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SOHO EDITORS announce new Pro Video Tutorials

Posted in Corporate
Friday 7th August 2020

Press Release 7th August 2020SOHO EDITORS announce the immediate availability of newCertified Pro Video TutorialsClassroom | Tutorials | OnlineLondon – 7th August 2020 – Today, SOHO EDITORS announced immediate availability of Pro Video Tutorials, enabling customers to acquire new creative skills remotely and at their own pace to immediately upgrade to the latest release.“We were always working to make our manufacturer certified classroom training courses accessible to a much wider audience, and the current crisis made it a priority. We wanted to make the same high quality of instruction we deliver in our Classrooms and Live Online courses available, affordable and accessible to everyone”, said Brian Cantwell, Managing Director at SOHO EDITORS. Read More

Rise Women In Broadcasting Awards: ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 29th July 2020

ENTRIES NOW OPEN FOR 2020 RISE AWARDSRunning for its second year, the awards recognise women who are stand-out performers, innovators and leaders in the global broadcast technology sector. Read More

Government unveil £500 million COVID Insurance Fund for Film and TV

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 29th July 2020

Government has announced a new £500 million scheme to kickstart film and television production struggling to secure insurance for Covid-related costs.In a major move to jump start the country’s cultural and creative sectors following lockdown, the Culture Secretary has announced the launch of a Government-backed scheme worth half a billion pounds for domestic film and TV productions struggling to get coronavirus-related insurance.The Government has also today set out how organisations can apply for £880 million in grants from next week as part of the £1. Read More

Check out our latest talent project! Roald Dahl James And The Giant Peach with Taika & Freinds

Posted in Corporate
Thursday 21st May 2020

Freelancers ready to work remotely!

Posted in Corporate
Thursday 23rd April 2020

Our Freelancers are ready to work remotely!Check out the home set up of some of our amazing talent! Read More

Free 45 Minute Webinar - Creating Your Own Content with Maxon's Cinema 4D

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 8th April 2020

Did you miss our live Webinar? don't worry we recorded it all fo you to watch at your leisure.Watch our free 45 minute Webinar on Maxon's Cinema 4D with our very own John Williams. Start creating your own material and content without taking one step outside or on set.Creating a 3D 360 scene Working with Clones Using Cappuccino to Motion Capture Mouse Movement Adding Dynamics to Create Gravity Using Global Illumination to Naturally Light the Scene Q&A Session with JohnWatch it now Read More

Avid Get Technical: The 32-Bit Color Pipeline

Posted in Training
Friday 25th October 2019

Avid Get Technical: The 32-Bit Color PipelineIn Avids newest technical paper, you'll learn how Media Composer's 32-bit floating point color pipeline brings you high bit-depth, HDR color grading workflows and video effects processing, helping you increase efficiency and reduce churn in collaborative workflows, You'll learn:The advantages of DNxHR and DNxUncompressed codecs when preserving color metadata and lossless collaborationThe importance and value of ACES (Academy Color Encoding System)IMF (Interoperable Master Format) when used to submit deliverables to broadcasters and other organizations that have a standardized master file delivery formatGet the technical paper now—for an in-depth look inside the new Media Composer 2019. Read More

European workers in UK Visual Effects, Animation and Post Production have yet to apply to settled status.

Posted in Corporate
Friday 30th August 2019

50% OF EU VFX, ANIMATION, AND POST WORKERS HAVE YET TO APPLY FOR SETTLED STATUS According to our recent UK Screen Alliance survey data, more than 50% of European workers in UK Visual Effects, Animation and Post production have yet to apply to settled status UK Home Office: EU Settlement Scheme: How to apply video EU workers make up a considerable amount of the workforce in the animation, visual effects, and post-production sectors. Read More

New Live Online Courses

Posted in Training
Friday 24th May 2019

Introducing our latest classroom. Courses streamed to your desktop, laptop, tablet or phone. Where ever you are in the world, we can now deliver your course from whatever your locationUnlike other online training suppliers, all our courses are live, trainer-lead classes, delivering real-time lessons and feedback. Our new platform allows you to attend our courses from anywhere in the world, whether it be from your office, your favourite coffee shop, or the comfort of your own home. Read More

A Film Making Masterclass from Soho Editors, partners of Guildhall's Electronic Music Department

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 23rd January 2019

A Film Scoring Masterclass from Guildhall's Electronic Music Department

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 23rd January 2019

An Exclusive Interview with Film Editor Mick Audsley

Posted in Training
Wednesday 23rd January 2019

ScreenSkills Trainee Finder is open for applications!

Posted in Training
Wednesday 14th November 2018

Trainee Finder is open for applications now. This year-long scheme gives new talent the chance to get paid work experience on films or high-end TV sets. Apply here. Read More

This month receive 40% off our Media Composer Conversion Course!

