Post-Production Industry Trends
Expert insights on video production workflows, cloud storage, remote editing, and media asset management for creative teams.
Stop Paying Hot Storage Prices for Cold Media: A Real Archive Strategy for Post in 2026
Most post studios pay hot-storage prices for cold data. Here's the hot/warm/cold archive strategy that actually works in 2026: LTO, S3, Glacier, and the MAM discipline that makes it findable.
Strada Is Rethinking Remote Video Editing, and It Might Be the Future of Post
Strada lets editors access remote media and send large files without the cloud. Here's why this peer-to-peer platform is worth a serious look.
Post-Production Consulting: What a Consultant Does & When You Need One
What a post-production consultant does, when your team actually needs one, what it costs in 2026, and how to choose the right fit for your studio.
Shared Storage for Video Editing: NAS vs SAN vs Cloud (2026)
Compare NAS, SAN, and cloud shared storage for 4K/8K video editing: real performance numbers, true costs, and how to pick the right setup for your post team.
Post-Production in the Cloud: Workstations, Storage, and Rendering for Video Teams
A practical guide to cloud-based post-production. Cloud workstations, storage, rendering, and collaboration: what works, what it costs, and how to build a cloud pipeline.
Networking for Post-Production: 10GbE, VLANs, and Switch Configuration for Video Teams
How to design a post-production network that keeps up with your editors. 10GbE setup, switch configuration, VLANs, jumbo frames, and common mistakes to avoid.
How to Prep Footage for Remote Editing: The 2026 Checklist
The working checklist for prepping footage before remote editing: proxy specs, file naming, cloud upload strategy, and the bottlenecks to fix before editors get blocked.
Why Your Agency Needs a MAM System
Why growing creative agencies need a MAM system like iconik: organized assets, faster search, easier collaboration, and a protected media library as you scale.
AI Image Generation in Post-Production
How AI image generation tools are being integrated into post-production pipelines, from concept art and storyboarding to visual effects and finishing.
LucidLink Outage: Why Backup Redundancy Matters
A look at what the LucidLink service outage revealed about backup and redundancy planning for cloud-based post-production workflows.