{"id":33795,"date":"2014-02-06T12:10:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=33795"},"modified":"2016-10-11T09:46:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T14:46:28","slug":"tips-for-handing-off-a-project-to-another-video-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/tips-for-handing-off-a-project-to-another-video-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Handing Off a Project to Another Video Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"

When working in a collaborative environment, following these tips will keep fellow editors and other post-production specialists from cursing your name when they have to work on your project!<\/h2>\n

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As editors, we often pass projects off<\/strong> to other post-production specialists and even other editors. At my work, for example, I might start a project because I have time, but a higher priority project that fits my skill set better might come along, so I\u2019l pass the project I was working on to another editor at my company. We also often have one person do the rough edit, and another person take the project to polish it up.<\/p>\n

Here are a few tips for\u00a0preparing your project<\/strong> so that the transition from one editor to the next is as smooth as possible.<\/p>\n

1. Keep Your Project Organized<\/h2>\n

I\u2019ve talked before<\/a> about the need to keep a project organized<\/strong>, and even passed along some suggestions on how to do so (be sure to check out this post<\/a> on a bin organization structure for your video editing projects).<\/p>\n

So, here\u2019s the big question: If you had to hand a project off to another editor mid-project (family emergency, vacation, sick day, called in on a larger project, etc.), could they immediately<\/em> find all of the pieces they need without having to scour<\/strong> and search every bin and file? Do you put all of the footage in a logical place<\/strong>\u00a0and make it easy to find B-Roll<\/strong>, identify the most current version<\/strong> of the edit, and determine what graphics have been created and which ones still need designing?<\/p>\n

If the answer is \u201cno\u201d you\u2019re wasting their time by making things harder than it should be. Good project organization significantly reduces the amount of time spent looking for things<\/strong> (or spent using the wrong things). From a self-benefit perspective, it also keeps them from having to track you down and ask you a bunch of questions, so you save time as well<\/strong>. Keeping things neat and tidy will keep other editors from hating having to pick up a project you started.<\/p>\n


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2. Label Your Sequences With Intent<\/h2>\n

I\u2019ve been asked before to go back and make small revisions to projects several months old that I had never touched before. On several of those, the sequences were named things like:<\/p>\n