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08/30/2026

A new very powerful Mac Studio.

Introducing the new Mac Studio, boosted by M5 Max and M5 Ultra, our...

08/23/2026

Heather Delaney Reese lays it out. It's an unsettling story.

Yesterday, right as negotiations with our closest ally were collapsing, Donald Trump appeared to have no cares in the world as he posed for glamour shots for his new presidential headshots. In a compilation video posted by “TeamTrump” on social media, the President of the United States wrapped h...

08/22/2026

British group Jungle used Final Cut with other Apple apps to create 11 music videos in 4 days for their new album.

The British band Jungle is known for bending genres and pushing creative boundaries. Learn more tips and how-tos on the App Store.

08/19/2026

Amazing technology.

Volume work on House of the Dragon Season 3 🎬 Episode 1, “Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood“ Cinematographer: PJ Dillon ASC ISC Gaffers: Charley Cox and Benjamin Purcell Source: Film Lights | 15 comments on LinkedIn

08/03/2026

I guess it must be true.

George Lucas declares AI is filmmaking's inevitable future and resistance is futile. The legendary director compares the shift to the automobile replacing horse carriages, acknowledging risks but arguing solutions exist.

07/25/2026

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” made history as the first feature film shot entirely on IMAX film cameras, using a staggering 2.1 million feet of film. 🎬 That’s longer than the distance from Toronto to New York. The film opened to more than $264 million globally in its first weekend, to...

07/20/2026

Who still says Hollywood isn't using AI?

Don’t expect that number to shrink any time soon.

07/15/2026

Special effects from back in the day.

For 30 seconds, Cliffhanger (1993) convinces you you’re looking at a real mountain. The slow camera pullback doesn’t reveal the illusion, it celebrates it. An enormous matte painting by Michelle Moen seamlessly extends the landscape, creating one of the finest practical visual effects shots of i...

07/01/2026

Wonder where sound designers get some of their sounds? Here’s an interesting, very organic way. When I was helping co-produce off-Boadway shows, we’d run backers auditions to find investors. One show was set in a 1920s radio station. One scene was a detective story complete with live sound effects performed by me. In preparation for that backers audition I went to NBC in New York City to view their collection of sound effects tools used in radio productions back in the day. One of the items was a metal sheet, a fraction of the size of the one in this video, used to produce thunder. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

The legendary steel sheet of percussionist Steve Forman was literally found as junk in a Venice Beach alley. Covered in paint and abandoned, it looked like scrap metal. But Forman hauled it back to his studio, hung it up, tapped it once, and immediately heard something special. It went on become one...

05/12/2026

It's about leadership.

John Smoltz played for Hall-of-Fame manager Bobby Cox for almost 20 years with the Atlanta Braves.