The Editblog

Avid has a great PDF whitepaper on digital cinema workflows.

Talking Post is a great new post production podcast.

More good stuff about being an editor mom.

This is an eye opening article about audio sync and DSLRs.

There’s academic pricing now for the great Baselight plugins.

Here’s a free Adobe After Effects CS6 keyboard shortcut guide.

Is there really gonna be a new Thunderbolt chassis shipping soon?

Saturday Night Live is using Adobe CS6 for fast turnaround.

Standing at a desk is a good thing.

Here’s a great article on After Effects techniques for editors.

Was there ever any doubt that RED’s new MEIZLER Module would support ProRes? Nope. Dig in for talk of ProRes 4444.

If you need workflows for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera then this might help.

Many people have never heard Stanley Kubrick speak.

Why the programmer behind the GoPro Protune update always shoots ProTune. Speaking of GoPro the HERO3 launch event was a lot of fun. And if you want the scoop on GoPro’s new frame mount then watch this.

There was a recent update on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera shipping delays.

Don’t for get about all those Adobe Media Encoder CS6 presets that are available for download. Adobe also has some cool tech that might some day help with editing interview.

The poll in this article says FCPX is the future of non-linear editing.

If you need some Firewire workarounds then read this.

More discussion of Apple moving away from towers for pro.

Links from Twitter:

“He was a voracious reader and I will divulge that was a subscriber to ‘Cat World’” j.mp/UE17Ft #kubrick

— blatherskyte (@blatherskyte) November 15, 2012

I have posted another how to on my blog site I hope you like it. Please retweet!Tutorial Number 3 alanedwardbell.com/wordpress/?p=31

— Alan Bell (@AlanEBell) November 9, 2012

The history of Color Correction, see how many you remember?: lnkd.in/Bkt7sx

— Warren Eagles (@warreneagles) November 8, 2012

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Halloween is over and hopefully you have you machines backed up.

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Adobe has clarified exactly where they stand on Cinema DNG.

If you’re an editor with a family then this is a great read.

If you’re using Autodesk Smoke for Mac 2013 then here’s a survey for you.

Did you know you could opt out of Apple’s iAds targeting you?

Premiere Pro can do “smart rendering” and Adobe wrote an article about it.

Avid had a webinar about AVX connectivity to Media Composer and some tools that use it.

There’s some good info in this article on using DNxHD and ProRes.

Avid Media Access is morphing into Avid Media Authoring.

Blend modes are an important thing for editors to use and know about.

Here’s a nice discussion on workflow while editing a documentary project.

This 48 year old woman edits porn and Forbes has an article about her.

These 10 TED talks for filmmakers are a good watch.

Histograms are all around us. Here’s how to read them.

Links from Twitter:

YouTubers feel betrayed as Hollywood pros invade tgam.ca/Di7T via @globeandmail iPhone app

— Warren Frey (@freyburg) October 6, 2012

Looks like podcasting may be on the rise again… Unexpected streaming entertainment of 2012 Bonnier AB ow.ly/e6NTG

— Richard Harrington (@rhedpixel) October 3, 2012

Here’s a gem. A guide to understanding (and hopefully coping) with H264 gamma issues in QuickTime: vitrolite.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/qui…

— Andy Mees (@andymees) September 28, 2012

Apparently you don’t need to hack the supported GPU text file to enable hardware MPE in @adobepremiere: forums.adobe.com/thread/1074548

— Jon Chappell (@digitalreb) October 5, 2012

Interesting FInal Cut Server replacement.axlevideo.com/about.html

— Philip Ohler (@themacdaddy) September 26, 2012

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It’s that time again. That is if you only do it once a month.

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Avid Media Composer 6.5 is out. I kicked the tires on it last week.

Premiere Pro 6.0.2 is out as well.

These are some good Avid AMA practices to practice.

Here we have a Mac editor mulling over a Windows migration.

Will Adobe overtake Apple in the world of editing?

