Introducing GPU-accelerated plug-ins

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Introducing GPU-accelerated plug-ins

Posted by Frederic Baumann on September 4, 2011 at 12:38 pm

Hi,

I have developed GPU-accelerated versions of the FBmn Software White Balance and Exposure plug-ins.

So far my tests reveal impressive performance improvements, compared to what I get with my i7 950 / 8 GB (which is however a rather high-performance CPU architecture).

The main benefits I see as a user are:
– fluid preview, even when dozens of effects are applied to an event
– faster rendering, whatever the output format
– CPU is kept available for other tasks, including other effects, making them more fluid as well

By the way, the CPU multitasking is still available and can benefit to other activities (other programs or other works in Vegas).

I have made tests on several platforms: different nVidia CUDA-enabled graphics cards, non-nVidia graphics cards. however the number of combinations I have tested are limited, and I would like to make sure that these new plug-ins are robust and fit with as much hardware configs as possible.

For that reason, I would like to propose the following:

1) please let me know what is your environment, by filling the following form on my web site: https://www.fbmn-software.com/phplist/?p=subscribe

and/or

2) please let me know if you would like to test these plug-ins and give your feedback. For that purpose, please drop me an email at contact_at_fbmn-software.com (email address transformed here for spam reasons).

Best regards, and thank you for your help,
Frederic

—
Want to match colors between clips? new plug-in here.
Check FBmn Software plug-ins to fix white balance and exposure issues.

Want to learn on Sony Vegas Event Pan/Crop tool? Watch my video tutorial:
https://library.creativecow.net/baumann_frederic/Sony-Vegas_event-pan-crop-tool/1
Or about Keyframes? https://library.creativecow.net/articles/baumann_frederic/Animating-with-Keyframes-in-Sony-Vegas.php

French version: https://geo.creativecow.net/fr/a/12999

Steve Rhoden replied 14 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
3 Replies

Steve Rhoden
September 4, 2011 at 5:42 pm

I admire your dedication in your plugin development workflow..
Keep up the good work.
(Haven’t grabbed the ColorMatch plugin as yet though…lol).

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Maker
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956
https://filmex-creative-media.blogspot.com/
Frederic Baumann
September 4, 2011 at 7:15 pm

Thanks Steve – it’s my pleasure to develop, and it’s my pleasure to edit videos, so… 🙂

I would like to publicly address a few questions:

What is the performance gain?
The plug-ins performance gain is about 10 times faster between using an i7 950 and a nVidia GTX 460. Of course, this number should be handled with care, as it may depend from many other factors than just the CPU and the GPU. But fore sure, it’s what I have measured.

For a given graphics card, the slower your CPU, the bigger the gain
For a given CPU, the faster your graphics card, the bigger the gain

If you want to know how it would behave for you, just ask me to get the beta 🙂

What’s next?
I am packaging the beta versions of the plug-ins. It should be ready for download pretty soon.

Best regards,
Frederic
—
Want to match colors between clips? new plug-in here.
Check FBmn Software plug-ins to fix white balance and exposure issues.

Want to learn on Sony Vegas Event Pan/Crop tool? Watch my video tutorial:
https://library.creativecow.net/baumann_frederic/Sony-Vegas_event-pan-crop-tool/1
Or about Keyframes? https://library.creativecow.net/articles/baumann_frederic/Animating-with-Keyframes-in-Sony-Vegas.php

French version: https://geo.creativecow.net/fr/a/12999
Steve Rhoden
September 4, 2011 at 7:57 pm

Awesome!

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Maker
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956
https://filmex-creative-media.blogspot.com/

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