Andy Patterson
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[Lauren Kaiser] “I’m looking for a way to get more than just the standard video transitions that are included with Premiere. Something for creative/fun projects, almost a long the lines of what’s included in iMovie.”
I have made a feature request for transitions. It might be a good option for you as well.
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[John Rofrano] “I restfully disagree. ???? Trying to use an application designed for a mouse and keyboard on a touch device is suboptimal at best an unworkable at worst. Apple understand this… Microsoft does not.”
You are confused. You don’t have to use the metro mode (touch Screen) mode exclusively nor should you. You can switch to desktop mode when you have a mouse and keyboard connected. In fact you can connect the Surface Pro up to a 40″ 4K monitor if you want and use Adobe Premiere Pro with the mouse and keyboard. Applications designed for mouse and keyboard will work the exact same on the Surface Pro as my Custom Built desktop PC.
[John Rofrano] “I love my iPad Pro for what it is and I love my Mac desktop for what it is and I don’t want them to ever behave the same because I use them for completely different purposes and I embrace that they are finally tuned for those purposes and not a generic compromise.”
You are confused again. There is no generic compromise. Windows 10 has the Metro Mode or tablet mode that will easily compete with iOS. Windows 10 also has the Desktop Mode that easily competes with OS X. Keep in mind iOS copied a few things from the MS Metro Mode. I don’t doubt in another 3-4 years Apple will finally have one OS that does it all. You will be able to draw using your iPad but at the same time if you connect a keyboard and mouse you will be able to use FCPX. You will not need two separate devices. We PC user will have to listen to all the hoopla when it happens despite the fact Apple’s OS X is 5 years behind the times in a mobile world of hand held devices.
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[kingsley asumadu] “Hi Shawn,
I need your advice on my next purchase, basically I’m looking to get a tablet (iPad Pro or the latest surface pro). My goal is to be able to use it to create content with Adobe cc in conjunction with my iMac.
I was wondering if you can advise me on which one of the two will do a better job at viewing and working with files from the cc application, with and without the iMac?”I have made more posts than anyone about the iPad using a mobile processors and a mobile OS. The Surface Pro uses Windows 10 and a Core i7 CPU. Asking 20-30 different people will not change the facts. You should really being asking where will Windows 10 be in another year from now and where will OS X be in another year from now if you plan on using the CC programs. Don’t be afraid to switch platforms. Having said that you cannot wish for OS X or iOS to turn into Windows 10 overnight. The Surface Pro can be connected to an external monitor. The CC programs work just fine on Windows 10. Should you get a high-end Surface Pro you may end up ditching the iMac so the need to integrate with the iMac may end up being a non issue for you. Many people on these forums have switched from Mac to PC. As has been stated several times if you don’t use FCPX there is no need to stay with Apple. Having said that you cannot under estimate the power of a $1,400.00 MSI gaming PC for video editing.
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[Carmi Weinzweig] “Andy, you might want to learn some history. The Dock comes from NeXTSTEP, first shown public on 12 October, 1988 at Davies Symphony Hall.”
I am well aware of Next. In fact I mention Next in my comments. I am aware it had the dock before Apple bought them out but we are not talking about Next Computers are we? We are talking about Apple Computers. The company that had to buy Next to compete with Windows. I have not said anything otherwise. The bottom line is Apple is using an old paradigm
[Carmi Weinzweig] “MacOS X is a blend of NeXTSTEP, OpenSTEP, and MacOS Classic. The first modern touch UI was the one developed for iOS.”
Once again I am well aware of Next Computers. Having said that you might want to learn some history Carmi or explore the world around you. People were using Windows XP with touch screen support for point of sales and touch screen terminals long before iOS. Windows mobile had touch screen before iOS as did the Palm OS PDA devices. A local privately owned hardware store near me used a Windows XP point of sale touch screen systems back in 2002.
Having said that can you demonstrate how OS X in 2017 is not like Windows 95 or the old Next OS?
