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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This looks absolutely amazing. And yes, the PNW is this magical. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJQG...

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Wildwood – Final Trailer | Get Tickets Now

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My son battled Leukemia for two years and rang the bell in 2026. That led me to make a documentary on four other cancer fighters: diagnosis, treatment, and the hope that carries a family through. Nothing to sell, just their stories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmIQ... #cancerawareness #documentary

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When Cancer Strikes: Four Families Share Their Rawest Moments

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

There is no better way to make selects from footage than range + F from #FCP. That's all. #postchat

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Pure authentic filmmaking craft. Definitely going to spend my hard-earned money in the theater for this. It looks incredible: www.youtube.com/watch?v=POne...

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Wildwood – Official Teaser Trailer

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Hard to believe that it's already been 14 years since I aced this sound design final for class. There's so many things I'd refine looking back on this, but as Luke says to Yoda, "I've learned so much since then..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a1k...

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Oh interesting. I've been using his products since the very first Vision Color LUTs were released.

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This has made my Bluesky feed so much more enjoyable. Every social platform should give you this control.

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

1 yr after switching to #Resolve, I've come to the sad realization that I don't miss #FCP, which I had switched to after cutting in #PremierePro for 15 yrs. Everything in Resolve has been refined perfectly. Crazy to think where it started since I first used it in v10. #postchat

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I know editors / motion designers are beholden to their client's vision, but I wish more understood what my visual literacy teacher told me: "If everything is animated, then nothing is animated." This is applies to any multimedia design output. #motiondesign #postchat

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Hey @tvaziri.com, I had a shower thought. When people compare CGI from 15 years ago, is it or isn't it true that one big factor is inflation? A movie with a $10 million VFX budget 20 years ago would buy more than $10 million today. That's on-top of bigger and more shots, less time, etc...

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I think the next #Terminator movie should be set in the 70s, feature a T-600, be a horror / slasher analogy like T1, and ultimately, should mirror SAW in the sense that the "hero" characters loose spectacularly, while also being the "Batman Begins" of a new interpretation.

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Hey #PostChat friends, how do you name your hard-drives for #postproduction? Here's mine: HotStorage: Active projects WarmStorage: Projects in Queue/Waiting for Consolidation ColdStorage: Consolidated Projects, queued for LTO IceBox: Transfer SSD

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Hey @tvaziri.com, dumb question. I thought I heard somewhere that VFX used to only build what is seen. But breakdowns show entire cities built for what seems like a few establishers. Is it because it's cheaper to build the entire asset rather then just key pieces due to revisions down the line?

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ALT: a man in a blue shirt is saying that he is not a smart man

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Soon, people will be criticizing jump-cuts as signs of AI video editing just like they criticize em-dashes in — supposedly — AI writing.

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Anyone noticed that Rev has seemingly pivoted their entire business away from general video captioning and transcription to Criminal and Law transcription? #postchat #videoediting

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sure, another video delivered is great... But another "This is great!" from a client? That's what I'm really here for. 🎯 #videoediting #postchat #StorytellingMatters

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

#Premiere still has an annoying bug I think that's been around for a while. Importing an XML that was generated from Premiere still re-imports all media regardless if "allow duplicate media on import" is unchecked. Gah! OCD is triggered! #postchat #videoediting

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

#PremierePro #Postchat friends, did you notice #Adobe dropped the "Pro" from Premiere Pro? Thoughts?

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I adore #FCP and most of the apps in the new #CreativeStudio subscription. But the new Visual Search is a filter function. 🤮. Trranscription still doesn't have speaker labels, so no Paper Edit utility. 👎 Resolve is still hundreds of miles ahead. #postchat #video editing

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

As an Avatar apologist, I found #AvatarFireAndAsh a chore to watch. Visuals, hands down, best-in-class and that alone is worth ticket. And the best part was the Fire clan, but they were in the film for ~30 mins. I think it would have held interest longer if they were the focus.

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Hey @ubisoft.com, it shouldn't take 30 minutes to start to play your games. Forcing someone to create an account, link it with their Playstation, then have 15 minutes of non-playable content to start the game is the enshittification of the gaming experience.

