The 2018 NAB Show opens a week from today. And, when you read next week's issue, I'll be in Las Vegas sharing all the latest news with you via
NABShowBuzz.com. I'm looking forward to it.
This week, I have some exciting news: to extend our NAB coverage, we have teamed up with
CinaMaker and
Simon Says for NAB.
CinaMaker is launching a new multicam video streaming service for mobile devices at NAB. As part of the launch, the Digital Production Buzz will originate one show each day from the CinaMaker booth. At 2 PM Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we will be streaming both live video AND live audio. You can watch on
NABShowBuzz.com.
Then, once a show is complete, we're sending the audio over to
Simon Says for near-real-time transcription. Simon Says is an end-to-end auto-transcription tool for the media and production industries. Upload any audio/video file via their API or website and in minutes, using AI and speech recognition, it is transcribed and synced using timecode. They will be transcribing 2-3 shows per day of The Buzz at NAB, then posting the transcripts to our
NABShowBuzz website.
One of the cool features of the Simon Says software is that you can watch the text scroll past as you are listening to the show.
We are delighted to be working with both these companies and showcasing their technology as part of our NAB coverage. As always, let me know what you think of the service.
Oh!
Scott Newall sent me the following heads-up: "I just want to share this with you. I was editing a corporate video and had several video clips that needed blurring, masking, etc., while the client wanted a lower-left small logo over the whole thing. Soon, the project
crashed FCP X every time I loaded it. Every time. Turned out it was a transparent PSD file that FCP X didn't like at all, especially when combined with the blurs and masks. When I converted the logo to a transparent PNG, the problem was solved." (Thanks for letting me know, Scott.)
Thinking of technology, I have
five new articles for you this week: two product reviews, a thought-piece on storage (which you should to read even if you
hate storage), and two videos on
Apple Compressor.
The Compressor videos are excerpts from last week's webinar: "
Compression Basics in Apple Compressor." This session wrapped up our "Back to Basics" month where I presented an overview of editing and media compression using
Adobe Premiere Pro and
Media Encoder, then
Apple Final Cut Pro X and
Compressor. Webinars are taking a break in April to allow me to prepare for NAB. I'll be back later in the month to present some of the cool new stuff that's announced at the show.
Don't forget to listen to last week's
Digital Production Buzz.
Mike Horton provided a preview of the upcoming
SuperMeet, then, we discussed using
Jungle Software to manage your next production, renting gear from
LensProToGo, and how
Mandy.com can help you find your next free-lance gig; or free-lancer. It was a fun show, I encourage you to
listen.
A reminder: we have big plans this spring for our sister website,
DoddleNEWS.com. We'll be announcing one of them at NAB next week. Anyway,
James DeRuvo, who's the editor-in-chief over there, is running a
Reader's Survey that he's using to help determine the editorial direction of the website. It's only ten questions, and he'd be grateful if you would spare a few minutes to answer the survey.
Here's the link.
Next week, my team and I will be setting up our podcast booth at NAB for live streaming. In next Monday's newsletter, I'll have a
detailed blog of what are doing, the equipment we are using and the workflow we've designed that allows us to create twenty-seven 45-minute shows in three-and-a-half days. Follow all the action at
NABShowBuzz.com.
And remember to stop by our booth at NAB to say: "Hello!" We're in
South Lower SL-10527. In the meantime,
edit well.
