Magic Bullet Colorista II shipped and I wrote a review of it over at the Editblog on PVC. I also wrote a little discussion about a sloppy Final Cut Pro timeline.

Oliver Peters again discusses RED post, the easy way. And if you haven’t read his discussion about levels in Avid vs. FCP then click over right now.

Intelligent Assistance has introduced prEdit that lets you make a rough cut from transcribed footage. Could be a nice way to get a radio edit … fast.

Shane Ross has a great post about his workflow on a recent job.

If you’ve ever needed to change the font of multiple text clips in FCP then this plug-in is for you.

These 31 vfx breakdowns are a great learning tool.

DPs and Colorists have a special relationship.

Want to know how to publish an iBook?

So you can install iMovie 6 without iLife 08, if anyone was wondering.

Walter Biscardi took a visit to Flanders Scientific. Man I want one of those monitors.

Here’s 10 good tips for a better editing experience.

Ohh that clarity slider in Lightroom can be a good thing. And speaking of Lightroom here’s 8 steps to craft a good image.

You really can get an eSATA port on an iMac.

The Canon 7D gets a firmware update. Now when do we get better audio like the 5D?

It’s fun to look at show reels. They can be inspiring.

I love this idea about a Mac Mini Pro.

The world’s largest digital photo.

Why is urban decay so much fun to look at?

Links from Twitter:

AdobePremiere Here is part one of the Premiere Pro vs Final Cut Pro Shootout live stream  http://fb.me/xq8dPJep

cinerebel Wanting to get into After Effects, but feel overwhelmed? Here’s ten free tutorials to get you started. http://ow.ly/2orXJ

borisfx New Product: Transfer Apple Final Cut Pro Sequences to Avid Media Composer: http://www.borisfx.com/AAF/

matymartel Wicked: How to Build Your Own Tilt-Shift Lens for Just $10 http://bit.ly/c0SzMq

videoguys How to Unlock Adobe Premiere CS5 to use almost any NVIDIA graphics card with CUDA acceleration http://bit.ly/9wZfkC

digitalreb Apple is looking at improving Final Cut Studio gamma accuracy: http://bit.ly/ddSIwF

artguillotine The man who put the Pro in Final Cut http://bit.ly/csvdfe (it’s a vid)

michaschmidt I just liked “Canon 7D vs. Barbie Video Girl” on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/13992345

TheGenesisProj Don’t take Adobe’s word for it – check out Tom’s Hardware on CS4 vs. #CS5. Real numbers that are amazing – http://bit.ly/c7e3vC

artguillotine Alter your system to work better for you as an editor http://bit.ly/anKdBv

paulzadie How to be Insanely Productive and Still Keep Smiling http://tumblr.com/xxbepwe6i

creattica Send To Dropbox is a beautiful, simple way to email files to your Dropbox http://enva.to/bmuP7E

jwidmer LinkedIn adds the ability to showcase your work with the Portfolio App! http://ow.ly/2kzOQ

iGert Playhead for Final Cut Pro/Express http://bit.ly/b602f6

nicholaspatten Is Google Watching You? New Plugin Will Let You Know. http://bit.ly/9b0cR1

mozhenko Image Stabilization in Avid Media Composer http://bit.ly/bvJnYE

thomasberglund Good discussion about the art of editing: http://bit.ly/ainU2N

philiphodgetts Announcing The Terence and Philip Show http://bit.ly/b9E8Yg Terry Curren and my irreverent views on Apple, Adobe, Avid and post production

millimeter_mag Stabilizing Your Video Footage with Red Giant Software Magic Bullet Steady and Boris Continuum Optical Stabilizer Mac http://ow.ly/2e01h

DigitalNashvlle Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Changing Careers http://ht.ly/2dJ5N

fcpworld Useful and FREE #FCP Plug-ins from David Heidelberger http://bit.ly/apafxR Clip Labeler!

NateOrloff The Editorial Cliff (and Why You Should Always Jump Off It): http://wp.me/pM5Yr-1s

thedvshow If this article isn’t offensive to video professionals I don’t know what is: http://bit.ly/9Pee0B

thedvshow very cool Video-Asset Management plugin for Lightroom users: http://bit.ly/c0V3rz

jwidmer LinkedIn adds the ability to showcase your work with the Portfolio App! http://ow.ly/2kzOQ

GetPhonetic I uploaded a YouTube video — Search your indexed media in get for Final Cut Pro http://youtu.be/3ZFKEAXMa34?a

And finally … damn this is a funny Orchestra Fail:

Bookmark the Tao of Color Grading if you’re interesting in that sort of thing.

