| | | | Re: Soliciting Hardware Advice by Michael Kalin on Jun 26, 2012 at 1:21:10 am in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum The machines sound fairly comparable, depending on the CPU and the graphics card in the Mac.
You might, as Bob suggested, download each 30 day trial of CS6 and compare the performance on each machine. You will find that CS6 is much faster than CS | | | | |
| | | | Re: Computer Upgrade Advice by Kevin Allmond on Jun 22, 2012 at 4:44:54 pm in the What Computer Should I Buy? Forum I appreciate the help. Just to let you know, I purchased a 2.2 quad core i7 macbook pro with the dual Intel HD Graphics 3000 and AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512mb graphics card. Its only 4gb of ram, but i plan to upgrade it to 8. I think/hope this will be a | | | | |
| | | | Re: Anyone have a Retina MBP? by Andrew Richards on Jun 20, 2012 at 8:10:19 pm in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum [Jeremy Garchow] "Is it silly to buy this thing or is it silly to buy an older 17"?"
I think it boils down to the GPUs and the ports. If you don't mind the older AMD GPU and you really want built-in GigE and FW800, get the refurb 17". If you'd r | | | | |
| | | | Re: 1st wedding with Sony Vegas...7hrs of footage! by Mike Clouse on Jun 19, 2012 at 2:34:29 am in the Sony Vegas Forum [Jeff Schroeder] "Tell us something about your computer (specs). You should be able to edit just fine if, after applying color correction and whatever, disable the fx in the video preview window, and lower the preview quality. (don't use good or best | | | | |
| | | | Re: Intensity Shuttle + Gigabyte Motherboard by Paolo Castellano on Jun 18, 2012 at 11:42:26 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hi,
I never used it with an AMD, and I think there is no literature from BMD confirming it, but some months ago there were one or more other guys that wrote that they were using the Shuttle (successfully) with AMD Phenom II CPUs.
Hope it helps, | | | | |
| | | | Dvd Architect 5.2 by Thayalan Paramasawam on Jun 18, 2012 at 1:37:10 pm in the Sony Vegas Forum good evening'
Sir after i render my footage use sony avc/mvc...blu-ray 1920x1080 50i,16 mbps video stream....i use dvd architect 5.2 to blu ray output.i select the format avc 1920x1080 50i......but its take 3 hours to render........pls adive me on | | | | |
| | | | Matrox RT X2 LE unable to install by Asadul Hossain on Jun 18, 2012 at 8:25:18 am in the Matrox Video Systems Forum Dear All,
For last two weeks i m trying to install a Matrox RT X2 LE video card in a PC, which always getting failed during the Matrox RT X2 LE 4.2 driver installation. I'm trying to use Adobe CS4 Premium Suit ver:4.2.1 and Matrox RT X2 LE ver:4.2.1 | | | | |
| | | | Re: After Effects CS6 Ray-Tracing GPU Hack by Tudor "Ted" Jelescu on Jun 17, 2012 at 9:57:42 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum I wish it was a simple hack like that for AMD/ATI cards- it is really frustrating to hear about the speed and not being able to get it on an otherwise great card. I really hope Adobe works something out with AMD | | | | |
| | | | Re: Intensity Shuttle + Gigabyte Motherboard by Lonnie Thompson on Jun 17, 2012 at 6:21:55 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum well, I was asking because that is what I have currently. I wanted to know if anyone had tried to use my motherboard before I invested in the shuttle only to find out I have to upgrade my motherboard and chip to use it. Seems like it only works wit | | | | |
| | | | Re: 1st hand experience with Smoke on latest iMac? by Rob MacGowan on Jun 15, 2012 at 10:21:01 pm in the Autodesk Smoke 2013 Forum I have a tricked out iMac. 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7, 32 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2048 MB,
Promise Pegasus R6. It's pretty snappy but you don't have to do much before you need to render. Using ProRes HQ clips. My day job is on a DS. So I am | | | | |
| | | | 1st hand experience with Smoke on latest iMac? by Joe Murray on Jun 15, 2012 at 8:33:59 pm in the Autodesk Smoke 2013 Forum Looking for input from anyone currently running Smoke on the latest crop of iMacs. My questions at this point:
1. The new iMacs come with AMD graphics. Smoke works best with Nvidia, correct? Any issues here?
2. Do the new iMacs work well a | | | | |
| | | | Retina MBP or Mac Pro - FCP X and more by Michael Ball on Jun 15, 2012 at 8:02:43 am in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum I'm a long time lurker but this is my first post. :)
Anyway, I think I'm in need of a new system... I'm a current undergrad comp sci major UC Berkeley and this summer I'm producing videos for a class which is going online soon. I'm also getting mo | | | | |
| | | | Re: Anyone using a top of the line iMac for serious work? by Jack Cook on Jun 13, 2012 at 11:53:28 am in the Cinema 4D Forum Yes, I have an iMac I just got earlier this year. It runs OS 10.7.4 currently, has a 27" screen, 3.4GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB memory, and an AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics card. I have a 23" Apple Cinema Display hooked up to it as a second monitor (it w | | | | |
| | | | PF Track Stop working................... by susovon aditya on Jun 12, 2012 at 5:32:47 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum I need to do some 3d motion tracking for use in after effects and so i have pftrack however when i import my footage (in pftrack) a message from windows pops up saying pftrack has stopped working? I'm working on a Hp Pavilion G6 1118tx 64 bit with wi | | | | |
| | | | Sony Vegas Pro 11 Rendering problems by Gabriel Cion on Jun 11, 2012 at 10:33:31 pm in the Sony Vegas Forum I recently purchased a new hp laptop a dv6, it has 6gb of ram (5.48 of usable ram) and an AMD A8-3520M APU WITH RADEON 1.60 GHZ Processor.
