Notes from inside a working edit room
Tool reviews, AI video workflow, and the editing systems I actually run on client work — written for people who ship video on a deadline, not for people collecting bookmarks.
The 2026 NLE releases, in order
Every major editing platform shipped inside eight days this September, and all three led with AI. Read the comparison first for the verdict, then the individual reviews for the detail on whichever one you actually use.
How I made Pitong Buwan, a Filipino superhero trailer, with Seedance 2.5 in CapCut
A story bible, 26 locked reference assets and 17 shot-list prompts in CapCut, then one cut in Premiere Pro. Why the references mattered more than any prompt, and why the edit made it a movie.
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Field Notes
ProArt Creator Connect Manila 2026: the edit bay moved closer to the camera
ASUS built four working rooms — colour, photography, podcast and post — and handed creators the controls. What I tested hands-on, what Jay Tablante and Dan Villegas said, and why the local-AI corner is the part I keep thinking about.
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Head to Head
Resolve vs Media Composer vs Premiere in 2026: which NLE is actually leading?
All three shipped a major release inside eight days, and every one led with AI. That is where the similarity ends — local AI you own, generative AI you rent, or AI that only assists. A category-by-category verdict from an editor who runs all three every month.
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Tool Review
Premiere's Generative Media Tool: is it worth the credits?
Nine models inside the timeline, and a credit meter running the whole time. What it costs per finished minute, and where a dedicated platform still wins.
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The Setup
My editing rig in 2026 — and why hardware is a business decision
Storage first, display second, machine third. The reasoning behind every purchase on a working editor's desk, including the one I admit was a comfort buy.
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Blackmagic Design
DaVinci Resolve 21 review: the Photo page, the AI tools, and what 21.1 quietly changed
150+ features across two releases, an entire new page, and a native MCP server nobody advertised. Every AI tool ranked by how often you'll actually open it.
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Avid
Avid Media Composer 2026.8 review: agentic editing arrives, and so does the bin locking bill
AI multicam cutting tested honestly, transcript tooling that's the real win, an uncapped free tier — and a storage change facilities are right to be angry about.
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Adobe
Adobe Premiere 26 review: Object Mask, single-word captions, and generative media in the timeline
The boldest bet in the category, and the only one with a meter attached. What ships, what's still beta, and what credits do to your cost per project.
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motion.so
Motion review: an editor's honest take on the AI motion graphics agent
It turns a sentence into a finished motion graphics video and lets you fix one scene instead of re-rolling the whole thing. What it actually costs, and the five places it falls short.
Read the reviewCutting a VSL testimonial from a raw SRT in under an hour
The transcript-first workflow I use to pull the money lines out of a customer interview and land them in Premiere as an assembled sequence — no scrubbing.
Coming soonRetention editing for US, AU and EU audiences
What actually holds a viewer past the eight-second mark in short-form, and the pacing rules I apply to every reel that leaves this studio.
Coming soonPricing post-production for overseas clients
How I structure rates as separate standalone services rather than tiers, and why it closes more deals than a three-column pricing table.
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