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Resolve comes to Windows
I just checked the BMD website. Looks like it’s coming for Windows, as a “free update” whatever that means.
What’s your thoughts about that?
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I think it’s great. Much more flexible. Better hardware support, easier, faster and so on.
Apple is clearly moving away from their Mac OS and turning everything into iOS.
I only wish they would port Revival to Windows aswell…
PS! Resolve 8.1 is now out and supports AAF and Mediacomposer roundtrip etc.
/Andreas
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I can’t seem to find 8.1 – they said on Twitter it’s out now, yet their website says “late september”.
However, I agree on the hardware end of things. More GPU power for less money. And it’s available from any street corner. However, my experience with Windows haven’t been too good. And what about codecs?
Most of my clients want their projects delivered as ProRes. Adding another step before final delivery will be on par with the solution today, unless Windows Resolve can render plenty times faster.
2012 will be an interesting year for sure…..
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Yes you’re right. On Twitter it says it’s out now and on the web it says it’s out in late september.
I agree with the Prores issue. Hopefully Prores will become available on Windows too…
My experience with Macs aren’t entirely good stability-wise. Windows 7 (64bit) has been awesome so far while I think Mac OS-X Lion has suffered from stability issues and random crashes recently. However, it seems to be better with the latest Lion update. 10.6.8 is pretty good btw, but I hate the new Final Cut X.
/Andreas
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Another thing regarding Resolve coming to Windows is that in this little part of the world, anyone can grab Resolve and put me out of business.
YES, talent doesn’t come with the software, but how often do we see bad movies being put up on the big screen.. Talent isn’t what everyone wants. They just want it cheap. The ones who wants quality will hire the talent of course, but still. Norway is too little for everyone to become a colorist, or do it in-house – which now became tons easier with Windows support.
Nervous much? You bet.
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If/when we need to add another seat for colorcorrection in the future, it is a no-brainer (for me) to buy a mac, regardless if Resolve is supported by windows or not. ProRes is one reason, stability is another, and much larger, reason.
We have 14 windows computers and many of them work fine because they are left in a totally isolated enviroment, no internet, no updates, no add-ons and no new software. And still they have issues from time to time. A PC with issues “only now and then” is to be considered “the best you can get with windows”.
Our six macs? No problems at all so far, nothing that can be compared to the random windows-stunts. The difference in stability is huge.
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Awesome, so our new Dual 570 workstation will be “officially” supported then 😀
A slice of color…
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Oh my gosh can you imagine what the configuration guide will look like? I mean, all they have is the Mac to support right now and even so there is a new thread about it on here every day. With Windows it’s going to be crazy!
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In business sense i see the point. Take some scratch market. I bet configuration guide is like with
ultrascope. This works and other thing will not.Good pc wil cost you a ton.
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Margus
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Yep, but sadly a new PC can cost as much as a cubix expander. And you can get motherboards with 7 PCI-e slots, making a PC much more economical at the high end.
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It doesen´t matter how many PCI slots you have, if the computer is acting like a PC (this is what I call it when a PC is … well being a PC. Not working properly and having unlogical problems and crashes).
A few hours of struggling trying to make it work quickly eats up the money that is “saved” when buying a PC.
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