The Alan Smithee Round Table (“Our Top 3 Tech Things”)

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Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment, tech and beyond. In this, our Thanksgiving episode, the gang each share the top 3 tech things that helped their careers and or, continue to shape our industry today. Discussions include: innovation in production tools, the evolution of workflows due to the rise of digital media and, the transformative influence of social platforms on the industry. There’s another update on the 2024 Rates Survey, a discussion on the new Mac’s and of course, there’s a bunch of really cool things for us post production people to get excited about.

Show Notes:

NEW MACS

M4 Mac mini - https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/

Review: https://www.provideocoalition.com/review-m4-mac-mini-for-video-editors/

M4 MacBook Pro

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/review-the-fastest-of-the-m4-macbook-pros-might-be-the-least-interesting-one/

NLE UPDATES!

AVID MEDIA COMPOSER 2024 LAUNCHES NEW FEATURES

https://www.avid.com/resource-center/avid-media-composer-launches-new-features-202410

Final Cut Pro 11

https://www.provideocoalition.com/fcp-11-released-at-the-fcp-creative-summit/

Resolve 19.1

https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=211521

LucidLink 3.0 - Big Updates (AWS as a new backend + no egress is huge)

https://www.lucidlink.com/new-era
New X terms of service in effect November 15

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-terms-service

@michaelkammes.bsky.social

@editblog.bsky.social

https://web.archive.org/web/20090418030734/http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2008/03/22/twitter-about-editing/

One cool thing:

Katie: Halloween workflow

Michael: AltTab https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/

Scott: Jumper https://getjumper.io/