NAB 2024 Recap, Part 2: LumaTouch

NAB 2024 was a big success for LumaTouch as well. While not their first NAB, it was their first time exhibiting in the new Creator Lab in the South Hall. I mentioned this last time, but it’s worth mentioning again. The Creator Lab is the brainchild of VidCon veteran, Jim Louderback, who had the foresight …

FilmicFest is Back!

FilmicFest is back in a big way! With a grand prize of a $25,000 production grant and over $50,000 in filmmaking gear prizes from sponsors like Frame.io, LumaTouch, Zacuto and many more, the goal of this year's FilmicFest is to make an even bigger impact on the lives of aspiring filmmakers around the world. Plus, …

“Talk About the Passion….” LumaTouch and Education

You hear a lot about passion in the hustle culture, but there are some in tech circles who, not only follow their passion, they are driven by it. And that's LumaTouch - creators of LumaFusion. LumaTouch and their passion for storytelling - and enabling storytellers - is a key factor in every decision they make; …

Sitting on Mountains of Video Archives and Don’t Know Where to Start? Clippn Can Help

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 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 …

Casey Neistat: The End of the Vlog as We Know It

Last week, YouTube sensation Casey Neistat announced - in a vlog - that he was ending his daily vlog. During his final episode, he cited many reasons; the creative challenge was no longer there; it had become too easy, too formulaic. Perhaps he was just losing enthusiasm for it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a …

Making Video Editing Plug-ins Smarter

I've known Jim Tierney of Digital Anarchy for over 1o years now - I see him at least once a year at NAB in Vegas in the famed Plug-in Pavilion. I've always admired his work, and now after all these years, we've found an opportunity to work together. Digital Anarchy has become well known in …

You’ll Never Know I Was Here; Invisible Effects

“I take considerable pride in invisible effects, in knowing that at the end of the day, my work is appreciated, but you don’t really know what I did. You never knew I was there. That’s how I know it’s a job well done." Jason Bowdach is a renowned colorist & finishing artist; he runs Cinetic …

Review & Approval: When the Status Quo is Your Biggest Competitor

I first wrote about Review and Approval apps back in 2014; here’s an excerpt of some of the things I discussed in my post back then. I share these thoughts again because they still ring true and apply today: Collaborative review and approval apps aren’t necessarily a new concept. In fact, my first experience working …

Rampant Live + Film Riot’s Ryan Connolly = Awesome

While YouTube is exploding, and truly coming into its own as a premiere channel for amazing content, there are some creators who have been there from the beginning. These are the guys who set a standard, worked unbelievably hard,  continued to build their platforms, and with every piece of content, have elevated that standard to …