[Shawn Miller]

[Anders Utterstrom] “Which platform would that be?”

Windows or Linux if you depend heavily on CPU bound tasks like simulations and 3D rendering – applications like that will benefit immensely from having as many fast cores in a machine as possible. For newer GPU based renderers like Octane or Furry ball, the ability to stick three or four powerful video cards in a machine can cut the process of look development and final render down from weeks to days. For editors… it probably doesn’t make much difference.

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

Thanks Tim, I appreciate the intel. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Walter Soyka] “[Shawn Miller] “I just checked out a demo on YouTube. HK2 does look nice. I wish I could use it. :-)”

I have suggested to Simon that a native Ae version would be most welcome. Maybe you’d join me in pestering him?”

Absolutely! I’m willing to stalk him on YouTube if needed. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Jeremy Garchow] “As I’m sure you know, there is no one size fits all for keying. Every single key is different,

But yes, I find that on the same footage, I do find it better especially in performance and usability (the v2 matte buttons and dual view are killer). This is not to say that Keylight is bad or worse.

HKv2 now has a color picker (like keylight) but I find that I don’t use it. Also HK has some really cool edge tools, in blend, transparency, and gradient qualified edge color, as well as light wrap, matte cleaner, edge denoising, and other tools. It’s quite powerful.”

I just checked out a demo on YouTube. HK2 does look nice. I wish I could use it. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Charlie Austin] “[Jeremy Garchow] ” I’m looking forward to v2.”

It’s great. As good or better than keyers that are many multiples of it’s price. Works in Adobe apps (better than the built-ins) too for those that need it…”

Better than keylight? Not being combative or anything, genuinely asking.

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Herb Sevush] ”
The Pizza is much better in NYC. The beaches are better in Florida. Rats vs bugs – we’ll call that a draw. Does that make it a distinction without a difference?”

I think alligators should also figure into the equation… the danger of poolside attack vs misguided sewer exploration.

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “yes, but american auto correct spells it the american way, like you guys spell tonight tonite and realise realize”

lol… realize is the older spelling (from the days when we all pronounced “z” as zee), and “tonite” is “marketing spelling”, like xtreme. As bad as some American schools are, “tonite” is only considered a word if you’re talking about explosives. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Walter Soyka] “[Shawn Miller] “Kidding aside, I’ll have to take your word for it as I’ve never used Motion. ”

If you’d like to get more than a little bit jealous, check out some of our friend Simon Ubsdell’s Motion tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7c46tWEb2grLQ95OGLxBJQ“

Thanks, Walter. I subscribed to Simon’s YT channel shortly after he started it. There are some really good tips and techniques that many compositors and motion graphics artists could find useful, regardless of application. 🙂 Now… if I could just convince him to slant a bit more towards integrating live action and CG elements with 3D tracking data. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

Hi Gabe,

I completely understand where you’re coming from, and it sounds like FCPX and Motion are a great fit for your business. My only point is that Adobe CC can be a great fit for single operators and small shops as well. Though, I think Walter and Andrew made the case better than I did.

[Gabe Strong] ” Do you small one person shop guys really have the time to learn how to use all 50000 programs in CC? :)”

I don’t, but my personal belief is that no single subscriber uses all of the CC applications… I could be wrong though. As a Cinema 4D user, I don’t have a use for half of the features in the program… but I’m willing to pay for the half that I do use. I see Adobe CC the same way. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Gabe Strong] “AE IS scalable. It’s just that for simple to mid range stuff, Motion seems faster.”

Not for PC users. 🙂 Kidding aside, I’ll have to take your word for it as I’ve never used Motion. For those of us on non Apple platforms, there isn’t much of an alternative, unfortunately… well, maybe Hitfilm is, but I haven’t used that either, so I couldn’t say for sure.

[Gabe Strong] “As for Premiere, Warp Stabilizer is cool….but FCP X has the very similar ‘Stabilize’ (with optical flow).”

Fair enough, but was anyone doing rolling shutter repair+stabilization before Adobe – does that not count as being revolutionary?

[Gabe Strong] ” As for Mercury Playback Engine, that is
great if you have the right video card, but again FCP X does much the same thing as far as being able to mix frame rates, video codecs and so on on a timeline, and play them all back in real time.”

MPE is a combination of technologies like; multithreading, 64bit architecture and GPU acceleration of some effects and operations like scaling, deinterlacing and blending modes. I believe the difference is that MPE will perform on a wider variety of hardware configurations without the need to transcode media. MPE can also perform in software mode if no suitable GPU is available. If I’m not mistaken, FCPX operates differently.

[Gabe Strong] “So if I do ‘end to end’ work where clients are not dictating what I use or insisting that
I accept CC files from them, I am not a motion graphic expert who does extensive AE stuff, and I don’t work on a PC, I just don’t see any advantage to going with CC, when
I can use FCP X, Motion, Compressor, and Resolve light for a fraction of the cost. The money I save is enough to buy an A7s for a third camera after a little more than 3 years.”

It sounds like you’ve made some great business decisions then – respect. It’s always good to see creative people succeed. I’m just suggesting that there may be similar stories to be told by CC users. 🙂

[Gabe Strong] “But for small guys like me, who just have a client come to them and say
‘We want an epic promo video….can you make us one?’…well I just don’t see a compelling reason that I must use Adobe products to do this.”

To be honest, I don’t either. 🙂

Shawn