The Editblog

Media Composer 5 upgrade prices going up on October 1, 2010—act now to take advantage of current pricing: http://bit.ly/ahLlBA

Alexis Van Hurkman has a great wrap-up to IBC 2010. He talks talks about loving the nodes in DaVinci Resolve.

I really think that Resolve is kinda like our Alexa.

Warren Eagles wrapped up IBC as well.

And DaVinci Resolve for Mac is shipping btw.

Is Final Cut Pro reaching a tipping point in its lack of updates?

Speaking of FCP updates, Apple did release an update this week.

Is your FCP install this stable?

Shane Ross has been doing some great FCP tutorials lately.

AETUTS has opened a marketplace!

We gotta store all that file based media somewhere, somehow.

This Hackintosh idea could give us all a few more PCI slots.

Bookmark this After Effects CS5 tutorial series for beginners if you need it.

Here’s a talent release form that might come in handy as well as some free digital video e-books.

This is a great how-to for a cool Lexus commercial.

I want a Playstation Move, here’s a review.

I love the show Weed and reading about the edit.

Amidst all the Resolve talks, here’s a nice discussion on grading a movie with Apple Color.

And maybe there will be an iPad Color control app.

Maybe there are some solutions for FCP’s media management issues.

18 Awesome Gadgets For A Video Production Specialist To Have. OK.

Links from Twitter:

thedailyMUBI Spike Lee on the opening of 25th HOUR @ArtoftheTitle http://bit.ly/9Gd3m2

MartinBeek Sold my Canon 7D: explaining why…: http://wp.me/pre7n-9G

leolaporte http://bit.ly/dCLk1E is what Delicious could have been if Yahoo hadn’t neglected it. And it syncs with Delicous. I’m using it full time now.

FCPDaily: Avoid subpixels in #FinalCutPro to keep images looking crisp and clean! http://bit.ly/cBlG4q #FCP

ilovehue With XML import too! RT @deanand: #R3D REDcineX build 320 with R3D trim, new REDlog Film, S3D, and more http://bit.ly/aJWqtS

millimeter_mag H.264 for the Mac: Compressor versus x264 http://ow.ly/2Avkx

nprmusic The Making Of The New Arcade Fire Video http://n.pr/caCtAO

StudioDaily RT @Createasphere: Is Werner Herzog’s new 3-D documentary a huge forward leap or total folly? http://lat.ms/bPhw49

digitalreb Interesting thread – The unbelievable slowness of Compressor encoding: http://bit.ly/cdl56b

digitalreb If you own a 2010 Mac Pro, you need to boot into 32-bit mode to use your Avid dongle: http://bit.ly/bMoRK5

digitalreb Found a strange process running on your system? Here’s a great reference site: http://bit.ly/dysTiv

Lightroom Learn when to use a Filter vs. a Smart Collection in #Lightroom: http://bit.ly/c3a82U

Mewshop Final Cut Pro Blog – Vimeo Settings For Final Cut Pro: To read the full article please click here. http://bit.ly/cNcYz6

PeterWiggins 20 Final Cut Pro plugin tutorials http://tinyurl.com/3xozawv

CounterCultureP Flipbook for Arri Alexa: Check out the flip book from Arri for the Alexa.
Shoot > Edit > ALEXA. http://bit.ly/9Tf7l6

AdobePremiere Paul Trani shows how to apply effects and save effect presets: http://bit.ly/aMATq2 details of effect presets:… http://fb.me/Gw1KkrVk

ebertchicago Christiane Kubrick speaks about Stanley and their marriage of 41 years. http://j.mp/9CzmVa

justwinston Read two articles about the Pharmaceutical industry in the past couple days. Horrifying stuff: http://links.wnstn.com/

GuyKawasaki The price tags of 8 famous brand redesigns http://holykaw.alltop.com/the-price-tags-of-8-famous-brand-redesigns

Lifehacker How to Always Get to the Airport On Time http://lifehacker.com/5628154/

TEDTALK Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself http://bit.ly/cII95M

Filmbot 2001 :A Space Odyssey- Doco from Douglas Trumbull http://bit.ly/c9htFJ

Finally (and predictably):

stevensantos Congress trying to quietly kill a bill that would cut their pay http://bit.ly/dfQGzl I wrote all my member of Congress about this for comment and not a single word back.

If you’re heading to Amsterdam for IBC 2010 then you’ve probably got your plans well underway. This will be one of the big events for editors and post-production professionals as the 3rd Annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet will take place at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. The particular SuperMeet looks interesting as you read over the agenda as it says “yes, FCS fans, there will be plenty of Final Cut Studio magic on stage as we intend to devote an entire half of the show to Final Cut Studio.” My how times and products have changed as a Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet specifically mentions that part of the show will be dedicated to Final Cut Studio! While that’s expected I would be most looking forward to the Smoke on Mac and DaVinci Resolve for Mac that will be featured as part of the show. Add Avid to that list and you can indeed see how focus has shifted at these events … and for the better IMHO.

Get the full agenda and rundown of the event at the official SuperMeet page. You can also check out the huge list of prizes to be given out at the raffle including 3 copies of DaVinci Resolve Mac and a ton of Blackmagic hardware. If you’re lucky you can win some good stuff. Here’s the details:

• Where? – The Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky
  Winter Garden and Grand Ballroom
  Dam 9. 1012 JS Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
  Click HERE for map.
  
• When? – Sunday 12.9.2010 – 19:00 – 23:00 (Doors open 16:30)
  
• How Much? – €15.00 General Admission and €10.00 for Students (€20.00 at door)
  Includes 2 raffle tickets per person. Tickets go on sale 1.7.2010
• Any raffle prizes? – Of course. €2.00 per raffle ticket or 3 for €5.00
  
• Who should attend? – Everyone who wants to learn more about Final Cut Studio, digital filmmaking and meet others who may know more than you do.
  
• Food and Drink? - Food (free) and Cash Bars will be available to enjoy a few cocktails!

So it looks like DaVinci Resolve for Mac may be shipping soon. Blackmagic has posted a configuration guide (pdf link) so it must be getting close. Of course you’ll want your Mac freshly backed up before you install it.