Rebel Café

Announcing Rebel Café, a forum for discussing issues related to The Guide.

There are a number of ideas in The Guide that could touch off much deeper conversations, and the blog was just starting to feel a little one-way, you know? Check it out and let me know if you think it's a good idea. I may not always be quick to respond in either venue, but at least with the Café there might be another rebel who can help you out.

(Thanks to all the readers who reported in after the last post—I gave the first few folks who emailed a sneak preview of the Café and they seemed to dig it!)

Rebels Report In

If you've received your copy of The Guide, please shoot me a quick email at rebelsguide [at] gmail [dot] com. Got something I want to run by ya.

UPDATE: This message was a call for beta testers of the Rebel Café, which is now up and in full swing. So no need to email that address, just head on over to the forums and join the conversation!

Rebel Update

Good news abounds!

Amazon now says The Guide "Usually ships within 3 to 6 weeks," which is code for "Hey, it finally occured to us to order some copies of this book that we've been accepting preorders on for over half a year." My insiders say that they should actually be shipping all preorders in about two weeks.

Amazon customers, please post a comment when and if you get a message from Amazon indicating that the March ship dates were a big, hateful lie, designed to cause strife and keep you from making a movie.

Some enterprising Amazon Marketplace sellers have some copies for sale, some of which are available now. Check out "More Buying Choices" on the Amazon product page.

Barnes & Noble show that they ship The Guide within 24 hours. Rock on, BN.

And of course Peachpit is still happy to sell it to you online or at Macworld next week.

Premiere Pro Back to Mac

Adobe Production Studio To Be Available for Both Mac and Windows

Yay!

I've been a Final Cut user since its first release, and it's great. But when I got my MacBook Pro I decided to quit cold turkey and learn Premiere Pro, for the simple reason that its integration with After Effects stands to create some kind of Voltron-like super robot of editing and effects capability. I haven't been sorry—and now I'll be able to enjoy the Production Studio goodness Macside.

I'm filing this under The Guide because a seamless path between NLE and AE is a big part of the workflow. FCP users will either require Automatic Duck or some serious time on their hands (I've done both myself).

Way to go Adobe. Welcome back where you belong Premiere!