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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 :)

good stuff with the latest cs4 builds for REDCODE

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This HP laptop with the new cs4 beta builds I am working with has been a TOTAL game changer for me..for the first time I am TOTALLY happy working on this machine with REDCODE and CS4..it's THAT fast and responsive....I have been waiting for YEARS for this..the bastards with stills cameras have had it for years...now it's us motion guys!!

I'm needless to say "lovin it"

it's like total mobile freedom....and when you WANT 2k in realtime simply attach the hard disk to a 16core HP and BINGO you have THEATRICAL level quality playback! WOW.

I was preaching this speaking for ADOBE at NAB ....but now I'm living it....good time to be alive in the motion world!



I just finished Post on a RED TV spot on the laptop with a standard USB drive with no problems at all, when the client was in I just took the drive to our 8core and worked in 1080p with 3 screens, 2 24inch and one Plasma at our studio...really really nice workflow and so easy.....things have come a LONG way since I started working with the Adobe team 8 or so months ago its really nice to see it all working and being able to sit with a client and have NO crashes and NO work stopping issues for once with cs4!

The idea of cheap hardware and software finishing is pretty cool and gives lots of room for freedom of post....I was working on the same project at a coffee shop today making tweaks for the client with the DreamColor screen on the Elite book knowing that I was looking at what I would see in the studio on the DreamColor professional 24inch HD screen.

BTW I am talking about the EliteBook quadcore HP laptop running cs4.1 with the latest soon to be released REDCODE supporting builds.:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
obin said:
This HP laptop with the new cs4 beta builds I am working with has been a TOTAL game changer for me..for the first time I am TOTALLY happy working on this machine with REDCODE and CS4..it's THAT fast and responsive....I have been waiting for YEARS for this..the bastards with stills cameras have had it for years...now it's us motion guys!!

I'm needless to say "lovin it"

it's like total mobile freedom....and when you WANT 2k in realtime simply attach the hard disk to a 16core HP and BINGO you have THEATRICAL level quality playback! WOW.

I was preaching this speaking for ADOBE at NAB ....but now I'm living it....good time to be alive in the motion world!

I just finished Post on a RED TV spot on the laptop with a standard USB drive with no problems at all, when the client was in I just took the drive to our 8core and worked in 1080p with 3 screens, 2 24inch and one Plasma at our studio...really really nice workflow and so easy.....things have come a LONG way since I started working with the Adobe team 8 or so months ago its really nice to see it all working and being able to sit with a client and have NO crashes and NO work stopping issues for once with cs4!

The idea of cheap hardware and software finishing is pretty cool and gives lots of room for freedom of post....I was working on the same project at a coffee shop today making tweaks for the client with the DreamColor screen on the Elite book knowing that I was looking at what I would see in the studio on the DreamColor professional 24inch HD screen.

BTW I am talking about the EliteBook quadcore HP laptop running cs4.1 with the latest soon to be released REDCODE supporting builds.:thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Obin, good to know you are enjoying it. Still waiting for the Scratch back workflow. Still the same work around? Lim
 
That's amazing... I can't wait to try the update..

BTW.. What graphic card are you using?

Thanks
 
yea, 2k full resolution playback! quadro cx card. dont' need it unless you want the speed for 2
h264 encodes...

z600 or z800 HP workstation will do 2k playback on the timeline!
 
Thanks for the reply..
 
What's the word on OSX workflow & CS4?
 
should be about what it's like on PC....fast as hell and easy to work with...wait till you guys get your hands on what we have been doing....

I said: Adobe r3d should be as easy as DV.
They said: Lets do it. and make it even better.
 
Cool stuff Obin

How are u feeding the plasma screen? aja card or does your graphics card have 3 outputs?

and if you have a couple of audio tracks, music and voices playing,
do you still get 2k full res on the HPZ. Currently I get decent playback
at 1/4 res but as soon as I add some music to the a track I start getting
worse playback, I'm sure it's all good on the Z, just wanted to confirm.

thanks for all your info you post about hp and adobe, great stuff!
 
obin said:
yea, 2k full resolution playback! quadro cx card. dont' need it unless you want the speed for 2
h264 encodes...

z600 or z800 HP workstation will do 2k playback on the timeline!
Click to expand...

Full quality no 2k 1/2 ? :-o wow.

Have you tried HD? as in 1920x1080 from shooting 16:9 ?

Cheers

Si
 
Yea hd 1920x1080 works well... Been working in 1080p on the laptop and rendering so it will play... Good news is renders of r3 d are fast now as it's pulling from the 2k out of red sdk
 
Just wondering how your feeding your Plasma screen from the HPZ, some type of aja card, or does your graphics card have 3 outputs?

Thanks for all the great info on adobe/hp

stricko
 
when the dust clears I'll post a TVC I just finished on the new tools and hardware.
 
I've been working with the new CS4 RED workflows on the Mac side and it's heading in the right direction. Still some things to be ironed out but having access to the RAW metadata has been the most appealing new feature.

Next few months are going to be cool.
 
I am pretty much playing with a bug free build at this point. I think folks are going to be happy I spent the hours that I have BEFORE it's released. It's so smooth now I am no longer afraid to edit with a client. I know many of you know that is the REAL test. :) he he he
 
When do you think Adobe and RED are going to release the new version of the plugin?

Thanks
 
Hey Obin,

I will look into getting one of those laptops once the new software is released, never been a real fan of mobile editing, I need to be confined to a dark room or my ADD takes over :-) but what you're describing sounds way too good not to try it. On the desktop side, how are you running 3 monitors again? I assume you run the usual 2 for your working space and the 3rd one for timeline playback/color work? How are you feeding the 3rd monitor, from a separate card? I was thinking about getting me the new Black Magic Extreme for that but I've read is very buggy, so what are you using?
 
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