The Alan Smithee Round Table (“The Demise of the Boutique Post House”)

Hey everyone, welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast! This week, Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen, and Michael Kammes are diving into the latest buzz in the production, post-production, entertainment, tech, and beyond. The main topic of discussion is the shocking news of Light Iron’s closure, a well-known high-end post-production boutique recently acquired by Panavision. Is this just another unfortunate trend, or is there more to it? Not to fear, it’s not all doom and gloom; as usual, there are some really cool things to get excited about.

Show Notes:
Adobe Max: provideocoalition.com/tag/adobe-max

2025 MAX Sneaks: youtube.com/live/_SBn0Iu3K-U?si=awVtbAT2RflglSLu
blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2025/10/30/adobe-max… projects saved in v25.6.0 cannot be opened in other v25.x versions (community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/p-pre…)

The Associated Press (AP) Switches to DaVinci Resolve Studio (provideocoalition.com/the-associated-press-swi…)

Netflix AI use guide: partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articl…

One Cool Thing
Katie: youtube.com/@FrontOfficeCo
Ken Sakata’s videos on design instagram.com/frontoffice.co
James Cameron's 2 part interview on The Town: open.spotify.com/episode/0igvjcmgw4wYhAWvPzBauq

Michael: Premiere Pro External Preferences (Site-wide)
community.adobe.com/t5/enterprise-teams-discus…

Scott:

We Call it Imagineering:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZuKWjoQGMP5LFHVnDn…

youtu.be/NyIgV84fudM?si=RL56ni5vbaQFtUJI