Editing
Shape the story
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.
NICOLAI GRADINAR is one editor, a fixed quote, and a finished film. We handle the edit, the grade and the retouch, and we hand the final files over on the day we said.
Written scope
Your footage stays yours. Always.
Clear feedback
One person answers your emails, not a queue.
NDA by default
Feedback in clear sentences, never vague adjectives.
Reply by email
We would rather say "two weeks" and land in ten.
01 — Services
What we do, clearly and without jargon
These three cover nearly every request we receive. Each starts the same way: a written brief and a fixed quote.
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
Clean, not plastic
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 handful of recent projects
03 — The studio
A one-person post house, run properly.
NICOLAI GRADINAR is a one-person post house, run by NICOLAI GRADINAR out of Telenești, 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 don't chase volume. We take on a handful of projects each month, write everything down, and finish what we start. That's the whole method.
- Written brief and scope before any work starts
- Secure file delivery and confidentiality by default
- Feedback in clear notes, not vague adjectives
12Countries
42Repeat clients
9 yrsIn post
210+Projects
04 — How it works
From brief to delivery, in four steps
Brief
Send footage or links, tell us the goal and deadline. We confirm scope and ask the two or three questions that matter.
Review
You comment in plain notes; we turn each note into an edit, not an argument.
Final files
Masters, all formats, captions and a change summary — delivered on the committed date.
Deposit
Half the quote holds your slot. The rest falls due on delivery.
05 — Journal
Thoughts on the craft
The pause that makes a scene breathe
Where to leave silence, and why the empty second often says more than the line before it.
Read the piece
The delivery is part of the grade
Saturation, contrast and the screen the client watches on — the finish that survives delivery.
Read the piece
Retouching that survives a client's zoom-in
Natural skin, honest texture, and the settings you should never trust to 100.
Read the piece
06 — Client words
A word from recent clients
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They understood that less is more on our brand film and delivered exactly that.
Pavel SokolovFounder, Orhei
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The fixed quote meant no awkward invoice conversation at the end. I paid exactly what he said, once.
Milan HorvatFounder, Zagreb
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 a brief and a deadline. You'll get a fixed quote back within one working day.