Digital Production BuZZ (AAC)

This week, we look at creating art and music. Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Dr. Barry Sandrew, Founder, CTO, and COO, Legend3D The last time we spoke with Dr. Barry Sandrew, Founder of Legend3D, was during our NAB 2011 show coverage. At that time, he described how they convert 2D images to 3D. (Think of the process as motion tracking a whole variety of different shapes, then setting each shape to a different depth in the image.) Well, since we spoke, hs company has done more than half of the 2D to 3D conversion for the third installment of the Transformers series. Plus, they’ve done the 3D conversion work for Alice In Wonderland, the Shrek series, and the recent Green Lantern. We invited Barry to join us this week to discuss the whole process of converting a film to 3D, how their system works, and what producers can learn from it. Tom Bennett, CEO and Co-Founder, Pond5 We are delighted to welcome back Tom Bennett, Co-Founder of Pond5, the stock image, video, and music company, to talk about stock images. How do you decide which stock house to sell your images? How do they keep your images safe? And what are the advantages to royalty free images and audio? Tom explains what you need to know in the ever-changing world of stock. Randy Hart, Creative Services Director, Aircast Custom Music Stock music fills a big need – especially for low cost music. But sometimes, getting the right emotional impact, or timing, is much more important than saving money. That’s where custom music comes in. Randy Hart, Creative Services Director for Aircast Custom Music (a division of Megatrax) joins us this week to discuss the whys and hows of creating custom music. Megatrax has been a go-to supplier of production music for many years. Aircast is their division for creating custom music. We can’t wait to hear more! Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy Bruce Nazarian — The Digital Guy — is a regular on The Buzz. This week, he’s wearing his musical hat as we continue learning more about the business side of music. Specifically, we want to learn his preferences to creating royalty-free or custom music; which do musicians like better. Then, with Spotify finally coming to the US, we talk with Bruce about the new music service and what, if anything, makes it unique. We already know what, Bruce joins us to explain why. Pick Our Brains You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

Last week, we looked at the challenges and advantages about switching from Apple Final Cut Pro to Avid Media Composer. This week, we look at switching to Adobe Production Premium, which includes Premiere Pro. Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Al Mooney, Product Manager of Professional Video Editing, Adobe Systems, Inc. Al Mooney has a deep background in video editing. He is currently the product manager for professional video editing at Adobe Systems. He is responsible for defining, delivering, and supporting the overall feature set and functionality of Adobe Premiere Pro. Prior to this position, he was the senior business development manager for video and broadcast in the UK for Adobe. Before that he worked for Apple as a Pro Video business development manager, and before that for DigiDesign (part of Avid Technology) as a European sales specialist. With all the current discussion about whether switching from Apple’s Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere Pro makes sense, we thought we’d go right to the source. Be sure to join us during the live chat to get your questions answered. Bruce Gee, President, GeeThree Bruce Gee is founder of GeeThree, maker of the Slick FX plug-ins for Final Cut. GeeThree has been producing video plug-ins for the last 10 years. PhotoMotion is their latest plug-in that makes it “dead simple” to create a pan and zoom animation from still images. This week, we talk with Bruce about PhotoMotion and the process of developing plugins for editing software. Jawad Mir, Owner and Creative Director, Film-Style Weddings. Creative entrepreneur Jawad Mir balances two prospering cinematography businesses: Sky-Blue Productions and Film-Style Weddings. Jawad travels the world to cover destination weddings, create inspired wedding videos, and customize photo shoots, albums, and prints. For driving artistic innovation and quality, Mir was an early adopter of Canon DSLR cameras—he was also a long-time Final Cut Pro user. But when Final Cut Pro started holding him back, Jawad switched to Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium, including Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 software. Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach Buzz Regular, Jessica Sitomer, is the president of The Greenlight Coach. This week, she joins us to talk about how to handle life when the rug gets pulled out from under you. Our industry puts every business on a roller coaster – up and down and up and down… What do you do when you’re heading down to pull yourself back “up”? Nobody knows these answers better than Jessica – tune in and learn how!

