It was an interesting week. The macOS 13.3 upgrade was a total mess, AI is exploding everywhere all at once, and the centennial NAB Show starts Saturday in Las Vegas. There's a lot happening.
First things first. macOS 13.3 has bugs big and small that directly affect us. If you haven't upgraded yet - don't. If you have, Apple released yet another update, but we don't know if it fixes the problem.
With AI seemingly everywhere, it's time to take a deep breath. AI is not the salvation of humanity nor the end of civilization as we know it. However, it does presage what I think will be major changes in the creative industry. While AI can do a lot of good - it also puts many creative jobs at risk. Here are my thoughts.
NAB is just days away - lots of news now with more coming later this week.
FXFactory continues releasing new effects for Final Cut, Premiere, After Effects and more. Every week I get notices about new releases. If you haven't visited them recently, here's the link:
Maxon continues its tradition at NAB of featuring artists illustrating the latest Maxon technology. This year includes 25 presentations from artists Aaron Sorenson, Amanda Spade, Ana Carolina Pereira, Andrew Cawrse, and another 22 gifted folks. Here's the full line up.
Blackbird, developer of the cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird, announced they are collaborating with Microsoft to highlight the speed and cost benefits of professional web editing. "Edit anywhere, publish everywhere."
Butcher Bird announced a workflow for live, multi-camera virtual production using a green screen volume rather than LED walls. They are also highlighting the use of Unreal Engine.
Lightcraft released an updated demo reel showcasing the cinematic capabilities of their FPV (Flying Point of View) drone platform. Developed to enhance their FPV drone capabilities, this two-minute demo has some amazing shots.
CueScript debuts a new cloud-based tele-prompting service called: CueTALK Cloud. This new cloud offering is designed to allow CueScripts’ prompting software CueiT- and CueTALK-enabled devices to communicate over WiFi.
Nugen Audio announced Jotter, note-taking and collaboration software. Jotter is a timecode-linked annotation tool that allows audio engineers and mixers to collaborate between each other, and directly with clients, to and from anywhere in the world. It can be integrated directly into ProTools or other DAWS.
Mo-Sys Engineering, a developer of image robotics, virtual production and remote production, will unveil an audience-led, interactive virtual production demonstration that puts the visitor into the middle of their own unique, epic, shareable moment at NAB.
Miller Tripods will introduce, under the Miller Cine brand, its new CinX 8 and 9 large fluid heads and CinX 20, 23 and 25 smaller fluid heads.