Automatic Duck has released a new version of Pro Import AE and I wrote a review of it.

The July fxphd term is out and about.

And a bit more discussion “about that DaVinci Thing…”

Here’s lots if great info about time-stretching and remapping.

So you can hack Premiere Pro to work with more nVidia cards.

And a number of Adobe help documents have been updated as well.

And for some reason YouTube is now working with 4K material.

And speaking of YouTube, have you seen their YouTube Video Editor.

Damn the interlaced footage but at least aetuts tries to demystify it.

Unshake tries to make blurry photos a bit less that’a way.

If you follow RED you might be interested in Jannard’s Questions… answer thread.

And here’s a good RedUser discussion of Media Composer 5 and RED Rocket.

Everyone can use 55 free After Effects plug-ins.

You gotta love Photoshop CS5′s new refine edge.

You can try and fake FCP into an Avid-like 4-up display for slip editing if you want.

Have you heard of the Norrkross Movie video editing application? Me neither.

Here’s a good piece on RED in Media Composer 5 to Avid DS.

And here’s a good presentation about things you can or can’t fix in post.

Post Magazine has a review of the Matrox MXO2 Mini.

Pay with a Tweet and get this great Archiving for Indies article.

The short film is dead?

Here’s some good commentary for beginning filmmakers to read.

Ars Technica reviews Lightroom 3 so you know it’s a good review.

Links from Twitter:

AdobePremiere **AVCHD EDITORS** I’m still getting a fair amount questions on AVCHD editing so I thought I’d post a quick… http://fb.me/Chd7Ydva

artguillotine Lev Kuleshov’s book is available for FREE!!! A must for film editors: http://bit.ly/bVZoil #filmediting

nicholaspatten 7 Personality Types of Clients Today.http://bit.ly/c7NY8W

NewTeeVee Vimeo Adds Creative Commons Licensinghttp://dlvr.it/2Zq49

flippantfilms I got my Iphone 4 two weeks ago and have been looking for some great filmmaker apps for it. Check out this list http://bit.ly/9nTHaW

latenitefilms Interesting Read >> Why Invest In a Movie?http://bit.ly/whyinvest

schnittman Adobe integrates tutorials inside CS5 with The Knowledge Panel. http://bit.ly/9Zgwx0

silveradosys [Working for free] Next time someone wants something from YOU free just to give credit on your REEL, make them watch: http://bit.ly/chRf2k

digitalreb Interesting link – The Myths of Displays and Monitors: http://is.gd/chJdP

sorensonmedia Sorenson 360 Pay-As-You-Go pricing to fit your needs: http://bit.ly/9ILBWS

str8photography Amazing Light Paintings or Long Exposurehttp://ow.ly/1LnrL

BrianJKim 100 free and useful Mac Appshttp://bit.ly/cOMWue

nicholaspatten Smoking Hot Mac Interface Design: 30 Stunning Apps. http://bit.ly/dsVmPw

rhedpixel Adobe DSLR Class Archive Onlinehttp://bit.ly/9hMlnf From my blog – http://bit.ly/c9J55y

AvidTechnology everything students and educators need to know about Avid MediaComposer for academic institutions on Avid.com: http://bit.ly/dlFhiB

brucesharpe Cheat Sheet Tip: Sync Multiple Camerashttp://is.gd/dutCG

post_magazine See Jonathan Moser’s Q&A with Avid COO Kirk Arnold about present & future status of the company on Post Magazine’s site http://bit.ly/dkigs3

justinb72 #FCP #AVID and a bunch more shortcut guides. Very cool: http://bit.ly/aAgg6M

And some totally fun off-topic links:

You can make your own voicemail message from the Old Spice Guy and look at some Awkward Stock Photos.

Avid Media Compsoer 5.0 has shipped and there’s articles all over the ‘net about it:

I took a tour around some of the interface changes while Kevin P McAuliffe wrote a review over at PVC. Share Ross looks at it from A Frog’s Eye View. Dylan Reeve had one of the first reviews on the ‘net. Editor Job ter Burg looks at some of the smaller things in v5. Steve Cohen discusses it too. A very long and detailed article about the path to Media Composer can be read here. And there’s a whole bunch of training videos up on Avid’s website so grab the free, full-featured 30 day demo and check it out.

Norman Hollyn has taken the Media Composer 5 discussion a step further than a simple review. Oliver Peters has done the same thing and they are both great reads.

Newmediawebinars.com is having two DSLR webinars: DSLR Filmmaking Production Reality Check on June 17 and DSLR Filmmaking Post Workflows on June 22. The Post webinar will be hosted by me.