This week, we are looking at the results of the Final Cut Pro X announcement from Apple. Specifically, hundreds of editors say they are ready to switch to another program — but which one? Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Angus MacKay, Segment Marketing Manager, Avid Technology With the release of Final Cut Pro X generating hostile reviews from professional editors, though many rave reviews from iMovie folks, Avid Technology announced the continuation of their cross-grade promotion, inviting Final Cut editors to switch to Avid. Angus MacKay, segment marketing manager for Avid, joins us this week to explain their new offer and discuss the potential challenges in switching. Alan Edward Bell, Editor Alan Edward Bell has edited more than a dozen feature films. His most recent project was “Water for Elephants,” and he’s currently working on the director’s cut of “The Amazing Spiderman” scheduled for release in 2012. Alan is a long-time Avid editor, but also familiar with Final Cut Pro, so we want to talk with him about the process of switching between the two programs. Then, we’ll chat about his workflow in cutting major motion pictures and how he keeps it all organized. Jan Crittenden, Product Manager, Panasonic Broadcast. Jan Crittenden is a long time, and very welcome, guest on The Buzz. All the high-end cameras that Panasonic makes fall under her jurisdiction. This week, she tells us about a new, lower-priced, shoulder-mounted, solid-state camcorder; an existing camera that’s winning awards, and the status of a required update for Final Cut Pro X to support Panasonic files. Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance This week, we are focusing on the issues of converting from Final Cut Pro to Avid. So, we invited one of our regular gurus, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, to discuss the differences between the two platforms. This week, Philip explains Avid Script Sync and Phrase Find. Michael Kammes As we wrap up this edition of The Buzz, we talk with Michael Kammes, Sr. Workflow Specialist for Keycode Media, about the principle considerations Final Cut editors need to keep in mind as they consider switching from Final Cut Pro to Avid Media Composer.

This week, we are looking at the impact of Final Cut Pro X on the developer community… and our future. Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Andrew Little, President & Co-founder, Red Giant Software Red Giant Software was one of three companies that had plugins ready for Final Cut Pro X at launch. This week, we talk with Andrew Little, president and co-founder of Red Giant, to learn about their new products, the challenges of working with Apple’s new plug-in architecture, and how effects work in FCP X. GenArts was the second of three companies with plugins ready for Final Cut Pro X at launch. This week, we talk with todd Prives, senior business development and marketing manager for GenArts, to learn about their new Sapphire Edge plug-ins and who they are designed for. Alex Grossman, president, Active Storage, Inc. Active Storage is a high-end storage company focused on hardware solutions for media companies. This week, Alex Grossman spoke at the 2011 Creative Storage Conference and shared his thoughts for media storage in the future. However, before that, Alex was the product manager for XSAN, XServe, and other high-end products from Apple. With the release of FCP X, Apple has shifted from workgroup solutions to single-user editing. We want to learn what Alex thinks about the new release -wearing both his old and new hats – and where it fits for the future. Billy Harrison, Product Manager, Promise Technology When Apple launched Thunderbolt, earlier this year, one of the companies they featured was Promise Technology. This week, Promise announced Pegasus, their Thunderbolt-attached RAID. Since FCP X requires high-speed, locally-attached storage, this is the perfect time to talk with Billy Harrison, product manager for Promise Technology about this new gear. Bruce Sharpe, Founder, Singular Software When Final Cut Pro X was announced, one of the highlighted features was its ability to sync separate audio and video clips — something that PluralEyes from Singular Software has been doing for a while. This week, we talk with Singular Software founder, Bruce Sharpe, to see if this is the death of PluralEyes, or if there is something they can do that Final Cut Pro X can’t. Patrick Inhofer, Colorist/Finisher/Owner, Fini.TV With the release of FCP X, Color seems to be discontinued. However, the color tools inside Final Cut Pro X, while beefed up compared to FCP 7, are not as good as those in Color. This week, Patrick Inhofer, colorist, author, and owner of Fini.TV joins us to talk about whether Color is really dead and, if so, how we are going to make our projects look great without it. Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Design FCP X extensively supports metadata, so its time to bring back our metadata expert – Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance – to explain what this means, why its good news, and how we work with it. We also want to ask him about the lack of XML support in Final Cut Pro X and what that means for people that want to get their media out of FCP and into another application. Plus, we are working to squeeze in a couple more special folks – so consider them as last-minute surprises. This is gonna be an EXCITING show!!

