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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Edit 6k Dragon footage on a Microsoft tablet

Wow
 
The surface pro is a great device... my iPad has been relegated to kids use since I got it. Not without problems though... battery life (not good), connectivity, one usb3 connection is not enough (TB for the PC - we need it - why is it taking so long)... and of course - Windows 8.x (if Frankenstein made an OS out of the windows phone and Win 7). But overall the good far outweighs the bad, having a real OS on tap (with the full set of apps) is worth it for me.
 
"Adobe . . . anything we can do or say to dick with Apple"

Edit 6K Dragon footage on a tablet . . . that's funny
 
RedcineX RUNS on the surface pro... but you wouldn't want to use it for more than quick footage review. I'd guess the same is true of Premiere (though I've never bothered to install it).
 
A lot less useless than any other 'pad'... but not good for everything.
 
More and more I'm liking the Surface Pro. I think I'll pick one up soon. I can see it being real handy when time, space, and portability are important.
 
Phil Holland said:
More and more I'm liking the Surface Pro. I think I'll pick one up soon. I can see it being real handy when time, space, and portability are important.
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My thoughts too. I do a lot of remote approvals (mainly renders). These are delivered and I spend a lot of time with my wacom adding notes etc in Photoshop, so this appeals to me rather than having to add a wacom to my laptop or a small Cintiq (and the bundle of cables that gives you), the fact it's a single tablet and has a pen/touch interface appeals to me. Plus the thought of (at least) being able to view R3D's and even do rudimentary editing is very appealing - especially as an addition to a laptop.

I see this as a device that's good for travel and means I can adapt the device to my way of working - rather than having to adapt to the device (which is why I don't own a tablet of any sort ATM). The fact I can run all my CG packages on it (Lightwave/Maya/ZBrush/Motionbuilder etc plus the Adobe stuff) makes the Surface Pro very appealing.
 
Does Scratch Play work on it? It seems cool and all but is it really that much lighter then a mac air? a mac air can run almost any app, windows or pc with bootcamp/parerells so it seems like a safer bet to me. Can you roll the surface back to windows 7 and use a mouse and keyboard lol?
 
It has a stylus , keyboard etc - so non touchscreen optimised apps work just fine.

I taught a little Dragon at SXSW recently alongside Lucas from Assimilate running Scratch on Surface at the Microsoft event. It impressed a lot of people.

if nothing else its the smallest lightest way of reviewing material, creating looks and rough cuts. Actually its far more, and I'm no windows lover...
 
that sounds pretty cool... unfortunately i don't got scratch or cc though. is any non subscription based apps working basically lol? i would use redcine, avid, and if possible resolve
 
It's an i5 with 8 gig ram and no fancy gpu.
Define 'edit' 6k ...
I might pick one up to peek at shots and flush Redmags in the evening while overseas. Better than the Atom powered netbook I use now.
 
Being critical: You're not going to do anything with even 5k content at anything over 1/4 res, the limited drive space, no TB, and only one USB3 port means your options are really limited when you don't have external power for a usb hub. Wireless works well but there's something odd about it (for instance - it refuses to find my CineDrive wirelessly, even though my other wireless devices find it no problem), keyboard is nice for a pad but VERY cramped, and of course Windows 8 makes everything more difficult and adds almost no value relative to Win 7 (Metro apps are pretty much crap). If you find yourself doing anything that takes more than 10 minutes of real keyboard mashing you're going to be unhappy with it. SO: it's not ideal except compared to the other options I've played with... and while it's not perfect, it's really good at being ultra-portable, running anything you can run on any normal windows machine, and being a device that's easy to have with you when you need it.
 
USB would not be a problem, since most folks work with highly compressed formats anyway, that usually don't saturate USB3 - if there is a bottleneck somewhere, it's probably not the connection.
Never tried to edit with a stylus - sounds double, but certainly not as comfortable as a 3 monitor editing suite. On the other hand, it's not there to replace your suite, but to compliment it out in the field.
 
I have one sitting around at home & dismissed it as a toy. My initial thoughts was Windows 8 is craptacular.

Anyway may need a 2nd look . So whats the battery life like and how to you power a external USB hub in the field (more space, more batteries more cables, groan ) ?
 
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