Weekend Reads - 9-2-12

Avid AMA Best Practices
This has been a hugely popular post so check it out if you haven't seen it yet.

Anatomy of an iMac Suite
Walter Biscardi details how he built a Premiere Pro iMac editing suite with Small Tree shared storage.

When to use and when not to use Fixed Resolution in Motion 5
Interesting discussion about Motion 5's Fixed Resolution option for imported objects.

Twenty Premiere Pro CS6 Power Tips for FCP Editors
More useful Premiere Pro information from Clay Asbury.

SpeedGrade 6.0.3 Update
Adobe has released a SpeedGrade update with Retina support and various bug fixes.

Smoke 2013 Pre-Release 3
Autodesk has released a new pre-release of Smoke with a big overhaul to the conform workflow.

5 After Effects Tips and Tricks for Video Editors
Excellent tips for navigating in After Effects.

Exporting Low Res QT from Avid…Fast
Great tip from Shane Ross for quickly exporting low-res QTs in near-realtime with timecode burn-in. Also check out the comments for additional tips.