FREE After Effects Reflection plugin
You did the word free don't you? ;-)
Simply click the 'download project' button on the link below to get the plugin. To install, simply drag it into your AE plugin's folder.
Happy reflection day,
Dennis
November 19, 2009
November 10, 2009
Premiere Pro 4.2 update is live
You can get the update for that and Adobe Media Encoder (also 4.2) via the Help menu. Just go to an Adobe application and select Help>Updates.
You can watch a video from Dave on Premiere Pro 4.2 here
Here's a list of fixes and features:
New in this release
- Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra material is now supported; new sequence presets are also included for editing this format.
Notable fixes
- Final Cut Pro Project Converter is now compatible with Final Cut Pro version 7
- Final Cut Pro Project Converter now maintains timecodes from the originally captured sources from Final Cut Pro
- Playback no longer stops when connecting/disconnecting a USB keyboard or mouse
- Performance is no longer diminished in mixed format sequences during playback, scrubbing, and exporting
- Fixed a field output issue when rendering a 720p 60/50 source in an interlaced SD sequence
- Third-party support
Known issues
- Use of Project Manager is not recommended for AVC-I since clip spanning is lost during project collect and copy
- Clip duration in media browser does not match duration of clip once it is imported
- AVC-I clips are redbar in native sequences
October 29, 2009
It's official: 64bit is the future for Premiere Pro and After Effects
64...bits...ONLY... Are you psyched or nervous?
I don't think many people are shocked by this and hopefully many people are excited about this as we slowly get closer to CS 'Next'. And to answer your next thought, no, it's not anytime soon!
I've added a couple of graphics and reviewed the text. Originally published 10/20/2009
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September 10, 2009
Hearst TV selects Adobe for News Production
Hearst Television has selected Adobe Systems to help provide next generation tapeless solutions for generating newscasts. Here's the press release
This is big for so many reasons. It's big because it continues to validate Adobe Systems in broadcast, and I'm NOT talking about After Effects or Photoshop. It's big because it is another real world customer that is giving input into Adobe on how to make their products better which we all benefit from.
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New Adobe Labs product: Adobe Story!
One of the things that Adobe has been really focusing on over the last couple of cycles is metadata. Metadata describes what's in a piece of content. This makes it easier for content publishers to connect their content with content viewers. This means more revenue. What's the biggest piece of metadata that is being thrown away in commercials, films and the like? The script of course...
September 1, 2009
HD Expo NYC in September
September is officially upon us and as I write this, we're starting to see slightly cooler weather. However, we'll see some hot stuff at HD Expo in New York on September 17th. It's a one day show, compact, educational and of course located near B&H in case you have to start purchasing things immediately! ;-)
August 27, 2009
AENY meeting this Thursday 8/27/09 @ 6:30PM
Get all of the details at the AENY site
August 18, 2009
Interesting videos on image technology
These days there are all kinds of interesting technology that is put out on the web for our prognosticating and input. Below is one that I've seen before and a new one.
August 17, 2009
Adobe Story, RED, FCP and Avid
Yes, I know.... a shamelessly provocative title.
I came across Mr. Soule's latest offerings which offer some insight into our current workflow with the RED camera as well as how similar workflow videos with Apple's Final Cut Pro and Avid's Media Composer software.
However, I think the most interesting one could be the sneak peak of Adobe's Story application which was first shown as a technology preview at NAB 2009. That one is embedded below. Enjoy.
August 11, 2009
Nucleo Pro compatible for CS4
Nucleo Pro was/is a great plug-in for regular AE users as well as 3D animators. It provides for background rendering as well as more sophisticated previewing. In a nutshell - it keeps you working which is a good thing. Get the update at GridIron
August 7, 2009
Cut in CS4: Second Skin
About a year ago, I met Carlos who was in the midst of cutting his film Second Skin. He was using CS3 at the time and moved up to CS4 prior to finishing up the edit. The final product (at least the trailer) is very well done and it's also a great story about how people are finding/losing their lives in immersive games. Read on below to see the trailer.
July 14, 2009
CS4 Timesaver upcoming e-seminars with yours truly
There are two upcoming CS4 Timesavers seminars that I will be participating in. If you'd like to join me, I would be honored to have you.
We'll be covering some of the measurable benefits of using CS4 in a video production workflow. It will be a tag team effort with Pfeiffer consulting who did the study. It will be something new and it should be informative.
To learn more and to sign up - click here
July 13, 2009
Adobe Media Player changes to Adobe TV
This is kind of old news, but I thought it worth scribbling a quick line on it. The Adobe Media Player has stopped being a content aggregator and focusing on being a single point source on Adobe TV content. While I liked Adobe TV for watching and collecting media, I'm equally excited that the creative community have a tool that can be a terrific source for viewing, storing and retrieving tutorials for Adobe products.
June 12, 2009
HP's DreamColor display - 'simply' awesome
Video editors and graphics artists have always relied on a monitor to help them achieve their vision. Years ago, it was the size of the monitor that mattered. It was also the refresh rates available. Then came LCD's but they weren't black enough or fast enough. Fast forward a few years and now we're dumping CRTs at the local recycling center and LCD's are the standard - the black and speed issues largely overcome. Well, I've seen the future (at least the near future) and it's the DreamColor LP2480zx professional display. Read on for some more.
