Tech Corner – If a Tree Falls in the Forest…

Tech Corner – If a Tree Falls in the Forest…       Avid Media Composer version 2018.12.15 is the last version of the software before it went through a major interface overhaul. A recent select survey of ACE editors about the new...
A Complete Solution – BBC 2021

A Complete Solution – BBC 2021

A Complete Solution – BBC 2021  Articles | CinemaEditor Magazine | Tech Corner | Technology  January 13, 2021 Boris FX has released Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) 2021, a package of VFX plugins for Avid, Adobe, Apple, Blackmagic Design and other...

Where the World is Going

Where the World is Going  CinemaEditor Magazine | Tech Corner | Technology  December 8, 2020 Harry B. Miller, III – Tech Corner Microsoft creates operating systems that are designed towork on a huge variety of computers, new and old. Most of the...

Tech Corner Don’t Upgrade – Harry B. Miller III, ACE

Tech Corner Don’t Upgrade – Harry B. Miller III, ACE   Microsoft creates operating systems that are designed towork on a huge variety of computers, new and old. Most of the hardware it runs on is not made by Microsoft, but by the likes of...

Tech Corner – Research Under Lockdown

Tech Corner – Research Under Lockdown   The enforced idleness of the last few months has resulted in several positives. I walk more. I talk to my family more. And I’ve lots of research to share with you, dear reader. In late February, 2020, I was...

Tech Corner – Connecting to the Score

  My first experience with a major composer was when Jerry Goldsmith came to our editing room on the Sony lot to spot the movie Gladiator (no, not that one; the boxing movie). We watched the movie on the KEM, occasionally discussing different ideas,...

Tech Corner – Last Equipment Survey

Tech Corner – Last Equipment Survey    CE 2012 Qtr 2 The battle is over. There are clear winners. The answers to the questions haven’t changed. Around 80% of the ACE respondents edit on Avid, on a Mac, cutting with HD media, on network...

Tech Corner – 12 Steps to Tech Sanity

 Articles | Tech Corner | Technology  June 23, 2020 12 Steps to Tech Sanity Harry B. Miller III, ACE My name is Harry M – and I have an addiction. I am a software-update-aholic. Let me explain. In the early days of personal computers Wordstar was the...

Tech Corner – Death of a Software

Tech Corner – Death of a Software  Harry B Miller III  June 23, 2020  Articles | Tech Corner | Technology Death of a Software (with apologies to Arthur Miller) Harry B. Miller III, ACE One thing stupider than releasing a piece of...