A few weeks ago I mused on replacing my Mac Pros with iMacs in part because of cost and in part because so much software can run incredibly well on these machines. Well NAB 2012 definitely validated that idea. iMacs dominated the show floor in South Hall running just about every software imagineable. [...]
NAB 2012 was a lot of fun for me as I was asked to appear in multiple videos and interviews throughout the event. Here’s the links in one handy dandy location. Enjoy! “Cutting It Close with Mitch Jacobson” presented by LiveStream. I’m approx. 15:10 into this video talking Post to Good Eats. The [...]
Folks always ask me what to see at the NAB shows each year. Obviously most of my “must sees” revolve around Post Production since that is the main focus of me business, but I do try to walk the entire show at last once to see what’s out there. If you want to find me [...]
UPDATED WITH CORRECTED MATH. See, this is why I’m an editor, not a mathematician! If you’ve been following along the past few months, you know we’re testing a very nice Dell Workstation as we plan the immediate future of our company and what computers might replace all the Mac Pros we currently run. Since [...]
If you’re contemplating moving to Windows and you own a pretty recent Mac Pro, one of the great advantages today is that most of the “Mac 3rd party hardware” also operates in a PC. This is awesome because so far it’s saved me over $2500 in new cards I would have had to purchase [...]
Springtime is upon us and that can mean only two things. Allergies are raging across the United States and it’s time for the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention. Before you head off to Las Vegas, here’s some tips from this seasoned attendee to make the most of your time. “Mirage” is a great [...]
As part of our transitioning the facility over to Avid Media Composer 6 for broadcast work, we’re also transitioning our Mac Pros from Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) to OS 10.7 (Lion). My original plan was to simply wait for OS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) to come out this summer, but as MC6 was designed [...]
Our short and sweet blog post yesterday about switching to Avid MC6 for our broadcast work touched off a flurry of requests for yet more information on our decision. Folks want to know “what specific features did it have that the others didn’t.” “Can you break it down feature by feature, why you [...]
After lots of testing and comparing, we’ve made the decision to move two original series to Avid Media Composer 6. PBS series “This American Land” is starting up Season Two next week and in about a month or so we’ll be kicking off a new original reality series. Over the past for months or [...]
Biscardi Creative Media Seeks Local Freelancers in the Atlanta / Gwinnett Area Biscardi Creative Media is currently seeking multiple people to for freelance production positions at our facility. It’s possible that some may lead to a full-time position in the future. We are seeking a range of positions, however in particular we are looking for [...]