Video Editor Chris Salters with 2 levels if remote Collaboration Worklows for any budget

Trailer editor Chris Salters has posted 2 remote collaboration workflows, one free and one including a second computer. Great to see an almost free solution and a much more robust solution as well as solutions better than Zoom though much more expensive (starting at $399 a month). I like that he sets up a solution that will work with other programs as well.The budget solution creates a new video monitor which means you are eating more of your precious video memory, which worries me a little, but for screening should be ok.And the other solution requires another computer and some hardware, so might be more for where companies can provide hardware.

Blackmagic Design has reduced the price of ATEM Mini Pro and ATEM Pro ISO by $100 each

 Blackmagic Design has dropped the price of the ATEM Mini Pro to $495 abd the ATEM Mino Pro ISO to $795, a $100 price drop on each.Now I think you only need the $295 ATEM mini if you attach it as a web camera to stream your edit live, but if you want your edit to be live on YouTube or to record it you could go for the mini pro.Still the Web Presenter may in fact be a better solution for streaming for me. Since I have the $495 Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4k, I have spare SDI ports and that way I could stream a 4k sequence as the ATEM MINI only accepts up to a 1080 60p sequence while the Web Presenter accepts up UHD 60p sequences though streams out at only 1080 60p. Of course I lose the ability to see me in a picture and picture via a gopro.

Allan Tépper at ProVideoCoalition does an in depth review of the Blackmagic Web Presenter

 Allan T�épper at the ProVideoCoalition has done a very in depth review of the Blackmagic Web Presenter, and since this is one of the real-time remote streaming solutions and the way Sofi Marshall did her streaming, I thought I would link to this awesome review.I still think that Atem Mini might be the better solution with it's build in picture in picture, but I haven't actually tested it, so I don't know for sure.

New Apple TV announced with new remote and color balancing feature

 3 days ago Apple announced a new Apple TV 4k with a new remote and A12 Bionic Chip. It supports higher frame rate HDr, Dolby Vision and 60 fps.The coolest feature which should at least hit some previous models is part of tvOS 14.5 according to 9 to 5  Mac, is color balancing using your iphone. This will not color balance your tv, but instead the output of your Apple TV to correct for your TV’s color balance! Wow! Apple needs to make an SDK for this feature, as I would love to have it in Adobe Premiere and DaVinci resolve on my Mac!It still doesn’t account for Apple’s weird color shifts on the Mac. Be interesting to see how this balances for your own clips played back on an Apple TV from Premiere or Resolve, but for streaming and purchased movies this should be a godsend.

NBC/Universal’s new streaming service Peacock has launched, and it claims to be free, free, free, free, but it really isn’t

So NBC/Universal launched it's much vaunted Peacock streaming service last night and I took a look at what is available.And yes there is free content with commercials, but all their original shows and even shows like Cheers only allow you to watch one episode for free before you have to pay for their premium content starting at $4.99 a month with commercials.What first struck me was it's dearth of content. Each category that came up seemed awful short and so many of the shows repeat again and again.And how much of the content is paid. And I wouldn't mind that since some is free if it with adds, but it the campaigns that said Free, free, free, free, free, free, free, free which makes me question it more. It actually makes me think they are going to get sued for saying it was all free!As for the content, this to me is just like CBS all access, if there is something I will watch I will pay for a month, and if not I won't care a lick about it. Maybe once the new Battlestar Galactica comes out, but really I would be happier with a continuation of the original instead of the reboot.