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Evening and weekend batches built for PSG and CIT students and Avinashi Road professionals. Learn to edit films, ads and YouTube content in 8 months.
- Software
- Premiere Pro, Resolve, After Effects, Avid
- Projects
- 12 real edits + showreel
- AI tools
- Subtitles, masking, clean-up
- Batches
- Evening 5–9 · Weekend · Online
- Since 2014
- 8000+ students placed
- Mentor-reviewed projects
- EMI up to 6 months
✅ Free Demo Class available after enquiry
Which is the best film editing course near Peelamedu?
Fulcrum Creative School's 8-month Film Editing course, about 5 km away in Gandhipuram, suits Peelamedu students who want practical, mentor-reviewed training with evening or weekend timings.
- Beginners welcome
- Premiere Pro, Avid, Resolve, After Effects, Audition
- 12 edits + showreel
- Placement support until placed
One road, straight to class
Peelamedu sits on Avinashi Road, which runs directly into Gandhipuram. Tap where you start to see travel time and the batch that usually fits.
- Fulcrum · Gandhipuram
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Tick what matters to you
Choose your priorities. The table shows which way of learning covers them.
| Your need | Fulcrum classroom | Self-learning online | Fulcrum live online |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trainer feedback on my cuts | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Cinema cameras to shoot practice footage | ✓ | – | – |
| Premiere, Avid, Resolve, AE and Audition | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| 12 edits and a showreel | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Placement support until placed | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Study from home | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lowest cost | – | ✓ | – |
| Matches |
32 weeks in four phases
- Film editing
- Choosing and arranging shots, sound and graphics so a film, ad or video tells its story clearly and with feeling.
M1Film editing fundamentalsWeeks 1–3
The editor's role, rushes and logs, shot types, continuity, match cuts and pacing.
Software: Premiere Pro
You finish: Re-cut a short scene from supplied rushes
M2Premiere Pro & Final Cut ProWeeks 4–8
Project setup, cutting, multicamera, Final Cut's magnetic timeline and moving projects between the two.
Software: Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro
You finish: A dialogue sequence and a multicam edit
M3Narrative editing in AvidWeeks 9–12
Bins, script sync, trim mode, scene building, montage, J and L cuts, AAF and EDL hand-offs.
Software: Avid Media Composer
You finish: A short film scene cut the way feature editors work
M4DaVinci Resolve & colourWeeks 13–16
Resolve pages, primary correction, shot matching, skin tones, masks, LUTs and film looks.
Software: DaVinci Resolve
You finish: A colour grading before-and-after sample
M5Sound editingWeeks 17–19
Dialogue clean-up, music timing, effects, room tone, basic mixing and loudness.
Software: Adobe Audition
You finish: A sound editing project
M6Titles & motion graphicsWeeks 20–22
Keyframes, film titles, lower thirds and green screen.
Software: After Effects
You finish: A title sequence and lower thirds
M7Editing for platformsWeeks 23–25
YouTube long-form, Reels and Shorts, promos, interviews, documentaries and delivery specs.
Software: Premiere Pro, Instagram Edits
You finish: A YouTube video, a Reel and a Short
M8AI-assisted editingWeeks 26–27
Auto captions, voice enhancement, clean-up and upscaling, and responsible use.
Software: Speech to Text, Enhance Speech, Neural Engine, Topaz, Runway
You finish: AI-assisted versions you check and correct
M9Practical projectsWeeks 28–30
A short film scene, a documentary-style edit, a promo and a music video, plus colour and sound samples.
Software: All course software
You finish: Four portfolio-grade edits
M10Showreel & careerWeeks 31–32
Showreel, portfolio and resume, freelance briefs and quoting, and interviews.
Software: All course software
You finish: Your showreel and portfolio
Your skill ladder
Each step builds on the one before. By month 8 you are ready for editing work.
- Months 1–3Confident cutter
- Shot types and continuity
- Premiere Pro, Final Cut, Avid
- Dialogue and multicam scenes
- Months 4–5Finisher
- Colour grading in Resolve
- Clean, mixed sound
- Titles and lower thirds
- Months 6–7Versatile editor
- YouTube, Reels and ads
- AI-assisted workflow
- Four portfolio projects
- Month 8Job-ready
- A 60–90 second showreel
- Freelance briefs and quoting
- Edit tests and interviews
Nine tools on your resume
Open any card to see the skills you build, where it's used and what it adds to your portfolio.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Cutting and assembling every kind of video.
Skills, uses & portfolio
- Skills you develop
- Timeline editing, multicam, proxies, captions, exports.
- Real-world use
- Agencies, YouTube teams, corporate studios.
- On your portfolio
- Appears in almost every project on your reel.
DaVinci Resolve
Colour correction, grading and finishing.
Skills, uses & portfolio
- Skills you develop
- Scopes, shot matching, masks, looks, delivery.
- Real-world use
- Films, music videos, ads and weddings.
- On your portfolio
- Your colour before-and-after sample.
Adobe After Effects
Titles, motion graphics and composites.
Skills, uses & portfolio
- Skills you develop
- Keyframes, easing, lower thirds, tracking, keying.