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May 4, 2009
HP dreamcolor display
I've had a 24" HP DreamColor display for some time now and I've recently included it in my new Adobe TV rig for creating Adobe Beginner Classes shows. The basic premise of this display is that instead of 16.7 million colors that are possible on a normal LCD, you can see a billion.
May 1, 2009
Adobe CS4 Productivity report
In a tough economy, it's more important that your company (or you!) work as efficiently as possible and certainly things like video production can eat up a tremendous amount of time with various tasks. Whether it's creating final output types, making a DVD, importing video, or even the editing process, having control of your system - to keep creating with your hardware and software - is critical.
April 27, 2009
Iridas talking up Cinema DNG
Cinema DNG is becoming big news as Adobe continues to develop and publish updates about it. If you're not in the know about it, it's no big deal yet. DNG is an open standard created and overseen by Adobe. It stands for Digital Negative and is a great way for photographers to keep their raw data and work with a variety of software products. DNG also happens to provide lossless compression so as cameras get bigger and you need to move your 10,000 photos - DNG might be a good way to go.
April 21, 2009
NAB announcements
Benefiting (depending on your point of view) from waking up 4:30AM pacific standard time I thought I would sneak in a quick post about some of the stuff that has been announced by Adobe or companies that support our products.
April 15, 2009
Great Keylight tutorial product available from Toolfarm
The good folks at Toolfarm.com sent me a copy of a new product of theirs and I have to say it's terrific. It is a tutorial on the inner workings of Keylight, which is included with After Effects. I don't often have the opportunity to do REAL production work and when I have, it's never been with green screen stuff. So, I'm somewhat of a novice when it comes to pulling a great key. Angie Mistretta does a nice job of outlining a METHOD to use Keylight as opposed to how to use the software. It was clear and easy to understand and not too long - just right.
Get a look and find out whether the price ($39.00) is right for you after you watch part of it.
April 13, 2009
The future of online video?
As one of my co-workers is want to say, "I've seen the future of video and it's searchable."
One of the most intriguing features of Adobe's CS4 Production Premium release has been the idea of speech-to-text: the idea of converting spoken word in an audio or video file into text. It's one of the things that many of our broadcast clients are interested in - making their online video searchable and connecting interested viewers with their video clips.
March 10, 2009
64 Bit: The best $300 (or less!) you can spend this year?
I've had some more thoughts on the ideas of 64bit and it's value in light of this poor economy. I mean what's the point of talking about 64bit if you can't actually use it? With that in mind, I set out to see how much moving to 64bit on the PC platform would actually cost the average consumer.
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March 3, 2009
64 bit OS and Adobe products
A week or so ago, I blogged on a tutorial from Event DV around editing workflows with AVCHD. In that same issue, contributor Jan Ozer wrote an article called CS4 at 64 that delves into the differences that he observed between Adobe applications and how they perform differently between 32bit Windows XP and 64bit Windows Vista.
February 26, 2009
NLEs: How native workflows help you save
...Or perhaps this entry could be titled, "A study of contrasts"
I recently received the latest issue of Event DV, which is an excellent magazine with some solid writers. Each month they've got some excellent contributions from Photoshop wiz, Lance Gray and an editorial from Jan Ozer.
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February 25, 2009
Matrox releases Axio 4.0 for CS4!
Matrox has announced the availability of Axio 4.0 software for Production Premium package including Premiere Pro CS4. This software not only adds support for CS4 for existing Axio users but also the following:
* Full resolution, full frame rate, realtime editing of many more layers of video and graphics
* Realtime mixed-format timelines and multi-cam
* More effects in real time including color correction, chroma/luma keying, speed changes, 3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, and many more
* Realtime native editing of Panasonic P2 and P2 HD and Sony XDCAM, XDCAM HD, and XDCAM HD422 clips (MXF files)
* Realtime native editing of Sony XDCAM EX clips (MP4 files)
* Native support for additional codecs including: DVCPRO HD, MPEG HD, MPEG HD422, offline HD, MPEG-2 I-frame in HD and SD, IMX, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50
* Composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component, and HD/SD SDI input and output
* Simultaneous HD and SD output
* Realtime MPEG-2 IBP capture from analog, DV, and SDI sources for DVD authoring
* WYSIWYG video output for graphics and compositing Adobe After Effects, and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, and NewTek LightWave 3D (32-bit versions) with dynamic Alt+Tab switching
All in all, it looks like a good release. Go to the Matrox website for more details.
February 24, 2009
Customer Story on Premiere Pro
I recently received a note from Juan Carlos, a New York area Premiere Pro editor who has done some interesting work in the game field. Juan Carlos has done an interesting film called Second Skin which is about gamers lives inside these massive game worlds.
More recently, he let me know that he's connected VBS.tv and the show is called Motherboard. It's about games as well and the initial episodes were covering Lord British (aka Richard Garriott) who developed several games including the Ultima series of yesteryear.
It's an interesting view and in three parts. If it tickles your fancy, you should check it out here.
