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Social media, video production, brand building and studio IT, written by the team at Clouds Agency. 140 articles so far.
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Premiere Pro Stutter on Shared Storage: Find the Cause
Premiere Pro stutters when the timeline plays from a NAS? Here is how to tell storage, network, codec and GPU limits apart before you change any settings.
October 14, 2026
Premiere Pro Dropped Frames on a NAS: SMB and Cache Fixes
Dropped frames and buffering in Premiere Pro on a NAS often come down to link speed, SMB signing, wired or wireless paths and cache location. Fix them in order.
October 12, 2026
10GbE Troubleshooting: Cables, SFP, MTU and iperf3
A 10GbE link that runs at 1 Gb, or never reaches speed? Check cables, SFP optics, switch ports, MTU and jumbo frames, then prove it with an iperf3 test.
October 5, 2026
Why Wi-Fi Is the Wrong Tool for Video Editing
Editing from a NAS over Wi-Fi leads to stutter and disconnects. Learn what Wi-Fi is good for, what to use instead, and how to move an editor onto a wired link.
October 2, 2026
DaVinci Resolve Shared Projects and Database Basics
How DaVinci Resolve shared projects work: project databases, the free Project Server, bin locking, media paths and caches, and the order to set it up.
September 30, 2026
Avid Media Composer on Shared Storage: The Basics
How Avid Media Composer finds media on shared storage: MediaFiles folders, media databases, bin locking, and what changed for NAS users in version 2026.8.
September 28, 2026
Slow Studio Network? A 15 Minute Checklist
Run this 15 minute checklist when the studio network feels slow. Isolate the cause with link speed, ping, iperf3, a file copy and a look at the NAS and switch.
September 18, 2026
The Creator Studio Setup: Building Infrastructure for YouTube and Beyond
Scaling from a solo creator to a production team requires the right infrastructure: storage, editing workstations, proxy workflows, and backup. Here's how to build it properly.
April 20, 2026
Best NAS Storage for Post-Production Teams in 2026
Choosing the right NAS for a post-production environment is more nuanced than specs alone. We break down the top options for small and mid-size studios in Los Angeles.
March 22, 2026
The Complete DIT Workflow Guide for Modern Film Productions
A practical, technical guide to building a reliable DIT workflow for film and television production. Camera offload, checksum verification, LUT management, dailies, and archival. Written for producers and DITs building workflows from scratch.
March 15, 2026
Setting Up Shared Storage for Your Editorial Suite in 2026
A practical guide to building shared storage infrastructure for multi-editor post-production suites, covering NAS options, network architecture, and workflow configuration for Avid, Premiere, and DaVinci Resolve.
March 2, 2026
Best Video Editing Workstations in 2026: A Production Studio Buyer's Guide
A hardware buyer's guide for professional video editing workstations in 2026, covering Apple Silicon vs Windows, GPU vs CPU bottlenecks by software, and what specs actually matter for real-world post-production workflows.
February 28, 2026