Lia Starace
Splice Girl Post

Tell me about Splice Girl Post

I am the sole owner and editor of Splice Girl Post Inc. in New York. I've been in business for 6 years. My main client is Showtime. There I edit promos, trailers and editorials for their hit shows Weeds, Californication, The Tudors and The United States of Tara as well as theatricals. Some of my other clients are VH1, MTV and Fuse Networks. There I work on ½ hour and hour long specials. I also edit documentaries for Wild Wind Productions. The projects we have completed were for Metal Blade Records and Roadrunner Records.

What tools do you use?

My primary tool is Final Cut Pro. I also edit using AVID and I do some
work with After Effects.

How did you find out about Damage?

When I was learning After Effects about 8 years ago, a facility I was
working in had some Digieffects filters and I was very impressed with
them. So when I needed to buy some for my own rig, I went straight to the
website to see what was available for what I needed.

Tell us about this latest project using Damage
My latest project was for mastervolume.com. It is a stop motion animation
company that shot and directed a video for a band called Austrian Death
Machine for Metal Blade Records. You can see the video here.
http://www.splicegirlpost.com/final_choppa.mov

Which Damage effects did you use on the project?
I used the interference and skew filters throughout. We needed to have
television screen interrupted and I wanted to give the overall video a
subtle texture. Damage was perfect for the job.

What do you like most about Digieffects tools?
I like most the ease of use and the fact that it doesn’t take too long to
render.

Would you recommend Damage to a friend or colleague?
Absolutely. I already have.