PugetBench for Creators is designed to test professional workloads in the most popular video editing, photography, VFX, and motion graphics applications.

Brilliant. They've solved the one major annoyance if you have multiple clients on multiple LucidLink filespaces, "Users can now connect to multiple Filespaces simultaneously within the newly redesigned LucidLink Desktop application."

(video) Mr. Alex Tech, "ChatGPT for Creators, Audiio Linkmatch ai, Generative Fill and of course, Davinci Resolve Neural Engine Stuff like Magic Masks, Auto Subtitles and Transcriptions! To name but a few...

Here's what how I've been using ai within my workflow to make my life easier, fix my mistakes, and speed things up!"

"Pomfort’s new video playback application Reeltime Pro is now available to download as a free beta trial. Reeltime Pro is a software application for professional on-set video playback in film productions."

"A few questions and answers about H.264, HEVC, AV1, and ProRes."

"Regardless of whether you think AI is good or bad, here are five areas where AI processes are already impacting current post production."

"The company is offering eight new classes, for free, for varying experience levels and purposes. In addition, AI Ready aims to offer a new generative AI course to more than 50,000 high school and university students. The company has also formed a new partnership with Code.org to teach students about generative AI."

"Flanders Scientific has announced its new XMP650, 65″ UHD HDR and SDR reference mastering monitor built around its new QD-OLED panel. It features a peak brightness of 2,000nits peak luminance, a 4,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and a very wide color gamut."

"The new AMD Threadripper 7000 series CPUs are here, offering significant perforamnce gains in DaVinci Resolve. But, is it enough for AMD to take the lead over Intel Xeon W?"

A review.

"David evaluates the pros and cons of both feature and commercial work by giving us an in-depth look into his different setups, and sheds some light on his unique ability to create networks on set."

"Express 1M2 boasts real-world speeds up to 3151MB/s and gives you the DIY and BYOD (Bring Your Own Drive) flexibility of an enclosure that is built to last." Click through for an explanation of USB 4.

"Earlier this year Sony opened a new Virtual Production Lab at its Digital Media Production Center (DMPC) in Los Angeles, California. This training and education facility offers ... customers a unique opportunity to test drive Sony’s line of professional cinema equipment, including the flagship VENICE 2 Cinema Camera, used in films such as Top Gun Maverick. This model serves as an interesting example of how much smaller LED stages are now being successfully deployed, by deploying newer LED panels."

"AJA’s ColorBox, a color management and color conversion solution, has been certified as compatible with Red’s lineup of cinema cameras. This designation required rigorous testing across the Red family of products to ensure compatibility."

"HDR Image Analyzer 12G v3.0 is a feature release that introduces multi-channel signal analysis, NDI connectivity, SDI embedded Dolby Vision Metadata inspection and analysis, native ARRI LogC4 support, additional 8K format support, and more. "

"Relying solely on the cloud for data storage can have disastrous consequences. Google recently lost up to six months' worth of data for some Drive users." Click through for more details and suggestions on backing up your cloud data.

Very much fun: "This stamp release marks the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, described by its owners as the World’s Greatest Role-playing Game, that has become a cultural phenomenon." (via Seth Pulaski)

"Major retailers like Best Buy and Amazon have been sold of the top-end Oppenheimer discs, leading to a frenzy in after-market sales. Copies of the “Steelcase” special edition have been fetching as much as $200 a copy, according to various online reports."