June 25 is a big Final Cut Pro User Group Network SuperMeet in Boston. That’s not far away so grab your tickets!

Here’s a nice techy discussion on Drop Frame Timecode and come conversion code if you’re so inclined.

This is a great article on managing audio layers in FCP.

CineTechnica has listed a few HDSLR rig alternatives.

Check out this article on Dirty Editing and may your timeline never be so sloppy again.

So the iPhone’s not the only cell phone that can edit video …. and speaking of Editing from Airplanes and iPhones.

Do you hate it when you click over to Compressor and all the windows don’t jump back to the front?

Magic Bullet Grinder was release for converting your H264 DSLR footage and several of us wrote pieces about it around the web.

If you’re familiar with PluralEyes then you might be interested in the DualEyes beta that is a standalone version. It’s PC only right now.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 has shipped and The Lightrooom Lab has a number of articles about the new features, buying and upgrading.

What all can HTML5 do? Apple has some examples.

ReelPost is a new website for posting your reel and networking with other editors … maybe find an editor or find a job?

Wanna see a YouTube video that was compressed over and over, like 1000 times?

You should check out the great Get Faster in Final Cut Pro series that the You Down With FCP blog is doing.

This is a nice reduser.net post about one person’s reasons that 1080p isn’t enough.

You never know when you might need some handwritten fonts. Here’s 63.

This is indeed a big collection of Avid information and tutorials (it’s a big pdf btw). I hope it will be updated soon for version 5.0.

Want some iPad droplets for Compressor?

Links from Twitter:

Rydirector The 23 weirdest movies! Now we’re talking!http://ow.ly/1Xrrj

fcpworld Avid Frame of Reference Chart. Very handy. Hey, thanks Avid! http://bit.ly/9tKgpT

michaschmidt HD to SD DVD – a “secret” Workflow « …a FinalCutPro user’s Blog http://tumblr.com/xeqb6i8ah

artguillotine Check out this article on Cutting a scene based on emotions: http://bit.ly/1jIkzv

rhedpixel If you missed my free e-seminar on Adobe CS5 workflow for DSLR video… you can watch it here for free:…http://bit.ly/9phMI4

Lifehacker The Hassle-Free Guide to Ripping Your Blu-Ray Collection http://lifehacker.com/5559007

andybeach RT @a_saliga: Embed Vimeo videos. Play on iPad. Repeat.  http://bit.ly/b8oqH2

michaschmidt HD to SD DVD – a “secret” Workflow « …a FinalCutPro user’s Blog http://tumblr.com/xeqb6i8ah

yohance_brown workarounds for two issues with ProRes colors in After Effects #CS5: http://bit.ly/ax6BBDhttp://bit.ly/9VnNDK

IRGnews Time-lapse Video of Los Angeles Without Any Cars.http://bit.ly/bl4qbB

Filmbot new RED color science, and how to make it all work with After Effects CS5 and Premiere Pro CS5http://bit.ly/bfqaUW

PeterWiggins Photoshop CS5 – Puppet Warp turns a Frown into a Smile (ok a slightly odd one)http://tinyurl.com/34pesux

videoguys Matrox MXO2 family and Adobe CS5 support: Over the past few days there has been some confusion … http://bit.ly/aFfOLj

thedvshow 10 Final Cut Pro Features Express Will Never Have – Until Now http://bit.ly/af6BKK

shepherdfx Photos from the Deepwater Horizon sitehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/x180/sets/72157624175670303/

If you didn’t know that Nashville experienced Biblical flooding the first weekend of May then (and you may not know) … well, we did. And cleanup is well underway.

So there’s been this big debate recently about H.264 licensing that comes with your video camera.

Fini has a great list of color correction edumacation resources.

And A.C.E. member has written about the end of Final Cut (for him).

What if you had to cut 5 one-hour episodes in a week?

The Foundry is releasing a new product called Storm.

And Oprah is starting a documentary club that might be a game-changer?

Been wondering about moving from Avid to FCP to get to Color?

If you want to know a bunch of Avid console commands then look here but be very careful with them.

Want to know how to compress video for the iPad?

You apparently can make an Edit Change list in Final Cut Pro.

Here’s a great article on learning …. and why we resist it.

Don’t forget about Post Haste to help organize your editing assets.

Ahhhh the L-cut.

And ahhh so color grading is done on a proper monitor! I’m amazed that some don’t know this.

Jon Chappell talks about aperture changes in Compressor 3.5.

So some of the Photoshop CS5 tricks have been available in GIMP.

