Editing
From footage to film
Documentaries, commercials, podcasts and creator channels. We shape your footage into a cut with rhythm, then handle sound and clean-up so it holds up anywhere it plays.
How editing works
Video & Photo Studio
An edit that serves the story, not itself.
We are SVETLANA IGNAT: a video editing and photo finishing studio that treats your deadline as a promise. Scope in writing, feedback in notes, delivery on schedule.
One editor
One email thread from first brief to final files.
On-time habit
We would rather say "two weeks" and land in ten.
Written scope
Every project starts from a written brief, agreed before work.
No middlemen
Feedback in clear sentences, never vague adjectives.
01 — Services
Three ways we can help your project this month
Everything else we do grows out of these. Each project starts with a written brief and a quote you can actually plan around.
Color
Grading with intent
A look that belongs to your film, not a preset menu. We match scenes, build a palette, and finish in the formats your platform actually accepts.
How color works
Retouching
Finishing touch
Portraits, products and editorial work, cleaned and balanced without that plastic look. Skin stays skin, texture stays texture, and the client stays happy.
How retouching works
02 — Recent work
Recent work, short list
03 — The studio
A one-person post house, run properly.
SVETLANA IGNAT is a one-person post house, run by SVETLANA IGNAT out of Moscovei, Moldova, working with clients in fourteen countries. Small by choice — because a single careful editor, reachable by email, is usually better than a production line.
We keep the roster small so every project gets the same attention. Everything is written down, scoped, and finished.
- Written brief and scope before any work starts
- Secure file delivery and confidentiality by default
- Feedback in clear notes, not vague adjectives
6 yrsIn post
16Countries
210+Projects
50Repeat clients
04 — How it works
The process, laid out plainly
Revision
You mark notes on the draft; each one becomes an action, never a discussion.
Brief
You send links or files, the deadline and the goal. We reply with the two or three questions that actually change the quote.
Assembly
Your first cut comes back fast, built from your notes, ready for one round of honest feedback.
Handover
Final files, every format you asked for, and clean project folders you can actually navigate.
05 — Journal
Thoughts on the craft
Cutting on motion is a shortcut, not a rule
Why cutting on action can smooth a scene over and how to let the emotion set the rhythm instead.
Read the piece
When to let the grade step back
The scenes that need nothing, and how to know the difference between restraint and laziness.
Read the piece
What the client sees when you over-sharpen
The halos that announce retouching, and the fix that keeps edges honest.
Read the piece
06 — Client words
What people say after the project
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What I loved was the plain-language notes. Not "more energy" — actual instructions I could act on.
Oliver MarshMarketing lead, Bristol
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The color grade made our founder's film look like it cost five times what it did. Communication was one clear email thread.
Anna WrenCreative director, Copenhagen
Quotes reflect individual client experiences. Results vary by project and are not a guarantee of any outcome.
Ready to see your project finished?
Send the brief and the date. You get a written fixed quote back within 24 hours.