Our remote video edit suite at our Edinburgh office is now set up to adhere to social distancing measures. We now offer complete remote editing facilities that allow for a full face-to-face discussion. I can see my time as a remote video editor extending beyond the Covid-19 outbreak. The truth is its just a more efficient way of working that I think may well be here to stay for some time for a number of reasons.

The video editing process involves many sets of eyes and several layers to complete. It’s important for us to make the editing process as easy as possible for our clients, and this really makes it more convenient.

Often our clients want to discuss editing the flow or the impact can be a tricky conversation without looking at the video edit together. Often the editing of dialogue must navigate compliance. All of these elements means working with a video editor on the day, at the timer is essential to deliver a quick and effective film, without needly toing and froing…

+ Screencasting the live edit – timeline and output

Using Teamviewer we can review all the rushes together with a director or producer at home – in real-time

+ 2nd camera video chat over with Zoom / Skype / Facetime

We have our video chat set up to view the editor and monitors simultaneously so we’re always on the same page

+ Review changes with timecode for notes, review and download.

Our video edit clients include Boeing, Visit Britain and the UK Government.

Edinburgh Edit suite Specification 

• imac 3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
• 32gb Memory
• x3 27″ displays

The monitors have been colour calibrated with a Spyder Datacolour.