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jean-Frederick Garcia, Publication Manager, The Location Guide This week, we are “going on location,” and our first interview is with Jean-Frederic Garcia. He’s the publishing director of The Location Guide – a hard-copy book and associated website filled with locations – and location information – from around the world. Gary Onyshko, President & CEO, Real to Reel Locations Gary Onyshko, president and CEO of Real to Reel Locations, is a casting agent for buildings — special buildings. His clients hire him to put their locations in the movies. So, this week, continuing our theme of going on location, we talk with Gary about what his clients expect from a production company and what producers need to know about renting a location. If you’ve wanted to go on location, but were afraid it is too much hassle, listen to what Gary has to say! Gregory D. Evans, Security Consultant, Evans & Ligatt Gregory D. Evans, internet security consultant, was first on last month talking about the importance of keeping your computer systems safe. We had such favorable response to his comments that we invited him back this week to get specific about what we can to to protect ourselves. He’s got some great suggestions. Brandon Smith, Product Manager, DigiEffects It is a delight welcoming back Brandon Smith, product manager for DigiEffects to talk about a recent release from DigiEffects called “Camera Mapper.” This program turns 2D images – like photographs – into 3D objects that you can wrap textures around. Some amazing stuff – wait till you hear what Brandon has to say! Larry Jordan, Host, Digital Production Buzz Unless you have been living off the grid the last few days, you’ve heard that Apple released Final Cut Studio X this week. Larry Jordan, Host of the Digital Production Buzz, got an early look at the program, including the ability to work with a beta version hands-on. This week, he shares his opinions – both good and bad – about the new version of the program.

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Gesine Thomson, Principal, GT. It is almost impossible to overstate the impact Gesine Thomson, principle at GT. She is an internationally recognized architect and speaker specializing in large scale community planning and sustainable commercial growth. Her architecture takes her world-wide, and she is currently the chief architect working on a sustainable community development the size of Manhattan. We spoke with her about the role media plays in her architecture, and how she keeps her creative team fresh and focused. Gesine rarely gives interviews, we are delighted she is talking with us! Justin DeSheilds,Production Coordinator, National Geographic Television The competition for working at National Geographic Television is intense. One of the new recruits is Justin DeSheilds, production coordinator, who joined the company about a year ago. Production coordinators are the folks on the production team that figure out how to make all the great ideas actually work. We speak with him this week to talk about the role of a production coordinator and how he fits into the bigger picture of production. Bruce Nazarian, Music Producer and The Digital Guy Our favorite music producer, Bruce Nazarian, returns with a look at what’s happening on the audio side of our industry. Bruce is a regular on the Buzz, and after you listen to him, you’ll understand why. This week, after a spate of recent trade shows, we want to take a closer look at the latest technology news from the music industry. It is always fun listening to Bruce’s opinions on what’s the latest, and greatest, gear. Bruce Sharpe, CEO, Singular Software Bruce Sharpe, CEO of Singular Software, just released a new version of PluralEyes – his utility for syncing double-system sound – for Edius this week. And, just in case you thought he was finding time to sleep, he also released a beta of a much faster version of PluralEyes for Final Cut Pro. We want to talk with Bruce this week about his new goodies and what he’s planning for the future.

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Rory McKellar, Producer/Director, MindHeist. Rory McKellar is a free-lance producer/director based in Oxford, England, who’s credits range from directing reality programs to shooting low-budget sci-fi. What caught our eye is his involvement in interactive media – working with the BBC and Channel 4 in England to develop interactive, cross-platform projects to catch the eye of the very fickle youth audience. Mark Davis, CEO, Scenios Scenios CEO Mark Davis formally launched their flagship product – Scenios – at the Produced By conference last weekend in Los Angeles. Scenios provides cloud-based production file sharing, messaging, and media viewing to improve collaboration between all the different individuals involved in a production. We talk with Mark this week about his new product, what it does, and why he decided to offer an extended free trial. Michael Kammes, Sr Applications Editor & Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media Michael Kammes is a regular on The Buzz. And this week, he’s bringing us some inside gossip on an upcoming version of Avid Media Composer. Recently, he was invited to a technology preview on the new stereoscopic 3D features soon to appear in Media Composer. He joins us to tell us what he saw, how its different, what it means, and when its coming. Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, is another regular on The Buzz and joins us to discuss a trend we are seeing on the web. When does “sharing” a photo become stealing. If a photo is posted to the web, does that mean all copyrights are lost? Who has the rights to use a photo posted to Facebook or Twitter? Does any of this really matter? As always, you’ll find Philip’s opinion intriguing. You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

