March 30, 2019

Dear TEC Community,          

The Edit Center facilities are currently closed and staff and faculty are all working remotely. We are closely monitoring all information regarding the COVID-19 public health crisis and we will update course offerings here as the situation progresses. 

Registration is open for classes from June 1 onwards, but we will continue to provide updates to course offerings here as we respond to the evolving guidelines set out by the World Health Organization, CDC, and other governing authorities. 

Though this is an unprecedented and challenging moment for our world, we look forward to a time when we can emerge from this crisis and gather again in Gowanus to share the joyful and collaborative experience of filmmaking. Sign up for our newsletter updates here or email us if you would like to take a virtual tour of our space for classes or rentals. 

In the meantime, we plan to celebrate the work of talented editors in our community through virtual gatherings and talks. Please stay tuned in the coming weeks as we test launch some new offerings for online programming. 

Below is a selection of resources we have curated for the post production community.

 Resource Lists

• Resource Guide for Filmmakers and Creatives During COVID-19 Crisis

• Ways to Help Artist and Creatives During the COVID-19 Outbreak | IFP Made in NY Media Center 

• Filmmaker Resources During COVID-19 Outbreak | DOC NYC

• COVID-19 Preparedness Resources | Art House Convergence

• COVID-19 & Freelance Artists

• Creative Capital’s List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak

• Provideo Coalition’s Ideas for editors and post-production people while in isolation or quarantine

Software, Training, & Mentorship

• Sofi Marshall’s Ultimate Real-Time Remote Editing Workflow

• Frame.io Workflow from Home

• Best Practices for Adopting a Remote Post-Production Workflow

• Zoom Meetings vs. Zoom Webinars Comparison 

• Together Films Webinars and Toolkits

• Tech Soup’s Non-Profit Resources for Remote Work

• Webinar: Mental Health and Career Sustainability in the Doc World

• Adobe and Avid To Provide Free Software Access During COVID-19 Shift

• Avid Provides Temporary Licenses for Qualified Customers Affected by COVID-19

• LifeHacker’s Guide: Subscribers Can Now Get Two Free Months of Adobe's Creative Cloud

• Skillshare offering 2 months free

• Field of Vision’s New Virtual "office hours" for the documentary community

Unions & Guilds

• I.A.T.S.E. Local No. One COVID-19 Hardship Distribution

• Motion Picture Editors Guild Information on Studio Policies

• New York Foundation for the Arts Emergency Grants

For Fun

• Netflix Party

• How to Host a Facebook Watch Party

• Sundance Collab Free Editing Resources