Three new articles this week, along with news and announcements. Let's get right to the news.
The folks at
Killer Tracks sent me a press release announcing "a new production music label focused on songs for unscripted television.
In Reality was developed to help unscripted television producers meet their music needs with immediate access to high-quality, easily editable songs tailored to lifestyle, competition, true-crime, travel, documentary and other popular show formats." Learn more
here.
Continuing on our news theme, my
webinars are restarting - Thursday, June 6, at a new time of 9:30 AM. (Over the summer, I'll experiment with different starting times to see which one you prefer.) The subject is
Visual Literacy. In a world where videos move millions and a picture is more powerful - and popular - than the written word, a key survival skill is how well you communicate visually.
Visual communication and storytelling are now essential skills in this digital age. I'm working on the agenda this week, so I'll have details next Monday, but I'm telling you about it now so you can reserve the time. My live webinars are always free.
Register here.
My lead article this week was suggested by a book I'm reading. This summer, I've set myself three goals: learn a new
programming language, experiment with
VR and shoot more
HDR material. I'm hoping to turn both the VR and HDR experiences into webinars a little later this summer. But the book suggested a really interesting explanation about CPU speeds that I want to share with you.
Continuing the speed idea, my two other articles look at options to improve render speed in
Final Cut Pro X and export speed in
Adobe Premiere. Both of these were suggested by a reader and I spent an interesting two days timing the different speeds of a computer. All my stories are in the
Articles section, below.
Finally, in other news, I realize that
our industry is changing. While I deeply believe that independent voices are essential, it's also important for them to be effective. To that end, I want to re-focus my energy into creating more articles, webinars and training which can enable all of us to succeed. So, I've decided it's time to take a break from the Digital Production Buzz.
After our
May 30th program, we'll be putting the
podcast on hiatus. You will still be able to find all of our Buzz shows on
iTunes,
TheBuzzShow.libsyn.com, and the
DigitalProductionBuzz.com website.
At the same time, we will incorporate
doddleNEWS into the
LarryJordan.com library of free resources. These two strategic moves give us time to plan new ways to effectively cover the news in our industry. I will miss hosting The Buzz, but I look forward to creating new training.
Be sure to
sign up for our free webinar - and, as always, I'm interested in your comments. Chat with you next week. In the meantime,
edit well.