PowerMac g5: The Beast That Won’t Die

I remember when it was brand new.  It towered over my old DMD G4 and it felt about twice as heavy.  I bought my first G5 tower in February 2005 and it was beautiful.  I was truly disappointed that the machine would really only support 2 versions of OSX before being declared end-of-life.  The fact…

FCPX: What The Switchers Missed

So here it is, the night before Apple’s big event. Likely the night before the release of the next version of FCP X. In the last week, I am again seeing articles talking about what Final Cut Pro X is missing.  I thought I’d take this moment to cover the other ground. The things that…

The Move To The Dreaded X

Just as a little bit of background:  I’ve been editing on Final Cut since 2000, so when FCPX was announced I had a pretty even mix of excitement and fear.  When I tried it for the first time, I was on a 2009 iMac.  It didn’t run.  If you put more than one clip on…

The Story Within The Story

There’s nothing like cutting a series.  Near the beginning of the summer I began working on a program called The American Family Farmer as it’s editor and co-producer.  AFF is a documentary style reality program that highlights family farms and farm related events.  the goal, as always, is to find “the story within the story”.  Let me…

I Miss The Shack

I realized today that I miss The Shack.  I’m the type who doesn’t like to order on the internet, wait several days, and eventually get what I’m waiting for.  I’m used to having a “Shack Attack” 2 or 3 times a week.  XLR to 1/4 inch?  No prob.  RCA to BNC?  Gotcha covered. I guess I…

iPad losing ground to…..iPhone 6?

It doesn’t seem like all that long ago that Apple debuted the first tablet that people were ready to buy.  And they’ve sold a lot of them.  It, however, looks like consumers preferences may be changing a little.  According to the news reading service Pocket, people are choosing their iPhone 6 plus 80% to 20% over the…

Lightwave 2015 Announced Complete With New Pricing

NewTek, Inc has announced Lightwave 2015 with a new price point.  Here is the complete press release: The LightWave 3D® Group, a division of NewTek, Inc., opens the door to a new era of creativity for artists, animators and designers working in 3D with the release of LightWave 2015 3D software for Windows and Mac…

For Starters: The Canon T3i

When I started this blog I had a purpose.  I had intended to use it to share my experiences of cutting the corporate cord and going full-time freelance and to also give others insight on how they can do the same.  Occasionally I plan to make a suggestion or two of good equipment you can…

WWDC: My Take on Yosemite

So I watched today, the entire live coverage of the keynote.  I thought the Apple TV and Beats would get some love.  Outside of a phone call to Dre to demonstrate OSX’s new interactivity with iOS, not so much.  I’m not going to get into tho whole new feature set of OSX Yosemite or iOS…

WWDC 14: What’s In It For Us?

Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference is happening today at 10am (which means 1pm here on the east coast).  On days when apple hold an event I always get excited like a kid on Christmas.  That said, I believe Apple has become a slightly different company since Steve passed.  Whether it WWDC or Macworld, you rarely…

Mac Vs PC: Does It Still Matter?

So, as I’m working, every now and again my mind wanders to some outside distraction.  The most recent being the question that is the title of this entry.  At that moment I was cutting on my 2012 Macbook Pro.  I started thinking about how I love what I do and took a moment to think…

Mavericks: Things To Know Before You Install (Updated)

So Apple has released a shiny new operating system for the Mac.  Anybody who knows me, knows that I am usually the guinea pig for these new products. Mainly because I like shiny new things.  I installed my shiny new, and free, copy of OS X Mavericks yesterday. I’d like to take a moment to…

The State of the DVD

This week I wrapped up duplication on a project requiring 160 DVDs.  What is interesting is that this is the first DVD duplication job I’ve had this year, and it was for a dance company.  In the past I’ve done numerous corporate videos, electronic press kits, etc.  Things made to be duped and handed out….