Hey everyone, welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast! This week, Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen, and Michael Kammes are diving into the latest buzz in the production, post-production, entertainment, tech, and beyond. The main topic of discussion is the shocking news of Light Iron’s closure, a well-known high-end post-production boutique recently acquired by Panavision. Is this just another unfortunate trend, or is there more to it? Not to fear, it’s not all doom and gloom; as usual, there are some really cool things to get excited about. 

Show Notes:

Adobe Max: https://www.provideocoalition.com/tag/adobe-max/

2025 MAX Sneaks: https://www.youtube.com/live/_SBn0Iu3K-U?si=awVtbAT2RflglSLu   

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2025/10/30/adobe-max-2025-sneaks-where-ai-creativity-play-collide
Premiere projects saved in v25.6.0 cannot be opened in other v25.x versions

The Associated Press (AP) Switches to DaVinci Resolve Studio

Netflix AI use guide: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/43393929218323-Using-Generative-AI-in-Content-Production

One Cool Thing

Katie: https://www.youtube.com/@FrontOfficeCo 

Ken Sakata’s videos on design https://www.instagram.com/frontoffice.co
James Cameron's 2 part interview on The Town: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0igvjcmgw4wYhAWvPzBauq

Michael: Premiere Pro External Preferences (Site-wide)

https://community.adobe.com/t5/enterprise-teams-discussions/deploying-and-enforcing-custom-preferences-in-adobe-premiere-pro/m-p/10348403

Scott:

We Call it Imagineering:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZuKWjoQGMP5LFHVnDn-sxggnJCZi3d9H

https://youtu.be/NyIgV84fudM?si=RL56ni5vbaQFtUJI