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

Lee Givins, Principal Product Manager, Mac Product Team at AOL joins host Scott Sheppard for an update on the broad range of Mac compatible interface products developed for AOL America Online users. Lee explains his role at AOL and the importance of Mac users to AOL, which was originally launched on Mac OS platform. Their applications won an Apple Design Award at this year’s WWDC conference. Lee explains details about the new Mac versions of AOL Desktop, AOL Radio, and the iPhone apps which include AIM/Instant Messenger, TRUVEO video search, and AOL Radio.

For a complete list of AOL’s free Mac applications visit: http://daol.aol.com/software/mac or read details about their development for Mac on their blog at: http://macblog.aol.com/

Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus joins Inside Mac for some news on his latest happenings including updates to his books "iPhone for Dummies" & "Leopard for Dummies", expanded tech support services Dr. Mac Direct, and his current appointment as Reviews Director for iPod Observer. Dr. Mac gives us an overview of some of the coolest iPhone apps he’s tested including; FileMagnet that manages files, Shazam & Midomi that lets you identify music on the go. He also warns us that downloading too many apps (6 pages of apps or more) on your iPhone may cause your iPhone to freeze and lock, so it’s best to keep the number of iPhone apps to the ones you really use.

For more information about Dr. Mac visit: http://www.boblevitus.com

Art Cohen, President & CEO Aerielle Technologies Inc. joins hosts Scott and Brad to explain an innovative way to share and stream music between multiple audio devices including your iPod, home stereo, or your earphones up to 100 ft. using their i2i Stream system. Using a 2.4 GHz Wireless Transceiver connected to your equipment, the i2i Stream uses up to 7 color coded channels to easily allow you to change and share your source. The i2i Stream comes in a 2-pack, but can support an almost unlimited number of transceivers. Art describes the system produces CD-Quality sound, and is compatible with a number of devices including TV’s, stereos, computers, video games, electronic instruments, and more.

Art offers Inside Mac listeners a discount off their standard retail $99.99 pricing, to order yours and for more information visit http://www.i2igear.com and enter code "IMC2008I2I" to get 15% off your entire order.

Alan Cook, CEO, Bad Dog Apps explains how you can easily translate your most used phrases to 14 different languages directly from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Whether you are traveling for business or pleasure, BD Translator includes 250 common phrases that help you find your way, get a meal, shopping, find lodging and much more. You can take any of the programmed phrases and modify them then store them for quick retrieval. Alan also explains some of the background of Bad Dog Apps development and their other Mac OS products which include BD Calendar and BD Contacts. Bad Dog Apps will be launching a series of new iPhone apps before the end of the year including BD Pricer and others.

For more information visit: http://www.baddogapps.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