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Tutorial: Streamlining SDE Workflow in Grass Valley Edius by:  mike

10/04/2007 10:39 AM

EvetnDV by Philip Hinkle The real challenge with SDEs is how to capture and edit quickly and efficiently while still delivering a video that will knock your clients' socks off—and impress their guests as well, yielding new business for you. For this tutorial, we'll look at how to streamline your SDE production cycle in Grass Valley's Edius NLE, following my workflow for a typical wedding SDE. Same-Day Edits (SDEs) can be a powerful marketing tool for the event videographer. Check out Hal Slifer’s August article, Producing and Promoting Same-Day Edits for the full story on what SDEs are, what they can do for you, and how you can sell them. Most videographers are familiar with SDEs from presentations at weddings, but they can also be a great tool in your portfolio for corporate events. The real challenge with SDEs, regardless of the setting, is how to capture and edit quickly and efficiently while still delivering a video that will knock your clients’ socks off—and impress their guests as well, yielding new business for you. Key to any SDE production is forethought and planning, of course, but unless you know your NLE inside and out, you’ll be hard-pressed to produce a polished video with the clock ticking. For this tutorial, we’ll look at how to streamline your SDE production cycle in Grass Valley’s Edius NLE, following my workflow for a typical wedding SDE. Read More...


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