Apple revealed the next version of Final Cut Pro X (10.4) at the FCPX Creative Summit. It's my lead story this week. Read more here.

I'm still discovering problems with the High Sierra update. Specifically, there seems to be an ongoing issue with nVidia graphics cards in iMacs that is messing with color and rendering. In talking with Telestream support, they tell me that Apple is working on a fix, but it isn't available yet. My hope is that this is fixed in the 10.13.1 update - whenever that gets released. Still, because of a variety of issues, I decided to only upgrade one system in my office; the rest of my compuers are holding at Sierra (10.12.x).

Earlier this week, SMPTE and the HPA (Hollywood Professional Association) announced winners of their third-annual Student Film Festival:

Innovative Use of Entertainment Technology to Engage the Audience in the Story - Animated Short (tie)

Innovative Use of Entertainment Technology to Engage the Audience in the Story - Live-Action Short

Innovative Use of Mobile Device or Tablet to Convey a Story - Narrative Short

• "LONDON STRIKE" by Jiranant Kanjanagawin of University of Greenwich (London, U.K.)

Innovative Use of Analog Technologies in a Live Action Narrative Short

• "Home" by Vivian Lau of Emerson College (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.)

Documentary Short With Technology as the Subject Matter

• "Baylor VirtuOso Documentary Short on Use of Technology in VR Music Video" by Gustavo Raskowsky, Marcos Luna Hoyas, and team of Baylor University (Waco, Texas, U.S.)

Audience Choice Award

• "KCLOC" by Ninaad Kulkarni of School of Visual Arts (New York, New York, U.S.)

Congratulations to all these talented students! Learn more here: www.smpte2017.org/student-film.html

This week's webinar is a reader request to illustrate an audio mixing workflow between Adobe Premiere and Adobe Audition. So this week, I'll walk you through all the steps necessary to mix a Premiere project in Audition. I use this technique every week for both Premiere and Final Cut, and I'm looking forward to showing you how this works. Registration is free - sign up here.

Thinking of new stuff, I have six new articles for you this week: Details on the next version of Final Cut Pro X, two product reviews, two tutorials and a sneak peak at future technology from Adobe. Exciting stuff - all the details are below.

Last week's Digital Production Buzz devoted the entire show to creating commercials. We talked with companies in London, Brisbane, and folks across the US to get a sense of how they create commercials. It was a series of fascinating conversations, I encourage you to listen - here's the link.

Well, between Adobe last week and Apple this week, it looks to be an exciting fall! And that's not to mention the new iMac Pro that's shipping by the end of the year. As always, I'll share what I learn with you. In the mean time, edit well!