Lance Bachelder
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I got to see the Z1 at NAB up-close with case open. Very cool set-up – easy access to insides for memory upgrades etc. We asked the HP rep about Thunderbolt and it really isn’t on their radar – they feel there aren’t enough 3rd party peripherals etc. which was crazy talk to anyone who walked the floor – Thunderbolt was everywhere! They think USB 3 is enough at this point.
The Z1 can get very pricey when you spec it out for max. horsepower etc.
Lance Bachelder
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Having worked the AJA booth for 6 or 7 years now, the booth has grown a little every year. Cash certainly not a problem which is apparent if you’re one of the thousands at the AJA Party at the MARQUEE Club – always the best party at NAB and this years was the best ever.
Lance Bachelder
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Well Blackmagic snatched up the huge amount of prime square footage that used to be Apple’s but much of their booth is redundant and unnecessary – and like one attendee said to me, how many freakin’ mediocre products can one company produce?
I was in the AJA booth working all week, right next to Autodesk and could see the Adobe theater as well. Both could have used much bigger theaters as they were standing room only during presentations. Adobe had double the chairs as Autodesk but could have used double again and still had a full house. Looked like probably the smallest Adobe booth in a long time but CS6 was by far the most seen/talked about NLE at the show, followed closely by Smoke…
Lance Bachelder
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Funny I talk to my Mac fanboy friends about this all the time. While I’ve had Macs and PCs running since the Windows 3.1 and OS7 days, most of my production friends are Mac only. And most of them are mad at Apple for FCPX… so they exact their revenge by installing Premiere or Avid or whatever on their Mac?
I’ll show Apple, I’ll use my iPhone less and maybe not buy as many tracks on iTunes and when the new iMac ships I’ll have someone else install the RAM for me… I’m gonna make them pay!
Lance Bachelder
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Wait what? I need another cup of coffee….
Lance Bachelder
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Agree that would totally work but don’t forget the T-Tap from AJA – simple Thunderbolt to 10bit HDSDI/HDMI (yes both at same time) for $245! No cables, no power, great for on-set and client monitor set-up. This was one of the hottest items at NAB this year. https://www.aja.com/en/products/t-tap/#/overview
I figure since I use Photoshop almost daily, After effects and Illustrator often – I’m gonna have Premiere on my system and CS6 looks pretty good so that’s always an option. But the idea of using a different NLE for a particular job drives me crazy, don’t wanna do it. Don’t care if it’s Smoke, FCPX Premiere etc. but it would be nice to settle down with one NLE again… at least for a few NAB’s…
Lance Bachelder
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As long as the debate rages on… the name must remain!
Lance Bachelder
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Hey Mark – great to meet you at the AJA booth. There was a lot of NLE buzz at NAB for sure – Smoke seemed to completely steal Avid’s Symphony thunder and Premiere was everywhere.Thinking back to last year and the FCPX Supermeet takeover and June release fiasco – I wonder how many facilities that were FCP7 would have just waited it out if Apple had kept X under wraps until this year and shown 10.04 as the new FCP? Would all of the them still have switched or would more be making the transition to X? Not in your facilities case but in general?
Lance Bachelder
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That’s good news. Thanks for the report.
Lance Bachelder
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Irvine, California -
The Adobe dynamic trimming and all the new trim tools look pretty good in CS6. If Premiere can stay run smoothly on big projects (like feature films) I’d give it another chance – Adobe really has added a lot to CS6 compared to 5.5.
Old Avid guys call it the “hamburger”.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Irvine, California