nVidia PC envy…

[Frank Gothmann]

[David Roth Weiss] “However, if you want a double dose of workstation envy while you’re at NAB, don’t miss the new ProMAX ONE professional workstation. Like the Z820, it’s guaranteed to make you green with envy. :)”

Looks very sweet. Am I wrong or is this possibly the machine a certain Walter B might be test driving soon?

[Richard Cardonna]

I asked him and he said no not an HP. He is testing a dell and some other machine what the other machine is? who knows he would not say.
Maybe it could be a mac or a Box. Who else gateway? Maybe its something new.

RC

[David Roth weiss]

[Frank Gothmann] “Looks very sweet.”

It is sweet… Very sweet!

And, did I mention, the ProMAX ONE is both AVID and Adobe certified?

[Frank Gothmann] “Am I wrong or is this possibly the machine a certain Walter B might be test driving soon?”

If I answered that I’d have to kill you…

David Roth Weiss
ProMax Systems
Burbank
DRW@ProMax.com
http://www.ProMax.com
Sales | Integration | Support

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Dennis Radeke]

[Lance Bachelder] “So are you saying offline low rez and then online later?”

Well, with Premiere Pro, you’re always using the original media, it’s just how much information you’re playing back at any time. As for finishing – you just need to target what your final deliverable is.

GeForce vs. Quadro: Well, I haven’t played with a GTX 680 yet, but there’s no denying that it is a heck of a good card.

however, the Quadro’s are designed to be over-engineered and provide a 24×7 type performance necessary for certain applications. While Quadro’s are more expensive they do offer some benefits including things like a single source provider (NVIDIA) and other things.

I get it that a lot of people want GeForce but there are good reasons for Quadro too. Until they come out with Kepler Quadro’s though, the GeForce 680 looks good.

Dennis

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Lance Bachelder] “So are you saying offline low rez and then online later? Or just work at 1/4 rez and then finish in 4k? I prefer the latter – I have no prob working in 1/4 rez because as you say it’s still HD. I’d like to avoid the whole offline/proxy mess if I can – that would be the reason to go Adobe/nVidia for me.”

Hey, Lance.

I’d like to offer a bit of advice here.

First, how much footage are you planning to have, and how much storage do you currently have?

Even though r3D is compressed, it still takes up space, and you’ll have to consider a work files, your backup, and your archive.

Check here for some back of the napkin calculations: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/242/5843

My advice would be to use an offline. I typically cut red @ 720p23.976 ProResLT, or sometimes 1080 if it’s a short piece (like a spot).

Red provides a free tool called RedCineX, and they have a “Pro” version in beta that is constantly updated.

It’s very thorough and works well. You can edit the proxy files, send an interchange file to RCX (and can even trim the r3ds to keep it efficient), and then send the raw back to PPro for online or whatever you need to do. In my opinion, you don’t need the raw power in the midst of the edit. For finish, conform, grade, whatever, then yes absolutely.

It would also allow you to transfer the offline project relatively easily to another system instead of trying to lug 6+TBs of raw around plus renders/cache/audio.

While it is possible to edit @4k at this point in history, it’s not completely necessary, and for features it might not be the best way due to all the data. I find RCX to be a really decent conform tool.

Of course, you’ll do whatever’s best as it is possible to edit 4k in PPro.

Jeremy