Larry Jordan's Newsletter

July 18, 2022

Summer, at least here in the northern hemisphere, is often a good time to reflect and plan for the future. As I was writing this week's newsletter, I was struck by the intense challenges in today's business climate. That became the springboard for my lead story.

Link: Predicting the Future – A Few Thoughts

In the news:

Hedge released EditReady 22.3. Their big news is that they now support Canon RAW and ARRI’s new ALEXA 35, ARRI's most important new camera in a decade.

Link: blog.hedge.video/editready-canon-raw-and-arri-alexa-35/

FXFactory released Freeze Frame, 25 easy-to-use highly stylized freeze frame effects for Final Cut Pro.

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpG8kmnSG8

Blackmagic Design announced DeckLink Mini Monitor HD and DeckLink Mini Recorder HD, new models of PCIe capture and playback solutions featuring 3G‑SDI and HDMI connections, available now for US$129 each.

Link: www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20220710-01

Avid unveiled the Avid NEXIS F-Series family of storage engines and Avid NEXIS | VFS (virtual file system). These solutions enable media production teams of all sizes to work from anywhere by delivering secure, remote access to media and metadata across online, nearline, cloud and archive storage.

Link: Avid Announces F-Series NEXIS

Filmworkz released their new website. Filmworkz offers a low-cost subscription option for the entire range of Digital Vision OFX products and technology, without the need for any major, up-front capital investment.

Link: filmworkz.com/

Telestream has a new support portal. If you haven't logged in for a while, you'll need to change passwords. Also, they acquired Encoding.com in May to extend their reach into cloud video media processing.

Link: www.telestream.net

Last week's webinar exploring BorisFX Continuum 2022.5 was a fun retreat into the world of visual effects. It covered titles, transitions, color looks, relighting and gobo effects, plus a lot of motion tracking for effects. What I didn't realize before I started was that Particle Illusion is both a separate program and free! This is a great way to create some compelling effects regardless of which NLE you use.

Link: Explore BorisFX Continuum 2022.5

Plus, for those who need specific answers, I created four standalone excerpts from the webinar:

Link: Get Started with BorisFX Particle Illusion [v]

Link: Use BorisFX Continuum 2022.5 to Create a Day-for-Night Visual Effect [v]

Link: Use BorisFX Continuum to Create & Track a Masked Blur Effect [v]

Link: Use BorisFX Continuum to Create and Track Multiple Masks and Effects [v]

Our next webinar will be in two weeks - July 27. I'm open to suggestions on what we should cover. Send me an email with your thoughts.

It's the middle of summer. Life is supposed to be slow and easy. Clearly, someone forgot to send me the memo. I hope you are able to take some time off. Not a lot, though. Too much rest and relaxation is probably bad for us.

Until next week, stay healthy, stay safe and edit well.