Frank Aldana

The winner of the Grass Valley-sponsored “Cut and Win” editing contest has been announced.

Contest entrants were to produce a commercial spot using Grass Valley’s EDIUS real-time editing software that also promoted its features. First prize was production gear valued in the thousands

Freelance editor Frank Aldana was chosen amongst 200 competitors from 52 countries, receiving a post-production package including an HP ProBook laptop, Panasonic video camcorder and external hard drive. Mr. Aldana’s 18-year editing career went from analog/linear to digital/nonlinear and includes experience working with hybrid as well.

Two runners-up were selected, Miroslav Matanovic from Croatia and David Yoshpe from Israel, and were awarded copies of EDIUS Neo 2 Booster software and an external USB hard drive.