Shawn Miller
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“Nobody could even DREAM of a gigabyte of RAM. Unfathomable. Can you imagine!?”
Ha ha ha, yes I can imagine. My first computer was an Amiga 1000, it had 512 MB of RAM and a 5.25 inch floppy drive … when it started getting long in the tooth, my friend advised my to upgrade it with 1 MB of RAM and a 20 MB hard drive… he said it would be like a whole new computer. I remember thinking that I would probably never fill up a whole 20MB drive. Ah, the good old days. 🙂
Shawn
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“BTW, Adobe video products played a role in Hugo”
Interesting, is there a case study we can access?
Shawn
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“I believe Lance has stated that he was on CS3 beta.”
Ah I see, just curious… at least he’s still passionate, eh’? 🙂
Shawn
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“Love that folks are finding shortcomings in PPro. I was on the beta team through several revs…”
Which revs were you testing?
Shawn
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“You think they created thunderbolt for office and iphoto users?”
Apple didn’t create Thunder Bolt. And yes, office and iPhoto users (can and will) benefit from it… just like they currently do from eSata and USB 2.0.
Shawn
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“That’s the thing. you wouldn’t need a whole new computer with it’s own OS and infrastructure, you’d just plug in and double your CPU.”
I guess we’ll have to see what the cost of such devices will be, if they’re the same price or slightly cheaper than a 1U server, I would rather go for the server, that way I can set it to different tasks while I work.
“[Shawn Miller] “That would be wonderful for Premiere Pro… but not as important for 3D/VFX.”
“[Jeremy Grachow] Yet.”
We can all hope eh’? Believe me, when unbiased renderes and fluid dynamics simulators can harness the power of multiple GPU computing at a reasonable price, I hope to be the first in line to take advantage. 🙂
Shawn
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“What if TB let’s you add on a stack of processors?”
That would be great… provided that the cost, power and cooling is less than what I can currently get with a 1U or 2U rack computer ($800 – $2,000 or so for a dual quad core ).
“Or more GPUs?”
That would be wonderful for Premiere Pro… but not as important for 3D/VFX.
I am looking forward to a faster connection to my RAID arrays though (for editing). 🙂
Shawn
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“…you dont need a beast of a box anymore to get professional results.”
Maybe not for cutting video, 3D/VFX work (simulation, compositing, rendering, etc) still needs as much RAM and many CPUs as can be stuffed into a computer. I don’t think TB will be much of a game changer for these folks.
Just my opinion.
Shawn
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” could I offer them say, a one-time monetary gift, or say, 20% of my fee for the first 100 hours? Or perhaps, not money, but a physical gift”
I don’t know where your friend works, but this is against the policy of most of the companies I’ve worked for (in the US). Even the suggestinon of such a gift can be seen as being unethical in some places.
Shawn
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“I think a lot of my trouble was working without a ground plane which in that example you had a lot of.”
You don’t necessarily need a ground plane, just enough (motion) information for the camera tracker to get a good solution. I think the biggest issue with your shot is that you’re trying to get a solve with one plane (behind the actor), and not very much motion. You might be surprised at how much easier one or two c-stands with markers on them can make you life.
Shawn