Latest articles by Jay Ankeney
2017 State of the Edit: VR, 8K and IMF
What better way to welcome the New Year than by taking stock of the state of post production with insights from representatives of some of the leading NLE manufacturers?
State of the Edit, 2015
In this year’s annual “State of the Edit” survey, I asked representatives of most of the major NLE’s about today’s challenges facing editors and the post production community.
NAB 2015 Monitors Preview
Although 4K monitors will blossom all over the Las Vegas Convention Center, at the 2015 NAB Show, it’s as much about the quality of pixels as the amount of pixels.
2015 NAB Editing & Graphics Review
The new technological introductions at the NAB Show are like spokes of a wheel, all leading to post production and editing.
Cutting to Picture for Impact
Film editors have three great tools at their disposal: context, contrast and rhythm.
Advertising Crowns the Super Bowl Experience
Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1 was the most-watched, live event in the history of U.S. sports television with a record overnight rating of 49.7, up 4 percent over last year’s game.
Editors Find Big Things in An Inexpensive Package
Rarely do I run into as enthusiastic a cadre of editors than those who have chosen to adopt Sony Creative Software’s Vegas Pro as their mainstream NLE.
2016 NAB Product Review: Monitors
As the Bard once said, “Displays the thing!” and at NAB Show 2016 monitors and displays provided windows into the souls of new technologies.
6P Laser 3D: Coming to a Theater Near You?
3D has become a favored piñata for many in the film and broadcast industry.
‘Drunk History’ Revives Oral Storytelling
Toward the beginning of “Honolulu” when Rodrigues was joshing with Waters about doing another whiskey shot and we heard his voice say, “Laugh with me.
NAB 2014: Editing
Like all roads leading to Rome, every technology path on display at the 2014 NAB Show eventually ends up in editing and post production.
Editing Chevy’s Inspiring ‘Life’ Super Bowl Ad
The NFL predicted that Super Bowl XVLIII would be a showcase for the best offensive and the best defensive players of the league.
Is ‘Avid Everywhere’ a Reality?
The annual toboggan ride toward the 2014 NAB Show in April has begun.
Creating Different Concepts Of Reality Through Editing
Editors rejoice. Every year the Creative Arts Awards given out by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences heralds the greatest achievement in our craft.
NAB Show Product Review: Editing & Graphics
Like a baseball catcher facing a knuckle-ball pitcher, edit systems have to be ready to handle anything that gets thrown at them.
The Perils of 4K
“We are working on eight television shows right now including ‘NCIS: Los Angeles,’ ‘Perception,’ and ‘Cougar Town,’ among others, but none of those clients have requested 4K masters.”
