Adobe Anywhere

[Walter Soyka]

The fxguide article is well-worth the read.

As demoed at NAB, this is much more than just remote-access software; it goes beyond the project file model and allows multi-user, multi-application collaboration on the same production — all that database-y stuff that gets everyone here so hot and bothered.

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[James Mortner]

Thats some really interesting stuff. The idea that Sohonet or other specialised ISPs could extend functionality would be pretty awesome. Another comment was that this could be a Unity/Xsan killer, which would be amazing for where I work.

Thanks for posting!

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Gary Huff] “This is why I don’t think it’s terrible exciting now, but if U.S. internet connections get a overhaul for upload speed to where its feasible to upload footage to the cloud, it could be a great boon if merged with Adobe Creative Cloud using some fast hardware on their end to stream it back.”

Yes. Bandwidth is the “only” limitation of cloud technology, in my opinion.

Otherwise we’d all be editing footage in the cloud on 26″ iPads and no I’m not joking.

That article I linked to talks about uploading to servers in the background.

Jeremy

[Jeremy Garchow]

[James Mortner] “Another comment was that this could be a Unity/Xsan killer, which would be amazing for where I work.”

The other side is that it would “bolt on” meaning you won’t have to change much of the infrastructure if you have one in place.

[Franz Bieberkopf]

… from the fxguide article:

Coleman says that the system renders everything at full resolution in realtime on the server side. “That includes all the effects and format conversion, just like normal Mercury playback on your machine. We then have a proprietary codec that we stream from the server to your machine.

Did I just hear something about the possible underpinnings of an Adobe “native-codec” for editing in there, … or is it wishful thinking? … or am I stuck in outmoded thinking?

Franz.

[David Lawrence]

[Franz Bieberkopf] “Did I just hear something about the possible underpinnings of an Adobe “native-codec” for editing in there, … or is it wishful thinking? … or am I stuck in outmoded thinking?”

I was thinking the exact same thing.

They’ve already got:

Mercury Playback Engine – for playback
Mercury Transit Engine – for I/O

They’ve just announced the Mercury Streaming Engine for Adobe Anywhere.

So that leaves the one big gaping hole in the Mercury line-up…

How about:

Mercury Render Engine – for output

Wouldn’t that be sweet?

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[Franz Bieberkopf]

[David Lawrence] “So that leaves the one big gaping hole in the Mercury line-up…”

The Grand Marquis?

https://www.mercuryvehicles.com/

Franz.

[Walter Soyka]

[David Lawrence] “So that leaves the one big gaping hole in the Mercury line-up…”

[Franz Bieberkopf] “The Grand Marquis?”

Franz… are you baiting car analogies?

Walter Soyka
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[Franz Bieberkopf]

[Walter Soyka] “Franz… are you baiting car analogies?”

I was hoping for natural law and land rights debate.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marquis
… a rank next below that of duke, but above a count.

Franz.

[Walter Soyka]

[David Lawrence] “So that leaves the one big gaping hole in the Mercury line-up… How about: Mercury Render Engine – for output. Wouldn’t that be sweet?”

David, what would you envision a Mercury Render Engine doing?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the FCPX/Motion common renderer versus the distinct Ae/Pr renderers. I see major pros and cons with both approaches, so I’m at a bit of a loss about which one I want to write my rabid feature requests about!

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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