[Shawn Miller]

I didn’t attend this year, but the big stories for me were:

1. Ursa Mini – if the product lives up to the hype, I think BMD will sell a ton of them. I almost feel as if there HAS to be some sort of catch. Seven frame sizes (one anamorphic BTW), two compression ratios in raw, 15 stops of DR, 160 fps in 1080p, global AND rolling shutter, 12G SDI, all in a magnesium body…. for 5k, WHAT?

2. Resolve 12 – If BMD has solved it’s playback issues, I think a lot more people will be spending time editing in Resolve, and not just debayering raw video, or doing color correction. I’m really anxious to try the new shot matching tools.

3. Panasonic’s DVX200 – AF100 and GH4/5 users have been asking for a large sensor video camera with the features of the AF100, but the image quality of the GH5. Panasonic announced an updated DVX100 with a fixed lens… for some reason. The DVX200 will sell a lot of JVC LS300s, Canon C100s and Ursa Minis IMO. I think they’ve given up on sub 10k video cameras with interchangeable lens mounts.

4. Adobe CC 2014 – Really curious to try out the new tools in Premiere Pro and AE; face tracker, deeper integration with the Lumetri color engine. Speaking of that, does anyone else see the new 3D LUT creation tools as crazily underrated? My only complaint about Project Candy is that it’s iOS only. Come on Adobe, you’re better than that.

I will likely jump on the BMD bandwagon by purchasing the Ursa Mini and taking a second look at Resolve for editing. I don’t love the fact that BMD gives high end software away for free… but if I’m being honest, I don’t think I’ve ever heard the vision of a company so honestly articulated as it was by Grant Petty for the BMD NAB 2015 press conference… at least, not a vision that agreed with so much – especially the bit from 25:20 to 26:45.

Shawn

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Steve Connor] “[TImothy Auld] “Apple has very little penetration in the enterprise market. I know this for a fact. They has about 8% of global enterprise spending on computers and hand held devices, the vast majority of that being devices.
”

I do a lot of work with IBM who have recently partnered with Apple to develop enterprise Apps, apparently it’s going very well.

Since BYOD has started becoming prevalent I have noticed that there are more iPads and MacBooks than ever in the businesses I visit.”

Yeah, that’s pretty standard for IBM. They’re using Apple in the same way they used Red Hat in the mid 2000’s – to compete with MS and partners in the datacenter. In this case, they’re getting into banking, retail and airlines with solutions for mobile using Apple hardware. Those are huge opportunities, and some companies are doing big business there already. Regarding hardware, Apple is still a pretty minor player there. There are more Macs in the enterprise to be sure, but it’s still over 90% Windows “out there”. BYOD has actually been a good thing for MS, because it strengthens their cloud and SaaS story. Anywhere, anytime, any device. When you log into Lync, Exchange, Office 365 or OneDrive, MS doesn’t necessarily care what your OS is… they care that you’re logging into Lync, Exchange, Office 365 or OneDrive. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Walter Soyka] ”

[Bill Davis] “What does everyone make of the fact that last year, the vast majority of the building branding at NAB was Adobe. This year that was gone and it was largely BlackMagic… Knowing advertising a bit, it might all be just a specific campaign end… maybe BMD just came calling with cash.”

Adobe’s not slowing down — they’re advertising Photoshop on TV. Have you seen the ad yet?”

I hadn’t seen that… slick. Though, it’s weird seeing a TV commercial for Photoshop.

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Oliver Peters] “[Shawn Miller] “True enough, at NAB 2013 (I believe) I was told by a rep at the Adobe booth that CC subscription would be an option…”

That was true in 2013. 😉

– Oliver”

lol – yes, I will admit that my memory is fuzzy on this. I feel like the messaging didn’t really get consistent until the end of the fiscal year in 2013… I may be completely misremembering that though. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Oliver Peters] ”

[Shawn Miller] “I thought they re-wrote the playback engine… maybe I was misinformed.”

Hard to tell from trade shows, because different people always get different stories depending on who is doing the speaking. Could be either.”

True enough, at NAB 2013 (I believe) I was told by a rep at the Adobe booth that CC subscription would be an option…

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Oliver Peters] “[Steve Connor] “Apparently it’s a completely new engine under the hood”

I believe they only changed the audio portion, as that was bogging things down.

– Oliver”

I thought they re-wrote the playback engine… maybe I was misinformed.

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Simon Ubsdell] “[Shawn Miller] “Is it just for image sequences like AE, or can Compressor compile frames from different machines into single files? ”

I have to confess it’s a long time since I used Compressor having moved over entirely to AME in the last couple of years, simply because it gets most jobs done way faster, but yes, it segments and recombines across multiple machines and not just for image sequences – or at least it used to when I last tried.”

Very nice. I wish the AME could do that. If it could, I would send everything out for network rendering… I guess I could make a feature request. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Simon Ubsdell] “[Shawn Miller] “I’m curious, can Motion renders be handed off to Compressor? I’m also wondering if Motion can do multi-machine renders. ”

Yes, you can send to Compressor and hence create a batch for processing – a workflow I’ve tested but not actually used yet, but it’s a nice suggestion.

I’m guessing that you could do multi-machine renders that way, but that I haven’t tried.”

That is nice. Is it just for image sequences like AE, or can Compressor compile frames from different machines into single files?

Shawn

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Simon Ubsdell] ”
On the other hand, Motion renders so many things a lot quicker than Ae that the disadvantage of not having a render queue is lessened somewhat. It does mean you can’t take the coffee break though …”

I’m curious, can Motion renders be handed off to Compressor? I’m also wondering if Motion can do multi-machine renders.

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Bret Williams] “3D extendables (mObject) – similar if not better to the Andrew Kramer thing and certainly cheaper, performance – way better,”

I think you’re forgetting about Cineware and the inclusion of C4D light. Cinema 4D with AE is just in a different class than Motion with mObject, if you’re talking about 3D extensibility, especially when AE is paired with C4D Broadcast or C4D Studio. Lastly, if you’re talking 3D “stuff” in AE, you can’t leave out the 3D tracker. Those are just a few of the things that make AE a more flexible authoring tool.

Shawn