- Real-world use
- Ads, corporate films, YouTube intros.
- On your portfolio
- Title sequence and animated lower thirds.
Adobe Audition
Cleaning and mixing sound.
Skills, uses & portfolio
- Skills you develop
- Noise reduction, dialogue repair, loudness.
- Real-world use
- Interviews, documentaries, podcasts.
- On your portfolio
- A clean dialogue sample employers can hear.
Photoshop
Images that go with video.
Skills, uses & portfolio
- Skills you develop
- Thumbnails, posters, title cards, retouching.
- Real-world use
- YouTube channels, film promotion.
- On your portfolio
- Thumbnails and posters for your projects.
Adobe Firefly
Generative AI for images and fills.
Skills, uses & portfolio
- Skills you develop
- Prompting, generative fill and extend, concept frames.
- Real-world use
- Ad pitches, mood boards, poster ideas.
- On your portfolio
- Concept frames for your ad project.
Runway
AI video generation and clean-up.
Skills, uses & portfolio
- Skills you develop
- Object and background removal, generative shots.
- Real-world use
- Music videos, social ads, quick fixes.
- On your portfolio
- Clean-ups that would once need VFX.
Frame.io
Online review with clients.
Skills, uses & portfolio
- Skills you develop
- Sharing versions, timecoded notes, approvals.
- Real-world use
- Agencies and production houses.
- On your portfolio
- Shows you can manage client feedback.
Topaz Video AI
AI upscaling and restoration.
Skills, uses & portfolio
- Skills you develop
- Upscaling, denoising, stabilising, slow motion.
- Real-world use
- Old footage, low-light weddings, archives.
- On your portfolio
- Rescued shots in your before-and-after.
Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer and Media Encoder are also taught. Read Premiere Pro vs DaVinci Resolve vs Final Cut Pro to compare editors.
Faster with AI, led by you
A seven-stage workflow. Switch views to see what AI does at each stage and what stays your decision.
- 📥ImportAI transcription
Turns hours of interviews into searchable text.
You pick the lines that tell the story.
- 💬SubtitlesAI subtitles
Creates timed captions in seconds.
You fix names, Tamil–English words and timing.
- ✂️Rough cutAI smart editing
Detects scenes and suggests cuts from the transcript.
You decide structure, pacing and emotion.
- 🎭MaskingAI masking
Tracks a person or object through a shot.
You check edges at full resolution.
- 🧹Clean-upAI object removal
Removes signs, wires or passers-by.
You judge whether the fix is believable.
- 🎧AudioAI audio enhancement
Removes fan noise, traffic and echo.
You keep the voice natural.
- 📦DeliverAI workflow optimisation
Reframes for vertical and upscales footage.
You approve every version before it goes out.
Workflow in words: footage is imported and transcribed, subtitles are generated, a rough cut is assembled, shots are masked and cleaned, audio is enhanced, and versions are delivered. AI speeds up each step; the editor checks every result and makes the creative calls.
Eight projects you'll build
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YouTube videos
Purpose: Keep viewers watching to the end.
You learn: Pacing, B-roll, thumbnails and Shorts cut-downs.
Instagram Reels
Purpose: Grab attention in the first second.
You learn: Vertical framing, captions, beat-matched cuts.
Short films
Purpose: Tell a story through performance.
You learn: Scene building, continuity, colour and mix.
Corporate videos
Purpose: Explain a business clearly.
You learn: Interview editing, titles, brand colours.
Wedding films
Purpose: Turn a long day into an emotional film.
You learn: Multicam, music, highlight and full versions.
Music videos
Purpose: Make the cut feel like the song.
You learn: Rhythm, energy and stylised grading.
Advertisements
Purpose: Say it all in 30 seconds.
You learn: Exact timing, versions and client review.
Documentary editing
Purpose: Find the story in real footage.
You learn: Paper edits, structure and sound design.
Watch your portfolio grow
Drag the slider to see what's in your portfolio by each month.
- ✔ 60–90 second showreel
- ✔ Colour before-and-after
- ✔ Clean dialogue sample
- ✔ Vertical Reel or Short
- ✔ Project files you can explain
A realistic career timeline
- Month 8Course completeShowreel ready, placement support begins.
- Year 1First roleAssistant editor, YouTube or wedding editor, freelance projects.
- Years 2–4EditorAds, corporate films, documentaries; own projects.
- Year 5+Senior or specialistLead, OTT editor, colourist or your own studio.
Indicative pay that varies with skill, showreel and employer; not a promise of income. Read the video editor career guide.
8000+ students placed since 2014
Support runs until you are placed: showreel reviews, edit tests, mock interviews and referrals to our 100+ hiring partners.
- 8000+Students placed
- 98%Placement rate
- 100+Hiring partners
- Until PlacedPlacement support
Finding us from Peelamedu
- Take Avinashi Road towards the cityFrom Peelamedu, PSG or CIT.
- Pass Nava India and Lakshmi MillsAbout 5 km in all.
- Reach GandhipuramBus riders get down at the Town Bus Stand.
