

grading

Log

RAW

footage

handling

with

LUTs

Color

management

(

ACES

Rec

.709)

Scope

reading

(

waveform

vectorscope

)

Green

screen

keying

spill

suppression

Rotoscoping

animated

masking

Motion

planar

tracking

VFX

compositing

Motion

graphics

shape

animation

Kinetic

typography

title

design

Dialogue

clean

audio

restoration

Multitrack

audio

mixing

loudness

metering

Music

editing

cue

placement

beat

matching

Sound

design

foley

Speed

ramping

time

remapping

Frame

rate

conversion

conform

Stabilization

warp

stabilization

Captions

subtitles

(

SRT

WebVTT

)

Aspect

ratio

reframing

for

platforms

Encoding

codecs

export

settings

Media

management

backup

archiving

Review

workflows

technical

1 / 6

Skills

grouped

discipline

CAT EG O RIES

Editing

Timeline

Craft

The

core

mechanical

skill

set

cutting

trimming

and

structuring

timeline

with

frame

level

precision

Non

linear

editing

(

NLE

)

Ripple

roll

slip

and

slide

trims

;

nested

sequences

;

adjustment

layers

and

compound

clips

PREMIERE

PRO

DAVINCI

RESOLVE

FINAL

CUT

PRO

AVID

MEDIA

COMPOSER

Three

point

editing

Setting

out

points

source

and

timeline

for

frame

accurate

inserts

overwrites

and

replace

edits

without

disturbing

sync

cuts

Offsetting

audio

and

video

edit

points

dialogue

leads

trails

the

picture

creating

natural

conversational

flow

Multicam

editing

Syncing

cameras

timecode

waveform

cutting

live

between

angles

then

refining

the

switched

sequence

SYNC

WAVEFORM

ANGLE

SWIT CHING

Speed

ramping

time

remapping

Variable

speed

curves

optical

flow

interpolation

and

frame

blending

slow

accelerate

action

without

stutter

Screen

recording

editing

Cursor

smoothing

dynamic

zoom

and

pan

callout

overlays

and

blurred

sensitive

data

for

software

and

tutorial

content

2 / 6

Story

Structure

Pacing

Editorial

judgment

expressed

through

technical

cutting

decisions

—

the

difference

between

timeline

and

film

Paper

edit

string

outs

Building

selects

reels

from

interview

transcripts

and

timecoded

notes

before

touching

the

timeline

Rough

cut

fine

cut

Structural

passes

first

(

order

arc

omissions

then

tightening

scene

until

every

frame

earns

its

place

Story

structure

Three

act

construction

cold

opens

hook

first

sequencing

and

payoff

placement

for

long

form

and

short

form

content

Pacing

cut

rhythm

Cutting

action

beat

breath

;