Posted in Training
Friday 28th September 2018

This two day hands-on Avid Media Composer Conversion course introduces experienced editors to the primary feature set and interface of Avid Media Composer 8.This course translates the delegate's existing editing talents to the Avid skill set. In this course,editors will learn Avid Media Composer editing operations: capturing, sound editing, creating bins and sequences, as well as Avid's extensive effects package, real time colour correcting and numerous tips and keyboard shortcuts for everything in between. Read More

Creative Skillset Colourist Fund

Posted in Training
Wednesday 8th August 2018

We are happy to announce that we now support another Skillset Bursary. Creative Skillset invites applications from individuals, working in the UK screen industries, to apply for financial support for DaVinci Resolve training to allow colourists to hone their mastery of the software through short courses and to take their grading skills to the next level. Click here for more info. Read More

This week’s spotlight is focused on editor Tomasz

Posted in Training
Thursday 26th July 2018

With over fifteen years’ experience in broadcast, Tomasz is one of our most popular editors. Trained at The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz, he consistently works on the most high-end commercial productions. Tomasz has experience working as a senior editor, leading teams of editors to surpass expectation. Book him here. Read More

Connect teams and workflows with Avid MediaCentral

Posted in Corporate
Friday 20th July 2018

MEDIACENTRALConnect Teams and WorkflowsConnection. It puts the “flow” in workflow. Media production workflows become more challenging when disparate technology solutions are used to meet the needs of different teams. The result: inefficient production silos across an organisation. But now, Avid gives you the power to strike down these silos for good. MediaCentral connects your workflow seamlessly, scaling from the simplest to the most sophisticated solutions for post-production, news, sports and asset management. Read More

Anda, our latest addition to Soho Crew.

Posted in Crew
Friday 6th July 2018

Anda is a multi-award-winning producer and director, with over 10 years’ experience in the film, TV, and advertising industries. Anda strives to bring meaningful filmmaking to life. She aims to encourage change, push the boundaries, and expand perceptions. She blends classical, timeless cinematography with emerging technology and techniques in her work.To book Anda click here. Read More

Get Out of My Shot: Removing Objects with Mocha Pro

Posted in Training
Tuesday 26th June 2018

Learn how to remove a person from the background of your video with pointers from this Boris FX video tutorial about object removal using Mocha Pro’s remove module and clean plates. Find out how to do this on our Boris FX courses here. Read More

New Signing: Reuben

Posted in Talent
Thursday 21st June 2018

Ruben is an experienced long form offline editor for both television and documentaries. He has edited a wide range of genres including Factual Entertainment and Sport - but he is particularly passionate about story-telling. Reuben excels in the process of creating thrilling and captivating television. Click here to book. Read More

Televisual Bulldog Awards 2018: winners announced

Posted in Training
Tuesday 19th June 2018

Televisual Bulldog Awards 2018: winners announced The votes have been counted and the results for the fourteenth annual Televisual Bulldog Awards are now online. Big winners this time include the BBC Natural History Unit’s Blue Planet II, which picked up the Best Cinematography, Best Music and Best Specialist Factual awards. There were two awards as well for Studio Lambert’s Three Girls which won both the Best Drama One Off or Serial and Best Editing awards. Read More

Flash Sale 40% OFF ALL SCHEDULED COURSES

Posted in Training
Tuesday 12th June 2018

We are now offering a massive online exclusive discount of 40%. Book via our website from now until this Friday, 15th June 2018, and automatically receive this limited time offer. Please click here for a full list of our courses.Available for all bookings paid for via our website. Not available in conjunction with any other discount. Hurry! Offer ends 17:30 15th June 2018. Read More

Claire R.

Posted in Training
Thursday 7th June 2018

Producer, Production Manager, Post Producer.Working with a range of budgets, logistical and creative remits, Claire has a successful track record in managing teams, producing live action and animated content to brief and on-time, across multiple platforms. Claire is experienced in delivering intelligent, integrated solutions.If you would like to book Claire please click here. Read More

This month receive 40% off our The Intermediate Photoshop Course!

Posted in Training
Thursday 31st May 2018

You have familiarised yourself with the basic image editing tools of Adobe Photoshop, now you need to explore more advanced features and improve your workflow. Our 2-day Intermediate Photoshop Course you will work with advanced image handling tools and features available in Adobe Photoshop.Please click here to book. Read More

Mocha Tips: Avoid Reflections & Shadows

Posted in Training
Wednesday 30th May 2018

Mary Poplin, Boris FX Product Specialist, will take you through some of the most common problem when tracking screens, cars, and other reflective objects.Screens & Glass: For screens and glass, the solution is usually simple. Using the x spline tool, draw a shape around your entire screen. Then draw another shape using the add to x-spline tool. This will “cut out” the problematic reflective area but keep both shapes moving with the track. If we show our layer mattes, you can see that adding a 2nd shape with the ADD X SPLINE tool automatically created a subtraction. Read More

