I guess it’s So Long and Thanks for all the Fish!

[David Dobson]

“With Thunderbolt, you’re just as likely to build a professional video setup around your MacBook Pro or iMac as your Mac Pro. ” — From https://www.apple.com/thunderbolt/

So clearly the Mac Pro is EOL.

[Craig Seeman]

[David Dobson] “So clearly the Mac Pro is EOL.”

I believe it’ll be replaced with something else. I’ve posted numerous times what this would probably look like on various threads but obviously it’s like finding a needle in a haystack (hey stack given this forum?).

There’s still a need for good GPU CPU so it’ll be.

Look something like an oversized MacMini.
It’ll range from i7 four core ti i7 12 core (possibly more)
It’ll have one or two 16 lane PCIe for internal very fast powerful GPU or two.
SSD boot drive with one traditional hard drive.
RAM ranging from 4GB to a very high number.
It’ll have 3 copper thunderbolt ports and one fiber thunderbolt port (something Intel has already said they intend to deliver at 100Gbps I believe)
It can lay flat or upright (with stand).
It will have a rack mount add on.

It will appeal to anyone who wants a “headless” iMac at the low end to a workstation to a server.
The idea is Apple will cut costs on internal components, make it smaller and sleeker, will cover a broader range of needs than the MacPro. It’ll have a starting price slightly lower than the top i7 Quad Core iMac ranging to a top price still lower than the current top priced MacPro.

Wider appeal, lower price range, nice sleek design. The closest Apple can come to in making a commodity power box.

[Richard Cardonna]

You should try the panasonic af100 (the best of dslr in a vidcam format)it has sdi/hdi conectors great for multicam. This should make an outstanding image

Richard.

[Herb Sevush]

I have tried the AF100, it’s a real video camera with all the positives you mentioned, however the image is not as good as the 5D, in my opinion.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Tim Wilson]

[Dave LaRonde] “[Gerald Baria] “Is there really an NLE on windows which can use 12 cores of CPU?? Can adobe CS5.5 do it?”

It sure can. “

Premiere supports 12 cores of CPU, AND 448 CUDA cores on the NVIDIA Quadro 6000, which also has 6GB of memory in the frame buffer.

The beefiest Mac card (Quadro 4000) has 256 CUDA cores and 2GB frame buffers.

[Geert Van den berg]

I am not Jeremy but there are 2 things you can do with with FCPX, which you can’t do with PPro… these points do not really apply in comparison to Avid though (and are not new in comparison to FCP7)… but these are very important points, so I am surprised there are so little comments about it.

1.) rewrap video which has only straight cuts, preserving 1:1 quality.
2.) better render quality (try to to re-render a couple of generations in FCPX and then PPro and compare and you’ll be surprised, I was…)

Not saying it is not missing anything, I still can’t really use FCPX either, but if they fix the things they say they’re going to fix in the FAQ, then I like the direction they’re going with this application.

[Geert Van den berg]

[Herb Sevush] “Yes to all your negatives Jeremy, but the fact remains that in the right hands a 5D can produce pictures you simply can’t get with any other camera. Is there anything you can output with FCPX you can’t do with any other NLE?”

I am not Jeremy but there are 2 things you can do with with FCPX, which you can’t do with PPro… these points do not really apply in comparison to Avid though (and are not new in comparison to FCP7)… but these are very important points, so I am surprised there are so little comments about it.

1.) rewrap video which has only straight cuts, preserving 1:1 quality.
2.) better render quality (try to to re-render a couple of generations in FCPX and then PPro and compare and you’ll be surprised, I was…)

Not saying it isn’t missing anything, I still can’t really use FCPX either, but if they fix the things they say they’re going to fix in the FAQ, then I like the direction of this application.

[David Dobson]

I’ve never noticed that problem cause I’ve never needed to do it. In PPro you can edit the source footage without rewrapping.

[Geert Van den berg]

[David Dobson] “I’ve never noticed that problem cause I’ve never needed to do it. In PPro you can edit the source footage without rewrapping.”

It’s not about re-wrapping as something that is needed to use certain footage. Ever compared the quality going into the program and the rendered export? And why would it even need to render if the file that will be outputted is the same codec as the input codec and only has straigt cuts? This is how FCP works and this is how Media Composer works. (Offcourse applied FX will always require re-rendering, also in FXP and MC, but even the rendering quality was better, 3 generations in PPro and I couldn’t look at the picture again)

It could very well be that the codec I used wasn’t optimally supported by Premiere. I love someone to prove me wrong, because I liked working with Premiere. Actually we will probably buy some Production bundles to upgrade Photoshop and to get After Effects.

[Steve Connor]

ProRes is one of the big benefits of FCP, Adobe could do with something similar to export to.

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”