I don't do as much shooting these days as I would like. So, like many, I struggle to understand the differences between the blizzard of video acronyms surrounding us today: HDR, RAW, Log, LUT ... the whole mess.
So, this week, I wrote an overview of video terms; what these mean and how they are used. It taught me a lot - I hope you learn something as well.
In the news:
I know, Apple is the big news, but I have something more important. The team at Arctic Whiteness, the makers of Final Cut Library Manager, celebrated eight years in business over the weekend. If you use Final Cut, you need this utility. I am a huge fan. Even if you don't use FCP, small developers need our support and encouragement. Software developers live in dog years - each week seems like a long, long time.
Tomorrow, Apple launches its 2022 product season. Rumor sites are awash in rumors and rumors about rumors. Still, until Apple announces it, there's nothing we can do but wait. Hopeful, but patient. You can watch the live event, starting at 10 AM PST, Tuesday, at the link below.
BackBlaze, which is deservedly famous for publishing reliability statistics for the hard drives (over 200,000 and counting) in its cloud servers, is now publishing similar statistics for SSDs. If you are a geek, and who of us is not?, you'll find both these reports interesting. The short answer is: the stuff generally works.
Dalet just hired a new Chief Information Security Officer. As more media moves to the cloud, the risk to it increases. Every day brings new reports of hacking, ransomware and stolen assets. Last week, Dalet announced it is implementing a Zero Trust security framework across its cloud-native solutions. Here's a blog that explains what this means.
