Rick Lang
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Sorry, I don’t see a link on the iPad. I did see your text comment in your posts. I’ll see it later on the desktop. No worries.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Steve, I don’t see a list; ! am reading your post on an iPad.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Perhaps Apple was just waiting for the release of DisplayPort 1.3 that can drive these 5K monitors. Would be nice if they could also improve the colour in their screens, you know so the iPhone and iPads don’t get all the decent colour.
And while we’re fantasizing about Apple doing the right thing, let them support 12bit input to 10bit displays. That would be a fine addition if only on the standalone 5K screen for the new Mac Pro. Anyone who is beta testing Yosemite: heard any hint of 10bit support in there?
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Jenn, if you can manage the budget, get the i7 processor rather than the i5. The i7 supports multi threading which means you have the ability to run 8 threads at once. The i5 is not multi-threaded so you only run 4 threads. At times, such as when you render output, the i7 will be using all the threads you have.
Good luck!
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[Franz Bieberkopf] “The more difficult question arises when professional needs differ from consumer needs.
“Franz, absolutely correct. Lots of evidence in the past couple of years that Apple had lost sight of the professional needs, particularly in terms of workstations and collaborative networking and abandoning their server and shared storage. I think I heard that Steve Jobs had wanted to stop all hardware development in those areas and discontinue product or let it whither on the vine. That old operations guy (what’s his name? Tim Cook?), not the visionary, built the new Mac Pro which is the first sign of new life in terms of hardware but there’s more to be done, particularly in software, to keep competitive in the space. The new Mac Pro obviously had tons of precedence but the Apple Watch had zero to do with that visionary and begins a new era of product development under Tim’s watch (oops, pardon the pun).
Hopefully Tim will keep the momentum going for the tools you need to do your work. He may need some reminders of course. Aperture is a case in point. From what I’ve seen of Photos, it will disappoint pros and prosumers and enthusiasts so the immediate future isn’t looking too rosy. Of course in a couple of years, Photos may have trumped Aperture with capabilities that are hidden from consumers but open to those demanding more. I hope so as I’m not really eager to go to Lightroom and another ecosystem. That discussion is in another thread.
I just mention it to agree with you that there are bumps in the road but it is inconceivable to me that a company with enough cash to do whatever it wishes would abandon the arts. Sorry I’m not a U2 fan and paying them $100M to give me a free album is not my idea of how Apple should support the arts!
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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I agree with Tim that the statement quoted from Daring Fireball are puzzling and don’t reflect the years of only using technology as the means to an end and that end is related to use by a consumer for non-computing purposes such as the 2001 iPod and so on.
With Google wanting us to sit in a driverless car without even a steering wheel to occupy our attention, with Jeff Bozos’ rocket engines (almost the only thing in the world not available for online shopping via Amazon) propelling Boeing’s new space taxis, Apple appears to be sticking closer to their knitting than some other prominent tech giants. Of course the rocket engines and driverless cars use computing technology but there are so many other factors to consider, they can’t be considered computing devices. Apple continues to expand their ecosystem which includes computing hardware and software whether it be a MacBook Pro or iPad or Apple Watch. They are all integrated into that Apple ecosystem of things consumers eventually find that they can’t live without.
I feel that Apple won’t abandon the professional users at all as they expand their consumer-driven ecosystem, but being a professional
is not about owning some $100,000 system that now costs so much less that it’s accessible to everyone–it’s always going to be about the skill, apptitude, creativity, imagination, insight, and élan that you bring to the task that guarantees your success. Apple’s success with their pursuit of consumers can also benefit their professional products in many ways.Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Craig, excellent comparison to vehicular traffic on freeways. Having lived in LA until recently, I saw that phenomena frequently while caught In it while commuting home each day. And these freeways carried a lot of vehicles quickly as long as there was no accident on the road. Any increase in capacity was soon consumed by increased demand.
As for H.265 encoding, with the release of iOS 8 and the iPhone 6 (with 150Mbps LTE), I suspect Apple will implement H.265 in FCP X and Yosemite this year if the codec is final. I haven’t followed the codec lately, but if they have it in the A8 chip, it must be ready to include in their software.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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I think it will be clear when BMD presents Fusion 7 at IBC 2014 so you don’t have to wait much longer. I suspect things like software for Generation 4K (including 3D) are in their sights and there will be dramatic reductions in cost. DaVinci Resolve may be a guide to the future of Fusion. The introductory products will be inexpensive or free with some functions unavailable. The volume of licenses will grow and BMD will be just fine. Will also be interesting to see the way it integrates in the future with Resolve.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Just a simple observation that change always takes time but it won’t happen if it doesn’t at least start. Apple is going to kickstart this which could lo lead to broad adoption within a few years.
The carriers will all love having video transfer with one half the effort because it means users will get their data twice as fast. And that’s good because there must be a relationship between ease of acquisition by the end user and the frequency of use. To illustrate, if you were running a 300 baud modem and wanted to transfer a feature film and I told you it would take weeks, you might try it once and forget it. If I told you it would take less than a minute to transfer and you can watch it while it transfers, you may at least repeat the experience a few times subject only to the cost of the movie. Carriers won’t see any significant drop in data usage as things get easier; they may even have pressure as users demand more and more over time.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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John, have you played back ‘Scope format films (roughly 2.39:1 aspect ratio) on that 3440×1440 screen? Must be a pleasure to see? Don’t know why this is marketed as 21:9 since that would have a 2.333:1 aspect ratio and your screen is 2.389:1. Very nice I imagine.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB