Last month I helped announce a new service for video archives and news organizations called Clippn. Founded by industry veteran, Mick Reed, Clippn is a service designed to to help companies deal with the vast video archives they’ve been sitting on - not just wrangle them, but actually effectively curate, catalog, tag and even monetize …
FiLMiC Firstlight: A New Level of Film Emulations for Digital Photographers
You may recall the recent launch of FiLMiC's still image photography app, Firstlight for iOS and Android. Today we're announcing a new update, but what's really interesting here is the significant investment the company is making into advanced film emulation - rivaling, if not exceeding emulation tech in the broader digital photo industry today. it's …
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FiLMiC Pro and Live Streaming; It’s Here
Today is kind of a big deal for FiLMiC Pro content creators, or for anyone looking to get more from their mobile devices to create amazing video content. We're releasing a new upgrade (FiLMiC Pro v6.12) that has a very compelling new feature: Clean HDMI Output. While it sounds like a small point, it's actually …
Smart Transcription is Here
Today is a big day for Digital Anarchy; the culmination of a couple of years of intense development and a lot of hard work. Today, Jim Tierney and his team are very excited to announce global availability of Transcriptive.com - the company's web-based , AI Natural Speech Processing Transcription Service! In a nutshell, Transcriptive.com is …
The Editing…Timeline
Professional editors who have been in the game long enough realize that, much like the timelines they are glued to 25 hours a day, the evolution of video editing - while obviously linear - is becoming increasingly compressed. The old salts will talk about the days of the 'cutting room floor' (now that's just a …
Turnkey Machine Learning and AI Development
Sometimes complex machine learning and AI software development needs a head start. Well, that's exactly what Puget Systems has done. Take a look:Puget Systems Unveils New Series of Turnkey, Multi-User Machine Learning Development ServersPuget Systems Embraces Small Research and EDU Groups Collaborating Remotely or On-Premise for Intensive AI, Machine Learning Software Development Auburn, WA (August 10, …
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VEGAS Pro: It’s Time to Take a Closer Look
20 years ago, VEGAS was a household name in the editing community - back in the Sonic Foundry and Sony days. There was (and actually still is) a loyal following of editors who recognized what the VEGAS developers were doing with their unique approach to workflow. If you had any experience with audio, you immediately …
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Welcome Back: Puget Systems
There are moments in your career that are truly gratifying. And today is one of those days. Because an old client - we had worked together around 10 years ago - called and asked if I’d be interested in working together again. I’ve always said that one of the best parts of running a consultancy …
Combining Passions with #TheDailyRiff
At the end of 2017, I announced a new business initiative for BourkePR - my expansion into the #MusicTech market. It was an exciting announcement for me, because it was also a personal one. It was a decision rooted in personal passion and combined with what I do for a living. I also started a …
A New Direction: Music Tech
I'm excited about today... Usually, in these pages, I talk about companies, products, trends and generally, everything happening around me in our industry. But today is a little different. Today's news is about my company. I'm very excited to announce that I'm expanding my PR and communications consultancy to the Music Tech space. I've been …