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MacVoices #25147: NAB Show – Jim Tierney of Digital Anarchy On Eff-it! and AI

May 27, 2025 | NAB

At NAB Show in Las Vegas, Jim Tierney, Chief Executive Anarchist of Digital Anarchy joins Chuck to debut “Effit,” a Premiere Pro plugin that uses transcription to auto-bleep profanity in video and caption files. He also shares updates to Flickr Free and Beauty Box, discussing the benefits and limitations of AI in professional video workflows. While AI is improving, Jim emphasizes it’s still a tool—not a replacement—for skilled human work.

MacVoices #25144: NAB Show – OpusClip’s New AI-Powered Tool

May 23, 2025 | NAB

At NAB Show 2025, Shubh Jagani, Head of Enterprise Product for OpusClip, introduces Opus Search, a powerful tool that analyzes creators’ entire content archives, connects them to current trends, and makes everything searchable and monetizable. Designed for enterprise-level creators, it automates discovery, reframing, captioning, and scheduling—turning old content into fresh revenue opportunities.

MacVoices #25142: Live! – Pope Leo XIV and Tech, Soundcloud and AI, and Grand Theft Auto

May 21, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

In a wide-ranging discussion, the MacVoices Live! panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Eric Bolden, Jim Rea, and Jeff Gamet explores the implications of newly elected Pope Leo XIV wearing an Apple Watch and his comments on AI as a societal challenge. The conversation shifts to SoundCloud’s updated terms allowing AI training on user content, raising ethical concerns about creator rights and compensation. They also unpack the cultural ripple effect of Grand Theft Auto VI’s delayed release and discuss how both religion and entertainment are being reshaped by evolving technology.

MacVoices #25141: NAB Show – AI-Powered Media Management with Peakto

May 20, 2025 | NAB

At NAB Show 2025, Thomas Ribreau, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder for Cyme demos the features of Peakto, a local AI-powered media asset management tool. Peekto allows users to search video and photo content by text, metadata, facial recognition, and timeline. It integrates with tools like Final Cut and Adobe Premiere, supports secure local and remote sharing, and offers collaborative editing—all without cloud dependency.

MacVoices #25140: Road to Macstock – Mike Burke

May 20, 2025 | Events

The Road to Macstock Conference and Expo takes us to first-time speaker Mike Burke, who discusses his presentation on “digital mise en place”—a method for organizing digital workflows before beginning creative tasks. Inspired by both culinary prep and The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande , Mike outlines how he will share thoughts on structured folder systems and automation tools like Keyboard Maestro to improve productivity and aid future collaboration.

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MacVoices #20110: Jeff Carlson On Luminar 4 From a Photographer’s Perspective (Part 1)

Apr 7, 2020 | Author, Graphics/Photos, Software

Jeff Carlson is back to discuss photo editing from a different perspective. In his The Photographer's Guide to Luminar 4, we get a look at a new way to enhance our photos. While Luminar has all the usual capabilities, Jeff explains how it uses slider controls to...

MacVoices #20094: Jim Tierney of Digital Anarchy On The New Version of Transcriptive

Mar 6, 2020 | Developer, Productivity, Video, Web

Jim Tierney, Chief Executive Anarchist at Digital Anarchy, is back to update us on the latest version of Transcriptive, the Adobe Premier plugin that delivers time-coded transcriptions. But that’s just the start. Jim explains the use cases of the new web-based version...

MacVoices #20068: CES – PowerVision Introduces a Combination Drone / AI Video Camera

Jan 27, 2020 | Developer, Graphics/Photos, Hardware, Video

At CES in Las Vegas, PowerVision was flying a drone through a shower of water. Chris Leigh, Regional Sales Director, who was flying the drone, explained how it not only can fly during a heavy rain, but can take off and land from the water, and also has multi-function...

MacVoices #19060: ShowStoppers – Otter Is A Transcription Service For Long-Form Content

Jan 25, 2019 | Audio/Music, Events, Productivity, Software

Transcription can be expensive, but Otter is changing that. Seamus McAteer, GM, Revenue & Partnerships for AISense, demonstrates the function of their transcription app and service, outlines some common and unusual use cases, and explains how they can make...

MacVoices #19057: ShowStoppers – Robolink Introduces Zumi To Teach Kids Programming

Jan 24, 2019 | Events, Games, Hardware, Training/Education

At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, we catch up with CEO Hansol Hong of Robolink, who demonstrates Zumi, their CES Innovation Award-winning product that helps kids learn about things like programming, artificial intelligence, and self driving cars. [audio...

MacVoices #18110: NAB – Digital Anarchy’s Transcriptive Gets New Features

May 1, 2018 | Events, Software, Video

At NAB in Las Vegas, we caught up with Jim Tierney in the Digital Anarchy suite to talk about the evolution of Transcriptive from “just” an AI-based transcription option into a metadata generator that aids the editor as well as the end user. In response to user...

MacVoices #17122: SuperMeet – Digital Anarchy’s Transcriptive Headed for Open Beta

May 19, 2017 | Developer, Events, Productivity, Software, Video

At the SuperMeet at NAB in Las Vegas, Tor Olson, Anarchy Quality for Digital Anarchy, shows us a little bit of Transcriptive, their new software that generates transcriptions from your video using AI, machine learning, Watson, and Speechmatics. Soon to be available in...

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MacVoices #25147: NAB Show – Jim Tierney of Digital Anarchy On Eff-it! and AI

MacVoices #25142: Live! – Pope Leo XIV and Tech, Soundcloud and AI, and Grand Theft Auto

MacVoices #25141: NAB Show – AI-Powered Media Management with Peakto

MacVoices #25140: Road to Macstock – Mike Burke

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MacVoices #20094: Jim Tierney of Digital Anarchy On The New Version of Transcriptive

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MacVoices #19057: ShowStoppers – Robolink Introduces Zumi To Teach Kids Programming

MacVoices #18110: NAB – Digital Anarchy’s Transcriptive Gets New Features

MacVoices #17122: SuperMeet – Digital Anarchy’s Transcriptive Headed for Open Beta

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