Here’s a couple of CS5 videos: Dynamic Link and Adobe Media Encoder.

And there’s a handy After Effects rendering droplet.

Filmcontracts.net has about every film contract you can think of.

This is a nice roundup of several Avid Media Composer 5.0 videos.

If you’re wondering about the Canon 7D vs. T2i video mode controls then check out this link.

And speaking of MC 5.0, check out Shane Ross talking about the announcement.

Seems there’s a free iPad film slate out there.

If you’re presenting with an iPad and Keynote then this is worth a read.

Really? A toe mouse/flip flop mouse? I must have one.

Engadget has a rechargeable battery shootout.

Here’s a Nikon D90 shot short film that was sent to me and one of the better looking D90 pieces I’ve seen.

And then there’s 100 useful and free Mac apps.

And any stuff from Dr. Strangelove is worth looking at right?

Links from Twitter:

philiphodgetts: Unbundling channels to programs or apps.http://bit.ly/9mLUxV Inveitable consequnce of unbundling trend of the Internet

hughmacd: Facebook’s Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline :http://is.gd/bSQF4 (is.bd would be better for that link. is certainly not gd.)

WBCareers: Wondering what a Preditor is? It’s a combo of producer & editor. http://bit.ly/9ef078

VisionWrangler: Why DVXUser & REDUser can seem like Sheltered Workshops at times: http://bit.ly/cx0hMO Via @EOSHD

ThadNurski: Uh oh. If you downloaded The Hurt Locker illegally, you might be in trouble. http://bit.ly/cgFukL

ditzkoff: All-star grp of documentary filmmakers sends open letter supporting Crude director Joe Berlinger in case vs Chevron - http://nyti.ms/aEVAHp

NewMediaDude: Are more cores better for post-production? http://bit.ly/aqOMro

Quantel: More info about the new V5 software release, which is proving very popular…http://tinyurl.com/385h8zl

mjeppsen: Designing an app for the iPad? You MUST read this usability study. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad.html

cinemaminima: The herculean struggle to get Terrence Malick’s THE THIN RED LINE to the screen http://j.mp/9YaSwu

tieguy: terrific visualization of facebook’s default privacy settings: http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/

FCPDaily: Using the browser’s “Find” function to increase organization and efficiency http://tinyurl.com/2c9nnha

saracollaton: Blog post: Why I left MobileMe and switched to Google Sync & @SpanningSync http://bit.ly/bFt8Ok

schnittman: Cool. Avid introduces a series of webinars, including mixer of LOST and a tour of Molinaire.http://bit.ly/9LPdEd

avidtips: Fairly solid article calling Steve Job’s recent open letter about Flash hypocritical http://bit.ly/blgxCm

andybeach: Announcing the first free software Blu-ray encoder http://bit.ly/97T2dx

chrisfenwick: Canon 5DMK2, 7D & T2i Timecode, how to LOG it in the field, a great trick for logging timecode during a shoot. http://bit.ly/9foRxb

mediastudio: How to Calibrate Color for the Webhttp://bit.ly/c8FzmH

poetzero: New post: Hollywood’s Rule of 28 (http://bit.ly/91Yykd)

bcfilmmaker: Do you know what is expected of a film/TV director in pre-production? http://su.pr/2sOKML

And finally:

trustthedust: I LOVE this. Haters gonna hate. http://bit.ly/bKJ11O

FreshDV has all the video coverage from NAB 2010 so there won’t be a lot of links here as they cover almost everything cool.

Pro Video Coalition posted a lot in NAB RealTime as well.

The big Adobe CS5 launch is all right here.

Avid introduced Media Composer 5. Here’s a good, shaky feature video.  Avid also did a “cloud” based, online browser based editing demo that was very cool. A podcast is available here.

You can now get a Matrox MXO2 Mini and have it work with the Media Composer 5.

DaVinci Resolve is now cheap. There’s a COW discussion on using it with a RED Rocket as well.

Hmm, an HD field monitor made especially for DSLRs.

Maybe there will be an iPad color grading surface.

This new Arri Alexa digital cinema camera will be at NAB and have it’s own conference session.

Walter Biscardi talks about those 3 A’s of post.

As always Oliver Peters has some great random impressions of NAB 2010. Discrete Cosine does too.

And check out the archived stream of the SuperMeet here. Yes you can see the Final Cut Pro product manager stand on-stage and say he has a secret but then proceed to tell the audience no secret at all.

And for iPad:

If you haven’t read the exhaustive iPad user manual under your Safari bookmarks on the iPad here’s the online pdf version.

