Cutting Room: Week of May 27th, 2008

A weekly roundup of buzzworthy tips, tricks, and topics from the Final Cut Studio community:

- The web's abuzz about Apple's new media asset management and workflow automation software, Final Cut Server. Creative Cow explains the ins-and-outs of the program and offers comments from various users here. They also feature a Final Cut Server Forum with questions and advice posted from new users.

- Apple showcases the relationship between science and art by featuring acclaimed algorithmic artist Jean-Pierre Hebert in their "Mac for Science" User Profiles. As the Artist-in-Residence at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara, California, Hebert uses Mac to produce art created through the application of an algorithm to a moving tool. Learn more about about his creative process and other work he's done with Mac applications here.

- TechCrunch just wrote about DimP, a direct manipulation video player that allows you to browse video clips by directly manipulating their content. Read the article here and check out a teaser video on YouTube.

- And if you're in "Hollywood South," aka Southern Louisiana, check out the Final Cut Pro Users Group's next meeting on May 28th at Louisiana Tech College, Jefferson Campus, 6-9 p.m. They'll be demonstrating DVD Studio Pro and raffling off some cool software, so don't miss out!

Enjoy this week’s Cutting Room and shoot us an email at finalcut@magnetmediafilms.com if you have a tip on a hot story!