David Strohmeier, Independant Editor joins hosts Scott Sheppard & Brad Wright to share his experiences transitioning from an analog film to a digital video workflow. David, has worked for a variety of TV and movie studios most recently completing a documentary for Warner Brothers Home Video, called "Cinerama Adventure". The documentary features a historical look at the work of filmmaking pioneers from the 1950’s-1960’s who worked in Cinerama which were shown on a 146ft. curved widescreen. David explains how they were able to recreate the effects by converting the 3-film originals to a digital format in the proper aspect ratio and they using the "Smilebox" technique were able to curve the digital view to mimic the original style in a clean, vivid, Blu-Ray format perfect for viewing on today’s high-definition widescreen TVs.

David claims he is "bi-lingual" using both Avid and Final Cut Pro to edit the films. He explains how he was able to save time by using a unique Final Cut Pro plug-in that automates first editing cuts called "First Cuts for FCP" by The Assistant Editor, developed by our own Philip Hodgetts.

For more information about David visit his online resume at: http://www.davidstrohmaier.com/, for details on Cinerama Adventure and the Smilebox technique visit: http://www.cineramaadventure.com/.

Michael Alvarez, CEO, Avantar joins Inside Mac to discuss his latest iPhone directory apps including Showtimes, OneTap Movies, Munch, YellowPages, and AirYell. Avantar is a sister company to YellowPages focusing on mobile and web applications. Michael explains how their development team, who is passionate about the iPhone platform was able to create some core technologies that power these popular apps. Avantar delivered popular search tools for finding phone numbers, movie times, restaurants to the iPhone and even allows you to purchase tickets in a secure environment right from your iPhone. Michael also discusses their new graphing calculator, PowerGraph - free for a limited time - that lets you go from geek to chic in seconds flat.

For more information on their range of apps visit: http://avantar.us/

Patrick Chukwura, Co-Founder, SimpleLeap Software, LLC. joins hosts Scott & Brad to discuss how you can Cram for your exams using your iPhone! Patrick describes how this unique app allows students to easily study, prepare, and import test questions and materials in a simple iPhone interface. Not just a digital flashcard, Cram enables interactive multiple choice questions with instant feedback and scores. Whether for school, work, or other testing applications Cram for iPhone or iPod Touch makes it fun and easy. Create your own study guides on your iPhone or online and share them with your friends.

For more information about Cram, which is also available for a Blackberry visit: http://www.simpleleap.com/

Alan Lorence, President, Wondertouch, LLC joins Inside Mac for an update on the latest features available in particleIllusion 3.0 for Mac OS X. particleIllusion is a standalone application that allows you to quickly and easily create amazing effects: explosions, smoke, fire, sparkles, motion graphics backgrounds, space effects, creatures, and abstract artistic effects — literally hundreds of different types of video effects. particleIllusion includes over 1,500 templates that cover a range of wild visuals for any video or movie project. Now supporting HD, auto updates, and they even launched a "lite" version particleIllusion SE for those who don’t need the full power of particleIllusion 3.0.

For more information and live examples visit: http://www.wondertouch.com

Video Post Production News of the Week with Philip Hodgetts from the Open TV Network. More information available at: http://www.opentelevisionnetwork.com/

Andy Shalat, Design Guru and Author of "Mac Design Out Of The Box" shares his Design Tip of the Week. For more about Andy and his latest works visit: http://www.shalat.com

Brad Pelo, Founder & CEO, i.TV joins hosts Scott Sheppard and Brad Wright to explain how you can get your local TV Guide and movie listings on your iPhone. Leveraging the unique interface built into the iPhone, the i.TV shows your favorite programs or movies via an interactive album like interface just as in iTunes. Once you enter your zip code, the i.TV application will download the current listings from your local cable provider.

For more information you can visit i.TV at: http://www.i.tv

Chris Bartelski, Founder, Sound on Photography and Sound Engineer & Designer, joins Inside Mac to share some out-of-the-box ideas on using your iPhone as a photography grey card and your Wii remote to interact with your Mac and Lightroom to show off your images on your TV. Chris’s blog site is a new venture he began with his wife, who is a photographer, to capture and share some of these innovative ideas. Chris explains how he was able to use IOSPIRIT’s Remote Buddy to setup the interface and connect the Wii remote.

For more information and to see his how-to videos visit: http://www.soundonphotography.com/

Fletcher Wu, Product Manager, Smith Micro Software, Inc. joins hosts Scott and Brad to share some highlights of the 50 tools now available in Spring Cleaning 10. Fletcher explains how Spring Cleaning can help clean up your Mac’s file clutter, rename, resize, and upload photos via Photo A.K.A,, a Movie and Podcast finder and much more. It also support Apple Scripts that will help you easily automate basic file and system maintenance tasks to keep your system at optimum performance.

For more information and to purchase visit: http://www.smithmicro.com/springcleaning

David Barnard, Owner, The Application Cubby LLC joins Inside Mac to discuss their new iPhone productivity apps Trip Cubby and Cash Cubby. Designed to meet the needs of the business traveler who needs to track and log mileage and cash receipts right on the iPhone. Once you’ve entered the expenses and receipts you can even complete an expense report which you can instantly email for reimbursement. David, who began his career as a recording engineer, founded App Cubby with an amazing development team in March ‘08 and is looking forward to providing more useful tools in the coming months.

For more information visit: http://www.appcubby.com/

Video Post Production News of the Week with Philip Hodgetts from the Open TV Network. More information available at: http://www.opentelevisionnetwork.com/

Andy Shalat, Design Guru and Author of "Mac Design Out Of The Box" shares his Design Tip of the Week. For more about Andy and his latest works visit: http://www.shalat.com