Of course, Juan is busy cutting away in Premiere Pro CS4. Real world work (on virtual worlds) being done on Premiere Pro. And why not? It's the best editor out there in my opinion! ;-) Enjoy the videos.
February 19, 2009
GenArts Sapphire sale at Toolfarm.com!
Among the very best plugins available for After Effects are the ones from GenArts. Called Sapphire plugins, they are an extensive collection of toolbox additions that are must haves if you are a serious AE artist.
As a result, these plugins never go on sale. The price for the whole collection is over $1500.00 which is a lot by any measurement.
Next Tuesday only, it seems that Toolfarm will have the entire collection on sale for one day only. So, on February 24th, you'll want to click here
February 4, 2009
iPhone, Google G1 and Adobe Flash
Many people have been asking almost every Adobe employee about if/when Flash comes to the iPhone. Similar to this, I posted an entry about Google's upcoming phone quite some time ago (over a year) and today it's getting more hits than ever for the same reason - when is Flash coming to it?
So, for no other reason than to satisfy your need to know and to get gratuitous traffic to this blog (just kidding!), I came across this article the other day and am passing it on to you. In it, it has some public comments by Adobe's CEO, Shantanu Narayen about Flash for the iPhone and also the Google G1. Have at it.
February 3, 2009
G-Technology still drives my storage
Every once in a while, I like to give a shout out to some of the actual companies and products that I use on a regular basis. As an Adobe employee, I'm often asked my opinion about certain pieces of gear or what not and its because we've used a lot of them that we offer opinions about what we think works best. This isn't meant as an endorsement or anything else, other than to continue to help people and their choices for equipment...Okay disclaimer done.
January 13, 2009
CS4 Road show and my focus for 2009
I am in Florida this morning before I jump on a plane to Los Angeles. I wanted to get a quick post in to say that yesterday's CS4 roadshow was a lot of fun and packed with people interested in seeing our products and the products of our partners. We had all of the major hardware partners there and showing CS4 drivers (mostly in beta) as well as Panasonic, nvidia, Rimage and many more. Since the event was at Full Sail, it had a lot of students there.
December 18, 2008
Matrox announces CS4 compatibility and 64bit support
Good news for Matrox owners - CS4 compatibility along with 64 bit support is around the corner. What's not to like about that? RT.X2 owners will get it in a few days while Axio customers will have to wait a bit longer, but overall, this should be a huge boost for everyone. I have to tip my hat to the guys at Matrox as well because I never expected them to be the first hardware manufacturer to support CS4, but they did so congratulations!
An article on 64 bit computing and Production Premium
Dave from Dav's Tech Table emailed me this story from Jan Ozer about his recent interest in 64bit computing. As always, Jan tells with it with thoughtfulness and insight. It's a good morning tech read...
December 16, 2008
A "Virtual" Tradeshow
Come on, doesn't that title grab you? A "virtual" tradeshow? What does that mean?
December 15, 2008
Red camera workflows
All right, lets get the immediate thing out of the way. I've been dark for a while on the blogosphere. Guilty as charged. There's a certain blogging product that has been giving me fits and sadly it's an Adobe product. Ah well, we're not perfect, though we try real hard. Now...on to more important things
November 19, 2008
nvidia and Adobe = match made in heaven
nvidia has recently released the Quadro CX board for PC users. This is a high powered graphics workstation class card that is not only capable of terrific performance, but is specifically tuned to leverage GPU accerlation in Adobe applications.
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Yet another cautionary tale of backing up your data (and in praise of Tekserve!)
I won't belabor the point but get straight to the conclusion: If you don't think your computer will ever blow up - you're WRONG! Back up your stuff!!!
Boy, I feel better already....
November 10, 2008
In praise of HP warranties
Often times when people consider buying new hardware, the idea of the warranty rarely plays into the decision. In a sense I understand it - you don't buy something with the idea that it's going to fail. However, with technology there are so many tiny things (read 'nano-scale') that makes the idea of a DOA (dead on arrival) experience sometimes a reality.
October 31, 2008
Adobe Product Trials are live
As a lover of 'try before you buy' it is with a great amount of pleasure that I let you know that Adobe has published a link for evaluating our CS4 suites (in all configurations.)
October 3, 2008
Some AE fun with Trapcode's 3D Stroke
If After Effects is your thing, then you have a ton of plugins and already know about 3D Stroke. If you're into dabbling, then you'll want to check this plugin out as a trial at your first opportunity.
September 29, 2008
Looking at what your options are for CS4?
Of course there is the Adobe Store and it's very comprehensive and built around a Flex/Flash interface.
However, the people over at Toolfarm.com have come up with a comprehensive upgrade matrix as well. In addition to being a great dealer of all things plugins, they work hard at providing excellent service and sales to the most important products to the creative person.
So, if you want to look at what your upgrade options are for Adobe's CS4, I hope you'll take a look at Toolfarm's Upgrade Matrix
September 23, 2008
Want your first peek at CS4 Production Premium? Today's the day!
Talk about no notice, I know! However, between the schedule of Adobe and of course keeping a number of things quiet on the CS4 front, I saved posting about an eSeminar that I am doing today until...today...
