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Export times: Mac Pro, Final Cut Pro X and Premiere Pro CC.
30 Comments · Posted by Philip in Adobe, Apple, Video Technology
I had time to do some export testing from Premiere Pro CC and Final Cut Pro X 10.1. Definite proof that second GPU is being used, and worth it!
Today I performed the same test using Premiere Pro CC as I did with Final Cut Pro X a few days ago. In the process I learnt a few things.
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Mac Pro, Final Cut Pro X 10.1, and five streams of native R3D
8 Comments · Posted by Philip in Apple, Apple Pro Apps
I decided to take a video of the Mac Pro’s amazing performance with native Red R3D 4K files. Watch five streams, with composite modes, scale, rotation and more play without rendering.
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Mac Pro, Final Cut Pro X and Content Analysis
3 Comments · Posted by Philip in Apple, Apple Pro Apps
Continuing my ‘as I go’ reporting of my Mac Pro experience with some further thoughts on the size, shape and noise, and some Content Analysis testing in Final Cut Pro X.
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Mac Pro and Final Cut Pro X: First Impressions
9 Comments · Posted by Philip in Apple, Apple Pro Apps, Technology
A loaner Mac Pro arrived from Apple on Friday afternoon. It’s a 12 core, dual D700 GPUs, 512 GB Flash storage and 32 GB of RAM. Here are my initial thoughts after three days.
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When do we jump to new technology or workflows?
2 Comments · Posted by Philip in Career, The Business of Production, The Technology of Production
The final post in my series rising out of a recent Digital Production BuZZ segment with Larry Jordan and Michael Horton. Larry asked one final, very important question.
Larry Jordan: Because we are charged with delivering our projects on time and on budget, at what point should we resist change, like not being too close to the bleeding edge, and at what point should we embrace change?
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The Terence and Philip Show Episode 62: Innovation
Comments off · Posted by Philip in Business & Marketing, The Business of Production
Terence and Philip discussion innovation, starting with a recent article questioning Avid’s continued ability to innovate. The discussion covers who might be innovating, what it innovation and a whole lot of other subjects as well.
http://www.theterenceandphilipshow.com/?p=533
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Final Cut Pro X is as important to Apple as Media Composer is to Avid!
18 Comments · Posted by Philip in Apple Pro Apps, The Business of Production
Many people “worry” that Apple will abandon their professional applications (Final Cut Pro X, Aperture and Logic Pro X) because they don’t make much money for the company. Ironically, the same argument can be made about Media Composer: it is not core to the company’s primary business . In reality it’s more likely that Avid would abandon (or sell) Media Composer than Apple is to get out of the professional creative tools market.
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Forbes says the cable model is unsustainable and unpopular
Comments off · Posted by Philip in Distribution, The Business of Production
The Forbes article, Cable TV Model Not Just Unpopular But Unsustainable starts with a putative outline of a cable business: essentially “keep hiking the rates, have terrible service”! Finishing with this “goal”:
If all goes as described, we should be able to consistently deliver customer satisfaction levels that rank among the lowest of any industry.
Now that’s not a business model I’d want to emulate!
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Survey says: Corporate Video Projects More Popular than Ever
2 Comments · Posted by Philip in The Business of Production
There’s been a lot of discussion about what sort of professional videos work being done, that isn’t directly involved with Movies or network/cable Television. Well, SCRI has released an overview of their Digital Media Production Trends report. What’s important when reviewing these types of survey results, is to examine who was surveyed, and what they were asked.
