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 …
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 …
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 …
BoxCast is Growing, Expanding into New Markets
BoxCast issued a statement today outlining some impressive new milestones, as well as highlighting some aggressive goals for new growth. I've included some excerpts below, but you can also visit them here www.boxcast.com to learn more. I'm very proud to be participating with the BoxCast team in their success to date. I was first drawn to …
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Artificial Intelligence Engines Drive New Transcription Software
Digital Anarchy's Transcriptive is shipping! If you were at NAB 2017, you may have seen Jim Tierney doing a tech demo of this new, intelligent transcription software for Premiere Pro editors. Today, they've announced it's available immediately! This is great news for any editor - or anyone - who's had to deal with the …
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What is HEVC and What Does it Mean for 4K Streaming?
This post originally appeared on the BoxCast Blog here. It wasn’t long ago that the discussion of 4K capture and delivery seemed like an elusive hypothetical. Debates abounded regarding the need for 4K versus its high cost and potentially slow rate of consumer adoption. Five years ago, you’d have to take out a second mortgage …
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