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September 19, 2008
AJA + Adobe = great high-end workflows
I'll be the first to admit that I don't have the privilege of getting to work with high-end workflows all of the time. I go from everything to DV to Film 4K and everything in between, but clearly SD and compressed HD workflows predominate what we do. However, I have to say that I've been really intruiged with what AJA offers for Adobe products - all that you would expect and a whole bunch extra. Read on to get all the details.
September 12, 2008
Adobe, RED and Assimilate
Just a quick hit on the deluge of information coming from IBC. This is an end-to-end workflow from capture to finish. It's continuing good news for digital film.
And a quick update for you - Here's the first RED film that's been finished by Premiere Pro. Very cool! Fatal Flaw
CS4 buzz coming from IBC
Another run and gun post....Adobe is having a busy IBC which is the European version of NAB. We're showing a lot of new technology at the show and I imagine you'll be getting some good chatter on creative portals like Creative Cow and DMN
Here's an intruiging Adobe press release - all the tantalizing hints and no super substance. Sorry, but that's what a press release is all about. ;-)
September 10, 2008
Grid Iron Flow demo on Adobe TV
If you've heard about Grid Iron's Flow, there's a lot of hype and interest in it. It allows people to track their assets while doing basically nothing... Sounds good right?
Check out this late addition to the Digital Video Show case. Get it via Adobe Media Player or check it right here...
September 4, 2008
A glimpse into the NYC HD Studio
Adobe has some offices in midtown and I've had the privilige to help put together a small room that is dedicated to Adobe video solutions. I've had the help and partnership of all of our close partners such as AJA, AMD, Middle Atlantic, BMD, Matrox, Mackie, CalDigit, Wacom and many more. I recently took a few shots of the space which is still under construction but if you're interested, you can take a look via the attached PDF. Of course, I made the PDF slideshow with Lightroom! ;-)
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HD Expo in NYC - Sign up for Adobe's Intensive workshop!
I'm busy trying to organize my schedule over the next few months and one of the things I have coming up in HD Expo in NY's Javitts center. If you're a student of the calendar, you'll notice that we announce CS4 on September 23rd. You'll also notice that the Expo and the day of the workshop is September 25th. What do you think I'll be showing? Yup, you're right. So sign up here
CS4: getting closer
While trying not to be a bandwagon kind of blogger, I've decided to post a tidbit about CS4. I've waited a couple of days before announcing that we're announcing CS4. I think many of us in Adobe land tend to chuckle when we see this - I mean "announce that we'll announce? ;-)" More importantly, is the information that will come with this announcement.
August 26, 2008
All the best of Photoshop and Premiere for home users
Today Adobe announced all new versions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. It's all the power of their big brothers but without all of the detail. It's all about the results and getting them quickly.
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August 5, 2008
Adobe Digital VIdeo Tools Showcase - Matrox and MOTU
Back in late May, I helped do an Adobe event that not only included Adobe Systems, but about a dozen of our partners, both hardware and software. We taped the videos and now I am pleased to announce that the first two are posted on Adobe TV. These videos represent a great opportunity to get a synopsis of what our partners do and how they enhance Adobe products. Give them a view and see what you think!
Matrox
Matrox
MOTU
July 31, 2008
Red Camera support!
Some big news came today from the founder of Red Camera. From Jim Jannard:
"Within a week, RED R3D files will open natively on in CS3 Premiere Pro and After Effects."
Here's the link
Let the shouting, cheering and conversation begin!
July 25, 2008
Toolfarm hosting a free After Effects plugin download
Toolfarm.com is hosting a free Boris FX After Effects plugin. It's a kind of 'shine' effect but it's got some nice features to it and hey, it's my favorite price - FREE so if you're interested give it a look. Of course you have to fill your name and email address but I figure it's worth it for a fully functional free plugin. While you're at it, you can download several trials on the same page. However, it's a limited time deal, so you better hurry if your interested.
Get it all here
July 24, 2008
"Holy Hot Looks Batman, they're Magic Bullets!"
I've got to admit that having access to almost any plugin that works with an Adobe product is a huge amount of fun and a burden. Why would it be a burden? Two reasons: First, you want to support your partners and give them props where it makes sense but not all of them make first class products. Second, there are so many that you can't realistically stay on top of them.
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New Adobe Media Player available
"New Adobe Media Player - old news already"
Sure I know that many people have already posted on the new Adobe Media Player, but hey, "better late than never!"
The truth is that many people have not already heard about the new version or have not launched their current version in the last few days. If that's you, then launch it and you'll be prompted to download the latest version which is 1.1. The new version tweeks the interface in several ways including the main layout, and lightening the interface color. The catalog of shows is growing ever larger and the new version makes them a bit easier to find. I have to say there is a TON of stuff now - enough that there is definitely something there for everyone and best of all it is FREE!!!
