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  • #52 Creativity Driving Innovation, a talk with Michael Cioni
    In the second half of our interview with Michael Cioni of Frame.io, Ben and Jason ask Michael about his background and the sights he saw in filmmaking along the way. They discuss Michael’s trip to be featured at Cannes, despite his college’s wishes. Michael details the lessons he’s learned from mentors about adapting to changing tech and looking for innovation in an industry that can be slow to change its tools. Finally, Jason and Ben explore with Michael what the creative contributes to the building and designing of production and post production workflows and digital film production, in order to make editors and filmmakers excited about their process.
     
    Highlights:
    • Michael details his journey from college to Cannes, Light Iron to Panavision, and today at Frame.io
    • The risks and benefits of moving against traditional tech to pursue innovation that changes the industry, even   when big players don’t recognize what’s coming
    • Huge changes to the filmmaking industry: cameras, workflows, storage and tech digital, film and video production and post production workflow
    • Discussion on why the creative is such an important piece of tech innovation - how they use tools influences design
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      42 min
    • #51 Workflow In the Cloud - Creativity Drives Innovation - A Talk with Michael Cioni
      For this episode of The Workflow Show, we're delighted to have guest Michael Cioni, Global SVP of Innovation at Frame.io, as our guest. Jason and Ben ask specifically what it means to lead innovation, what's next for Media IT and post production in film, and how to inspire creative teams with UI and editing tools. Michael presents the benefits of editing video in the cloud versus traditional workflows and Frame.io completely changes the workflow of review and approval. They discuss the art of being uncomfortable in order to learn and adapt to changes in the Media and Entertainment industry, as well as managing the hurdles of new innovations as the business comes to eventually adopt the newest tools. Michael explains the problems of deletion among content creators and how to plan an archive and MAM around the needs of exponentially expanding file sizes and equipment specs.
      For more information on Michael Cioni and his work visit Frame.io
      Check out our other episodes on post production and working in the cloud, such as our interview with Micheal Kammas of Bebop on Cloud Editing Realities and Myths . Reach out to us via email at [email protected] and follow us on twitter @workflowshow
      EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
      • Ben and Jason speak with Michael Cioni of Frame.io about editing and workflow innovation in the cloud and the impact on the state of the industry
      • Discussion on creativity as the force that drives original ideation and the relationship between the technology and the tools we use
      • Michael relates Frame.io’s tech to enable multiple editors and reviewers to work more efficiently in a remote environment
      • What are some possible next pieces of innovation in filmmaking, including addressing the problem of deletion and archive management
      • 48 min
      • #50 Media Workflow Basics : Part 2.5 of 5 Media Storage
        In this second half of the second installment, or part two of part two, of the Media and Entertainment Digital Workflow Series, Jason and Ben continue their discussion of storage. They explore erasure coding, what differentiates it from traditional RAID, and what it’s advantages and disadvantages are for M&E workflows. Additionally, they talk through storage tiering concepts, business continuity plans, and provide examples of sizing a shared storage volume for an organizations aggregate bandwidth needs.
        52 min
      • #48 Media Workflow Basics: Part 1 of 5: Ingest Media and Ingest Video
        Join Jason and Ben as they begin a multi-episode tour through the digital media workflow and entertainment workflow creation process. In this first episode, dedicated to ingest media, they discuss some of the common mistakes made in media organizations. Join as they share some simple best practices and cool MAM tricks for getting your assets where they're going, and keeping them organized.
         
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        25 min
      • #47 "Building a Bridge between Media Production and IT Professionals with Daniel Rosenberg, Lead Creative Technologies, PVH Corp."
        Creative professionals are used to driving their technology decisions based on the technical requirements of their media creation processes. What happens when they find themselves working for, or within, a larger company with strict rules and regulations for corporate governance? Or maybe you're an IT professional who now finds themselves saddled with a new group of end users who's needs and requirements are way outside the norm by way of comparison to the rest of the organization? Jason and Ben explore this topic with Daniel Rosenberg, Lead Creative Technologies for PVH Corp., and talk through some strategies for media and IT teams to work together successfully when their worlds collide.
        52 min
      • #46 "Solutions Architect Round Table — Remote Workflow Strategy"
        How do we see organizations changing in order to provide their production teams with the tools to succeed to create engaging media at a distance, now, and in the future? What are the most common solutions and tools organizations are using to remotely access their media and collaborate creatively? Join Jason and Ben as they discuss the challenges and effects of the pandemic with the Solutions Architecture team of Chesapeake Systems, including Peter Price, Tom Kehn, Kurt Clawson.
         
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        49 min
      • #45 "Work from Home Culture with Dave Helmly of Adobe Part 2"
        Does Adobe battle test new features and versions of Premiere Pro in the field before the put it in your hands? When should you absolutely delete and rebuild your media cache? How is Apple's new afterburner card performing in Adobe/s Premiere Pro? In the second part of this two-part episode, Ben and Jason continue their discussion with Adobe's Dave Helmly and spend time looking forward at some of the items on the development road map for Adobe's video applications and discuss the potential of some of the coolest new features coming to the Creative Cloud suite of applications.
         
        https://theblog.adobe.com/introducing-productions-in-premiere-pro/
        Project Fast Mask:
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPVx4Tg9EZ0
        Auto Reframe for Premiere Pro:
        https://youtu.be/KYz-LuGWFNE
        Cache Cleaning:
        https://blogs.adobe.com/davtechtable/2020/03/improved-clearing-cache-method-premiere-pro-v14.html
         
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        41 min

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