There has always been plenty of whinging about the lack of Apple’s commitment to professionals but throughout my career I’ve been able to look at what Apple is doing and see where they are taking us. It has always excited me but for the first time I’m a little concerned, so it’s a good time to throw a few solutions into the ether and hope that one or two find their way to the Apple development teams. Here we go…

Welcome to the latest instalment of our meet the team series, which, as the title implies will dive into the background of the amazing people that make up The Finish Line. Meet Jonathan Blessley who has been running the business since January 2015.

Welcome to the latest instalment of our meet the team series, which, as the title implies will dive into the background of the amazing people that make up The Finish Line. Meet Jean-Paul Vial who joined us in April 2014.

Welcome to the latest instalment of our meet the team series, which, as the title implies will dive into the background of the amazing people that make up The Finish Line. Meet Steve Alexander who joined us in February 2015.

Welcome to the latest instalment of our meet the team series, which, as the title implies will dive into the background of the amazing people that make up The Finish Line. Meet Chris Batham who joined us in March 2015.

We recently sponsored an event for our friends at Media Parents and just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who came a long as well as the wonderful team at Media Parents who made it all happen.

If you missed part 1 about October Films using FLiP to enable cloud editorial catch up here. Jon Hagan the Edit Supervisor for Spring Cleaning Watch (w/t) said we can share his thoughts two weeks in to using FLiP:

October Films have embraced our cloud Post Production service FLiP for Spring Cleaning Watch (w/t) which they are producing for Channel 4.

Final Post: The Finish Line & Vaudeville Client: Optomen Television Talent: Grade and Online by Jean-Paul Vial Brief: The series follows people with serious ailments undergoing treatment to improve their quality of life. The brief was to come up with style that could be instantly recognisable with the series, and to maintain a warm atmosphere whilst dealing with often distressing scenes.

The demo video below is of us using BTSync with Shared Storage and Avid Media Composer working across multiple locations including a laptop, FLiP (cloud based media composer) and our HQ.