When it's all said and done, go to Adobe.com and get the Media Player if you haven't already. Once you've got it going, I want you to subscribe to my Adobe TV show...Yes, right away. ;-)
July 17, 2008
The Colbert Report : 7-16-08
I was graciously invited to The Colbert Report after showing them some of the Speech-to-Text capabilities of Soundbooth CS4 which is available on Adobe Labs
This technology is opening eyes up all over broadcast as collecting information, called metadata is becoming increasingly important in both content creation and delivery. As I've mentioned before, if I have converted the dialog to text, it is now searchable, so I can find the clips I need faster. From a delivery point of view, it is easy to take that metadata and apply it as tags in a web page. Cool and cooler...
The experience of going to the studio was great and so was the show. As a guy who is most often looking at content after a show has been done, it's neat to see it happen before your eyes and believe me there is a ton of work that goes into making this happen!
What was a special treat for me was the fact that the guest was non-other than my favorite band as a kid, RUSH. This was their first televised show in over 30 years and it was neat to see them close up.
July 15, 2008
After Effects - A free plug-in
I got this from Digital Media Net and so they deserve credit - Stu Maschwitz is really one of the top guys around in the world of After Effects and he evidently is also a scripting genius since he strung together a bunch of Cycore effects that are included with After Effects to give you a color correction tool with out putting out some coin.
July 1, 2008
Have you given the Soundbooth beta a try?
When it comes to software, I generally take it for granted that people know about it and use it if they're interested in it. It's the world I live in (software) so perhaps you can understand why I am surprised when people don't know about something new from Adobe.
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June 27, 2008
A big Kuler update - color picking made easy
The team working on Kuler has done it again. Recently, the group updated the AIR version of the application and added some new features. If you're tired of spending time trying to pick some great colors for your next design, you should read on.
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June 16, 2008
Update: Premiere Pro & AVC HD revisited - a list of solutions
AVC HD has been a topic that has dominated a previous post where the comments are really the topic as opposed to the topic itself. This post has driven a large portion of my overall traffic, which has been humbling as I'd like to see more of it go to my tutorials and content (hint, hint, sniffle.)... Of course, I dig getting people on the site at all, so what they hey - hit me wherever! ;-)
Gosh, haven't left the first paragraph and I'm already digressing...Lets see, ah yes AVC HD.
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May 28, 2008
NYC event tomorrow - still time to register!
The event is happening tomorrow and there will be a lot of fun things going on. If this the first you're hearing about this digital video event, then click here. We've got partners like Panasonic, Matrox, Maxon, Grid Iron, Blackmagic and AJA among several others. There will be vendors like MOTU that will be giving a first look at some new hardware. B&H will be there with special one day prices on Adobe Production Premium, so now is a great time to buy. Zoomin Online will be giving away free training to those who fill out a registration card - who doesn't want to learn about Photoshop and other Adobe products??? AENY will be there working for other companies, but again a great chance to meet the leaders and learn about the next meeting. Almost every manufacturer will be talking about what's new for them and finally there will be a technology preview from Adobe Systems. This will be a unique chance to get a sneak peak at some of the things Adobe is working on. If that isn't exciting, I don't know what is! Wait a second, I do know what is more exciting - prizes! Lots of things to give away at both sessions, so take 4 hours out of your day and choose either the early afternoon or evening slots. Check out my other post if you'd like to get more information on this event.
May 27, 2008
Soundbooth with multitrack!
That's right, you heard it hear (or elsewhere on the blogosphere).
Regardless of how you heard about it, you'll want to check it out and get it from the Adobe Labs site. There's a bunch in there and a lot to explore, so give it a whirl and tell us what you think.
May 20, 2008
NYC Adobe event update - 5/29
Adobe is extending an open invitation to join us and many other exciting vendors as we recap what went on at NAB. It's happening on May 29th, near B&H at the New Yorker hotel. Read on to get all of the event details and to register.
May 5, 2008
Newspapers do video too!
...And if you are a newspaper that is looking to create revenue through video online, then you may want to register for this e-seminar on Wednesday, May 7th.
May 1, 2008
My new MacBook Pro - an informal review
Getting new computers used to be the coolest thing for a geek, gear infatuated guy. There's no doubt that I am spoiled because of working for Adobe. However, the "I can't wait to unpack it and stay up to midnight to play with it" feeling has long since flown the coop. So much so, that I waited nearly two weeks before moving over to the latest iteration of Apple's MacBook Pro laptop. If you'd like to hear what I like and don't like about the newest MacBook Pro and Leopard, read on.
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April 29, 2008
Adobe Technology Preview on Adobe TV
In an earlier post I talked about some of our Adobe announcements and the most important of these to me was the technology preview demonstration that happened a couple of times during the four day NAB show. When I did this post, I looked around on YouTube to see if someone had posted it, but no. Well, I was pleased to hear that Adobe TV has quickly published a lot of the NAB content and so I wanted to include it here for you to view.
April 25, 2008
HD Acquisition article from Event DV
Today, while wolfing down cold pizza for 5 minutes during work, I do what I usually do - skim a trade magazine. Today it was Event DV. It's been around for a while and honestly I like the format a lot. For the back page editorial they have a long time writer in the tech/video space and that is Jan Ozer. This month he wrote about HD acquisition and it was so relevant that I wanted to pass it on to you.
