In the latest episode of the Alan Smithee Podcast, Scott Simmons, Michael Kammes and Katie Hinsen talk all things NAB but also debunk many of the common misconceptions that permeate the industry. Those myths include everything from having to know Avid to get a job to misconceptions that professionals do not rely on templates in their work to what exactly the ongoing integration of AI into production workflows looks like.
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Show Notes:
NAB related links:
https://www.nabshow.com/las-vegas/conferences-and-workshops/postproduction-world/
Village Roadshow
Apple TV + losing a billion
https://www.theverge.com/news/633591/apple-tv-plus-losing-1-billion
Apple TV+ Studios Are Finally Coming To Life In Culver City — Here’s What To Expect
https://secretlosangeles.com/apple-tv-studios-culver-city/
OpenAI and Google ask the government to let them train AI on copyrighted content
https://www.theverge.com/news/630079/openai-google-copyright-fair-use-exception
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334497/carl-erik-rinsch-netflix-fraud-fbi
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308126987758313474/
https://blog.frame.io/2018/09/04/creating-video-for-blind-and-deaf/
One Cool Thing:
Katie: Hot air ballooning
Michael: Adobe Translate and Lip Sync
https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/03/adobe-summit-2025-adobe-ai-platform-unites-creativity-marketing
Scott: https://putonthebrakes.org/

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