Editing Foundations
- Project setup, media organization and proxies
- Timeline tools, trims and keyboard workflows
- Continuity, pacing and story structure
- Multicamera editing and synchronization
- Titles, transitions and clean visual grammar
Post-production training in Lagos
Video Editing Masterclass
Learn professional editing, sound, colour and motion workflows using the tools employed in real productions.
The course promise
Turn disorganized footage into a purposeful, technically polished story.
- Format
- Onsite at Praxis Studios, Lagos
- Approach
- Practical instructor-led programme
- Credential
- Certificate of Completion
Training outcomes
What you will be able to do.
This is a practical learning experience, not a lecture-only class.
- Organize and edit complex footage efficiently
- Use Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition and DaVinci Resolve
- Clean audio and produce balanced mixes
- Correct and creatively grade professional footage
- Finish and deliver platform-ready videos
Inside the programme
Post-production taught as storytelling and technical craft.
The curriculum provides practical training across Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition and DaVinci Resolve. Students learn to organize media, build a story, refine pacing, synchronize multiple cameras and finish versions for broadcast, web and social platforms.
Editing does not end at picture lock. The programme covers motion graphics, keying, tracking, sound repair, voice and music mixing, colour correction, creative grading, quality control, export settings and project archiving. Each tool is connected to a real production problem rather than taught as an isolated menu tour.
What the programme covers
- Premiere Pro editing, multicamera work and delivery
- After Effects titles, compositing, tracking and green screen
- Audition dialogue repair, effects, mixing and mastering
- DaVinci Resolve correction, grading and colour management
- File organization, proxies, backups and collaborative review
- Commercial, documentary, interview and event editing
- Captions, aspect ratios and platform-specific versions
- Showreel development and professional client workflow
Full curriculum
Built to go deeper than the basics.
Each module combines explanation, demonstration, exercises and feedback appropriate to the subject.
Adobe Premiere Pro
- Editing interviews, commercials and events
- Audio synchronization and multicam workflows
- Effects, speed changes and stabilization
- Captions, graphics and Dynamic Link
- Professional export and archive practices
After Effects & Motion
- Composition and keyframe fundamentals
- Animated titles and lower thirds
- Masks, tracking and screen replacement
- Green-screen keying and compositing
- Motion-graphics templates and delivery
Adobe Audition
- Recording and editing audio
- Volume, EQ, compression and noise removal
- Music, effects, vocals and podcast workflows
- Time stretch, pitch, delay and echo
- Mixing, mastering and high-quality export
DaVinci Resolve
- Node-based colour workflow
- Colour correction for cameras and picture profiles
- Creative grading for commercials, documentaries and music videos
- Editing, titles and effects in Resolve
- Delivery settings and colour-managed exports
Finishing & Collaboration
- Client review and feedback management
- Sound mix, colour, graphics and QC
- Versions for television, web and social
- Backing up projects and media
- Building a professional editing reel
Practical work
You leave with proof.
Exercises lead toward finished work that demonstrates what you can do.
Practical assignments · Portfolio focused- 01Interview edit↗
- 02Commercial or event highlight↗
- 03Motion-graphics sequence↗
- 04Colour-graded final showreel↗
How you learn
Demonstration, supervised practice and useful feedback.
Every major concept is connected to a practical task. Instructors demonstrate the workflow, explain why each decision matters and supervise learners as they apply it with relevant equipment or software.
Feedback focuses on both technical accuracy and communication: whether the work is clear, intentional and suitable for a real audience or client brief. The goal is repeatable professional judgment, not memorising a list of buttons.
Facilities, equipment and assessment
Classes take place in Lagos with access to the production tools appropriate to the programme. Learners may work with professional cameras, lenses, lighting, sound, stabilisation, editing systems or digital platforms according to the course.
Progress is assessed through exercises, participation and finished practical work. Students are encouraged to organise their files correctly, document their process, respond to feedback and complete portfolio-ready projects they can continue developing after the programme.
After the course
Graduates leave with a clearer production workflow, practical reference material and an understanding of how the skill operates in employment, freelance and business settings. Course completion is a foundation; continued practice, portfolio development and responsible professional conduct remain essential.
From foundation to professional workflow
Understand the reason behind every important decision.
The programme is sequenced so that foundational knowledge supports the more demanding work that follows. Learners first develop a shared vocabulary and a dependable setup process, then apply those principles to guided assignments with increasing creative and technical responsibility.
Real production rarely happens under perfect conditions. Practical sessions therefore address preparation, troubleshooting, time management, communication and quality control as well as the headline creative skill. Students learn how to identify a problem, protect the work already completed and make a sensible decision when time or resources are limited.
Building work that can be presented professionally
A strong portfolio should show judgment, not just participation. Learners are guided to select, refine and present their best work with enough context for an employer, client or collaborator to understand their contribution. File naming, backups, version control, exports and delivery are treated as part of the craft because unreliable administration can undermine otherwise excellent creative work.
Where the subject involves clients or audiences, the course also discusses interpreting briefs, asking better questions, estimating realistic effort and responding to review comments without losing the objective. These habits help students move from classroom exercises to assignments that have deadlines, stakeholders and measurable expectations.
Who benefits from the programme
The training is suitable for committed beginners, self-taught creatives who need structure, professionals adding a related capability, entrepreneurs building an internal content function and teams that want a consistent workflow. Prior experience is helpful for some advanced exercises but is not required unless the current class schedule states otherwise.
Class size, timetable, fees and available formats may change between cohorts. Prospective learners should request the current course schedule before making travel or payment arrangements. Our team will explain the present format, what to bring and any software or equipment requirements.
Selected work
Learn against a real production standard.
Selected Praxis productions give learners practical references for planning, camera work, lighting, sound, direction, editing and professional delivery.
Samsung Product Unveiling Event
Culturati — African Culture Event
Corporate Event Coverage
Best fit
Who this course is for.
- Beginners seeking a structured starting point
- Working creatives improving their practical skills
- Entrepreneurs and teams building in-house capability
Common questions
Before you register.
Do I need prior experience?
No. The course begins with foundations and progresses into supervised practical work.
Is the training practical?
Yes. Learners work with relevant tools, complete exercises and build portfolio evidence.
Will I receive a certificate?
Learners who complete the required classes and practical work receive a Certificate of Completion.
How do I get the current fee and timetable?
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