I spent this past week scanning a large collection of slides from a variety of productions I did many, many years ago. While it was fun to revel in old memories, some of those photos reminded me that, as much as production has changed, in certain key ways it hasn't changed at all. That thought is my lead story.
In the news, IBC continues to approach:
Lightworks announced version 22.3, with a special focus on audio. 200 free audio tracks, Quick FX templates for dialogue and music, improved plug-in support, new audio controls and an improved audio interface.
Flanders Scientific introduced four new DM-series video monitors, from 21" to 55". Features include: customizable video scopes, live color grades, frame capture, cross-format conversion and more.
AEJuice makes plugins for Adobe After Effects; both free and paid. Recently, they offered a collection of their best free plugins. These are compatible with every version of After Effects starting with the 2015 release. While you're at it, explore the rest of their site to see if they have something that can help you.
At IBC, Dalet will feature Dalet Flex media logistics, Dalet Pyramid next-gen news solutions and the Dalet Galaxy broadcast workflow platform - solve remote production and collaboration challenges and enable immense scalability and automation across operations.
Quantum published an 11-page free eBook: "Top 5 Content Production Challenges." Whether you're fighting content sprawl, workflow complexity, lack of flexibility, agility and scalability, or the sheer size and complexity of too many systems to manage, they have solutions to help. This looks at StorNext, CatDV and StorNExt appliances.
MicroMat released Techtool Pro 16. New features include Techtool Monitor, macOS Database Rebuild, support for Apple silicon and internal performance improvements.
