Sanbila is cloud storage built for video editors. Your original footage lives in the cloud, and you edit it in your usual software using either proxies or originals. Lassana Toure, developer of Sanbila, explains how it works and who it is for.
All media delivered to consumers over the web is compressed, which runs the risk of damaging image quality during compression. Worse, compression specs change based upon the device doing the playback. This covers the basics of what you need to know to make your images look their best.
Adobe has made a significant effort to improve their color grading in Premiere. The latest version of Adobe Premiere – 26.5.1 – supports editing Apple ProRes RAW files natively. Here’s an overview of what you need to know.
Theoretically, there is a new menu option in Final Cut 12.3 that will save a still frame directly into Pixelmator Pro. However, it doesn’t work. So here’s a workaround that does – and it also reveals three bugs that Apple needs to fix.
Based on Apple’s Release Notes, Final Cut Pro 12.4, released Sept. 29, 2026, and FCP 12.3, released June 30, 2026, include these enhancements and fixes.
Sekondo is a plugin that connects Claude or ChatGPT to Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro and Lightroom Classic. You tell it what to do, and it does it. Larry Jordan interviews founder Jose Manuel Fernández about what this is and how it works.
Video editing on a Mac is no longer state of the art. However, that doesn’t mean we don’t have choices to make when buying a new system. Here are Larry Jordan’s thoughts on where to spend your money.
Softbox is a plug-in for Apple Final Cut Pro that brings control over skin smoothing, lighting and detail sharpness. In this interview, Larry Jordan talks with developer Iain Anderson to learn what this plug-in does and why he created it.
In this guest post, Anastasia Savula explains why current Mac and Windows hardware makes data recovery of lost or damaged files more difficult than in years past due to SSDs, encryption, integrated hardware, and advanced operating system technologies.
While the world is obsessing about AI, media creators are more concerned about storage capacity and bandwidth. Storage, not our computer, is now the performance gate-keeper. To learn more, I interviewed Skip Levens, Product Marketing for Quantum.
CaptionX was designed to create captions for all the languages Adobe Premiere Pro does not support – 89 in all! In this interview, Jake Brown, Founder of CaptionX, describes what it is, why he created it and who it’s for.
Beat is a free Mac app for media creators where you develop the story, plan the production, long form or short, then, on the shoot day, Beat has all the information you need on set, including a dynamic shot list and production timer. Here’s an interview with Joao Lutz, its creator, to learn more.
Editor Client Engine helps you find work faster by giving freelance video editors one place to decide who to target, build a stronger offer, evaluate prospects, create personalized outreach and follow ups, handle replies, and keep opportunities organized. I interviewed CEO Highness Kiwia to learn more.
This guest post is a detailed explanation of how to prevent problems with SD cards, how to make sure your card is working properly and how to fix it if something goes wrong. These instructions apply to both still images and video on Windows and Mac.
Jason Bache founded Nerds Limited back in 2009. Recently, to support his daily podcast, he challenged himself to build a broadcast-quality studio that fits into two Pelican cases and delivers the same experience as a permanent studio. Here’s what he created.
IBC2026, in Amsterdam, is quickly approaching. This is a list of new products and services at the show, curated for independent media creators and sorted by company, with links to learn more. Updated daily.
DaVinci Resolve 21.0.3 adds new ease modes for retime speed and frame curves, as well as improved handling of interlaced media, keyframe editing, multicam audio and PSD imports. Here’s the complete list of changes.
Spellshot is a Final Cut Pro extension that connects AI agents to your projects. Spellshot makes editing faster while preserving the editor’s judgment, creative control, and ownership of the final result. Here’s an interview with Tony Ginart, Spellshot CEO, to learn how this works.
PostProAnalytics (PPA) is a Mac-based application for automatically analyzing working hours and project activities in DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects (more applications are coming soon). Its focus is on the business side of editing.
Stockfilm holds 162,000+ searchable clips scanned from 1,583 physical 8m and Super 8mm film reels spanning the 1930s to 1980s, all available for direct licensing. Here’s more about what it is and how it works.
