This was my 3rd Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet and in my personal opinion, the best one so far.

So why is the SuperMeet so cool compared to the regular LAFCPUG meetups (or for that matter any other FCPUG meetup)?

Besides the fact that Michael Horton, the founder and organizer, is a super great host, you are surrounded by at least 100 million Final Cut Pro users / editors from all over the universe… (Ok…maybe not a 100 million from all over the universe, but definitely by at least a thousand from all over the US and other parts of the world.)

With the advent of tapeless workflows came the speed of ingest and no waiting time. Linear access is gone and random access is in. Therefore, you no longer need to fast forward or rewind. Just jump around your media clips.

But of course, with the good comes the not so good as we no longer have a tape to go back to if our data is lost.

One of the most popular questions of late has to be “How do I backup my media in a tapeless workflow?”

In the field, this can be a daunting task, as I don’t believe many would be willing to use a P2 card only once in the same way that tape was used before (mainly because of the cost of a P2 card).

Telestream today released an upgrade to Episode, Episode Pro, Episode Podcast, Episode Engine and Episode Engine Pro.

Besides managing the marketing and website for ProMAX, I’m also the founder and General Manager of of Pixel Heads Network, which is now part of ProMAX. We have 3 shows for digital media creators, but the one where I used the new Sony EX1 is for the EXPOzed Show (Check out EXPOzedShow.com when you have a moment).

Having shot 5 conferences / events this year so far (Macworld, CES, Cinners, 23rd Annual ASC Awards Show and HD Expo) with the Sony EX1, I have to tell you that I love the tapeless format.

Macworld reported today that Netflix has partnered with a company called Roku to bring a set-top box that will allow you to stream any movie that Netflix offers in their “instant” service.