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Pretty amazing Thunderbolt demo.
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[Michael Hancock] “Now remove the $5,000 Red Rocket card and giant RAID and see how well the Air does. The peripherals are what make this demo possible, not the laptop”
I don’t think he’s trying to say that the laptop IS doing it
Steve Connor
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[Steve Connor] “I don’t think he’s trying to say that the laptop IS doing it”
Absolutely not, but it’s the CPU.
To preface, Michael, I work with Red footage, I understand the consequences of it.
Let’s recap.
Realtime playback of 4k red footage in Premiere with aid of Sonnet box and Rocket.
SDI capture of video through Blackmagic box.
Screen Capture Software recording the screen.
Promise Thunderbolt Raid playing back the R3D and recording the SDI signal.
All of this happening all at the same time from a lower power laptop.
Call me a weenie, but that’s decently impressive.
Jeremy
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“…you dont need a beast of a box anymore to get professional results.”
Maybe not for cutting video, 3D/VFX work (simulation, compositing, rendering, etc) still needs as much RAM and many CPUs as can be stuffed into a computer. I don’t think TB will be much of a game changer for these folks.
Just my opinion.
Shawn
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[Shawn Miller] ” I don’t think TB will be much of a game changer for these folks.”
Yet.
What if TB let’s you add on a stack of processors?
Or more GPUs?
Of course this would have have to be with optical TB.
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“What if TB let’s you add on a stack of processors?”
That would be great… provided that the cost, power and cooling is less than what I can currently get with a 1U or 2U rack computer ($800 – $2,000 or so for a dual quad core ).
“Or more GPUs?”
That would be wonderful for Premiere Pro… but not as important for 3D/VFX.
I am looking forward to a faster connection to my RAID arrays though (for editing). 🙂
Shawn
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[Shawn Miller] “That would be great… provided that the cost, power and cooling is less than what I can currently get with a 1U or 2U rack computer ($800 – $2,000 or so for a dual quad core ).”
That’s the thing. you wouldn’t need a whole new computer with it’s own OS and infrastructure, you’d just plug in and double your CPU.
This is of course throwing huge spitwads, so you can pee on this parade.
[Shawn Miller] “That would be wonderful for Premiere Pro… but not as important for 3D/VFX.”
Yet.
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“That’s the thing. you wouldn’t need a whole new computer with it’s own OS and infrastructure, you’d just plug in and double your CPU.”
I guess we’ll have to see what the cost of such devices will be, if they’re the same price or slightly cheaper than a 1U server, I would rather go for the server, that way I can set it to different tasks while I work.
“[Shawn Miller] “That would be wonderful for Premiere Pro… but not as important for 3D/VFX.”
“[Jeremy Grachow] Yet.”
We can all hope eh’? Believe me, when unbiased renderes and fluid dynamics simulators can harness the power of multiple GPU computing at a reasonable price, I hope to be the first in line to take advantage. 🙂
Shawn
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Yea im assuming if someone is using RED on a daily basis they already have the ROCKET card.. A far as the FXAnimation people, sure they’ll probably need more of a computer with the graphic cards and whatnot of there choice , but i dont do special fx or animation besides regular After Effects, so for us editors that just edit Film and Video, thunderbolt is huge.
Just the fact i can get broadcast out, out of an imac, with few different solutions to choose from now, makes me happy, and at the same time have legit, fast raid storage readily available makes he happy.
Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Yowza. So uhh, about those MacPros….”
Yeah, who needs larger screen space than 13″? Who needs two monitors, and external drive, and IO device and external broadcast monitoring? That will be a lot of TB loop through. TB to Promise to IO…yes, then to Production monitor. But what about secondary computer monitor? You mean people can edit from a 13″, or 11″ screen? I guess, if they have 20-30 clips.
Sorry, MacPros are needed.
Yeah, you can get an iMac and do the same thing, but have the external monitoring because they have two TB ports. But they are GLOSSY! As are Apple’s TB monitors. Glossy is NOT idea for editing. But, again, what does Apple care about the needs of Pros?
Shane
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[Shane Ross] “”Quote””
if you keep your room dark like i do, glossy is not a problem.. sunny room, sure its a pain.
Fortunately i use 2 23 inch matte cinema displays at work and yea there great, but in my home office, i keep it dark and the glossy screen doesnt bother me at all.
Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal
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