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“When I first got started in this editing business,” he said creaking back and forth in his rocking chair, “editing video took a minimum of two quarter-million dollar videotape recorders – plus a control room – a lot of patience …

Well, Apple Insider felt there wasn’t enough stress in our lives so they published a long blog written by Prince McLean titled: “Apple Scaling Final Cut Studio to fit prosumers.” (You can read the entire article here.) Naturally, the entire …

The Digital Production Buzz wrapped up its 2010 NAB Show coverage over the weekend. During the show, our team of almost 30 staff and volunteers interviewed more than 250 people, created 36 seven-minutes News Briefs, and more than nine hours …

Just a very quick note – as it is now about 11:58 PM – that our podcast, the Digital Production Buzz is located on the trade show floor at the 2010 NAB Show as the official podcast. We are right …

In less than 48 hours, the Digital Production Buzz will start broadcasting from the floor of the 2010 NAB Show. (Currently, I’m surrounded in boxes, cables, and packing crates as we get our gear packed up and loaded it. You …

Earlier today, Data Robotics released the new Drobo FS. Drobo is a hard disk RAID family that I like a lot. Last week, I had a chance to talk with Mark Fuccio, Senior Director of Business Development for Data Robotics …

Recently, Apple released new updates for Final Cut Studio (3). Pro Applications Update 2010-01 is a revision to Final Cut Studio (2009). This update includes Final Cut Pro 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Color 1.5.2, Compressor 3.5.2, Apple Qmaster 3.5.2 and Cinema …

Adobe Systems has announced that they will be announcing ALL their new CS5 products on Monday, April 12. As a note, we will be covering their announcement on our NAB Special Reports, which you can hear as part of the …

Mark Spencer, a wizard at Apple Motion, just released a new collection for Motion. Motion’s Shape objects are incredibly versatile and powerful. You can adjust their edit points, style them using the outstanding style presets, and animate them with Shape …

PF Bentley sent me the following: My lastest project, HANA KA HOE (THE PADDLE MAKER) is now online at http://www.vimeo.com/10354055 In these days of mass production, native Hawaiian Kalani Delovio, founder of Ohana Paddles, is one of the few who …

As many of you may know, I write a monthly newsletter covering Final Cut Studio. (Sign-up for your FREE subscription here.) We are now in our sixth year of publishing, each issue generally runs around 40 pages. For many years, …

Recently, Apple released an update to its ProAps frameworks. These are behind-the-scenes utilities that provide shared resources used by all the applications. The new revisions are available via Software Update. In Apple’s announcement, they indicated that one of the things …

In case you missed it, MacWorld ran an interesting article stating that 9 of 10 documentaries nominated for Oscars this year were edited using Final Cut Pro. You can read the entire article here.

The Casual Mafia released their newest original sketch ‘The Everyday Ninja’. It’s a common story about the trials and tribulations of a ninja forced from his clan and made to suffer the everyday life of a 20-something guy. Click here …

One last report from London’s Broadcast Video Expo 2010. As I was leaving the Object Matrix booth, I met Paul Phillips, the U.K. Managing Director for Active Storage. When Apple decided to get out of the RAID business a few …

Often, the best new gear is hidden in the corners and back areas of a trade show. As I was walking the aisles of the Broadcast Video Expo in London last week, I discovered a company called Hocus Products. They …

This is a continuation of my series of Film Notes – promoting interesting films or productions. If you want to tell the world about your film – let me know and I’ll share the news. Larry LIVE BROADCAST TO SMART …

Several times a week, I get a note from a Filmmaker asking for help promoting their work. After struggling for a long while to find the best place to do this, I finally decided to post these here – under …

I mentioned Tools on Air in an earlier blog post, but now I have an audio interview to go with it. Tools on Air describes itself as “A TV Station on a Mac.” Currently, they are only distributed by NMR …

Tucked in a small corner at the Broadcast Video Expo 2010 in London was a brand-new product designed for independent producers to help them shoot in 3D — BinoRig. They were displaying a prototype of a camera mount that allows …

I’m spending the week at Broadcast Video Expo 2010 in London (well, Kensington Square, if you want to be specific.) This is the UK’s largest show focused on video production gear. If you listen to the Digital Production Buzz tonight …

I’m getting ready to head to Scotland, England, and Ireland for a two-week series of Final Cut Studio seminars. (You can read about where I’m going and what I’m discussing here.) When I’m in London, in addition to speaking at …

Today, Apple announced its new tablet – the iPad. Which is great for watching videos, but not so great at creating them. For that, we still need laptops and tower computers. With that in mind, I’m up in San Jose, …

It’s Thanksgiving in the US this week, where many of us take time off to visit friends and family. To give our staff some time off, we pre-recorded our podcast – the Digital Production BuZZ – this week. And, as …

[Update: July 15, 2021. Adobe discontinued Adobe TV several years ago. Today, I got a letter from the folks at Digiarty, makers of VideoProc, with a link to their article on why Adobe TV, and the Creative Suite software, died. …