Of course they asked if the iPad will blend.

The iPad for video businesses.

These are 8 great cool iPad wallpaper pranks.

Here’s an iPad piece about Final Cut Pro and screen sharing.

Camera for iPad looks cool.

Want to see an iPad being torn down?

A nice 48-point iPad review after 72 hours.

WordPress made an iPad app and shows you how they did it.

Of course iLounge did an iPad review.

The iPad pixel doubling if iPhone apps is addressed in this article.

iDisplay looks like a cool way to extend your desktop if it really works.

TechCrunch’s best iPad apps at launch.

Word also came that the legendary editor Dede Allen passed away over the weekend. The Fine Cut has a nice collection of YouTube clips to celebrate her career.

Transcriptize looks sweeeeet, and ingenious.

So Cineform is now realtime in Final Cut Pro. I must try this out.

Videoguys talks about Avid’s Mix-and-Match feature in Media Composer.

Here’s a nice post on a 7D/5D workflow.

An interesting FCP 6 vs FCP 7 speed test.

So Paramount Pictures is going to back 10 $100,000 movies a year. Nice.

You can download some RED Mysterium R3D files if you want. And maybe play with them in the new, paid version of Clipfinder.

Here’s 28 mocha tutorials.

They say you should avoid using subpixels in FCP.

Avid has posted their chat with part of the Avatar editorial team.

You can use Redcine X to create files for Avid Media Composer.

This is a nice post on an effect shot in the making.

Final Cut Pro has something similar to Avid’s Select Media Relatives.

The 2010 State of the Edit.

Euphonix MC  Colors have shipped and reviews are popping up. I’ll have mine in a few weeks.

Here’s a couple of Applescripts for FCP editors. Haven’t tried them.

There’s 3 lenses every photographer should own.

Links from Twitter:

ebertchicago My all-time top tweet, “the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.” http://j.mp/7B7xbG

Dr0id CUTTING ON EMOTION: A CONVERSATION WITH FILM EDITOR MICHAEL R. MILLER http://tinyurl.com/y86vgal

AshleighWright Griptools remote. Free iPhone app to rotate objects in #cinema4d (via @jamesrickards)

kahel Huge congrats to H5 for Best Animated Short! See Logorama in full here: http://bit.ly/Logorama

tylerginter James Cameron on TED!!!!!! A must watch – Before Avatar … a curious boy | Video on TED.comhttp://bit.ly/d4CwJq

rhedpixel Learn how to organize images with #Aperture – free tutorial for #photogs and video pros –http://bit.ly/c0nojX

markspen Who needs an editor, motion graphics designer, sound designer, etc. anymore? http://animoto.com/

PeterWiggins Got a DSLR ? Then learn how to lighthttp://tinyurl.com/24somc

avidscreencast Create a bunch of titles automatically with Marquee’s Autotitler. http://avidscreencast.com/asc17

gwc11713 Cool Mac App. Mazaika, extremely fast photo mosaic app that produces a composite image from hundreds of smaller images. http://tr.im/GWCMUP

paulzadie Want some free Aperture 3 presets?http://bit.ly/cVrNTU #aperture #photography

weynandtraining You may not use Asymmetrical trimming a lot. But you may find times when this is exactly the editing approach you need. http://bit.ly/cdUPrJ

@fcpdaily: FCP Free: Marcus Herrick’s Haiku Plugins for FCP // Face Light & Easy Vignette.http://tinyurl.com/ygl676c

mashcraft Six things to keep in mind when designing a logo.: http://bit.ly/7LBh72

A few a bit off topic:

Amazingly, Popular Science has put all of its 137 archives online for free browsing.

Did your old Macbook hard drive crash? If so check this out. Mine crashed the week before the program and I replaced it with an Amazon drive but Apple is (apparently) going to pay me for that drive.

The kids are doing the lipdub amazingly well.

I recently wrote some ideas about the upcoming Apple iPad in post production.

And how might screenwriters use the iPad?

Here’s some fantastic links if you’re getting started with After Effects.

Here’s some nice advice about not using Save As… while working in FCP.

The February 5, 2010 FCPUG SuperMeet is now available to watch via streaming.

Western Digital’s My Book hard drives suck.

Even USA Today is getting in on the DSLR video craze.

Firewire 800 vs. eSATA. Always a good shootout.

Yep, it’s Flash vs HTML 5 for video on the web.

Larry Jordan has 10 tips for faster editing in FCP. Some are very basic but if you’re new then …

You’ve probably already seen this open letter to James Cameron about fairness for VFX artists.

Its the Data Wrangler, data wrangling “robot” to help your DIT.