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Just turned 39. Wild that 20 years ago I was hoping to make it big, never knowing what that would mean. Thankful for opportunities God gave me free will to take. Here's to another 5 years (hey, I try not to think too far ahead lol) #postchat #videoediting #producer #director

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Hey #videoeditors, are you looking back at 2025 and making any changes to your business models for 2026? #postchat

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

8.5 hours of interviews → 28+ mins of surgically clean assembly cut. Still needs b-roll. ~60 hours to sync, organize, proxy, mark and generate paper edit and cut. Depending on client from here, I hand off and they finish, or they have me press forward. #postchat #premierepro

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Fixing a Thanksgiving photo? Swap the mid-blink for a smile, erase the toy tornado in the living room, add back those decorations you forgot to hang. The tool's not evil, it's what you do with it that counts. #postchat #postproductionlife #videoediting #ThanksgivingFails

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

And yet, there's going to be a colorist keyboard commando that will tell me it's dark because it's my fault (or my TV's fault).

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

If AI can read and identify objects in our footage, then why is it that we still can't we generate waveforms for multicam clips in 2025? #postchat #postproductionlife #videoediting #editorslife

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

And there it is, #Adobe. Another reason I left #PremierePro as my main NLE — a <2 min real estate edit using the RSMB plugin takes ages to render. In #FCP, the same RSMB effect renders 1:1 with clip length. At least stability’s improved. #postchat #videoediting

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Jumping back into #premierepro after all these years on a large project has so far been an absolute breeze. Glad to see #Adobe making some under the hood improvements. #videoeditors #postchat #postproductionlife

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

It’s been almost a half decade since I used #PremierePro for any serious project. So far, it’s actually working pretty smooth. Rendering proxies for 1.3TB of raw footage for a 30-min short documentary project on behalf of a new client referral. #postchat #videoeditor

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Power of referrals. Internally, work was beginning to get thin. Then I sent out a email to my active and recently active clients reminding them of my 5% cash or credit for referrals. Landed a new client yesterday which led to another new client for a short documentary edit. #editinglife #postchat

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The only creative block that matters: a Magic Mouse that dies mid-timeline. #postchat #postproductionlife #videoediting #creativeblock #editorlife

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Well played, Merriam-Webster! Well played.

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

When I say "just need to cull some selects" but I'm actually wishing Resolve had FCP's ranged favorites with multi-tagging directly on clips 😤 #postchat #postproductionlife #davinciresolve #videoediting #fcp

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

If Blackmagic can update DaVinci Resolve training books to 600+ pages, then why can't we finish reading them before the next update drops? #postchat #postproductionlife #videoediting

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

If #videoeditors can stare at the same 3-second clip for 2 hours and still not be happy with it, then we can call ourselves perfectionists and charge accordingly #postchat #postproductionlife #videoediting

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

#Apple's #AutoMix AI thing in #AppleMusic is garbage. It's the first thing I've disabled in newest OS releases.

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

No matter how many times we watch a video in the timeline, we somehow always spot the punctuation mistake only AFTER we hit render. Every. Single. Time. #HappyNationalPunctuation Day! #postchat #postproductionlife #videoediting

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

If Adobe #PremierePro had a dating profile it would say: "I'm complex, I crash sometimes, but when you've developed Stockholm syndrome, you'll believe I've helped you create magic. Also, I cost $60/month." #postchat #postproductionlife #videoediting

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Just tried #PremierePro's AI extend "feature". The most disappointing experience of my life since I asked my mom to cut my hair to save money. 😑 #postproductionlife #postchat #videoediting #GenerativeAI

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Wish I could hit 'favorite' on certain life moments so when I tell my story later, I can just skip straight to the highlights reel. #postproductionlife #videoediting #finalcutpro #fcp #postchat

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Moral of the story: caffee is the real post-production software. #postchat #postproductionlife #videoediting #storytelling

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D.L. Watson @editordlwatson.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Breaking: A Video Maker discovers client actually loves first draft. Editor baffled. "This changes everything we know about the revision process," says expert. #postchat #videoediting #postproductionlife #premierepro

The UI of Adobe Premiere Pro, circa 2017

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