The Editblog

It’s less than a week away from the next SuperMeet, this time in Boston at Stuart Street Playhouse (Radisson Hotel Boston, 200 Stuart Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116). It happens this Thursday, October 27. If you follow the SuperMeets, held around the world at this point, then they are always billed as the biggest and best yet but this particular second Boston SuperMeet might just be the best lineup yet. If you’re interested in feature films then the top of the bill is an appearance by Walter Murch. This will be Murch’s “FIRST public appearance by Oscar and BAFTA Award-winning editor Walter Murch since the launch of Final Cut Pro X” so I’m sure everyone will be on pins and needles to hear his thoughts on the new software. Prediction: He likes the underlying technology but thinks FCPX isn’t quite ready for everyone as of yet. Also on the bill is a presentation from Avid by ANDREW WEISBLUM, A.C.E., editor of both Black Swan and The Wrestler among other fine films. In addition to the feature editors there will be demos from Autodesk and DaVinci.

Those tech demos translate into the prizes as well as there’s going to be a full version of Autodesk Smoke for Mac in the “world famous raffle.” That’s a $14,995 value that’s second only the the full Resolve control surface that was given away at NAB 2011! Other raffles prizes include Avid Media Composer, an Avid Artist Color control surface, a number of goodies from Blackmagic Design, a Sidekick HD ProRes recorder and various things from Adobe, NVIDIA and other software galore. Grab your tickets soon in case this one sells out.

These are 13 memorable quotes from Steve Jobs (but beware you have to click through to every one).

Steve Jobs narrated an unaired Think Different commercial.

Mike Jones says to start acting like an amateur if you want to be a professional one day. This is a good read, good food for thought.

Everything you probably ever wanted to know about NVIDIA GPUs and what they mean for Adobe Premiere Pro is right here.

Editor Jamie Cobb writes a great piece on editing violence.

Editor Jason Konoza discusses things he’s learned about editing from Postchat. And if you don’t know about #postchat read about it here.

An interesting opinion on what Adobe might do with IRIDAS SpeedGrade.

What is the future of big color grading systems?

One editor discusses basic split edits in Final Cut Pro X.

Here’s some Thunderbolt impressions.

And here’s some help if you’re moving from Media Composer 4 to 5.

And then here’s some cross-platform, multi-NLE, tapeless transcoding workflow tips.

Great detail of what is imported into Premiere Pro from a Final Cut Pro XML.

The Cinedeck RX looks like  a nice tool for the right application.

Batch renaming clips in Adobe Bridge is one way to accomplish that task.

Did you get your copy of the new and improved (and free) Post Haste version 2.0?

Two unpaid interns have files a Black Swan lawsuit. The comments are a good read.

do videobloggers really make millions through online content?

Is this video proof that many war images are staged?

I think it’s great that iOS 5′s iMessage might cut into some cellular carrier’s crazy expensive text messaging fees.

This is a nice Lightroom Q and A.

Tower Heist is going to hit VOD just a few weeks after it hits the theatre? And speaking of Comcast they are testing some different kind of package deals.

Links from Twitter:

bcfilmmaker The Decline of Indie Movies on Netflix: Were They Amputated With the Long Tail? fb.me/1ckGIIhYR

walterbiscardi Tennessee wanted the “Footloose” production, but Georgia’s incentives and infrastructure won out. tinyurl.com/3roat2o

mikejonestv Ratio income of average Workers to CEOs around the world. This is why the USA is dying. pic.twitter.com/aZJian2h

jwidmer 6 Habits Of Highly Productive People http://ow.ly/6MOd3

entrepreneurpro Domains + logos for sale = genius: http://stylate.commikeseymour Stunning story behind the real reason we as an industry lost Kerner Optical… (great piece of journalism too)variety.com/article/VR1118…

evilschultz Great write-up on using @AvidTechnology @MediaComposerPaint Tool. community.avid.com/forums/p/97865…

chrisvisser Great @MediaComposer tip on Sync Point Editing.vimeo.com/26294093

Quantel We’ve just launched a competition to find the next big talent in the post-production world! Check it out: blog.quantel.eu/2011/10/make-m…

digitalreb 25 excellent post-production iPhone and iPad apps (including ours): premiumbeat.com/blog/25-excell…

joshpetok Very good advice from @patInhofer Tao Of Color’s Latest Blog Post: Career Advice to Keep You Earning taoofcolor.com/699/whats-your…

ThisIsSethsBlog: Seth’s Blog: The warning signs of defending the status quo bit.ly/owmox4

ryansalazar VideoProduction.com Produces Network Quality Videos for Under $300 http://ow.ly/6AfU8

alex4d New keyboard shortcuts for #fcpx audio roles bit.ly/nEeH0q

nease One of the best short films I’ve seen in a long time! “3×3″ by Nuno Rocha vimeo.com/6761817

lifehacker Have a lot of stainless steel in your house? WD-40 is a product you probably already have that cleans and protects it: lifehacker.com/5841616/use-wd…

It’s that backup day again. If you’re unsure of local backup software then this Lifehacker article compares some of the disk cloning tools for Mac.