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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 :)

iPad 3

Detlev Eller said:
... depending on the scale, its actually already true.

i have always lived on the latest, thickest, fullest, fastest machine(s) ....
since i've got the ipad2 ... the laptop stays home ... and the workstations come in for ... work! ... with multi screens and so forth ...

i find myself dowloading productivity apps, like graffle and keynote to the ipad ... as well as creative tools.

... and although they are much less powerful and in baby early release compared to desktop/laptop apps ...
i like em, cause it supports my thinking and creation process riding on the berlin tram or a plane or what not ...

;-)
good idea capture tools ...
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try editing a 4K film on your ipad.
 
Tom Lowe said:
try editing a 4K film on your ipad.
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Did you forget that PC = personal computer. Obviously the workstation has not been supplanted by tablets, but the PC is not the primary way in which individials in the west compute in the personal realm.
 
PatrickW said:
try editing a 4K film with an iPad as the interface, for a workstation driving a 4K display....
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I used to install Crestron home automation systems and our ability to incorporate iPad's within a month of their initial release seemed great. Our customers wanted the 'hot new thing' from apple and had plenty of money to pay for them. (Also, the existing wireless touch screens were 5,000 dollars using only 802.11b wifi and mobile windows XP, bleh). So we wrote up custom UI's that matched and controlled their existing systems, upgraded their wifi and figured we'd offered them a great service. After using the devices for while many people hated them.

Turns out, a touch screen with no tactile feedback was really annoying to use as a TV remote. They couldn't look at the TV while changing channels or volume. They had to look at the iPad, then back at the screen, then back at the iPad. That was enough to tick people off.

I love iPads, have the new one on order and write apps for them. But the moment I need to control a separate device I still prefer a keyboard or mouse; something with shape I can feel and orient my input around.

I'm sure the plans for physical feedback using small electrical currents to emulate texture will be good, and could solve this in the future. But I think there are more problems than just form factor, or processing power, when looking at touch screens.
 
AndrewThomas said:
Did you forget that PC = personal computer. Obviously the workstation has not been supplanted by tablets, but the PC is not the primary way in which individials in the west compute in the personal realm.
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You have some facts and statistics to back that up? 80% of my computing is done on laptops and desktops.
 
Ipad 3 Challenge = someone write an app to make it a camera mounted studio monitor with all the scopes, false colors, focus assist etc. The airplane pilots already have heavy duty mounts for them. Just need a A-box adapter to go from SDI/HDMI to Mac and an app to go with.

I would pay $.99 for that app today!
 
PatrickW said:
try editing a 4K film with an iPad as the interface, for a workstation driving a 4K display....
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Could work. If the film has 20 shots.
 
PatrickW said:
try editing a 4K film with an iPad as the interface, for a workstation driving a 4K display....
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I've done it on a keyboard and controller, and it's not that easy. We're years before this is practical, and a touchscreen interface is not appropriate for all things.Let me put it another way: I'm going to take away your steering wheel and gear shift in a car, and just give you a big iPad display. Do you trust it to drive with?

To me, you have to optimize the right tools for the right jobs. I can see using the iPad as a Redmote, to show histograms, battery life, setup menus, and stuff like that. But editing? Come on. It's tough sitting down and editing for 12 hours a day with custom keyboards, two beautiful monitors, jog/shuttle knobs, a quiet room, good speakers, and a comfy chair. Not so easy with just a touch display. You guys are getting way, way too seduced by technology that looks cool, but is not that practical in the real world (yet).

When we have a wireless monitor that weighs 1 pound, is completely calibratable, looks good in direct sunlight, runs 8 hours on a battery, and can wirelessly-receive video and sound with zero latency... that'll be huge. I can't imagine a better director's monitor on the set. And when somebody cracks that nut, it's gonna cost a lot more than $499. But the iPad ain't it. For casual viewing of dailies and stuff like that to check focus, performance, camera movement, and headroom, to hold scripts and storyboards, previz, animatics, all that stuff... sure.

BillBarnes said:
I love iPads, have the new one on order and write apps for them. But the moment I need to control a separate device I still prefer a keyboard or mouse; something with shape I can feel and orient my input around.
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Right on. :thumbsup:
 
Stephen Gentle said:
Where did you get this idea from? Because it's not accurate...
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From the research that a financial firm I work for does. Devices are big business, for them, and they know their market inside out.

I should probably have listed Australia, Canada etc... but the point remains. Android is leading the market in most, if not every country. I'm not saying Apple are non existent, they have huge market share for one vendor, amazing really... but go to Portugal, Uruguay, Brazil etc you will find huge Android usage, probably 90%+ of the market in alot of countries....

Hell, go to England and you will find huge Android usage. Android is now more popular than iphone in the UK..
 
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I second that. Don't think it's been released yet. Hopefully NAB 2012. Anyone know if it's technically possible to use the Ipad 3 as monitor?
 
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