Re: Smoke: A Journey and a Look Ahead

Thanks for the kind reply..

Why has Avid never ported it to the Mac?
[d2] can't answer for Avid.. still a mystery to me

Why isn't Avid offering crossgrades to DS instead of Symphony?
[d2] yea... like i said...

If it's as awesome as you say, and it's not terribly expensive, why has DS never really taken off?
[d2] DS out numbers Smoke of all flavors about 4:1 up here.. but Vancouver is a long form town, and a RED town too.. both are notable weak links in Smoke, and DS just flies through finishing & gradeing MOW's and Features from RED camera's on a daily basis up here.

I would say that it has taken off big time on loads of markets, there's a ton and half of DS's in NYC, not as many in LA for sure, loads in the SE & Chi/Detroit as well, so i guess it's where you are and who you hang with?

One facility has 6 of them running on MacPro's hooked up to a huge terrablock....