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May 5, 2025

Sigh... As many of you noticed last week, our website suffered a serious slowdown. So, we decided to migrate the entire site to a new, faster, server. It did not go as smoothly as I would have liked, but it is much better than it was. Thanks for your patience. I'm sorry we could not recover from this faster.


This was the most popular article last week. I've now updated it to include both Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro.


LinkA Fine Line to Walk – AI Features in Video Editing Software


One of my favorite interviews from NAB - which I highlighted last week - was with Maxim Jago, futurist, filmmaker and author. In case you weren't able to see it, here it is again.


Link: Reasons for Optimism - Maxim Jago


I finished editing all 61 NAB Show interviews. YAY!! Here's the complete list.


Link: Index to Larry's NAB Show Interviews


By the way, if you weren't able to access last week's newsletter, you missed nine different videos and tutorials. Here's a link to that issue.


Link: Larry's Newsletter for April 28, 2025 (PDF)


TOP NEWS STORIES


I finally caught up with posting news - not that there's a lot immediately after NAB Show. Still, as always, you'll find the latest news on my home page.

December 2024

Tuesday, May 27, I'm giving a presentation on AI tools in Final Cut, Premiere and Resolve at the LA Creative Pro User Group. It's been a while since I attended and I'm looking forward to returning. Bring your hardest questions - someone there can answer them. It will be a fun night - and there are only two meetings left! (I'll have registration details for you next week.)


Thinking of tutorials, I have four new tutorials for you this week.


Link: Quick Color Tip for iPhone HDR Video in Adobe Premiere Pro


Link: Accessing Multiple Projects Inside Final Cut Pro


Link: Display Stacked Timelines in Adobe Premiere Pro (v25.2)


Link: Display Two Timelines At Once in DaVinci Resolve 19


IN CLOSING


Another theme at the recent NAB Show was "data repatriation;" meaning data which was stored in the cloud is now moving back to be stored locally or in a hybrid cloud/local option. Partly, as Mike Cavanagh, CEO of Key Code Media, explained, this is due to the costs of storing media in the cloud.


Tara Montford, co-founder of EditShare, suggested that, due to European laws, companies "want to know where that media is [stored] and you cannot guarantee on some of the very large cloud providers where [that] media is or where the metadata may be held."


From my perspective, storing media in the cloud or other company-essential data opens us up to issues of security and unauthorized data scraping to train AI systems. Sometimes, for collaboration, cloud storage is required. But, just because it is "in the cloud" does not mean it is safe.


Until next Monday, stay healthy, stay hopeful and edit well.


TUTORIALS & REVIEWS

» Hope for the Future - Maxim Jago (NAB Show Interview)

   » Maxim thinks about two years ahead of the rest of us.


» A Fine Line to Walk - AI in Video Editing (Tutorial)

   » Enabling tools without costing jobs - now includes FCP & Premiere


» Quick Color Tip: iPhone Media in Premiere Pro (Tutorial)

   » iPhones shoot HDR. Our monitors are SDR. How to fix?


» Accessing Multiple Timelines in Final Cut Pro (Tutorial)

   » Faster switching between multiple projects in FCP.


» Display Stacked Timelines in Premiere Pro (Tutorial)

   » Compare and contrast two timelines at once.


» Display Two Timelines At Once in DaVinci Resolve (Tutorial)

   » This is easy to do, but darned hard to find.


» Index to all Larry's 2025 NAB Show Interviews (List)

  » This is a fast way to browse between interviews.

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