Sorenson Media released Squeeze 6 today. Normally, I put product releases in the Latest News section of the Digital Production BuZZ website, but in this case, I have a bit more information about this product which I want to share …

Recently, Philip Hodgetts began writing about “The Death of Advertising” in his blog. His thoughts resonated with me because, like many of us, I’m looking for ways to reach new customers, and to help other companies reach new customers through …

I’ve been asked to speak at the upcoming Association of Video Professionals (AVP) conference – January 28 – 30th in Los Angeles. I’ve had the great pleasure of speaking to this group before and have always found them to be …

Apple announced a new video format, dubbed iFrame, specifically to improve the import and editing of HD images. Apple’s support site states: The iFrame Video format is designed by Apple to speed up importing and editing by keeping the content …

As part of the interviews we did during Digital Video Expo 2009 last week (click here – www.dvexpobuzz.com – for details), I spoke with Philip Hodgetts, who was presenting a conference session on client management and finding work. Given all …

If you are looking for something free to do tomorrow – Tuesday, Sept. 29 – join me at the South Coast Plaza Apple Store at 8:00 AM for a two-hour FREE presentation on the new Final Cut Studio (3). The …

One of the questions I am constantly asked is “what’s the best digital video camera?” The problem is that while I understand video formats pretty well, I don’t shoot very much. So, I don’t have the experience to pick a …

Larry Jordan and Mike Horton are bringing the Digital Production BuZZ to DV Expo – Sept. 22 – 24, 2009 – at the Pasadena Convention Center. Visit the show floor – check out the latest news – stop by our …

If you are anywhere close to Orlando, Florida, join me for WEVA 2009! WEVA (the Wedding and Event Videography Association) is holding their annual Expo at the brand-new 26-acre Hilton Orlando, in Orlando, Florida, from Sept. 14 – 17, 2009. …

In an article posted to it’s KnowledgeBase, Apple announced: “The versions of Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express listed below are compatible with Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard.” Final Cut Studio 2 Final Cut Studio (2009) Final Cut …

Several notes on compatibility with Snow Leopard that are of interest to Final Cut editors: * Panasonic P2 drivers don’t work with Snow Leopard. Some cards *may* not work either. Check Panasonic’s site for details. * Sony EX1 cards seem …

My latest Final Cut Studio newsletter is available! 45 pages – whew! – covering Snow Leopard, Final Cut Studio (3), and a whole host of reader mail. Over 36 articles, tips, and techniques in all! Here’s just a quick listing …

Apple recently posted PDF versions of the manuals for all the latest Final Cut Studio applications. You can find them here: http://support.apple.com/manuals/#professionalsoftware To see the latest manuals, scroll down into the list, don’t click the icons at the top. Also, …

For some reason Apple decided not to create a printable manual for the latest version of Final Cut. Even more confusing, the help manual is on-line – which is great as long as you are connected. But, somewhat awkward if …

I spoke with Richard Townhill, Director of Video Application Marketing for Apple, the day the new version of Final Cut Studio was released. Not only is Richard the public face of Final Cut, probably no one in Apple has more …

With the release of the latest version of Final Cut Studio, I’m already working on a detailed look at it for my next newsletter. However, that issue won’t be out for a couple of weeks. In the meantime, Bruce Nazarian …

As you may have noticed, LiveType is not included in the latest round of updates from Apple. I spoke with Richard Townhill, Director of Video Application Marketing at Apple about this and he told me that while the new version …

Because of all the news related to the new Final Cut Studio release, we are changing our coverage for the Digital Production Buzz tonight to focus on all the news. I just finished talking with Richard Townhill, Director of Video …

I got a note today from Gabe Cheifetz, head crumble at CrumblePop, about a new Final Cut filter that they’ve just released. Their press releases reads: CrumplePop today announced the availability of CrumplePop Reflector, a set of high quality reflection …

If persistence counts for anything, Michael Cinquin should get an award. By day, Michael is a free-lance editor and colorist. However, by night, he likes writing Final Cut utilities. Over the last couple of months he’s written me several times …

Scott Simmons just wrote about this on the Studio Daily blog, but this could be a great service and I wanted to let you know about it. It’s called Movie Repair. Scott writes: It looks to operate like this: if …

Michael Rubin sent me the following: I don’t know if you know me – i’ve written frequently about editing over the decades… anyway, I recently posted a link to my book DROIDMAKER, (which chronicles, among other things, the birth of …

Petrol, maker of all kinds of gear cover and carrying cases, sent me the following photograph of Richard Campbell shooting on location. Holy Smokes! To Petrol, this was an ad for their camera rain cover. To me, it was a …

Sigh… Some people spend their holidays actually taking time off. I spend it reading up on all the stuff piling up around here. Probably nothing causes more confusion in editing than trying to integrate computer images and video images. I’ve …

I love mysteries. And in the case of metadata – that is, the information about your clips, like the stuff displayed in Final Cut Pro’s Browser – it seems we have a true conundrum. Adobe, with the release of CS4, …