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You could create a motion graphics sequence with animated masks and mattes to use in other other projects. It would not be as good as a template using the new Essential Graphics Panel but you could do a lot more with the old titling system.
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The cache is really a non issue so don’t worry about it. Having said that the cache is very very important. Maybe the most important part of the CPU.
Are you confused yet?
There was a time when cache worked like RAM slot. If you went form a 16K cache to a 32K cache you would not see a huge jump in performance but there would be some benefits. Keep in mind the cache ran at the bus speed of the motherboard.
The Pentium II put the cache on a separate PCB/daughter card that the Pentium II was connected to. This really helped performance since the cache ran at half the speed of the CPU instead of the bus speed of the motherboard.
Later the cache was put on the CPU die. Once again huge boost in performance. They could use a smaller amount of L1 and L2 cache with the on die method and get better performance than the CPUs with larger amounts of cache on the PCB/daughter card. The way the cache is implemented has a very big impact on performance but the amount of cache does not. The cache helps out but doubling the amount of cache will not double the performance. At best you might see a 5% increase in performance. The CPU vendors now the correct amount of cache to add to get good performance without sacrificing to much of the CPU die real estate. Without any cache your CPU would be a lot slower.
I hope this helped.
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[Noah Kadner] “But there’s the rub- if I am going to bother to switch over to Windows from Mac OS l, I want a super powerful CPU and GPU I can personally upgrade whenever it suits me.”
If they are switching from Mac to PC they might not want to upgrade. Up-gradable RAM and up-gradable CPU is a bad idea for cell phones and tablets. The PCB for the RAM module is about 1/32 of an inch think plus you need the memory slots/sockets. Same holds true for the housing unit of the CPU.
Some of the Windows laptops can be upgraded as well as the Windows desktops. We will soon see 6 and 8 core CPUs for the Windows tablets with much better GPUs built in. Will the iPad still use a mobile CPU in 2019?
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[John Rofrano] “You should know that these are two completely different beasts. The iPad Pro is a tablet with a user interface designed from the ground up for a touch based user experience which is very “Mac-like” in the way it behaves. The Surface Pro is basically a Windows 10 laptop with a touch screen and detachable keyboard. It runs the Windows desktop which is IMHO, a horrible interface for a tablet since it was designed to be used with a mouse. Very clunky and not the smooth experience of the iPad at all.”
That is incorrect. I am very surprized how many people did not recieve the memo. Window 10 has the Metro Mobile Mode and the Desktop Mode. Windows tablets can use the Core i7 CPUs. Having said that the Metro Mode cannot be all that bad considering the iPad copied some of the features of the Windows 8 Metro Mode. If Apple users like touch screen devices (like the iPad) but also like to run 64 bit OS X programs Apple doesn’t make it easy. Apple users must use a mobile OS and a desktop OS to make the Apple ecosystem work. Bad mouthing Windows 10 will not change the facts. I would not want MS to force the user to use two separate operating systems and two different programs depending one what device I am using.
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[Noah Kadner] “The iPad will work in conjunction with the iMac a lot more harmoniously. Tablets in general are optimized more for content consumption than creation. But the end result depends greatly on what it is you hope to accomplish on one vs. the other.”
The iPad can probably integrate with an iMac more harmoniously than the Surface Pro but I am not sure why you would need an iMac if you own an $2,200.00 Surface Pro. The Surface Pro can do everything the iPad, iMac and Mac Book Air can do combined for a lot less money. Having said that it does not hurt to look at what the other Windows 10 tablets have to offer.
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[Tero Ahlfors] “You can’t run normal apps on an iPad because it’s an iOS device whereas the Surface has a proper Windows on it that you can use to do whatever a normal computer can do.”
You are correct. I find it odd that in the year 2017 so many people still have not received the memo about both products. Having said that when will Apple release the iPhone Pro for the most demanding professionals : )