NAB 2026
I always try to get these published right away but…
This year was particularly strange. I ended up using quite a bit of AI for presentations using Gamma.App. Generally, it worked really well, and in fact, all my sessions are posted here.
It completely destroyed my color class presentation. For those of you who weren't there, it's an approach to color and color thinking using Adobe's new beta tools. It would be completely valuable if you were using the current Lumetri system, Resolve, or any other tool on the market.
Thankfully, since it was recorded and I'm sharing the recording here, I managed to rebuild the deck and actually, in many ways, think it goes along better with the recording, or even without. Clear thoughts about color. Not the deck I would have designed exactly, but pretty decent.
My four sessions that were “seminar style”
Staying Relevant in the Age of AI
Privacy First AI tools (local)
The Intuitive Guide to Color Correction
Everything you always wanted to know about Compression but were afraid to ask
Recording of the Color Class here (From 320 GB (PR LT) to 432 MB (HEVC) - and pushed the audio through Podcast.Adobe.com.
And yes, you can get some consultation time (30 min for free!) with me here. Workflow? Color? Audio? AI? Premiere/Resolve/Avid/FCP? Yeah, I do that and more.
NAB NY 2025
Three sessions
1. Work Faster/Smarter in DaVinci Resolve.
2. Gen AI and how you can use it today (and tomorrow)
3. Transcript-based editorial.
I’ll soon have video snippets from these; Transcript didn’t record, And Resolve was my laptops built in microphone
But the GEN AI one looks/sounds great!
Soon (inside of a week!)
NAB 2025
So, we all go to Vegas to talk/learn and discuss the edge of technology around production/post-production.
Yes, you can totally discuss how I can help your group - think of it as therapy for post-production. Work smarter, faster, and with less pain.
In other words: I help you see your blind spots.
Here are the sessions I spoke at:
Exploring OpenAI’s Sora & RunwayML
Focusing on the Future: Making Decisions for the Next Calendar Year Speaker "Ask-Me-Anything"
What AI Can and CAN'T Do for You
Birds Of A Feather-Editors: The Crystal Ball: Speculating on the Future
The Business Skills I Wish I Had Learning Early in My Editing Career
Apple Vision In-Focus
Tales from Episode Zero – Inside Beast Games: From YouTube to Amazon with Josh Kulic
Professional FAQ From a Year on /r/editors "Ask a Pro” (Interactive)
Remote Collaborative Workflows for Post
You want the notes? All the notes are here; just be aware that several sessions (2, 4, 7,8) have minimal notes
FCPCS 2024
Being in Cupertino is always amazing
Since creating the event - it’s great to see the life it takes on. Here are the two sessions
NAB 2024 - Vegas, AI and you
NAB is always blast - but getting notes up while remote? Exhausting. 😄
More later, but…
7 Skills I wish I'd learned with Scott Simmons
10 CHATGPT TO THE RESCUE Using LLMs in POST (Fixed 4/20/24)
NAB PPW NYC 2022
One of the classes!
Post Production World NYC 2022
Wish I could have spent more time in NYC! It was just a quick travel in, speak three times and go back.
Three fun classes (click each for the notes!)
And, as always, if you have any questions/problems reach out!
Creativity Conference 2022 notes
Thanks for coming to my talks!
If you want/need time from me, I’m happy to give you 20 minutes to see if there’s a way we can work together.
15 Second films - submission link here: https://bit.ly/2022CC15seconds
Mindmapping (has all the resources in the PDF, including free tools!)
NAB VEGAS 2022!
First trip in Forever!
I didn’t know how much I missed traveling and being in Vegas. Some great people and great meals.
If you have any questions or you’re interested in learning any of this, reach out to me!
Meanwhile, here are the sessions!
Remote Production Conference
Remote Production Conference
Feb 2022
Everyone is remote in some ways nowadays. This conference is your key from pre-production through post.
This is the second time that this conference happened and I did two talks.
Guerrilla Guide to Remote editing
This is one form of editing with a partner remotely at a zero (or next to zero) cost.
Key consideration is how to build a proxy that is super crazy small and how to be organized so two or more people can work.
Bonus: Here’s the preset I built in Media Encoder.
Cloud/Blade Editorial State of the Union
While the Guerrilla Guide tries to be cheap, this is going to cost.
What’s the experience like (good, especially if you can get a system near your location - with a ping time of 60ms or under)
Who are the players? Yup, this talk covers that.
And if you want to be introduced to any of the groups (ex: Bebop, etc), let me know and I’m happy to introduce you.
Bonus
Here’s the Adobe Media Encoder preset that I built during the session
If you want help building a preset for any compression tool, just reach out.
Final Cut Pro Global Summit 2021
The Final Cut Pro Global Summit is always amazing…
and just as equally exhausting. Getting the event to be excellent across the board is rough.
But on the presentation side? It’s amazing. Here’s my talks.
Adobe Max 2021
Just some stuff you should probably have.
Max 2021 S556 Making Video Fit Every Platform Fast deck
Search Bins project mentioned in the talk.
Old, but still good:
Better Proxy Presets from 2016
Better Adobe Media Encoder presets from 2017
Adobe Max 2020
Delivering Videos for All Screen Formats the Easy Way
The Color Lab in three parts with media - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3