Blog Archives

A “good news” support story concerning Electro-Voice microphones.

An interview with James Knight, Virtual Production Direction at AMD, about the new technologies of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality and the hardware needed to display them.

In a discussion at the 2016 Creative Storage Conference, I discovered the answer to: “How long can we store flash media on a shelf without losing data.”

How long should a video production company keep copies of their edited footage? Great question! Here are my thoughts.

The range of tools to create media is vast and becoming, um, vaster. How do you teach media creation to a young student who’s dreaming of Hollywood, but has a YouTube budget?

Creativity without limits creates nothing. Art requires conflict.

An interview with Brian Atton, CEO of Simian, on an extension of their media management/collaboration tools supporting 360°/VR Video.

An interview with Andrej Kostresevic, founder and CEO of Nomads.co, on the rise of OTT (Over-the-Top) distribution and its impact on content creators and filmmakers.

With graduations in full-swing, I want to share my thoughts on job hunting, interviewing and finding your next job. Technical skills are important, but only a part of the solution. These tips can help you find your next job.

A commentary on problems with cancelling Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions, with advice on what can be done to improve the process.

Larry Jordan’s announcement of new ownership for the Digital Production Buzz.

Thoughts on problems monitoring HDR video, future rumors and general media industry guesswork.

Highlights and thoughts from BVE 2016 – London. (Includes more on the developing HDR standard.)

Of all the recent decisions by Apple and Adobe, ending sales for DVD Studio Pro and Encore has caused more complaints and hardship than just about anything else they’ve done, as Tony Fleming explains in this commentary.

A look at the trends and highlights from CES 2016, with a strong focus on the future – whether that future is real or not.

An update on the latest storage trends – NVDIMM, object-storage, PCIe m.2 and encryption from Storage Visions 2016.

The status quo is tempting; but it’s a trap. Creative success lies with reinvention – discover how here.

A opinion piece of what to expect in 2016, written by Andy Marken, CEO of Marken Communications. Rest assured, he doesn’t expect 2016 to be like 2015.

It is a forlorn hope that the technology industry will slow down simply to allow us to preserve the past. Read why here.

Based on personal experience, far too many SEO companies are unreliable and incompetent, as Larry Jordan details here.

A commentary on the need for and success of ad blocking software – and its impact on the advertising and online communities; written by Andy Marken.

Thoughts on recent storage and connectivity announcements from Western Digital and ATTO Technologies.

A caution that LTO-7 marketing highlights storage and speed specs that media creators won’t be able to access.

A caution: don’t upgrade to El Capitan (Mac OS X 10.11) too soon. There are problems.

Protect yourself and your project. Know the rules and keep yourself safe. There’s more to flying a drone than buying one. This article will open your eyes.

Reflections on ad blocking software, great content, and figuring out how to finance a news-based, web business.

The things we purchased used to last forever. Today, they don’t. In bygone years, we could judge for ourselves whether something was good quality by looking at it, touching it and watching it work. Today, we can’t. Products are too complex, change too quickly, disappear. An essay on the impermanence in our life.

A commentary that students today don’t read, therefore they need training in the tools of visual communication to keep up and get ahead in the media-rich world of tomorrow.

This guest blog, by Clayton Moore, formerly of Apple, looks at the declining interest in media technology, and speculates on what this means for the future.

A blog on the expectations disconnect between buyers waiting for new products at lower prices and sellers needing revenue today to fund the development of tomorrow.

A summary of currently thinking on how and why to edit 4K (high-resolution) video, along with HDR (High Dynamic Range) and Wide Color Gamut video. Interviews with Michael Cioni, Michael Whipple and Bryan McMahan.

Thoughts on whether it makes sense to upgrade older GPU technology in iMacs or MacBook Pros.

A discussion on how change is disrupting the media industry and what we can do to survive it.

A commentary on why Apple is alienating musicians by demanding they not be paid during the launch of Apple Music. [Updated with late-breaking news that Apple changed its policy and will now pay royalties.]

An essay on ways to set client expectations, and budgets, for creative projects.

A commentary on the recent 2015 NAB Show.

I’m in London this week attending BVE 2015 – an industry trade show that draws about 15,000 attendees looking to get their hands on the latest technology. There are about 270 exhibitors here with a good amount of traffic at …

Though masquerading as a humble 27-inch iMac, Apple unleashed a monster this week: a new 5K iMac. Named the “iMac with Retina 5K Display,” it delivers 67% more pixels than a 4K display: 5,120 pixels across and 2,880 pixels high; …

“Creativity Matters.” This was the central theme at today’s Adobe Max 2014 keynote; and creativity requires collaboration. As Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO of Adobe Systems said: “In our world, design is becoming more important, not less. We need to …

A detailed explanation of how to configure your Mac or Windows system for audio or video editing.

A detailed look at Adobe’s new updates announced at IBC 2014, PLUS an extended interview with Bill Roberts, senior director product management at Adobe, about the new software.

There’s been a lot of debate since Adobe switched from a sales to subscription business model for their software. Reactions, as you can expect, were mixed, with the loudest voices coming from those who were opposed to the switch. Since …

An in-depth analysis comparing Final Cut Pro 7 with Final Cut Pro X.

Adobe today updated all their Creative Cloud applications. This article details what’s changed in their audio and video applications.

This morning, Adobe announced the release of new versions of all their Creative Cloud applications. Significant improvements have been made to Premiere, After Effects and Audition, as well as all their other apps. I’ll have a fuller report on the …

News update on Adobe canceling volume sales of CS6 versions of their software.

A series of highlights on what’s happening in the media industry two days before the start of the 2014 NAB Show.

A report on Dolby Vision – Dolby’s new enhanced dynamic range video format.

Today, Apple updated Final Cut Pro X to version 10.1 — probably the most significant update since Final Cut’s initial release. (In case you are wondering, my vote for second most significant update is version 10.0.3.) This new version sports …

Apple today announced that, starting tomorrow (12/19/13), the new MacPro will be available for order; though they did not announce more specific pricing, configurations, or a ship date. Their press release states: CUPERTINO, California―December 18, 2013―Apple® today announced the all-new …