NEW Training Fund to assist eligible North West based Creative and Digital professionals
Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010

Whether you’re new to the industry or a seasoned pro, there’s always scope to add to your repertoire of skills, especially now, as the Digital and Creative industry is undergoing such rapid change. There’s a constant need to keep yourself up-to-date, learn new skills and understand where the industry is going next.

Vision+Media’s Skills department has a range of industry-led initiatives and funding streams to help new entrants, freelancers and employees do just that. They range from one-to-ones with industry professionals, workshops on hot topics, training placements with a wide range of industry partners, leadership and management or subsidies for training courses. We use a selection of handpicked freelance Media Development Professionals to support our work; we only use industry practitioners so their knowledge and contacts are kept up to date.

Takeover at Cryptic Peach Training, Manchester
Published: Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Breaking News

Soho Editors Training and Amsys PLC open a new Apple Authorised Training Centre in Manchester.

Following the recent events at Cryptic Peach Training in Manchester, the two biggest names in Apple training, Amsys PLC and Soho Editors Training have formed a joint venture to take over the Apple & Adobe Authorised Training Centre to offer the full range of Apple IT and Creative training courses as well as iPhone/iPad and Adobe and beyond.

NUKE 6 Compositing Course
Published: Tuesday, February 02, 2010

The Foundry is pleased to announced that Nuke 6.0 has been released.

Nuke 6.0 incorporates a a completely new shape rotoscope and paint toolset based on a rewritten core curve library and new RotoPaint node. This release introduces a flexible, non-destructive, layer based paint hierarchy integrated with Nuke’s animation and tracking capabilities and supporting per-object attributes such as blending modes and motion blur. As an additional benefit, The Foundry’s highly acclaimed Keylight keyer is now a standard feature included with Nuke 6.0.

Final Cut Pro 7 Advanced Book Released
Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 7 Advanced Editing

* By Michael Wohl
* Published Dec 23, 2009 by Peachpit Press. Part of the Apple Pro Training series.
o Copyright 2010
o Dimensions: 7-3/8 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 480
o Edition: 1st
o Book
o ISBN-10: 0-321-63679-1
o ISBN-13: 978-0-321-63679-9

NEW Skillset Funding Available for 2010
Published: Saturday, November 28, 2009

Multiplatform Delivery: Understanding the complete workflow: Shooting to Delivery

Course Location: Manchester
Course Date: 11th - 14th January 2010
Course cost: £950

Full course outline

Multiplatform Bursaries - are you eligible?

Multiplatform Bursaries are grants for you to spend on a pre-selected range of courses covering key multiplatform skills the industry is looking for in its workforce.

The amount you can get can vary, depending on whether you're employed or work freelance.
You'll get:
up to a maximum of £800 if you are a freelancer; and
up to a maximum of £500 if you are in permanent employment.

Up to 80% OFF Final Cut Pro 7 Courses
Published: Saturday, November 28, 2009

Soho Editors still have some Skillset 80% funded courses available for Final Cut Pro 7 courses for Avid and Advanced editors PLUS the NEW Multi -Platform Delivery Course in Manchester.

With the support of Skillset we are able to bring you affordable professional post production training courses across the UK.

We only have a few places available under this program for the courses shown below, and all courses will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so be quick and CALL NOW!

Final Cut Studio 3 Out Now!
Published: Thursday, July 23, 2009

As the next major release of the leading video post-production suite, the new Final Cut Studio offers powerful new features, dramatically improved performance, and tighter integration. Its six applications give video editors all the tools they need to edit, animate, mix, grade, and deliver — at a price that’s more affordable than ever.

SOHO FUN RUN 2009
Published: Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Yes, its that time already – we're back, and this year it is happening on:
Thursday July 9th
Runners will start a race around Soho at 18:00pm followed by a party in Soho square at 19:00pm.

Agenda Set for 8th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet
Published: Thursday, April 09, 2009

The Final Cut Pro User Group Network (FCPUG Network) have announced a sneak peak at the agenda for the 8th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet, to be held in the Amazon Ballroom at the Rio Hotel (Las Vegas, NV) on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 beginning at 4:30PM. It is expected this event will be the largest gathering of Final Cut Pro Users and digital content creators and filmmakers during the 2009 NAB Show.

ShowBiz Expo a Huge Success!
Published: Thursday, April 02, 2009

Soho Editors Inc. exhibited on Sunday, March 29th at the 2009 Film, Stage & ShowBiz Expo. By 8:30AM attendees were already lined up around the block awaiting the Expo doors to open at 10:00AM. With 11,000 registrants and over 100 exhibitors the event was a tremendous success!

Stay Ahead in a Tough Economy with Soho Editors Training
Published: Sunday, March 22, 2009

With the economic climate at an all time low, the job market is rough. Although companies are downsizing and budgets are tightening finding new work is not impossible. You can help move yourself ahead of the competition and stand out to employers, all it takes is the right motivation and the proper training.

Fantastic Mr. Fox and Soho
Published: Monday, January 26, 2009

Soho Editors very own Valentina Ventimiglia is the storyboard artist on Wes Anderson's (The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic) latest feature film Fantastic Mr. Fox, an adaptation of the novel by Roald Dahl.

Turner Prize Winner Animation
Published: Monday, December 08, 2008

A short piece of animation made by one of our animators Richenda Wheeler and Tim Bacon is in the Turner Prize for the artist Mark Leckey.

Mark Leckey actually won the Turner Prize last week and credits the piece as being one of the pieces that made him think and led to his film/talk 'Cinema In the Round'.

New Talent Showreels to view on SohoEditors.com
Published: Sunday, November 16, 2008

SohoEditors.com has just made available a selection of new showreels from some of our top graphic and 3D artists as well as editors and compositors.

Rosa's art displayed at Oxford Circus
Published: Friday, November 07, 2008

Congratulations are due to Soho Editors Rosa Lykiardopoulos, she will have a piece of art displayed at Oxford Circus Station during December.