Here's the article: The Moving Picture: Ingesting HD Acquisition
Why do I like it? Well, besides rehearsing the history of acquisition starting with the VHS tape, he spends just the right amount describing what each step was and why it was good and bad. He goes through DV, HDV, Long GOP MPEG, and on through AVC HD, AVC-Intra and DVCPro HD. Secondly, I like it because he ends the article with MXF and how it will be important for people to choose the right editor to edit MXF, especially if metadata is important to them. You know where I stand on Adobe's MXF editing - I think its the best hands down and only going to get better. But, rather than me droning on about Adobe and metadata, take a look at the article and give it a read - I'm glad I did.
Happy Friday from your Adobe pal - Dennis
PS - To my AVC HD crowd - there's something in there for you too, though nothing I haven't really outlined already in my now famous post
April 24, 2008
Expelled and metadata
So, I happened to catch the movie Expelled from Ben Stein yesterday and while I could wax philosophic on it for an extended period of time, I will rather limit most of my comments to the my thoughts about metadata and how it can help such films get done more quickly in the future.
April 18, 2008
NAB wrap up
NAB was tremendous as you might imagine and Adobe had a terrific presence and impact upon the attendees. Adobe is what you might call a "destination" booth, but we don't take anything for granted and so it was with great pleasure and relief that we had a packed booth from the opening of the show to the very last hour on Thursday.
April 14, 2008
NAB Day 1: Adobe Premiere now supports XDCAM EX
Adobe continues to develop tapeless workflows and today announced native XDAM EX and XDCAM HD support. The update should be live today, along with an excellent new workflow video on Dave Helmly's blog
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April 11, 2008
Are you ready for NAB?
Or, more to the point, are you going?
NAB will be an extravaganza again this year to be sure, despite some noticable absences. If you've never been to NAB it is the ultimate gear fest for broadcasters and media publishers. It is the Home Depot for tantalizing gear that will do 4D, real-time moves in XL, super HD rez on 40 streams simultaneously to your TV, internet and phone. It is the ultimate Best Buy boy toy store in the world. It's Christmas time for gear junkies.
April 9, 2008
Adobe TV = ABC = Adobe Beginner Classes!
So much to talk about here and yet so little time with NAB coming up this weekend. Adobe TV is an exciting new chapter in how Adobe presents resources, tutorials, news and content to users and anyone who has an interest in Adobe products.
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April 8, 2008
Flash on 500 Million phones
While, my expertise and pervue is mostly on Adobe's video and audio apps, the inner geek in me likes to sometimes comment on technologies in general, at least if they're related to Adobe. So, it was with a certain amount of loyalty and pride that I saw that Adobe's Flash technology has been installed on over 500 Million devices to date. Now most of this is old news, but read on if it is new to you.
Internet usage cap from service providers?? Scary!
I don't normally do posts that are commentary per se, but I figured I'd make an exception here. There has been murmurs, rumors, whispers, etc. of ISP's (Internet Service Providers) like Time Warner, AT&T and Comcast as putting caps or ceilings on the amount of usage the average customer can get in a particular month. I see this as bad for consumers, bad for their customers and bad for business.
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April 2, 2008
Illustrator tutorial, Lightroom 2.0 beta and MLB strikes out
Just a quick entry here this morning to start you off on your creative day (you have your Starbucks or favorite cofee in hand don't you?)
Lightroom 2.0 beta is up on Adobe Labs. If you're a photographer, then you'll want to check out what the latest is from the Photoshop Lightroom team. If you've never heard of Lightroom, two things: Where have you been? and... Lightroom is "Photoshop for Photographers" and an awesome program whatever your skill level in Photoshop may be. Give it a test drive.
Also, check out this nifty and quick little tutorial on creating clean silouettes from photos inside of Illustrator with Live Trace. It comes to you from Layers Magazine and will take you only a few minutes to digest. You can get it here
And, as a baseball fan, I can't resist posting an article here from Macworld which gives talks about MLB's new MLB.tv service based on Microsoft's Silverlight technology. As an avid fan of baseball, I look at the MLB.tv service every year because I travel a lot and want to catch the games if I can. However, based on this, I think I'll either wait or pick up a Slingbox when I have a few extra $$. It's interesting to note that MLB's Gameday and many other surrounding services and features are all based on Flash.
March 31, 2008
My first Blu-ray experience
Call me the atypical Adobe employee...While I am a techno geek and absolutely love to play with technology, I either choose or (personal finances permitting) can't get all of the lovely toys exactly when I want to.
In my case, I chose not to run out and get a Blu-ray player right away - even though Encore is still the only cross-platform affordable Blu-ray authoring tool available.
March 29, 2008
Independent Film, Blu-ray, Photoshop for free and other weekend ramblings
Three topics in one for a weekend post. I presented last night to a NY film crowd and wanted to share some thoughts about it as it relates to Adobe. Talk about some new Blu-ray numbers and of course jump on the bandwagon with Photoshop Express. If any of the three sound exciting to you, then read on! ;-) PS - they SHOULD sound exciting to you...
