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
The edit nobody notices. The finish they remember.
At ANDREI CHESERAD, we edit video and finish photography the way we would want it done for ourselves: careful cuts, honest color, and a delivery date that means something.
Written brief
Notes in plain sentences, never vague adjectives.
One editor
We would rather say "two weeks" and land in ten.
NDA by default
Scope, price and date agreed in writing before any work starts.
Fixed quotes
You talk directly to the person doing the work.
01 — Services
Three services, one standard of care
Whatever you need finished, it starts the same way: scope on paper, price in writing, date locked.
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
Photo finishing
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
The last few projects
03 — The studio
One editor. One standard. Yours.
ANDREI CHESERAD is a one-person post house, run by ANDREI CHESERAD out of Chișinău, 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
4 yrsIn post
210+Projects
42Repeat clients
19Countries
04 — How it works
From brief to delivery, in four steps
Deposit
Half the fixed price books your slot. The balance is due with the finished files.
First cut
A rough cut built from your notes arrives quickly; then we refine in clear rounds.
Brief
Send footage or links, tell us the goal and deadline. We confirm scope and ask the two or three questions that matter.
Deliver
Final masters and every format you asked for, on the day we said.
05 — Journal
Notes from the timeline
Finding the second ending
Why the obvious exit is rarely the right one, and how to test the alternatives.
Read the piece
When clients ask for “more punch”
What they usually mean, and the honest fix that does not damage the image.
Read the piece
Keeping the eyes alive in every pass
Catchlights, iris detail and the difference between clean and lifeless.
Read the piece
06 — Client words
What people say after the project
“
The retouch on our catalogue was invisible, which is exactly the compliment we wanted.
Oksana DemchukE-commerce manager, Odessa
“
The retouching kept the wrinkles that make a portrait believable and removed the ones that made it unflattering.
Katrin EhlersEditorial photographer, Berlin
Quotes reflect individual client experiences. Results vary by project and are not a guarantee of any outcome.
Have a deadline and a pile of footage?
Send the brief and the date. You get a written fixed quote back within 24 hours.