Barefeats has some speed tests and things are looking good for gaming, though I would like to see some Premiere Pro and After Effects Speed tests (especially with the Quadro 5000K in the tests).
Now if only Apple would allow more than 2GB of RAM (yes I know the QUADRO 5000K has 4GB of RAM, but you still have to hack your mac to get a PC NVIDIA card to run that has more than 2GB of RAM).
3D world has an article on Isotrpix new 3D Compositing and Rendering software Clarisse iFX. The software runs around 3 grand, or more with a continuing license. And it is supposed to let you render and see more of an image while you work, and is a 3D rendering engine and 2D compositing engine in one.
Looks like some very cool software for 3D, and they also have a 15 day free trial. Check it out at their web site.
Scott Summons at ProVideo Coaltion talks to AVID and EditShare. Worth checking out!
I am still not 100% that Media Composer 7 is a big enough upgrade. Great that AMA is upgraded and working like AVID Media does, though you have to put it in a specific place, so it isn’t quite AMA anymore.
Never tried out LightWorks, but I am excited to give it a try once it makes it to Mac.
At the Pro Video Coalition are a couple of great video interviews by Scott Simmons.
Worth Checking out.
John Brawley has an excellent hands on with the new Blackmagic Pocket Camera. And info on the 4K. Sounds like an impressive little camera, though with a little rolling shutter issues, that the 4K should fix.
Amazing that Blackmagic has become such an impressive camera company in such a short period of time! And $1000 plus lenses is a steal for a 1080 camera!
Got this from Creative Cow, obvliously in response to the Maxon plug in in the new After Effects they are talking about their integration with After Effects, which is a plug in to send your scene to After Effects.
You just hit the GoAE button in Lightwave and it will send info to After Effects. It supports:
Cameras: Combine 2D footage and 3D elements by tracking the cameras of live-action footage in After Effects to cameras in LightWave. Move the cameras between After Effects and LightWave to achieve identical real-life camera movements inside LightWave.
Nulls: Send nulls from After Effects to LightWave and place them in 3D space for compositing.
Lights: Achieve the desired look by moving lights, including spotlights and point lights, between LightWave and After Effects for multiple test scenes.
NewTek also has a video showing how it works at their web site.
Of course no the rendering that the Maxon plug in will do, but still a good way to integrate shots more easily between Lightwave and After Effects. I wonder if they will get to work on a plug in like Maxon now? Hopefully!
Some exciting news from AVID is the announcement of the 64 Bit Pro Tools 11, which can supposedly bounce a full feature in a minute! That will save some time, that is for sure.
The new Media Composer release may not be exciting, but this actually is.
Amazing that you could run PCI cards off a Macbook air with thunderbolt now!
RED has started the red dragon 6K sensor pre-orders. You can read all about the Dragon on their web site. And they have a FAQ on the upgrade as well.
It is very exciting that they are are making good on their promisses and releasing upgradeable parts for your RED camera, though it makes it a constan source of putting new money into your cameras as well.