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March 19, 2008
a new hardware partner for HD and Premiere Pro
This isn't necessarily new to anyone, but MOTU has finally released their Windows drivers for their V3HD product. The box offers a bevvy of I/O and a DVC Pro HD chip that handles all of the internal processing. Click on the picture to take you to the website.
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March 17, 2008
Final Cut and Premiere Pro together
The title is provocative, interesting or imflamatory depending on your perspective. What fun!
One of the things that users everywhere like is interoperability. Of course, I believe Adobe is the best at interoperability between our own apps (INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION!) but obviously, I'd be living in a cave if I didn't recognize that there are a lot of products out there including Apple's Final Cut.
February 26, 2008
Adobe AIR now available
Adobe put our AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) out there for the world this Monday. It combines HTML, PDF, and Flash in one environment. It allows a whole community of Flash developers to not only design cool web pages but now, cool applications.
On Adobe's home page, you now download the AIR runtime. Coincidently, it's next to the buttons for downloading Flash Player and the Acrobat reader. To me this is an indication of how impactful AIR could be.
If you're about to click away from this post - WAIT! Click the link below and you'll begin to understand what AIR can do for you as a consumer. My example is that I use ebay personally. To say that the ebay interface is less than perfect would be an understatement. Well, ebay created their own AIR app that you can download and oh - what a difference!
There are other apps that are in our spotlight section as well that might be worth a look depending on what you're interested in.
If you're looking for a little additional reading on the story behind AIR, check out the NY Times article published on Monday: Adobe Blurs Line Between PC and Web
I can't say that I'm a Flash programmer, but the potential of this environment makes me want to pick up a book and start learning!
February 21, 2008
It's official: Blu-ray is our HD shiny disc
We first heard rumblings from CES, then some of the big boys like Warner Bros, WalMart, NetFlix and others said they were choosing sides and then two days ago, we got the official announcement from Toshiba, "We're done." So, HD-DVD rides off into the sunset and Blu-ray is our official HD format for next generation DVD.
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February 12, 2008
Device Central Updates
A quick hit here - Adobe has published a total of four updates for Device Central so far and if you haven't updated yet, you might check the following link which will give you access to new device libraries for the latest phones and devices.
You'll have to log on with your Adobe ID, but if you're developing content for mobile phones and need to see how it will look on multiple devices, this is a great place to start.
February 9, 2008
Soundbooth: Resource Central revamped
Just working on a small AE comp and I needed a sound effect. So, I turned to Soundbooth's Resource Central to see if there is something that would fit. What do I find, but a new and improved interface!
January 29, 2008
Logo Creation tutorial with Photoshop
As a rule, ever since I joined Adobe I've always kept an eye out on all kinds of design, content, video, etc. I'm always looking at it to not only admire (or sometimes deride) the design, but to figure out how it was done. Today's tutorial is one such example that beginners and intermediate Photoshop users will enjoy.
January 18, 2008
Do you use Avid Xpress or Liquid?
As a guy who informally held the title of "Mr. Liquid" prior to working at Adobe, it is somewhat weird but exciting to be talking Adobe's new rebate program for owners of Avid's Liquid, Liquid Pro or Avid Xpress users.
January 15, 2008
My Foyer has become a Studio!
Most of the guys are going, "Wow, cool!" The ladies on the other hand are probably going, "Ewww!" I tend to lean towards the latter, because I have to clean it up in the end.
Why am I doing this? Adobe has some great stuff coming out later this year and I've been asked to contribute. Hopefully, you'll find this stuff not only exciting but also very useful!
January 14, 2008
Photoshop Elements for Mac
Ahh, this is a bit old already (January 10th), but worth noting that Adobe has announced that we're bringing Photoshop Elements 6 to the Mac.
January 11, 2008
After Effects 8.0.2 almost ready
The big news on this release is the implementation of MXF in After Effects. This is huge for people that are using P2 footage and doing some compositing. Jim from AENY has been playing with a beta and has been pretty happy with it thus far. Since I don't have a P2 camera (hint hint Panasonic! ;-), I haven't taken the time to download it. So... be patient a little longer and soon After Effects CS3 will have native support for Panasonic's P2/MXF format!
January 7, 2008
Matrox MXO now available for Premiere Pro Mac users
Matrox announced that the latest software version for their MXO product now supports Premiere Pro 3.1.1 on the Mac. This is a Mac only product that gives users (especially laptop users) the ability to preview, downconvert and output HD content on SD or computer monitors.
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December 20, 2007
New version of Adobe Media Player available
If you glance at my stuff with any regularity, you know I'm a pretty big fan of the Adobe Media Player and the AIR platform. Well, the applications are starting to get some real legs to them and if you haven't given AMP (Adobe Media Player) a try yet, then now is the time.
Remember that both AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) and AMP are both based on Flash so we're not installing some weird stuff - safe for the whole family. ;-)
Visit the Adobe Labs site and have fun!
December 13, 2007
I'm a tease...
...I know, a totally shameless headline. I practically clicked on the link for you and forced you to read this. My apologies. However, to truly tease you, I saw some of the technology we're working on and let me just say that it is fabulous.
December 6, 2007
Premiere Pro 3.1.1 is now Leopard compatible!