Do you need to smooth out your subject’s skin in Final Cut Pro?

And here’s yet another new blog about Final Cut Pro and related stuff.

Norman Hollyn returns with hit first blog post in a while. He’s been working on a book.

Here’s the top 5 mocha workflow tips.

More on the flat picture styles with the Canon cameras.

Here’s the Avid RED workflow using their Metafuze application.

If you’re interesting in network rendering with Avid Metafuze check this out.

There may be a FCP to Soundtrack bug as well as a workaround.

SimpleMovieX is a lightweight video editor for Mac users.

If you want to make the Mac Finder better then this might help.

If you need a podcast episode on film editing, here’s one.

This is a great post about finding that magic shot in a multicam show.

This is a good read if you are a new release dependent Netflix user.

Links from Twitter:

KarlSoule Post Magazine interviews some of the Adobe video product managers: http://tinyurl.com/yd9cpvu

BourkePR Imagineer’s mocha: Behind the Scenes of Scorsese’s Shutter Island http://bit.ly/bMaaRB

HDRphotography HDR tutorial – Open multiple windows in photoshop to view the entire dynamic range of your #HDRimage. http://hdriblog.com/hdr-tutorial/

twistedpoly New Cinebench 11.5 is avaliable for download :http://skrci.me/

cameron_smith breakdowns from Avatar on Weta Digital’s site… http://www.wetafx.co.nz/features/avatar/

DylanReeve New Blog Post – Editor’s Swiss Army Knife – essential tools on a USB stick. http://bit.ly/bs70zk

rhedpixel Five sites for great free fonts – http://bit.ly/b7Mijh

shepherdfx Top 12 Sites To Watch Videos That Are Better Than YouTube http://su.pr/1ahzeB

glenbailey 20 Real-World uses for Google Wave. Very interesting article. http://bit.ly/9Z1Kau

brucesharpe What you need to know to make beautiful, inexpensive movies: an excellent DSLR cinematography guide.http://is.gd/7LJ94

thomasberglund Show (and hide) hidden files in Open/Save dialogs in Snow Leopard: http://bit.ly/4mt1D

avidscreencast: New Episode: Red Workflow IV – Avid to Color, quick and painless.http://avidscreencast.com/asc15

wingrove Graeme’s reply to the ASC ‘Assessment’ article in american cinematographer Feb issue http://bit.ly/bGk1W1

officialavatar The Complete AVATAR Script Onlinehttp://bit.ly/5jGUlT

And a few others.

Here’s some of the 2010 Oscar nominations for animated short film.

Here’s a great time waster: a round up of Best Photos of 2009 blog posts.

This toy car stop-motion film is great fun and yes, the world needs a Succeed Blog.

In case you missed it, RED’s Ted had a Scarlet prototype (among other things) he was showing at CES.

We’re starting a monthly backup reminder. And here’s another backup discussion.

It’s a good idea for editors to understand the basics of audio compression.

Post Fifth Pictures wrote about their experience with FCP, AE and gamma issues.

Here’s a nice camera blocking case study.

Here’s 15 companies that make After Effects plug-ins.

Dropbox is a great web service. And you can use it for quick, easy and free client screeners.

Tyler Ginter tells us all about the 180 degree shutter.

It’s an After Effects CS4 keyboard shortcut cheat sheet.

And yet another DSLR filmmaker’s workflow.

Ever need to remove a Final Cut Studio license?

It’s always worth reading an article on fair use. This one is for documentaries.

Want to see what that installer installs? Here’s a tip.

Motion graphics artist Brad Chmielewski’s blog has Type Tuesday.

Let’s look at a brief history of video compression.

Here’s a little web app to convert Avid Locators into Final Cut Studio usable chapter markers.

So Tiffen has introduced a little Steadicam for the iPhone. Good God make it stop.

54 highly resourceful after effects tutorials.

So there are still DPs who shoot film.

Here’s a recently discovered blog from Brad Cordeiro about reality tv post and related adventures.

Panasonic introduced this $21,000 3D camera.

Plug-in maker idustrial revolution has a Facebook page. Let’s all become a fan.

Do you use AppZapper to uninstall apps on the Mac? It’s been updated.

It’s some lessons in DIY, guerrilla filmmaking.

Here’s a DIY gearless follow focus.

For still shooters, here’s metering modes explained.

Did you make your professional New Years Resolutions?

