10 Reads for October 7, 2012

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! We don't have great electronics sales on our Thanksgiving weekend, but we do a fine job of gorging ourselves on Turkey. While I'm sitting on the sofa in a tryptophan induced sleep from Turkey, here is some reading material that will make you smarter.

• 3 Ways to Get More Editing Work Through Online Media. A great post by Kylee Wall that talks about the importance of building your online presence and how to go about getting started with Twitter, blogging, and building a professional looking website.

• Exclusive – Canon confirm 1D C 4K DSLR is identical hardware to a 1D X. Looks like a $7,000 firmware upgrade is the only difference between the two cameras. While I'm not sure about the ethics of Canon's move, I am sure that the firmware hacking is set to begin.

• 39 Tutorials to Learn the Basics of After Effects. The New Boston put together this series of tutorials covering the basics of the ubiquitous compositing program: After Effects.

• 7 Filmmaking Tools that Only Cost $1. Fun tips from the Frugal Filmmaker. If these aren't enough tips, it's worth visiting his YouTube channel for more ways to stretch your dollar.

• Build a Mountain Lion Hackintosh w/ Thunderbolt That's Faster Than a Mac Pro -- for Half the Price. I have zero need tor this, but I do have a foolish desire to make one. If I break down, this is all the reading I'll need.

• Getting started with the Blackmagic Camera raw in Davinci Resolve. Over on Philip Bloom's blog, Dan Moran has put together a great free tutorial on getting started with Resolve. This one should come in useful for new users of the Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera.

• Surviving The New Fall Season: A Showrunner’s Perspective. The heavily hyped new show, My Generation, was cancelled after two episodes, or eight days. This post details the short journey of this showrunner, and provides some perspective on a system that is obviously very broken. There has to be a better way to create and fund new TV shows.

• 5 Handy Mobile Apps to Help Make Your Filmmaking Endeavors More Productive. Some good tools to make sure that your iPhone or iPad earns its keep on set.

• 'Tears of Steel': a Completely Open Source Live Action/CG Sci-Fi Film. The Blender Foundation just released its fourth completely open sourced film. The entire creation pipeline in the studio, used only free/open source software, and the film has been released under a Creative Commons License. It's pretty amazing what they've done.

• Why I have moved over to Adobe Premiere CS6 from Final Cut 7. Another tale of why a major thought leader has switched camps.

P.S. - We published a post that details 6 reasons Apple could abandon the pro-video market.