Editing
Cut, pace, finish
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.
MAXIM IANACHIEV is a small studio for video editing and photo finishing. We cut your footage into a film that holds attention, grade it to feel like a film, and deliver it on the day we promised — not the day we get around to it.
One editor
Scope, price and date agreed in writing before any work starts.
Written scope
Fixed scope, fixed date, no surprise extras.
Plain-language notes
The fixed quote covers everything; nothing is billed later.
Direct contact
Notes in plain sentences, never vague adjectives.
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
Color that belongs
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
Detail work
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
A few recent finishes
03 — The studio
One editor. One standard. Yours.
MAXIM IANACHIEV is a one-person post house, run by MAXIM IANACHIEV out of Rîbnița, Republica 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.
Volume is not the goal. A clear schedule, a written brief, and a delivery date we keep — that is the method.
- Written brief and scope before any work starts
- Secure file delivery and confidentiality by default
- Feedback in clear notes, not vague adjectives
220+Projects
15Countries
7 yrsIn post
40Repeat clients
04 — How it works
Four steps, no surprises
Rough cut
The first cut lands quickly and we refine it in clear, numbered rounds.
First cut
A rough cut built from your notes arrives quickly; then we refine in clear rounds.
Cut
You get a first cut for feedback, then structured revision rounds until the brief is met.
Rough cut
A first cut comes back quickly, built from your notes, then we refine in clear revision rounds.
05 — Journal
Thoughts on the craft
The value of a deliberately slow cut
When a longer take reads as confident and when it reads as slow — and how to tell the difference.
Read the piece
The grade test is a print, not a screen
Why a look that works on a monitor can fail on paper, and how to grade for both.
Read the piece
Texture is a choice, and it should be yours
When to add grain back and how to keep it consistent across the set.
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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He told me the truth about my footage before taking the job, which is why he got the job.
Petra NovakDirector, Prague
Quotes reflect individual client experiences. Results vary by project and are not a guarantee of any outcome.
Got footage that's waiting for its final version?
Send a brief and a deadline. You'll get a fixed quote back within one working day.