Join host Larry Jordan, as he talks with: Gregory Evans, Security Expert, Evans and Ligatt Inc. Ninety percent of Fortune 500 networks have been hacked. Con-man to company owner, Gregory Evans, Security Expert for Evans and Ligatt, joins us to discuss these alarming statistics. Gregory Evans was one of the world’s most prominent hackers, managing to successfully hack major companies like ATT, MCI, and Sprint. He made more than one million dollars a week in the late 90′s until he was sent to prison. Now, Evans shares what he’s learned in the hacking world with others to help prevent them from becoming victims. If you value keeping your computers secure, you need to hear what he has to say. Bill Boss, VP, Product Development and Marketing, Weather Central Bill Boss is Vice President of Product Development and Marketing for Weather Central, LP. He is a 23 year veteran of the television industry, and joined Weather Central in 1999. Weather (especially lately) seems to affect all of us in production… so we want to find out what the newest weather reporting tools are and what we as producers can learn from a segment of our business that is rapidly changing the way it works. Bill joins us this week to tell us more. Dan Deluca, Founder, Contender Films Dan Deluca is the founder of Contender Films and best known for his work on HBO’s The Wire as Dr. David Parenti. Not only has he had success in front of the camera as an actor but he has also managed to be successful behind the camera as a Writer, Director, and Producer. How does he market himself and his films? Does it matter that he is in D.C. thousands of miles away from Hollywood? And what has he learned moving from in front of, to behind, the camera that he can teach to us? Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach Buzz Regular Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, joins us to talk about researching your next job. You know your next job is “out there,” but where do you look? Who do you talk to? What are the trends to follow? Jessica has all the answers for us this week. You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Paul ("Burf") Burfitt, Founder, Project 64 Paul Burfitt launched his newest venture - Project 64 - only 18 months ago. Now, he produces four hours of finished content a week from two home studios. He also likes going on location from his home in Australia. His next challenge is creating a live, online broadcast originating from a backpack! This could either be really cool, or end up surrounded by old, smelly sox. Phillip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance Adobe Systems brought automated text transcripts to the masses with the release of Production Premium CS4 a couple of years ago. Since then, the process of automating transcripts has rapidly improved. Regular Buzz contributor, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, joins us this week to assess the current state of the industry. Because, to documentary producers, nothing helps define the story like getting an accurate transcript of all your interviews. Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin & Associates, Inc. The Creative Storage Conference is coming up on June 28 and Tom Coughlin, president of Coughlin & Associates, Inc., is the organizer of the event. The Conference focuses on digital storage products and requirements for various activities from content capture, postproduction, content distribution and content archiving, preservation and digital asset management. Major companies focusing on digital storage for this industry will be there. This week, we talk with Tom about the latest news in storage and his offer to provide TEN free conference passes to Buzz listeners. Phil Ritti, President, Cache-A Keeping with our theme of looking at the latest in storage, reminds us that we also need to consider long-term archiving, something we've been discussing for a while. Phil Ritti, president of Cache-A, joins us to discuss their latest round of archiving products based on LTO-5 technology. We want to learn why archiving gear is so expensive, why we need more than just a tape drive, and what the significance is of the newly-announced LTFS file system that allows a tape drive to display files like a hard disk. No one knows the answers better than Phil. You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!:

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, has almost twenty years in the industry helping people find work. Most of the time on The Buzz, we talk with her in short segments, this time, we wanted to expand into a longer conversation to get into details on finding mentors, networking, interviewing skills and tips to negotiating rates. She has a wealth of information that can help you make sure your next job is a better job. Be sure to listen! Michael Kammes, Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media Michael Kammes, senior applications editor and workflow specialist for Keycode Media, spends his days looking for better ways for editors to work together. This week, he looks at SANs (Storage Area Networks) – what they are, how they work, and brands we should consider. Because when the time comes and you need a group of editors all working on the same project, nothing helps you accomplish that better than a SAN. Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy We are still recovering from Bruce performing at the Newport Beach Jazz Festival — totally stunned the crowd! He has returned to his roots as a world-class musician. Which reminds us, there’s been a lot of talk recently about The Cloud, as the music industry seems to be cloud-obsessed. Amazon released a cloud-based music system, last week Google followed suit. Apple is rumored to be working on the same thing. Why all this fuss about fog? (Sorry, weather joke.) This week, we invited our resident music maven – Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy – back to explain this all to us. Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV and Videography magazines, has been researching the whole area of archiving and long-term storage. This week, he reports back on what he’s learned – both in terms of hardware and the software to support it. As the newly-installed president of MoPictive, Ned Soltz is a great guy to have on your side when it comes to learning about gear. You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!:

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, has almost twenty years in the industry helping people find work. Most of the time on The Buzz, we talk with her in short segments, this time, we wanted to expand into a longer conversation to get into details on finding mentors, networking, interviewing skills and tips to negotiating rates. She has a wealth of information that can help you make sure your next job is a better job. Be sure to listen! Michael Kammes, Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media Michael Kammes, senior applications editor and workflow specialist for Keycode Media, spends his days looking for better ways for editors to work together. This week, he looks at SANs (Storage Area Networks) – what they are, how they work, and brands we should consider. Because when the time comes and you need a group of editors all working on the same project, nothing helps you accomplish that better than a SAN. Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy We are still recovering from Bruce performing at the Newport Beach Jazz Festival — totally stunned the crowd! He has returned to his roots as a world-class musician. Which reminds us, there’s been a lot of talk recently about The Cloud, as the music industry seems to be cloud-obsessed. Amazon released a cloud-based music system, last week Google followed suit. Apple is rumored to be working on the same thing. Why all this fuss about fog? (Sorry, weather joke.) This week, we invited our resident music maven – Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy – back to explain this all to us. Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV and Videography magazines, has been researching the whole area of archiving and long-term storage. This week, he reports back on what he’s learned – both in terms of hardware and the software to support it. As the newly-installed president of MoPictive, Ned Soltz is a great guy to have on your side when it comes to learning about gear. You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!:

