I also take on custom work, whether it is adapting an existing plugin for a special use or designing new plugins for clients from scratch. One free plugin was downloaded over a thousand times within 24 hours of release. It hosts a range of commercial and free plugins on the site. I'm the creative force behind Idustrial Revolution, one of the oldest Final Cut Pro plugin developers. I was lucky however to edit, from home, on projects for Amazon Kindle, Amazon Black Friday, Mastercard and very proud to have helped local charitable trust Kendall & Wall secure lottery funding.Īs for software, my weapon of choice is Final Cut Pro and Motion, but I also have a good knowledge and broadcast credits with Adobe Premiere Pro, MOGRT design and Photoshop. This is currently an Adobe Premiere edit.Ĭovid cancelled some of the regular corporate events that I edit such as trade shows & events. I'm proud to be part of a very creative team that has pioneered many new ideas and workflows that are now industry standard in sports' production. The Tour was the first broadcast show to adopt FCPX working for multiple editors on shared storage.īBC's Snooker has played a big part in my life, I've been editing tournament coverage since 1997. 2020 was my 25th year of editing the TdF and my 20th year as lead editor. The shows have also been nominated for a 2021 BAFTA.Īlthough both were postponed to later in the year, I worked again on ITV's coverage of the Tour de France and La Vuelta. It has been recommissioned by C4 for 60 episodes, including prime-time versions and five themed programmes. It has been a great success and the shows grabbed more viewers in the 4pm weekday slot than any previous strand. I also designed and built the majority of the graphics as Motion templates. Though I haven't yet tried to herd a flock of sheep through the city centre! Current EditingĢ020 has been busy, the beginning of the year was finishing off a new property series (cut on FCP) for Channel 4 called The Great House Giveaway. I was made a Freeman of Lichfield through The Worshipful Company of Smiths (established 1601).

Under the name Idustrial Revolution, I have written and sold plugins for Final Cut Pro for 13 years. I have also worked as a broadcast and corporate editor for over 30 years, starting on one inch tape, working through many formats, right up to today's NLEs. I am the Editor-in-Chief of FCP.co and have run the website since its inception ten years ago.

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