- Walk to Cross Cut RoadAbout 400 m. Look for Vithu Pharmacy; Fulcrum is upstairs in Kani Towers.
- 🅿️ ParkingAvailable
- 🪜 2nd floorStairs only, no lift
- 🕘 HoursMon–Sat 9:30–9, Sun 9:30–5
Fulcrum Creative School
2nd Floor, Kani Towers, No.182 D, 2nd Street, above Vithu Pharmacy, Cross Cut Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore 641012, Tamil Nadu
Mon–Sat 9:30 AM – 9 PM
Sun 9:30 AM – 5 PM
39 answers for Peelamedu students
Quick answers
Fulcrum Creative School's 8-month Film Editing course in Gandhipuram is a strong choice. It is about 5 km from Peelamedu along Avinashi Road and teaches Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Avid, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, Audition and AI tools through 12 real edits and a showreel, with placement support until you are placed.
Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop and Media Encoder, plus AI tools including Firefly, Runway and Topaz Video AI. Frame.io review is explained.
Yes. The first module covers editing fundamentals step by step. Basic editing helps but is not required.
Yes. Students from PSG, CIT and other Peelamedu colleges usually choose the afternoon (2–5 PM) or evening (5–9 PM) batch so it fits around classes.
12 real edits including YouTube videos, Instagram Reels, a short film scene, a documentary-style edit, a promo or advertisement and a music video, plus colour and sound samples and a showreel.
Yes. It is about 5 km along Avinashi Road: around 15 minutes by two-wheeler or 30 minutes by city bus to Gandhipuram, then a 5-minute walk from the bus stand.
Assistant editor, film or OTT editor, advertising editor, YouTube editor, wedding film editor, corporate video editor, documentary editor and freelance editor.
Travel and timings from Peelamedu
About 5 km along Avinashi Road, past Nava India and Lakshmi Mills, into Gandhipuram.
Many city buses on Avinashi Road run to Gandhipuram Town Bus Stand. The centre is about 400 m, a 5-minute walk, from the stand.
Yes. Most IT staff choose the weekend batch (Saturday and Sunday, flexible slots 9:30 AM–5 PM) or the evening batch if they can leave by about 4:30 PM.
The afternoon (2–5 PM) or evening (5–9 PM) batch, depending on your college timetable.
Yes, 5–9 PM on weekdays.
Yes. Saturdays and Sundays with flexible slots between 9:30 AM and 5 PM, following the same 8-month syllabus.
Yes. Live online classes on Google Meet follow the same syllabus, with recordings and doubt-clearing sessions. Cinema camera practice is only in classroom batches.
Yes, parking is available near the centre.
No. The centre is on the 2nd floor of Kani Towers and is reached by stairs.
No. Fulcrum has one centre, in Gandhipuram, about 5 km from Peelamedu.
The classroom gives you studio systems, cinema cameras for practicals and face-to-face cut reviews. Many Peelamedu students find that worth a 15-minute ride.
Monday to Saturday 9:30 AM–9 PM, Sunday 9:30 AM–5 PM.
Course details
8 months: 32 weeks across 10 modules.
Film editing focuses on story, performance, colour and sound for films, series and ads. Video editing focuses more on social and promotional content. Fulcrum also offers a separate Video Editing course near Peelamedu.
Premiere Pro is a core part of the Film Editing course. Fulcrum also runs a shorter, separate Premiere Pro course at the Gandhipuram centre.
Resolve colour grading is a core module (weeks 13–16). For HDR, Fusion and Fairlight in depth, Fulcrum's 2-month DaVinci Resolve course goes further.
Yes. AI subtitles, transcription, masking, audio enhancement, object removal, smart editing and workflow optimisation are covered in Module 8 and used across projects.
AI speeds up repetitive work, but story, pacing and emotion remain human decisions. The course teaches you to use AI and check every result.
Not for classroom batches. For online classes you need a computer with a dedicated graphics card, 16 GB RAM or more and an SSD.
Tamil and English.
No. The CapCut app has been blocked in India since 2020; the course uses Premiere Pro, Resolve and Instagram Edits for social video.
Yes, a course completion certificate.
Careers and placement
Indicative pay: assistant editors ₹15,000–₹30,000 a month, YouTube editors ₹15,000–₹40,000, advertising editors ₹18,000–₹45,000 and film or OTT editors ₹20,000–₹50,000. It varies with skill, showreel and employer.
Yes. Placement support continues until you are placed: showreel reviews, edit tests, mock interviews and referrals to 100+ hiring partners. It is support, not a guarantee.
Since 2014, 8000+ Fulcrum students have been placed, with a 98% placement rate.
Yes. Many working professionals edit weddings, corporate videos and YouTube content on weekends. The final module covers briefs, quoting and delivery.
On the Fulcrum Creative School Instagram page.
Joining
Call or WhatsApp +91 93608 99780 for the current fee. EMI is available for up to 6 months.
The next weekday batch starts on 1 December 2026. Weekend and live online batches are also open.
Yes. Book on +91 93608 99780 or through the form on this page.
Yes. WhatsApp +91 93608 99780 and we'll send it.
Since 2014.
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