Jonny Elwyn
@jonnyelwyn.bsky.social
Freelance Film editor sharing my learnings on all things Post Production, in detail http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk, in a free weekly concise insight http://cut-daily.com
Wow. You know when you get mobile interference on a recording .. beep b'duh beep, beep, b'duh beep etc. I just used @AdobeVideo Podcast Enhance to take it out completely... Saved the day! podcast.adobe.com/en/enhance I use this tool on pretty much EVERY project.
Enhance Speech from Adobe | Free AI filter for cleaning up spoken audio
This AI audio filter improves spoken audio to make it sound like it was recorded in a soundproofed studio.
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If you're in London on the 10th of July, this looks like a great day to learn about the present and future of Post and hear from the legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch in person! Tickets are less than £30 for a full day! www.theassemble.org
A daily jolt of inspiration from Cut/daily Wisdom www.cut-daily.com/wisdom/ But better on a TRMNL www.cut-daily.com/491-my-new-d...
Want this in your inbox on Friday? Sign up for free at www.cut-daily.com for a full breakdown of this epic hour-long editorial masterclass www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hma...
Inside Dune 2 Editor Joe Walker's Edit Suite with AOTC
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Looking for a new listen for the summer? I built a playful way to find a great book on Audible. Take it for a spin. Literally. nextbestaudiobook.com
You're in for a treat this Friday if... a) You're a fan of Editor Joe Walker (who isn't?) b) You're signed up to Cut/daily (who isn't*) www.cut-daily.com *It's okay if you're not yet signed up - there's still time!
So nice to find feedback like this! The tool? Keyword Marker 2.0 for Adobe Premiere - Build stringouts of specific lines - Add markers to every instance of multiple keywords instantly - Build rules to find keywords (e.g. "Brand" + "love" within 10 seconds) store.cut-daily.com/b/keyword-ma...
Build Paper Edits the right way... The producer/client wants to do the editorial heavy lifting by bolting together a paper edit - a document of "this bit, then that bit..." referencing timecodes from proxy files or highlighting transcripts in a google doc and liberally sprinkling comments.
For fun I built a playful way to find a great new listen on Audible. Take it for a spin - literally. nextbestaudiobook.com Plus they have a free trial right now so you could sign up, listen to a book, cancel and walk away with a great listen.
Turn transcripts into timelines. Throw away lists of timecodes. Automate the process of a paper edit. 1. Upload sources (SRT+XML - NOT media) 2. Craft a paper edit (select, order, label, annotate) 3. Refine with AI 4. Export plan & build to timeline in a click Start cutting faster. paperedit.app
Reviews like this are a huge relief after working for so long before launching: Your Adding Audio Polish training series was absolutely terrific! You really nailed something that needed to be done- creating a concise, repeatable system- for producer/editor workflows like mine.
What does it tell you that the biggest trailer of the year - by a whopping 28.7M views - is a stop motion animated feature (in development for 15 years and active production for 5) from LAIKA Studios...
Just shy of two years ago, I set out to create an email-based training course delivering in-depth insights focused on a single post-production topic. Many Cut/daily readers voted for your most challenging area, with handling audio quickly emerging as the most popular concern.
If you want a way to keep an eye on your Claude Code usage and have an @elgato.com Stream Deck. This is fun, free and super useful. store.cut-daily.com/b/claude-deck
Claude Deck
Live Claude Code usage on your Stream DeckSee your 5-hour and 7-day token usage at a glance — no API key or setup required.Claude Deck shows your Claude Code usage directly on your Stream Deck buttons...
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If you like movies or trailers, you'll love This Week in Movie Trailers (TWMT), a free way to keep up with the latest film and TV projects, as voted for by the internet every week. movietrailers.pro Plus, here's the TWMT Top 20 Leaderboard of the most watched trailers of 2026
Here's the start of everything I know about being a successful freelance creative. Read to you by Burt Reynolds www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsHl...
Everything I know about being a freelance creative
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Built this ages ago with claude. still useful digitalprofitcalculator.carrd.co
Digital Product Profit Calculator
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Today's free issue of Cut/daily Meets... is with multi-Oscar winning sound designer Mark Mangini and award winning Re-Recording Mixer Martyn Zub both of at Formosa Group fame. My favourite takeaway from Mark Mangini?
This is still one of the most popular posts on my blog and appears in AI summaries & responses for The Best Affordable Colour Grading Monitor I've just completely updated it for 2026. If you want to know WHY I've chosen specific monitors and what to look for when you buy one then click the link...
Know an editor who isn't reading Cut/daily every week? They're missing out... a lot of people seem to like it: www.cut-daily.com/what-people-... AND IT'S FREE!
No one asked for this but you can now build stringouts of every take in either chronological or reverse order. Editor always wants the last take first? Fine. store.cut-daily.com/b/keyword-ma...
Some great wisdom today on Cut/daily's daily nugget of editorial insight... www.cut-daily.com/wisdom/ There's a new one every day... hook up your @trmnl.com or just set it as your homepage...
Tomorrow's free issue of Cut/daily is my round up of the best of NAB - what's new, what's hyped and what's worth paying attention to. Sign up for free at www.cut-daily.com
