Video Post Productivity

Transform the way you approach video post-production. Get productivity tips for email management, streamlining your use of time, optimizing editorial processes, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome

Project Organzation and Setup in Avid

• Organizing your main project
• Naming your sequences or outputs
• Creating your "Elements" project in Avid
• Setting up a sharing system

Dailies and Timeline Organization in Avid

• Organizing and naming video tracks
• Organizing and naming audio tracks
• Organizing raw dailies: Single camera workflow
• Organizing raw dailies: Multicamera workflow
• Building KEM rolls to view your dailies
• Selects organization
• Using colors to keep your projects and elements organized
• Logging and organizing errors and tech issues

Building your Post Workflow With Trello

• Building your post workflow with Trello
• Creating and organizing "Notes" checklists
• Outsourcing repetitive tasks to Trello checklists
• Using Trello/Slack for team communication
• Going deeper with your Trello structure map
• Using colors to organize and track your editorial progress
• Managing editorial teams with Trello
• Tracking your time with Toggl

Getting Things Done (GTD) For Editors

• Using Omnifocus to capture your tasks
• Using Omnifocus to sort your actions and projects
• Using Omnifocus to assign contexts (with tags)
• Creating timeline presets in Avid to edit in contexts
• Keeping things organized in Omnifocus with your "Review"
• Creating contextual checklists in Trello to batch process tasks
• Organizing editorial tasks in Trello by energy level
• Creating custom perspectives in Omnifocus
• Using Trello for GTD (instead of Omnifocus)

Email Management for Editors

• Introduction to "Inbox Zero"
• How to declare email bankruptcy
• Filtering email messages and paperwork
• Cleaning up your inbox using Trello, OmniFocus, and Evernote
• Tools to help you organize your inbox

Information Overload and Your "External Brain"

• How to deal with FOMO
• Sorting information sources with Feedly
• Capturing useful information with Pocket
• Organizing materials with Evernote
• Making room for creativity with your external brain
• Capturing information to your external brain
• Sorting and processing info in your external brain

Time Blocking, Advanced Tools, and Apps

• Intro to Time Blocking For Editors
• Apps to help you time block
• Organizing your daily and weekly calendar to avoid crunch time
• Browser extensions and apps to maximize focus
• Prioritizing notifications and minimizing distractions
• Saving time with TextExpander
• Automating with Hazel