How Long Does It Take To Edit Video?

7 Dec 2005 6:33 PM

tonys

I'm doing my first editing job and need to figure how long it will take
me so that I can let my client know. I heard a good rule of thumb was
for every hour of footage that will lead to 10hrs of editing.

Basically there were cameras with 3 hours of footage each. I need to
edit these down to three 8-10 minute segments.

Any estamations would be very helpfull.

T

7 Dec 2005 7:34 PM

davesvideo@aol.com

to***@excite.com wrote:

>I heard a good rule of thumb was
> for every hour of footage that will lead to 10hrs of editing.
>

When I was linear editing, my rule of thumb was 1 hour per minute. The
non-linear world has speeded it up a bit, but not all that much. It
will depend a lot on the subject, many long unirterupred segments or
no? That 10 to 1 figure sounds very optimistic.

Dave

7 Dec 2005 9:05 PM

TC

In article <1133984090.903738.287***@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,

"davesvi***@aol.com" <davesvi***@aol.com> wrote:

> to***@excite.com wrote:
> >I heard a good rule of thumb was
> > for every hour of footage that will lead to 10hrs of editing.

Since this is your first go at editing, count on double that. Succeeding
efforts will of course be faster.

11 Dec 2005 12:58 AM

Laurence Payne

On 7 Dec 2005 10:33:49 -0800, to***@excite.com wrote:

>I'm doing my first editing job and need to figure how long it will take
>me so that I can let my client know. I heard a good rule of thumb was
>for every hour of footage that will lead to 10hrs of editing.
>
>Basically there were cameras with 3 hours of footage each. I need to
>edit these down to three 8-10 minute segments.
>

Are you charging an hourly rate applicable to an experienced
professional, or to a beginner doing "his first editing job"? You're
going to spend a long time on this project. Hopefully less on the
next :-)