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 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...
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 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...
Articles | Tech Corner | Technology June 23, 2020 CE 2020 1st Qtr Start your day with a heart attack by opening your master edit sequence and see the following…. Yes, all that red color means that everything in this timeline is offline. EVERYTHING....
Avid had a party. A coming-out party for their new, happier interface. Their Burbank office was jammed with people on May 15 to enjoy food and drink, and to see demonstrations of the latest Avid Media Composer. But wait, I want to tell you something, but that isn’t...
