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Apple released minor updates for Final Cut Pro, Motion and Compressor. Here are the details.

Link: Apple Updates Final Cut Pro, Motion & Compressor

Adobe updated its color management settings in Premiere Pro and created a real mess. Here I went to look at how to integrate iPhone HDR video into an SDR timeline and found myself lost down a rabbit hole. Lots has changed.

Link: Adobe Makes Major Color Changes for HDR Media in Premiere Pro

I'm beginning a series of tutorials and product reviews looking at Synology servers and local-area networks. My series starts today with a look at what you can do to improve the speed of a local-area network without replacing the server.

Link: How to Improve the Speed of a Local-Area Network

Increasingly, improving the performance of our editing systems revolves around storage. Apple silicon computers are more than "fast enough" for video editing. But not storage. It isn't a matter of simply adding a larger internal drive to your Mac. It's a question of adding enough external storage that will keep up with your editing - especially as you move into 4K or multicam work. Those will bring traditional storage to its knees.

As we survey a media landscape of ever faster technological change, the rise of AI threatening to replace creative jobs, the recession threatening already tenuous budgets, and increasing competition from people armed only with an iPhone, it is easy to become depressed. This is why continuing to build a personal network, emphasize story-telling skills and offer a clear focus on how our work benefits the client will provide job security for the long-term. As long as we are viewed as an asset to our clients, we will not want for work.

Until next Monday, stay hopeful, stay healthy and edit well.