Test video editingR3D on notebook on Mac i7 versus PC with Premiere CS6

[Olivier Madar]

Is it possible to edit natively R3D Red raw files on notebook with Adobe Premiere CS6 ? Yes, you can since Adobe CS5.5. The new CS6 and the power of the new PC notebook with nvidia graphic card make it even more easy.
By Olivier Madar VecteurM

I am still waiting for my nvidia 675M and I get "only" a 670M. As soon as I shall get the new one, i will make some more tests.


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[Subhadip Sen]

Thanks for the video. To be fair, the two machines aren't really comparable, but the one on the left is clearly more suitable for this particular workload, while the right clearly has its benefits for other usage scenario. GTX 680M is a huge leap forward - over twice the single precision compute performance as GTX 675M. 1344 CUDA cores mean business.

 

[Olivier Madar]

Thanks for the video. To be fair, the two machines aren't really comparable, but the one on the left is clearly more suitable for this particular workload, while the right clearly has its benefits for other usage scenario. GTX 680M is a huge leap forward - over twice the single precision compute performance as GTX 675M. 1344 CUDA cores mean business.

Thank you Subhadip,

Yes but I waited more than a month for the 675M. I have put a 670M at the moment (so nice !!!). May be I will stay away from the 675 and go directly to the 680M.

 

[Subhadip Sen]

Thank you Subhadip,

Yes but I waited more than a month for the 675M. I have put a 670M at the moment (so nice !!!). May be I will stay away from the 675 and go directly to the 680M.

Definitely do that, because GTX 675M is a minor upgrade over GTX 670M - something like 15%-20%. Essentially they are rebrands from GTX 570M and GTX 580M.

However, GTX 680M is a massive leap forward using the same chip as GTX 680 on the desktops - we are talking about double the performance of GTX 670M here.

 

[C.H.Haskell]

THanks for sharing ace! You have convinced me to go adobe after being a long time (since the inception) final cut pro user. Might as well give it a shot.

 

[Olivier Madar]

Yes, but I am not sure to have convinced you to go to Adobe + Windows ;-)

I would have done the same test with the new i7 Macbook 15, but it is just not big enough for me to edit on a 15 " screen. I also leaved FCP and Mac. May be it is not as hard as for you because i worked before FCP on Windows, but I know you are upsidedown with such a move...


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[C.H.Haskell]

I already pulled the trigger on a new mac book pro i7 retina with 27 inche cinema display and 12T of thunderbolt raid...RED rocket thunderbolt in a sonnet housing so we can do some nice test soon! I am how ever switching to ADOBE, already joined the cloud and giving premier a shot. cheers

 

[Olivier Madar]

Ha, that is the big test I am waiting for ! As soon as you got your toys, give me a call !


Olivier

I already pulled the trigger on a new mac book pro i7 retina with 27 inche cinema display and 12T of thunderbolt raid...RED rocket thunderbolt in a sonnet housing so we can do some nice test soon! I am how ever switching to ADOBE, already joined the cloud and giving premier a shot. cheers

 

[Arturo Sánchez]

Nice setup but i wonder how do you want to connect 3 thunderbolt cables in a Macbook Pro retina that only has 2...

I already pulled the trigger on a new mac book pro i7 retina with 27 inche cinema display and 12T of thunderbolt raid...RED rocket thunderbolt in a sonnet housing so we can do some nice test soon! I am how ever switching to ADOBE, already joined the cloud and giving premier a shot. cheers

 

[C.H.Haskell]

You can daisy chain thunderbolt up to 6 devices without affecting the data flow so with 2 thunderbolt ports thats about 12 devices.

 

[Arturo Sánchez]

Thanks a lot! ;-)

You can daisy chain thunderbolt up to 6 devices without affecting the data flow so with 2 thunderbolt ports thats about 12 devices.

 

[Olivier Madar]

Looking for the "ideal" monitoring option on my Notebook windows

OK, the power is here. But what about the screen control ? Without AC ?

Here are 3 pics of my configuration
The worst screen is the one of my Clevo. Beurk ! My Macbook was way better than this one.
To extend the work area, I have a Samsung RVB Led. Better than the Clevo, but still no use for grading
Then, with a little Black magic USB3 auto powered, you can extend to Rec 709 space.
First one, the Dreamcolor. It is feed bu hdmi output from the BM. I think it is too magenta
Second the Panasonic BTLH910. It is feed by the HDSDI output from the BM. I think it is to yellow and to bright. What I like is thewaveform inside it and the ability to be powered by Vlock or AB batteries
Third, the Pana TH50PF10. It is feed by the hdsdi loop from the BTLH910 (or a BM HDSDI distributor). It is a professional screen, without TV and an added HDSDI input card. For me, it is the best screen by the size and image quality. But you won't go with it on the field...


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