I am trying to use sony vegas, have a whole bunch of videos I shot on my nikon d70 that i would like to edit | | | | |
| | | | Re: Mac Pro officially pronounced dead by Chris Harlan on Jun 11, 2012 at 8:13:05 pm in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum [Michael Sanders] "Surely its up to AMD, Nvida etc to update the GPUs?
Or are you a troll, cause seriously I'm not in the mood for that.
"
Hardly. He's not a troll at all. His point is that those particular GPUs are ancient and severely underp | | | | |
| | | | Re: Mac Pro officially pronounced dead by Michael Sanders on Jun 11, 2012 at 8:10:00 pm in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum Er isn't that's the point?
You don't have to buy one from Apple.. if they were tied to thunderbolt the range would be limited. Surely THE entire point of PCIe
Surely its up to AMD, Nvida etc to update the GPUs?
Or are you a troll, cause ser | | | | |
| | | | Re: ndering setting by Thayalan Paramasawam on Jun 11, 2012 at 10:22:56 am in the Sony Vegas Forum good evening sir,
Sir after i render my footage use sony avc/mvc...blu-ray 1920x1080 50i,16 mbps video stream....i use dvd architect 5.2 to blu ray output.i select the format avc 1920x1080 50i......but its take 3 hours to render........pls adive m | | | | |
| | | | Images Woes by Stuart Samuels on Jun 10, 2012 at 10:39:48 pm in the DaVinci Basics & Configuration Forum Hi.
I just tried using Resolve lite for the 1st time tonight. I followed the set up guide and all seemed to be going well until I tried to view my footage (a simple short clip of an interview). The image is completely distorted, as you can see bel | | | | |
| | | | Clip issues by Stuart Samuels on Jun 10, 2012 at 10:32:24 pm in the DaVinci Resolve Forum Hi.
I just tried using Resolve lite for the 1st time tonight. I followed the set up guide and all seemed to be going well until I tried to view my footage (a simple short clip of an interview). The image is completely distorted, as you can see bel | | | | |
| | | | Re: New Mac Pro -- will you buy? by Walter Soyka on Jun 8, 2012 at 4:19:42 pm in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum [Andrew Richards] "Please, anyone, please post the roadmaps from any of Apple's competitors. Over-eager marketers paper-launching the next rev of their products by a month or two is not a roadmap."
You're right. Intel publishes the Xeon roadmap, a | | | | |
| | | | Prerender/render solutions plox! by Rahim Kanji on Jun 7, 2012 at 10:34:38 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum Hello creative ones, I could use a bit of help as I'm nearing the end of what I know or what accessible tutorials can teach me. In advance, I apologise for my lack of terminology.
Here's the outline; 5 minute comp, takes 6 1/2 hours to render out. | | | | |
| | | | Re: New Mac Pro -- will you buy? by Jeremy Garchow on Jun 6, 2012 at 4:46:41 pm in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum [Herb Sevush] "As far as I know the hack that allows PPro to work with unsupported OpenCL cards will allow it to utilize the double 5870s."
Yeah, not really.
I don't have double, but I have single, and there's zero acceleration.
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| | | | Re: New Mac Pro -- will you buy? by Herb Sevush on Jun 6, 2012 at 3:38:27 pm in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum [Jeremy Garchow] "Since all of a sudden multiple GPU computing is the buzz word, Apple's replacement might not support multiple GPUs if Apple remains true to their design as they have since the return of the g3 tower"
"Configure your Mac Pro wit | | | | |
| | | | Re: rendering not adding grades by Dwaine Maggart on Jun 5, 2012 at 6:57:26 pm in the DaVinci Resolve Forum While you are rendering, do you see the expected grades in the Color page Viewer, as it's rendering? If you do, then that MUST be in the rendered files. If you see the grades while rendering, but don't see the grades in the rendered files, that would | | | | |
| | | | Re: Confused by Telecine/Reverse Pulldown Issues by Ana Toader on Jun 5, 2012 at 11:04:18 am in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Hello,
Daryl, i see you are using Cinematools, so i hope you can help me.
From 2007 until 2011 we were shooting one documentary movie with Panasonic AG-DVX100, it was used 24p, so now i am trying to reverse telecine, but some of the clips Cinemat | | | | |
| | | | Re: Mac Pro refresh at WWDC? by Gary Huff on Jun 5, 2012 at 2:30:11 am in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum Yeah, I don't get this. The article states:
Apple is also planning to refresh a fourth piece of their Mac line, and this leaves the Mac mini and the Mac Pro. We are currently unsure whether or not the Mac Pro or Mac mini will be the fourth Mac upd | | | | |
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