Joe Herman, Author at NYCPPNEWS

About Joe Herman

Joe Herman is a filmmaker, artist and post production specialist and writes often about the industry. You can reach him at joe[at]legendmultimedia[dot]com. Or reach and follow him on Twitter @JoeHermanTweets.

Stock Footage Only: That’s the Rule at the First Ever Adobe Stock Film Fest

Now here’s an interesting concept: Since you can’t shoot like you want to these days, how about holding a film festival where all the films were made entirely with shots from a stock footage library? The Adobe Stock Film Fest, live streamed beginning July 15, makes great sense in today’s stressed out production scene. I […]

Intel Challenger AMD Delivers First 64-Core Threadripper Pro in New Lenovo P620 Workstation

Taking it Straight to Chipzilla’s Fastest Xeon The Core Wars are heating up. With today’s launch of the Threadripper PRO ThinkStation P620 — the new AMD chip sports 64 computing cores that tops anything Intel delivers — Lenovo has pulled out from the workstation crowd. In case you’re keeping score: this is the first and […]

What’s New, Creative Cloud? We Offer Our Take on Adobe’s Spring Updates

It’s Been 16 Years Since Creative Suite Launched. Does Cloud-centric Adobe Still Deliver? Twice a year – we’re used to it already. “It” is when Adobe announces its upgrades to Creative Cloud suite. So much of our industry depends upon this family of video and audio apps including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Character Animator, […]

Latest Maxon Cinema 4D S22 Drops, Delivers Easier UV, Viewport Enhancements

Subscription model promises more regular updates, while better UV mapping just makes life easier. Kitty image credit: Maxon Creative artists in motion media know that this is the best of times (in spite of the current news of the world). The power of the digital tools and technologies 3D artists wield today, with apps like […]

Asus Zenbook Pro Duo – Does Doubling Your Screens Double Your Fun?

For modern music producers in the midst of our media-everywhere world, having a really capable computer has moved from “Oh that’s nice” to essential. For this video review of the ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo, we’re turning again to Consordini demo specialist Alan Scott. As a professional musician and producer, Alan states what’s going to sound […]

Video Review: Does IK Multimedia’s SampleTank Deliver What a Sound Editor Needs?

If you score film or television projects, you know that the more sounds you can draw on, the better. That doesn’t mean you can’t create your own custom patches, but when deadlines loom, you want to draw on the largest libraries of samples as you can. That’s why we’re taking a look at IK Multimedia’s […]

Maxon’s Merger with Red Giant and Acquisition of Redshift Widens its Horizons in 3D and Beyond

2019 saw significant buyout and merger action in the visual effects world. This past mid-December, Friedrichsdorf, Germany-based Maxon – creators of the 3D app Cinema 4D – merged with Red Giant, well known for its advanced filters offering particle effects and more. The two companies will become one under the media and entertainment division of […]

See You at Sundance! NYCPP News to Report from Acclaimed Film Festival

Image: Emily Skeggs and Kyle Gallner appear in Dinner in America by Adam Rehmeier, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Philippe Bernier. The Sundance Film Festival starts tomorrow – January 23 – and I’ll be in Park City, Utah to […]

What was Big at Adobe MAX

Photoshop on iPad, Easy Interactive AR and AI, Streaming Everywhere Image: Adorama’s Interactive Challenge found Adobe MAX attendees confronting a live model in a Victorian-era set with five minutes to capture an image. Photo by @slashvisuals by Joseph Herman This week saw Adobe’s annual MAX conference unreel in Los Angeles. Thousands of creatives and coders […]

Emmy-Nominated Wu-Tang Clan Doc Series Offers Panel on Post Using Adobe

Earlier in the year, Adobe and Showtime hosted a screening and panel at the Metrograph of Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, a sprawling 4-part documentary about the highly influential hip-hop group. The Showtime series, which premiered at this year’s Sundance festival, has just been nominated for an Emmy award for outstanding writing in a […]