Technical
AirDropper - A web application that allows Dropbox users to request a file from anyone, even if the person doesn’t have a Dropbox account.
Vid.ly – users can upload a video file and serve it to multiple devices and web browsers all from a single URL.
pTCcal - the web based simple timecode calculator
Backupify – an all-in-one archiving, search and restore service for the most popular online services
Files2U – Send large files anywhere. Fast. Secure. Free.
Hand Held Hollywood – Where Gadget Obsessions Meet Hollywood Professions.
MacRumors Buyer’s Guide – the best recommendations regarding current product cycles, and to provide a summary of currently available rumors for each model.
Optimizing for Performance: Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
Avid Media Composer 5 online manual
Apple Pro Apps online documentation (includes Final Cut Studio 2 apps)
Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4 online documentation
Premiere Pro online documentation
Photoshop online documentation
After Effects online documentation
Illustrator online documentation
After Effects community resources (in several languages)
After Effects Error Code Database – having a hard time figuring out After Effects error messages? Look ‘em up in this huge database.
Freddys Big List of Relevant Avid Links – the mother of all Avid documentation – and it’s current too!
TUTORIAL: If the built in keyers in Final Cut Pro 7 aren’t good enough, try round-tripping via Motion
Adobe Bridge online documentation
HD Formats: Color Model & Color Sub-Sampling – this blog post should help clarify a couple more of those words and numbers we see associated with HD video formats.
Anatomy of an Edit Suite – a detailed, pictorial guide to building an edit suite
FCPX Quirks – Craig Tozzi’s site doesn’t seek to add to the over-blown hysteria surrounding the introduction of FInal Cut Pro X, it’s simply a on-going list of smaller issues – either bugs, interface shortcomings or general workflow issues – that I’ve found while working in FCPx for the very first time on actual project.
Premiere Pro overview documents for Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer users – making the switch? This resource page should help.
Apple Pro Video Series: Final Cut Pro X – 5 hours of training on FCP X by Apple-certified master trainer Steve Martin
Optimizing for Performance: Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects – a list of resources relating to optimizing your computer system and After Effects and Premiere Pro so that you can get the most done in the least time with these applications.
File Dropper - upload files up to 5GB to the web…for FREE!
Flashcards Table on Final Cut Pro – create, share and view flashcards on Final Cut Pro
PixelFlow – share, review, edit and deliver video online.
Speedtest.net – tells you if you’re getting the connection speed you paid for.
downforeverybodyorjustme - A website that you desperately need to load – isn’t. Find out if it’s down for everyone or just you.
CaptionBox – Say goodbye to subtitling the final version of your web video. Say hello to an interactive plugin that does it for you.
Cloud Render Farms – Render-It, Render King, Render Farm, Rebusfarm, Render Friend, Render Rocket, Render Nation, Render Core, Render Titan, Render Cubic.
CloudFTP makes any USB storage device wireless! I come to bury ‘sneakernet,’ not to praise it.
Encoding.com is the largest online video converter. Stop crunching bits on your computer. Get back to being creative.
ifixit – an extensive catalogue of free hardware service manuals; the king of DIY repair.
TechTerms – a free web dictionary of computer and technology terms.