Links from Twitter:

angelobell: When YES means “Yes,” and when YES means “no” in the film industry – http://ow.ly/TosV

nicholaspatten: 10 Remarkably Useful Dashboard Widgets.http://bit.ly/4Nm9TI

sorensonmedia: Major Sorenson 360 Update including: HD Video and Search Engine Optimization. Find out more:http://su.pr/9NHdk3

alexm13: A Freelancer’s Guide to Dealing with Difficult Peoplehttp://su.pr/4KXLWR

nashvillest: Awesome! Free wireless network planned for downtown Nashville. http://bit.ly/85anzQ

BourkePR: FLYfx: Tracking with mocha http://bit.ly/7iRtll

flippantfilms: The struggles of getting your movie made is universal http://bit.ly/932I11

schnittman: Cool demo of Adobe’s Mercury Playback engine with AVCHD footage. http://bit.ly/4GTfyo

idustrialrev: RT @definition2009: 44 3D Production terms you need to know http://tinyurl.com/yeqlpcv

videoguys: Videoguys Blog – Avid Stereoscopic 3D Editing Guide: Take 2D to the 3D level. Learn how to edit in the 3rd dimension: http://bit.ly/7i1u1B

digitalreb: Interesting read: Could Apple be moving to a spectrum of operating systems? http://is.gd/5DA8E

iamkhayyam: The 50 Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2009 |http://bit.ly/5Ong1Y

luge: What Makes A Good FIlm ‘Package’? Informative read @ Film Specific; http://snipurl.com/u3g7u

dougluberts: Great post on videomaker on a basic, but, oft confused, topic: What is a CODEC? - http://shar.es/aRnx2

sorensonmedia: Two paths to online video… or why Sorenson 360?http://su.pr/2tYs2w

And finally, 2 super simple, cheap, free DIY hacks for the iPhone.

Over at the Editblog on PVC I posted a review of the new Apple Magic Mouse and Final Cut Studio as well as a look at mocha for Final Cut.

There’s also my Tangent Wave review on PVC and another Wave review at the Biscardi Creative Blog.

HDHead has a post on MetaFuze Network Rendering.

We all want to know how to speed up Compressor, right?

It’s been a not too great secret that Gluetools is working on an FCP Log and Transfer plug-in for Canon media.

Digital Films is full of great info this month with some great tips for small camera and hybrid DSLR production and discussion on the AJA Ki Pro and the Blackmagic Design UltraScope.

So Apple introduced this new iFrame codec. Why it’s a bad idea. Why it’s a good idea. IMHO any new codec at this point in time is a bad idea.

Here’s a nice piece on writing for editing.

Ahhh vignettes and vignetting.

Mike Jones has listed a nice free digital library resource.

Studio Monthly reviews Sonicfire Pro 5.

Take the Survey: 50 States, 50 Filmmakers.

And there’s the Weisscam camera for super slo mo.

Here’s part 3 of an interview with Michael Wohl of the original Final Cut Pro development team.

Come on now, can the iPhone really be a “serious, zooming video camera?”

You can kill hours exploring this best movies of all time map.

Damn John Cusack is a good driver.

Get your designer 3D glasses before Avatar hits!

And finally, Final Cut Pro has made it to FailBlog.

Do you want to know how to download and install Lightroom presets?

Links from Twitter:

ross_shain: 50% off mocha for Final Cut all November!http://bit.ly/2MtUOs

markspen: How to Cheat in Motion new book by my friend Patrick – great tips http://bit.ly/1zmudV

digitalheaven: Take the survey and tell us what you’d like to see in Loader 2.0, the import app for FCP:http://bit.ly/3rpOEd

hyams: netflix push studios to cut inventory cost by half in exchange for one-month delay on new releases http://bit.ly/4n1qrK

stevensantos: Indie Film Shakeout: There Will Be Bloodhttp://bit.ly/4DK5V3

gorillaprod: NFB doc short that inspired Kubrick’s 2001. Film fan must see http://www.nfb.ca/film/Univ… old school sfx & V.O. sound like HAL

DylanReeve: Oooh, I blogged “The DVR Battle – TiVO vs MySky” http://bit.ly/tivoVSmysky

vignesraj: jitouch – Multitouch Extension for MacBook’s Trackpad. http://www.jitouch.com/