Mocha Tips: How to Track Occluded Objects

Posted in Training
Thursday 24th May 2018

In this quick tip, Mary Poplin, Boris FX Product Specialist, will cover some Mocha tracking techniques to solve difficult shots: what to do when the object you are trying to track is partially or fully occluded, the importance of layer order, how to avoid occlusions, and how to spot occlusions before you start tracking. One of the most common problems in tracking occurs when foreground objects cover the object we are trying to track. We call these occlusions. Read More

The Advanced After Effects Course Bundle

Posted in Training
Thursday 24th May 2018

Introducing our new Advanced After Effects Course Bundle. This 3 day hands-on course gives intermediate After Effects users access to the most powerful tools for industry-level visual effects. Learn to create with the latest CGI workflow, VFX animation, Compositing, Cinema 4D Lite.This course consists of:The Advanced After Effects Course + The Super Advanced VFX in After Effects Course If you would like to book onto this course please click here. Read More

Our New trainer Matthew

Posted in Training
Thursday 17th May 2018

Over his 18 years of working in the high-end VFX industry, Matthew has worked on projects ranging from Motion Designer Supervisor for blockbusters such as Ready Player One and Pacific Rim 2, to directing for major brands such as Nike, Diesel, Jaguar, T.M. Lewin and Sky. He has worked as Creative Director in a number of companies, specialising in commercials, VR, motion graphics and travel destination films, working with clients like Trivago, Three, Luxury hotels of the world and Virgin to name a few. Read More

The Top 5 Things You Can Do With Mocha Pro

Posted in Training
Tuesday 15th May 2018

Evan Abrams, motion graphics artist & VFX artist, details the top 5 tasks you can tackle quickly by harnessing the power of Mocha Pro inside Adobe After Effects or other host applications like Avid and OFX.A special thanks to our partners AV3 Software for producing this tutorial. Read More

Mocha Tips: How to Remove a Moving Object

Posted in Training
Thursday 10th May 2018

Learn how to remove an unwanted car from a road with no manual paint or clone work. Mary Poplin, Boris FX Product Specialist, takes you through the process in this in-depth tutorial on the Mocha Pro Remove Module.Based on Mocha Pro’s planar motion tracking, the Remove Module can be used to repair shots, remove objects and generally fix and correct footage. Run it as a standalone application OR as a plug-in inside Adobe, Avid, or OFX hosts.Watch to see:How the Mocha Pro Remove Module can be usedWhat the Remove Module doesWhat the Remove Module does not doThank you to Pond5 for providing stock footage: pond5. Read More

SOHO EDITORS announce new Pro Video Tutorials

Posted in Corporate
Friday 7th August 2020

Rise Women In Broadcasting Awards: ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 29th July 2020

ENTRIES NOW OPEN FOR 2020 RISE AWARDSRunning for its second year, the awards recognise women who are stand-out performers, innovators and leaders in the global broadcast technology sector. [Read More]

Government unveil £500 million COVID Insurance Fund for Film and TV

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 29th July 2020

Check out our latest talent project! Roald Dahl James And The Giant Peach with Taika & Freinds

Posted in Corporate
Thursday 21st May 2020

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Freelancers ready to work remotely!

Posted in Corporate
Thursday 23rd April 2020

Our Freelancers are ready to work remotely!Check out the home set up of some of our amazing talent! [Read More]

Free 45 Minute Webinar - Creating Your Own Content with Maxon's Cinema 4D

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 8th April 2020

Avid Get Technical: The 32-Bit Color Pipeline

Posted in Training
Friday 25th October 2019

European workers in UK Visual Effects, Animation and Post Production have yet to apply to settled status.

Posted in Corporate
Friday 30th August 2019

New Live Online Courses

Posted in Training
Friday 24th May 2019

A Film Making Masterclass from Soho Editors, partners of Guildhall's Electronic Music Department

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 23rd January 2019

[Read More]

A Film Scoring Masterclass from Guildhall's Electronic Music Department

Posted in Corporate
Wednesday 23rd January 2019

[Read More]

An Exclusive Interview with Film Editor Mick Audsley

Posted in Training
Wednesday 23rd January 2019

[Read More]

ScreenSkills Trainee Finder is open for applications!

Posted in Training
Wednesday 14th November 2018

Trainee Finder is open for applications now. This year-long scheme gives new talent the chance to get paid work experience on films or high-end TV sets. Apply here. [Read More]

This month receive 40% off our Media Composer Conversion Course!

Posted in Training
Friday 28th September 2018

Creative Skillset Colourist Fund

Posted in Training
Wednesday 8th August 2018

This week’s spotlight is focused on editor Tomasz

Posted in Training
Thursday 26th July 2018

Connect teams and workflows with Avid MediaCentral

Posted in Corporate
Friday 20th July 2018

Anda, our latest addition to Soho Crew.

Posted in Crew
Friday 6th July 2018

Get Out of My Shot: Removing Objects with Mocha Pro

Posted in Training
Tuesday 26th June 2018