Andrew Kimery
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When Apple first released the iMac Pro there was a lot of talk. When Apple releases the next MP there will be a lot of talk. This is just a small spec bump (something Apple used to do as a matter of course) which is why there isn’t a lot of talk.
[Oliver Peters] “I bought a late-2009 cheeesegrater Mac Pro, which I still have. In these years, I’ve upgraded RAM, swapped out GPUs a couple of times, added USB3/eSATA cards, and swapped out/upgraded drives. Yes, it was nice to be able to do that. But when I factor in the total cost of all those upgrades, I’m not sure that I wouldn’t have been better off upgrading the total machine a couple of times during that same period.”
I have the same era machine and performed the same kinds of upgrades on it. For me the upgrades have certainly been way more costive effective than buying a new desktop machine (or two) over the same time frame.
With that being said, I’m torturing myself currently by waiting for the nMP just to see if it’s something I’d be interested it. I doubt it will be. Unless the nMP blows me away I’ll end up with either an iMac Pro or a Hackintosh by years end.
[Oliver Peters] “Even though you can upgrade hardware on a tower-style machine, the other components are locked into the design and specs of the era in which it was manufactured. For example, that MP tower can’t do any flavor of Thunderbolt.”
But the tower can be upgraded to USB 3, eSATA, HDMI, HD-SDI, Fiber, 10gig ethernet etc., ThB, due to its architecture, is a bit of an outlier when it comes to I/O upgradeability.
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[Tim Wilson] “So what’s the story this time? Is this specific release just not enough to get either excited or upset about?”
It’s just a spec bump. Nothing to really write home about.
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Best part of that was the talk about Character Animator, democratizing animation, and mentioning the streamer Scribbleh that streams using an avatar animated by Character Animator.
Scribbleh channel:
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[Oliver Peters] “OTOH, I’m not sure if they’ve changed the cooling in this version of the iMac, but the Pro models have better cooling along with more ports.”
The iMacs thermal throttle pretty quick from what I recall. And you can’t have enough ports.
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iMac Pro got a small bump too. New top end GPU and up to 256gigs of RAM.
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[Neil Goodman] “Its funny because I thought that was the name but then couldnt bring myself to believe I was correct because A movie called Focus, made by a company named Focus Films sounded like something Id come up with while I was stoned ☺”
lol
[Oliver Peters] “Well yes, it’s capable. And, in fact, capable of any type of production. It’s just a matter of taste and style, because working FCPX is different than all other NLEs.
However, I do feel that very complex features, where you might have as many as 15 editors/assistants/VFX working in the exact same project file, are still very much the domain of Avid Media Composer. Doing that with FCPX or Premiere is possible, but the solutions are all just workarounds so far. Neither Apple nor Adobe nor BMD have cracked that nut successfully.”
Right. “Can I use NLE XYZ to cut a feature” is the wrong question because pretty much an NLE can be pressed into service given enough time and work arounds (ex. the award winning doc “Tarnation” was cut in iMovie). The better question to ask is, “What’s the best NLE to use to cut a feature given my specific budget, time and workflow requirements”.
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Of course there are others, but it just made me chuckle that Neil could remember that Focus Features distributed a couple of those films, but couldn’t recall that “Focus” was the name of one of the features from Focus Features. 😉
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[Neil Goodman] “a couple Focus Feature films. Whiskey Fox Trot and some other one I cant remember.”
“Focus”. 😉
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[Simon Ubsdell] “That’s an absolutely brilliant answer.
I don’t think it can be bettered.”
Thank you, Simon. Every now and then I have a timely moment of clarity that I like to share with the world. 😉
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Late to the party, I know, but IMO it’s empathy.
As an editor you have to understand what the director/producer wants and why they want it. You have to understand what the characters in the film want and why they want it. You have to understand what the audience wants and why they want it.
If you can’t put yourselves in the shoes of all of those people you will have a very difficult time in the editoring chair.