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An interview with Fredrik Limsater, CEO of ftrack, about their acquisition of Cospective and what it means to media creators going forward.

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Axle.ai debuts ascribe.ai, fast speech-to-text transcription through an Extension panel in Adobe Premiere Pro.

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Adobe released new apps and updates to all their applications at Adobe Max 2019 this morning. Here are the details on their audio and video apps.

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Due to an extreme shortage of LTO-8 tape, the growth of LTO stalled during 2019. The tape situation is now resolved, which means we can look forward to being able to archive our assets, as this article explains.

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Apple updates Final Cut Pro X, Motion and Compressor to support the 2019 Mac Pro. Here are the details.

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Within just a few weeks, most likely this month, Apple will release the latest version of the MacOS – Catalina. First introduced at WWDC last June, this is the latest incarnation of OS X. There are three critical things you …

An interview with Rory McGregor, CEO of Cospective, developers of cineSync, about their media review and collaboration tool.

I discovered it is WAY too easy for your email address to get hijacked. Here’s what you need to know to protect your email and your reputation – based on my personal experience.

Adobe announces “Auto Reframe” at IBC 2019. Here’s more.

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Digital Heaven releases all FCP X plug-ins for free. Here are the details, a weblink and an interview with CEO Martin Baker.

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Tips and mostly-free software you can use to improve your computer security.

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An explanation of how Massive.io can help filmmakers transfer files faster and cheaper than older services.

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Every day 3 billion images are uploaded & shared in the internet – 80% are stolen. CopyTrack provides a way for photographers to recover lost royalties. This interview with CEO Marcus Schmitt explains how this free service works.

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Before I start, let me clearly state that I have no inside information. I have not been “briefed.” These are NOT rumors. And I don’t know anything that you don’t know. Still, I was just thinking….

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track Review, a Cloud-based review and approval platform, is released. Here are the details.

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Avid moves its media creation tools to The Cloud in partnership with Bebop Technology. Here are the details on this annoucement.

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Significant announcements from Filmlight, Assimilate, Telestream, ColorFront, MTI Film and Grass Valley support Apple ProRes RAW.

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Illustrated details on Adobe’s latest updates (April 3, 2019) to Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC, Audition CC and Character Animator.

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An illustrated and detailed tour of how the Digital Production Buzz will produce and webcast 27 live shows in 3.5 days direct from the 2019 NAB trade show floor.

Adobe provides more details on what media codecs will be supporting in future versions of the macOS, as emailed to Larry Jordan.

Here’s is Avid’s more detailed response to Apple discontinuing support for older 32-bit media codecs, as emailed to Larry Jordan.

Blackmagic Design responds to questions about Apple discontinuing support for older media codecs in upcoming versions of the macOS with a relatively weak response.

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Convergent Design’s Apollo multicamera recorder has a special feature that allows easy transfer of multicam files from the Apollo to Apple Final Cut Pro X.

How to find workflow extensions for Apple Final Cut Pro X.

A detailed look at the new, 2018, Mac mini with an emphasis on video editing. We look at speeds, but, more importantly, we look at real-world results.

Apple releases free new versions of Final Cut Pro X, Motion and Compressor. Here are the details.

Drobo launched their fastest storage system this morning – the 8D. Here are the details.

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A detailed look at the new Mac mini (2018) and how to best configure it for video editing.

Details on Adobe’s latest updates to the audio and video applications: Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe After Effects CC, Adobe Audition CC, Character Animator and Adobe Stock.

Maxon releases the latest version of Cinema 4D – Release 20. Here are the details of what’s in their newest release.

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Apple released a minor bug-fix update to Final Cut Pro X to version 104.3. Here are the details.

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Adobe announces Project Rush: Integrated video editing across all devices, optimized for new users and social media.

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An introduction to a new web service called “Audioburst,” which allows content creators to index their audio content so that end users can use standard text searches to find information stored in audio files. The service is free – here’s what you need to know.

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A collection of new products for media creators announced at the 2018 NAB Show from companies you may not have heard about.

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Apple releases an update to ProRes called “ProRes RAW.” Here’s what you need to know about it.

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Apple announces free updates to Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5 and Compressor 4, add captioning, ProRes RAW and bug fixes.

An in-depth first look at the new features and operation of Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.4.

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Apple reveals the next version of Final Cut Pro X – 10.4 – at the FCPX Creative Summit. Here is some of what’s being reported.

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An in-depth look at a new application that allows creating custom keyboard shortcuts on an iPad which can control any application on an attached Mac.

This is a short-term caution for media creators about upgrading too soon to the High Sierra version of macOS, including how to turn OFF automatic upgrading.

News on Adobe’s latest product updates for Fall, 2017, for Premiere, After Effects, Audition, Character Animator, and Adobe Stock; plus Adobe Sensei. All with links.

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An illustrated and detailed look at a new automated service for transcribing media files into text – Simon Says.

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Apple announces upcoming support for VR in Final Cut Pro X and Motion, along with new H.265 compression in Compressor.

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Adobe updates all their Creative Cloud media applications in their Spring, 2017, release. This is an illustration description of what’s new.

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Apple updated Final Cut Pro X, Motion and Compressor. Here’s a list of what’s new.

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Articles you may have missed during the holidays, with a special emphasis on the 2016 MacBook Pro.

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AMD announces major new updates to its Radeon graphics software. Here are the details and links to the free downloads.

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Big NEWS! Apple updates Final Cut Pro X to version 10.3. Here are the inside details.

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NAB is always an exciting show – filled with new things to discover, explore or learn. While NAB can mark the start of a new industry revolution, this year’s show felt more evolutionary than revolutionary. Still, there was lots to see …

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Larry Jordan talks with Bill Roberts, Senior Director of Product Management, Adobe Systems, about Adobe’s latest news and updates to their Creative Cloud suite of programs.

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