ArsTechnica’s in depth review of OS X Mavericks 10.9
John Siracusa has another of his amazing in depth reviews of OS X. And this is a must read to know about new features and what really changed.
John Siracusa has another of his amazing in depth reviews of OS X. And this is a must read to know about new features and what really changed.
Yes Apple has been lowering the price of it’s upgrades of late, but I did not think they would go free! Awesome! Microsoft must be shaking in their britches today if they are not expected to make money from their OS Upgrades anymore!
After Effects: New Features in Ae 12.1 from Motionworks on Vimeo.
I love that new layers now are created directly above the selected layer, and the ease of linking layers across compositions! VERY VERY COOL!
The new overlay features are very exciting, as are the ability to export video with them. Hello rough cuts with timecode that show clip timecode too. NICE!
And the SpeedGrade integration means I really need to delve into that program soon.
High Definition Magazine has a review of Smoke for Mac 2013. Sounds to be almost an editor, but mostly for finishing and compositing, though the editing tools are getting better, but lack of export options means you couldn’t kick it back to your NLE of choice.
I gave the beta a play, but couldn’t get imports to work right, so gave up and the beta ran out, though I still think this is a great idea, and would love to play with it’s high end compositing features.
Filmmaker IQ posted this video from Caleb Pike on tips on how to shoot like an Editor. Well worth a quick look at.
Shoot Like An Editor from Caleb Pike on Vimeo.
The Mac Performance Guide has a new article on the speed of the new MacPro and it is obvious that this person shares my sentiment on the new MacPro and what a mistake it is!
Losing 5 internal drive bays, losing relatively inexpensive memory exansion to 48GB or 64GB or 128GB, losing three PCIe slots, losing the internal optical drive, and adding the associated rat’s nest of pile of cables and boxes should give pause to anyone considering a Mac Pro.
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Form before function might be one early warning sign of the long term decline of Apple. It’s not just the Mac Pro. All great companies eventually decline, victims of their own hubris sooner or later, and a failure to Serve their users. I see Apple on that path. The 2013 Mac Pro is just one manifestation which follows ill-conceived changes with no substantive improvements in OS X, and the stick in the eye to Final Cut Pro users which forced them away from Apple. And many other things that most won’t notice, but are like small lesions here and there.
Literally I am wondering if my next Tower will be a PC. I would like to consider a Hackintosh, but the lack of expansion in the new MacPro really makes me wonder if anyone will even keep making Mac drivers for PCI cards for the Mac. And it is not like I really like Windows 8. The Metro start screen is awful, but at least I can get expansion, upgradeability and NVIDIA graphics cards with CUDA support!
Larry Jordan reviews the Contour Design ShuttlePro V2. I used to love an earlier incarnation of this device, but it was never perfect, so I gave up on it.
He loves it, but only tries it on FCP X, and I would like to see how it works with Premiere Pro, but it does look like a good device.