There’s some decent tips in these 7 things I have learned about video production.

Did you see RED’s high frame rate video playback demonstration?

Maybe we can get ZFS on a Mac.

Do you need a video transcription service? Here’s 3.

If you’re been thinking about an iMac for your edit suite then read about this facility.

By now everyone’s seen these Apple iMovie and Final Cut Pro patents.

Here’s 8 great moments in the history of editing, or so the author says.

Links from Twitter:

https://twitter.com/jwidmer/status/246338873502867457

https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/244048754183909376

https://twitter.com/StudioDaily/status/240818253004431360

https://twitter.com/MediaComposer/status/240814775947366401

https://twitter.com/thinknuggets/status/238757956647264256

More Twitter links after the jump.

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Today is Backup Day! So before heading out for a Labor Day holiday get your backup on.

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If you want to work with multicam in Premiere Pro CS6 this might help.

Fantastic, quick read about all the different color grading systems available today.

So, as the MacPro stagnates the PC muscles ahead?

This might help for understanding Premiere Pro memory settings.

Adobe has an AAF importer up on their Labs site for testing.

Do you need some free legal documents for your freelancing career?

Here’s 7 great Photoshop layer tricks.

This tip for scaling and cropping in Adobe Media Encoder is nice.

You can install QuickTime Player 7 on Mountain Lion or grab the new app Pro Player to replace it.

Speaking of Mountain Lion, this survival guide is a great read for editors. There’s the little details about 10.8 too. And these 80 tips might help too.

Here’s two Final Cut Pro X workaround articles: Adding source timecode to clips and (though it’s a bit of a stretch) track based editing. And this FCPX “best of” tip might be helpful as well.

This great article might help demystify color grading in FCPX.

You can get started with Adobe SpeedGrade in this article or grab a $99 Fast Forward SpeedGrade course from FXPHD.

You can now get the Autodesk Smoke Learning Channel on iTunes.

Link from Twitter:

http://twitter.com/avidmarianna/status/228542389692821508

http://twitter.com/smvfx/status/229102841048989697

http://twitter.com/comebackshane/status/233116242855202817

Click past the jump for more links from Twitter.

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Mountain Lion is here so be sure you backup before installing. A clean install might be advisable but clean install or not be sure and back up before installing.

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Since were were last here Final Cut Pro X became one year old.

Patrick Inhofer has been doing a color grading series over at Splice Vine for the month of July. Lots of great info to read.

Like to have questions answered? Here’s 101 for the new Autodesk Smoke and 105 for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.

With Avid’s selling of it’s consumer products recently we get 5 ways Avid could stay alive. Reminds me of An Open Letter to Mr. Gary Greenfield and If I Were Appointed Avid’s new CEO.

This is a good Adobe Premiere Pro wish list.

Speaking of Adobe here’s this AAF Import for Adobe Premiere Pro Preview thing from Adobe Labs. Might help getting Media Composer sequences into Premiere Pro.

And here’s the Adobe Creative Suite documents in a PDF format if you want that.

This is a good read to learn about applying LUTs to LOG footage.

Apparently Thunderbolt cables will be expensive for a while longer.

And speaking of Thunderbolt here’s some Thunderbolt tools for editors.

To transcode or not to transcode is a big question when using Adobe Premiere Pro.

This Premiere Pro CS6 vs Final Cut Pro X benchmark test article is a good read but especially interesting is the comments.

This is a good article on the Adobe Audition CS6 Hard Limiter.

CoreMelt has a new, neat little text plugin available for free.

Classic movies as kid’s books is an enjoyable diversion.

Links from Twitter:

https://twitter.com/BuddyRoemer/status/218014403923152896

https://twitter.com/AdobePremiere/status/223071606375849984

https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/status/220330059465113601

Hit the jump for a bunch more links from Twitter in the cool new WordPress Twitter embed format. They are quite big.

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If you’re hard drives haven’t melted from the record heat as of yet then it’s probably a good idea to back them up.