holding

shot

for

emotion

versus

cutting

early

for

momentum

Continuity

match

cuts

Match

action

eyeline

consistency

screen

direction

and

the

180-

degree

rule

across

coverage

roll

integration

Coverage

mapping

and

cutaway

placement

that

supports

the

spoken

track

instead

competing

with

Color

Correction

Grading

Technical

color

management

plus

the

creative

grade

—

matching

isolating

and

styling

every

shot

sequence

Primary

correction

Exposure

contrast

white

balance

and

shot

matching

cuts

not

jump

tone

RESOLVE

COLOR

PAGE

LUMET RI

Secondary

grading

Qualifiers

power

windows

and

HSL

keying

isolate

skin

tones

skies

single

object

without

affecting

the

rest

the

frame

Log

RAW

workflows

Applying

technical

LUTs

CDLs

and

IDT

ODT

transforms

unnormalized

camera

footage

before

creative

grading

LOG

BRAW

Color

management

Working

ACES

DaVinci

Wide

Gamut

Rec

.709

pipelines

and

delivering

correct

Rec

.709 /

Rec

.2020

outputs

Look

development

Film

emulation

grain

halation

bleach

bypass

and

split

tone

grades

that

hold

continuity

across

scenes

Scopes

signal

legality

Reading

waveform

RGB

parade

vectorscope

and

false

color

keep

levels

broadcast

legal

and

consistent

HDR

grading

and

HLG

delivery

with

trim

passes

and

tone

mapping

for

HDR

SDR

versioning

3 / 6

Audio

Editing

Mixing

Clean

dialogue

controlled

dynamics

and

delivery

loudness

standards

—

the

most

common

reason

cut

rejected

Dialogue

clean

noise

reverb

hum

click

and

ess

processing

rescue

imperfect

location

audio

IZOT OPE

AUDIT ION

FAIRLIGHT

Multitrack

mixing

Submix

buses

compression

gating

and

limiting

across

dialogue

music

and

effects

stems

Loudness

metering

Mixing

−14

LUFS

for

streaming

, −24

LKFS

±2

for

broadcast

(

ATSC

/85),

with

true

peak

limiting

−1

dBTP

Music

editing

Beat

matching

cue

trimming

loop

construction

and

sidechain

ducking

under

voiceover

Sound

design

foley

Building

ambience

beds

whooshes

risers

and

impact

layers

that

reinforce

picture

without

cluttering

the

mix

Sync

drift

correction

Frame

accurate

audio

alignment

and

fixing

sample

rate

drift

between

separate

recorders

Motion

Graphics

VFX

Graphics

composite

and

tracked

elements

added

post

—

from

simple

lower

thirds

full

keyed

composites

Motion

graphics

Shape

layers

keyframe

easing

expressions

and

reusable

templates

built

for

fast

iteration

AFT ER

EFFECT S

FUSION

MOT ION

Kinetic

typography

titles

Animated

headlines

lower

thirds

name

supers

and

end

cards

with

consistent

brand

typography

Compositing

keying

Green

screen

keying

spill

suppression

light

wrap

edge

refinement

and

matching

grain

the

plate

Rotoscoping

masking

Hand

drawn

and

semi

automated

mattes

garbage

mattes

and

animated

masks

for

isolation

work

ROT O

BRUSH

MOCHA

PRO

Tracking

stabilization

Point

and

planar

tracking

, 3

camera

solving

and

warp

stabilization

for

locked

off

and

moving

shots

simulation

integration

Rendered

passes

shadow

catching

and

particle

simulation

elements

composited

back

into

live

action

footage

CINEMA

BLENDER

ELEMENT

4 / 6

Finishing

Delivery

Media

Management

The

technical

pipeline

work

that

gets

cut

out

the

door

the

correct

spec

every

time

Media

management

Ingest

with

checksums

proxy

and

optimized

media

generation

relinking

and

consolidated

hand

offs

Archiving

backup

3-2-1

backup

strategy

LTO

archiving

and

project

consolidation

with

XML

AAF

preservation

Conform

round

tripping

Moving

timelines

between

applications

via

XML

AAF

and

EDL

then

reconciling

version

differences

XML

AAF

EDL

Encoding

codecs

Selecting

intermediate

and

delivery

codecs

with

correct

bitrate

bit

depth

and

chroma

sampling

PRORES

422

DNXHR

.264

.265 /

HEVC

Platform

delivery

specs

Mastering

each

destination

YouTube

Reels

and

TikTok

1080×1920,

1:1,

and

broadcast

standards

Captions

subtitles

Authoring

SRT

and

WebVTT

sidecar

files

burned

versus

embedded

tracks

and

CEA

-608/708

compliance

Review

workflows

Timecoded

notes

versioned

cuts

and

approval

rounds

managed

collaborative

review

tools

FRAME

DROPBOX

REPLAY

Technical

Safe

title

and

action

checks

broadcast

legal

video

levels

interlacing

audio

phase

and

final

file

validation

5 / 6

Tool

stack

discipline

DISCIPLINES

DIS CIPLINE

PRIMARY

S O FT WARE

FO RMAT S

S TANDARDS

Editing

Premiere

Pro

DaVinci

Resolve

Final

Cut

Pro

Avid

Media

Composer

XML

AAF

EDL

multicam

clips

Color

DaVinci

Resolve

Lumetri

Baselight

ACES

Rec

.709,

Rec

.2020,

LUT

CDL

Audio

iZotope

Adobe

Audition

Pro

Tools

Fairlight

kHz

/ 24-

bit

WAV

stems

, −14

LUFS

Motion

graphics

After

Effects

Apple

Motion

Fusion

ProRes

4444

with

alpha

PNG

sequence

VFX

compositing

After

Effects

Nuke

Mocha

Pro

EXR

DPX

planar

tracking

data

Cinema

Blender

Element

Multi

pass

EXR

shadow

catcher

USD

Delivery

Media

Encoder

Resolve

Deliver

Compressor

.264,

.265,

ProRes

422

DNxHR

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