Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This second edition of Cut by Cut: Editing Your Film or Video covers the current landscape of postproduction process, taking the reader step by step through the editor's journey from receiving dailies to delivering on film, tape, file, or disk for YouTube, cinema, Blu-ray, or TV. The book guides the filmmaker through the operation of digital editing systems, sound and music editing and the mix, and tape, tapeless, and film workflows. The middle section lasers in on how to edit the footage: Make cuts, video effects, overlaps, and cheat shots as well as how to approach different genres such as comedy, documentary, drama, and music videos. The final section takes on music and sound editing and the mix, and wraps up by describing finishing processes including online, negative cutting, and DI processes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of Tables (p. x)
• 2 nd Edition Foreword (p. xi)
• 1 st Edition Foreword (p. xiv)
• Preface: The Practical Alchemy of Editing (p. xvii)
• Acknowledgments (p. xix)
• Permissions (p. xx)
• Introduction: Stepping Aboard and Navigating the Book (p. xxiii)
• Stage I Setting up and Organizing your Project
• Introduction (p. 1)
• Part 1 Starting Your Project
• Introduction (p. 2)
• 1 Decisions, Decisions: Getting Started on the Right Path through Postproduction (p. 3)
• Appendix A Project Checklist (p. 26)
• 2 Video, Digital, and Film Basics: Terms, Concepts, and Practices (p. 28)
• Part 2 Organizing for Editing
• Introduction (p. 64)
• 3 Setting Up the Cutting Room: Workflows, Labeling Shots, and Other Common Cutting Room Tasks (p. 65)
• Appendix B DIY Postproduction Schedule (p. 100)
• 4 Preparing Dailies
• Appendix C Stage One: Budget Form for Dailies (p. 101)
• Stage II Editing
• Introduction (p. 139)
• Part 1 How to Approach the Footage
• Introduction (p. 140)
• 5 To Cut or Not to Cut: Where to Cut and Why (p. 141)
• 6 Everyday Editing Challenges (p. 172)
• 7 From Animation to Reality: Editing Different Genres (p. 193)
• Part 2 Getting from First Cut to Final Cut
• Introduction (p. 222)
• 8 Making the Cuts: Editing on a Digital System (p. 223)
• 9 The Process: Getting from First Cut to Locked Cut (p. 252)
• Appendix D Tape and Tapeless Show Continuity Form (p. 276)
• Appendix E Film Show Continuity Form (p. 277)
• Appendix F Stage Two: Budget Form for Editing (p. 278)
• Stage III Completing Your Project
• Introduction (p. 279)
• Part 1 Sound, Music, and the Mix
• Introduction (p. 280)
• 10 Designing Sound and Music (p. 281)
• 11 Editing and Mixing Sound and Music (p. 311)
• Appendix G ADR Cue Sheet
• Appendix H Stage Three: Budget Form for Sound, Music, and the Mix (p. 338)
• Part 2 Finishing and Delivering
• Introduction (p. 342)
• 12 Finishing on Tape, File, or the Web (p. 343)
• 13 Finishing on Film and via Digital Intermediary (p. 385)
• Final Wrap-Up (p. 407)
• Appendix I Stage Three: Budget Form for Finishing (p. 408)
• How to Find an Editing Job (p. 410)
• Resources (p. 418)
• Glossary (p. 425)
• Bibliography (p. 463)
• Index (p. 469)
• About the Author (p. 477)