Weekend Reads - 2-15-13

Why is the VFX business failing at its moment of greatest success?

Great points from Mark Christiansen on how VFX seems to be a more prominent part of the movie industry than ever, yet several of the major VFX houses are having financial problems.

Premiere Pro CS6 and Mbox 2 Recording

How to setup Premiere CS6 with an Mbox2 for recording audio.

Anyone Fooling Around with Sparse Disc Bundles?

Pros and cons of using Sparse Disk Bundles in Media Composer.

Is there a way to import old User settings in a new user?

Useful tip for importing specific settings from another Avid user profile.

Review: Blu-ray player software for Mac

Reviews of several Mac Blu-ray players. I'm using MacGo and it's working well for me.

Opinions on what NLE to teach on a new BA in Film & Screen Media Production

Long discussion thread about which NLEs to teach to students.

Dear Mr. Hernandez

Open letter to the new Avid CEO. I would also add a more open developer program to encourage plugin development and much better support for tapeless workflows.

New Content Creators Report Results Announced

The most curious part of this is how well FCP 7 fared 18 months after EOL.