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Rick Dean, Senior Vice-President, THX THX has been certifying audio in movie theaters for a long time – since about Star Wars, in fact. Rick Dean, senior vice president of THX, is spearheading a new effort to standardize color management in post production. Called cineSpace, it is a suite of applications all designed to make sure digital images look the same on a variety of different outputs. Frankly, we are skeptical about why this is necessary, or even affordable, so we invited Rick on to explain their new system. Robert Sharp, President, DigiEffects Robert Sharp, president of DigiEffects, called us the other day saying he had some interesting news to announce to the world. So, we invited him on The Buzz to learn more. DigiEffects, as you probably know, makes Delirium and Damage and gave us a tantalizing glimpse of new products when we talked with Robert last month at NAB. We can’t wait to learn more! David Peto, CEO, Aframe David Peto, CEO of Aframe, is based in the UK, but he’s been making some bold predictions about the power of editing in The Cloud. Cloud editing, which means your media is stored on servers located on the Internet, is very attractive, but has lots of potential problems. Aframe claims to be the central platform from which everything can hang. We want to know more, so we are going right to the source. Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance Aframe is an interesting hybrid of cloud and local storage. So, we invited Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, to share his opinions with us this week on the challenges and benefits of using The Cloud in post-production. You’ll be interested in what he has to say. You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Charlie Boswell Director, Digital Entertainment, AMD In his capacity as director of digital entertainment for AMD, Charlie Boswell spoke recently at the Sony Creative Software Meeting at the NAB Show 2011 in Las Vegas, where he premiered the trailer for “Giving Voices,” a cinematic adventure about changing the lives of students in Haiti, which he co-produced with Justin Formal. We want to talk with him this week about what’s its like shooting film in Haiti, and the impact filmmaking has on young lives. Michael Kammes, Sr. Applications Editor & Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media Michael Kammes, senior applications editor and workflow specialist for Keycode Media, is a regular correspondent for The Buzz and returns this week with some tips for editors looking to create audio that captures the mind using either Avid or Final Cut Pro. And, when you think about it, what better program than The Buzz to talk about the creative uses of audio? Peter Schlatter, Director, Business Development, G-Technology With this week’s release of iMacs, plus the current line of MacBook Pros, Apple has established Thunderbolt as the next big thing in monitor and storage connectivity. But what is it and what does it all mean, really? Peter Schlatter, Director of Business Development for G-Technology joins us this week with an update on how this new Thunderbolt technology works and how their products will integrate with it. Jessica Sitomer, CEO, The Greenlight Coach Jessica Sitomer, CEO of The Greenlight Coach and one of our favorite regulars on the BuZZ explains why it is so important for us to have mentors. Which sounds great, but the bigger question is how do you find one and, then, how do you get them to say Yes? We are looking forward to her sharing the answers with us. You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Scott Morris Senior Director of Marketing, Adobe Systems, Inc. We spoke with Scott Morris, Senior Director of Marketing for Adobe Systems, Inc., as part of our recent 2011 NAB Show coverage (listen to our first interview here) and didn’t begin to learn all the new software and features in the Adobe CS 5.5 release. We invited Scott back to tell us more on how to manipulate video in Photoshop, how they are expanding support for metadata, and their new software Adobe Story and Adobe Audition. Plus, he’ll also cover support for third party applications such as the iPad and Photoshop Express on mobile devices. Lots of very, very cool stuff! Ned Soltz Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines. We are delighted to announce a new family member at the Digital Production BuZZ. Please welcome Ned Soltz, contributing editor at DV and Videography Magazines, to our list of regulars. Ned is especially interested in camera equipment and the gear that supports it; so spending time each month talking with Ned is something we are really looking forward to. Plus, his knowledge of technology combined with his memory of arcane facts is uncanny. Join us for this segment and you’ll understand why we are such fans. Welcome, Ned! Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, is another of our Buzz regular correspondents and an expert on all things technical. However, he has a real love for metadata. With the release of Adobe CS5.5, and the sneak preview of Final Cut Pro X, metadata has suddenly become a key aspect of virtually every NLE. We want to talk with him about why metadata is so important. Then, we want his thoughts on how Adobe is implementing metadata in its CS5.5 products and his speculation on what Apple is doing with Final Cut Pro X. As we move entirely to tapeless workflows, understanding metadata becomes critical to asset management. Like it or not, metadata is part of our new editing life. We are hoping Philip can explain how we can like it. Walter Biscardi, Founder, Biscardi Creative Media Walter Biscardi, runs Biscardi Creative Media, a Post-Production facility located in Greater Atlanta. A video professional with multiple network credits, Walter is a popular blogger and a forum moderator for Creative Cow and LAFCPUG. He’s also an outspoken critic of Apple’s recent “Sneak Peak” of Final Cut Pro X. So, we invited him on this week to explain his concerns about what Apple has shown us so far. You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Jim Robertson, Founder and Managing Director, doddleme.com Jim Robertson had a problem. His production books were getting thicker and heavier and he still couldn’t find the information he needed when he needed it. So, rather than complain, he and his partner invented “doddle” — a mobile app that provides free directory services and a Pro version that creates production call sheets. If tracking down production services or crew is important to you, then you need to hear about this free app. Neil Ticktin, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine MacTech Magazine is now in its 26th year of publication. Much more than simply a magazine and website, the magazine also sponsors conferences and developer boot camps around the country. Neil Ticktin, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief joins us to tell us more about the MacTech boot camps, and the newest version of the MacTech conference — now on a road trip to seven cities around the U.S. David Orban, CEO, dotSUB David Orban is the new CEO of dotSUB, a platform that allows us to closed caption, subtitle, and translate our videos into multiple languages. Used by TED and Adobe’s new Community Translation Program, the technology is fascinating and, frankly, very helpful. We talk with David this week about his vision for the service, what got him interested, and how we can use it. Apple, Avid, and Adobe at the 2011 NAB Show The 2011 NAB Show is filled with product announcements from just about every vendor in our industry. And during our coverage of the event last week, we spoke with 68 industry leaders about new trends, new technology, and new products we should keep our eyes on. This week, we present a summary of news from Adobe, Avid, and Apple on updates to all their products — including some news from Adobe that didn’t make our original coverage. You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!