Ashley Kennedy
Eddie Awards should provide hints for next week’s Oscars
With today’s ACE awards ready to deliver honors on outstanding film editing work done in 2011, we should get a lead on who might be a favorite …
Video Editing on the iPad: How does Avid Studio Stack up to iMovie?
Last week, Avid Technology released Avid Studio for iPad, now available for $4.99 in the App Store. This app release ends Apple iMovie’s pseudo-monopoly on tablet-based video …
FCP X 10.0.3: Restoring Some Missing Features
Seven months after the release of FCP X, Apple comes forward with v. 10.0.3 to address some major missing features. Will it be enough?
Thunderbolt: Ahead of its time or wave of the future?
No doubt by now you’ve heard a bit about the new Thunderbolt technology by, a collaboration effort between Apple and Intel in 2011 for Apple’s new line …
Recent grads discuss breaking into the video production and post-production industry
Remember what it was like to be freshly graduated from college, navigating the murky sea of the production and post-post industry? Now, imagine that you’re trying to …
PremiumBeat Customer Spotlight: CinemaCake Filmmakers
Join us, as PremiumBeat.com begins featuring customer spotlights about some of our most valued patrons. This month, we’re highlighting CinemaCake Filmmakers, a Philadelphia-based wedding and event film-making …
Bunim/Murray joins growing list of FCP-to-Avid converts
Reality TV production giant, Bunim/Murray, joins a growing number of high-profile professionals to return to Avid from Final Cut Pro.
Convert FCP X projects to FCP 7 sequences with Xto7
Xto7 for Final Cut Pro (by Assisted Editing) allows you to take your Final Cut Pro X timeline to Final Cut Pro 7. You can also go …
PremiumBeat.com announces new partnership with MotionVFX.com
PremiumBeat.com has partnered with motionVFX.com to pack a high quality one-two punch for stock music and Apple Motion templates. Check out this post, where I interview motionVFX …
Fun Facts and Dates in Digital Editing ‘Firsts’
Believe it or not, nonlinear digital video editing is only 26 years old, and has been mainstream for just over 15 years. In this post, we’ll relive …
Video Editors Respond to CNN’s Layoff of 50 Editors and Videographers
CNN recently announced layoffs of about 50 of its editors and videographers, stating that because cameras and editing equipment were so plentiful in the hands of the …
Video Tutorial: How to Use the New Find Tool in Avid Media Composer
As we continue our video tutorial series on the new features in Media Composer 6, we thought we’d highlight the new Find Tool (which was technically introduced …