RodHarlan: For your next project: Here are 13 Tools for Building your own iPhone app! http://bit.ly/u4H2E

brucesharpe: ”Seismic Shift: Why DSLRs Are Changing the Game” Nice survey by Jem Schofield. http://bit.ly/FKMwX

ccrask: Rt 10 Ways you can use Twitter lists:http://ow.ly/15Zw6p

comebackshane: The lies we all tell… http://bit.ly/3oWumv

digitalreb: Excellent review of the Matrox CompressHD card:http://tr.im/EqL5

DylanReeve: Interesting, echoes a lot of my thoughts on film schools in NZ (I graduated from one) http://post.ly/Bw6n

sam_longoria: Are Filmmaking and Film School Going Down The Drain?  http://bit.ly/A7jsT

lafcpug: Tickets go on sale for the “The Avid/FCP 2-Step” lafcpug meet, Nov 5 at 12:00 noon http://bit.ly/jB6iI

tylerginter : 10 breathtaking viewing platforms around the world: http://j.mp/wQh25 (via @petapixel)

geoperdis: Interactive image from World Series game 1, made from 675 stitched photo. Can you spot Alec Baldwin behind home plate? http://j.mp/2aLIGu

taigmcnab: New on the website: Final thoughts on Final Cut Server http://tinyurl.com/y8whmb9

markspen: Every MacBreak Studio episode on Motion in one place: http://bit.ly/2Lq6Qx

5tu :Added some details to the anamorphic lens test.http://vimeo.com/7370134

bcfilmmaker : ”District 9″ VFX Sequence Supervisor writes about The Current Status of Visual Effectshttp://bit.ly/30I9HC

nicholaspatten :Free Peeling Paint Textures.http://bit.ly/1QG9Yo

jarrardcole :A must read for anyone who is or interacts with cashiers: The royal order of the coinhttp://tinyurl.com/yglgqc8

Off-topic:

Here a recent investigative piece that is a great study into why concert tickets are so expensive and why you can’t buy cheap seats seconds after they go on-sale.

Books of the month:

You can give Norman Hollyn‘s books a read while we all wait for his next one:

I discussed using PluralEyes auto syncing software on a music video over at the Editblog on PVC.

Mike Jones has a great article talking about developer’s plugging the holes in Final Cut Pro’s boat.

You may never need to do this but if you do here’s how to change the timecode / system frequency on a Sony HDCAM deck.

Apple has posted a massive 132 page pdf called Final Cut Pro 7 Professional Formats adn Workflows. PDF link.

And here’s an eCinema white paper on how to create a professional FCP color grading suite.

Here’s a 3 way discussion on Avid, FCP and Adobe Premiere Pro.

You can “film” MotoGP in 3D HD! Now if we could just see it that way.

Adobe releases Photoshop for the iPhone! Kinda.

Post Haste is a very handy tool for FCP editors.

Shane Ross has moved his blog Little Frog in High Def to a new url. Update you feeds accordingly.

Someone’s selling Blu-ray templates for Final Cut Studio.

Here’s info about a free application for syncing two folders.

TechCrunch rounded up the new Apps for Everything space on Apple’s website.

The database app Bento 3 is out. And there’s an iPhone version.

Michael Cinquin has updated his online RED workflow tools.

Here’s an idea to use the hidden Toast Video Player if you have Toast.

Did you see that latest RED reel?

I reviewed the Bella HD Mouse for Studio Monthly.

And which peripherals are covered under AppleCare?

Links from Twitter:

careyd RT @Filmbot: @damoxy: http://bit.ly/m5ZGq 1 Million FPS Slow-Mo video of bullet impacts, some of the most impressive stuff I’ve ever seen. Indeed!

alex4d Hate Apple? Love Apple? Complain about Apple? Great forum post: ‘Apple is not your friend’ http://bit.ly/1ska8

AvidTechnology Featured Customer Tutorial >> Preparing RED Dailies with Avid MetaFuze: http://bit.ly/2q35MP

digitalreb Possible solution for being unable to submit batches in Compressor? http://tinyurl.com/mh9uq7

ericnon America’s subsidies for filmmaking http://bit.ly/XCEtp

paulzadie Arri 16SR to get a digital capture module – http://bit.ly/10cbn4

@YahooMovies: Exclusive: See how they made the giant tidal waves in ’2012′ – http://bit.ly/w6Sgr

Off Topic:

Lifehacker Mint.com Breaks Down Rewards Programs, Cent by Cent http://lifehacker.com/5376167

creattica 50 awesome free fonts for professional design http://bit.ly/j6n4O

kennbell Using CPR On Your Dog Can Save It’s Life http://bit.ly/2IsFhP

These are 21 great still photos and how they were taken.

So Top Gear may move to HD! If we only get it in America that will be a good thing.

These are the People of Wal-Mart.

This new disc from the Black Crowes is a double length set, recorded live in front of an audience in a barn. It’s divided into 2 halves, traditional Crowes and a more country/blue grass influenced second half. The price is right for all the music you get.