Author Archives: Mike McCarthy

About Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy is a technology consultant, with extensive experience in the film post-production industry. He started posting technology info and analysis at HD4PC in 2007. He broadened his focus with TechWithMikeFirst ten years later.

Grace Blackwell for Windows-NVidia’s New RTX Spark

I had the opportunity to attend NVidia’s “Editor’s Day” in San Francisco last week, in preparation for the launch of their RTX Spark line of laptops and desktops. It was… Read more »

The Move Towards ARM

There have been a lot of developments and announcements related to ARM based processing, and it is worth diving into what that means when examining the direction that digital content… Read more »

IBC 2026 Announcements

The International Broadcasters Conference is happening in Amsterdam this week. Unlike my annual trips to Vegas for NAB nearly every year, I have never actually been to the event in… Read more »

My Experience at NAB 2026

I spent Sunday and Monday at the NAB conference in Las Vegas. (That is how I recommend seeing it, the conference is too big to see it all in one… Read more »

NAB 2026 Announcements

This year’s NAB Conference is being held in the North, Central, and West Halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from Sunday to Wednesday of this week. After spending a… Read more »

Adobe releases Premiere and After Effects 2026

Adobe has finally released the 2026 versions of Premiere and After Effects. I say ‘finally’ tongue in cheek because we are only 3 weeks into 2026, but historically they have… Read more »

Adobe Firefly Video Updates

I have been playing with Adobe Firefly more the last few months, ever since Adobe MAX, inspired by some of the things I learned there. I have learned a number… Read more »

My Experience at Adobe MAX 2025

I attended Adobe MAX at the LA Convention Center last week. This is my 6th time at MAX, and it has been interesting to see the event evolve over the… Read more »

Adobe Shows Off New AI Tools at MAX

Adobe’s creativity conference MAX took place at the LA Convention Center this week. This is the event that launches the next generation of Creative Cloud applications every year, and ten… Read more »

IBC 2025

The International Broadcasting Conference is being held in Amsterdam this week, which brings with it a variety of exciting announcements and new products. I do not travel to Europe for… Read more »