Adobe just released the 3.1.1 update for Premiere Pro on Adobe's Update Manager today. If you launch your copy of Premiere Pro 3.1 and go under help, you will see an Updates button, select it and follow the prompts to download and install the update.
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December 5, 2007
The coolest hardware for Photoshop just got affordable
John Nack, the Photoshop product manager has already blogged on this and you can get it here, but I had to mention it here as well as I am a long time fan of "drawing on the monitor."
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December 4, 2007
Google gets ready for cell phones
Google is a giant and they may be diversifying their product offerings in the future. Imagine - cell phones from Google?!? I found this article too tempting not to post on
November 29, 2007
Mac & PC drives now in harmony
As I've talked about earlier, one of the problems that I face is that I've got a few drives, some Mac and some PC that have data and files sprayed all over them. When I need to find them, I'm not always sure where they are and with what platform (Mac or PC) that I will need to access them from...
November 28, 2007
Matrox Advantage tour
Just a quick note here that Matrox is hitting various cities and showing off the latest with their RT.X2 hardware in conjunction with Adobe Production Premium. Click on the link to see if they're coming to your neck of the woods.
I'm off to Chicago today to participate in tomorrow's event.
Matrox Hardware Advantage Tour
November 26, 2007
After Thanksgiving technology tidbits
I love Thanksgiving - I mean hey, what's not to like? Too much food, family, friends and deserts makes for a lot of goodies after the holidays. Here's some of my after Thanksgiving tidbits (They're not leftovers!) for you to peruse.
November 20, 2007
Do you Hulu?
Some time ago, I posted (like everybody else) about NBC withdrawing from iTunes and the possible media storm that could be brewing as a result. NBC shortly thereafter announced that they would be doing their own implementation of downloads and streaming. Well, the streaming part is here in beta form. Guess what it's based around?
November 19, 2007
AVC HD on Premiere Pro
Update 10-3-08 - CS4 has been announced and included in Premiere Pro CS4 is native AVCHD editing. Please go visit the Adobe website and check out all of the new features that are a part of Production Premium and Premiere Pro CS4
Update 6-16-08 - I've posted another entry that outlines several compatible solutions and one that you should take a look at. Here it is AVC HD and Premiere Pro Revisited
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Main Concept, a company that Adobe has long worked with just announced and shipped their MPEG Pro HD 3 plugin for PC. This new package delivers a variety of new editing capabilities to Premiere Pro 2 and CS3 users including AVC-HD.November 18, 2007
Business and pleasure...
the pleasure part is really for my kids (and yours if you've got 'em). We recently put up some new pages focusing on Flash and on video and broadcast. I saw them a few days before they went live and they're really terrific. The broadcast pages really show some interesting data and if you're into trends, you'll definitely find some surprising (or not) information.
November 2, 2007
Disk optimization tool for Mac
One of the things that I like about Windows is that there is a basic defrag tool built in with dozens of 3rd party products available. With the Mac, I thought there were none until I came across iDefrag.
October 20, 2007
I like Mocha
Like any New York sports writer, I can't resist a cute title in the hopes of making the back page. So no, I'm not talking about Starbucks and their latest confection...Rather, I'm talking about a great planar tracking system called Mocha AE from Imagineer Systems.
October 11, 2007
Adobe Media Player now on Labs
A new version of the Adobe Media Player is on labs and even if you're of the persuasion that the world doesn't need another media player, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. There is no doubt in my mind that this will start to change the way media is consumed in the world - it's that game changing to me.
Premiere Pro: more partners = greater flexibility and choice
One of the things that Adobe has done for some time is provide a software development kit, or SDK, to anyone who wants to develop a product to tie into Adobe products. When you consider that we're the only mainstream, broad content creation company around doing that, it is significant - both now and as we move into the future.
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October 9, 2007
Free After Effects plugins
If you're like me, you love the word 'free.' Free is a beautiful word, one full of promise and excitement and hey, it feels good on the pocket too...
Adobe Elements titles hit the streets
The new packages are at your favorite CE store and they're sporting a new look. Chances are, most people who subscribe or read Adobe blogs with regularity aren't using these products, but I adjure you (ooh fancy word) - give them a look!
October 2, 2007
Great AIR application from eBay
Being somewhat of a penny pincher, I've used Ebay for buying and selling all kinds of things. However, I'll be the first one (okay, maybe you were the first) to say that the Ebay interface leaves something to be desired...
September 28, 2007
Want to produce a broadcast look but hate timelines?
Visual Communicator 3 is finally available and it is a great tool for those of us that want to create compelling videos without having to noodle on a timeline like Premiere Pro.
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Production Premium + Artbeats offer
A quick hit here for you. If you've been considering Production Premium CS3, we've sweetened the pot for a limited time, by working together with Artbeats to include some of their top royalty free video stock footage. Check out the Adobe.com store and of course the Artbeats website.
September 26, 2007
MacDrive 7 - making Macs and PC's friends again
As an Adobe guy who runs around the country with laptops, drives, etc. and needs to be prepared to demo Mac or PC at a moment's notice, having access to hard drives regardless of their format or OS preference is paramount.
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September 18, 2007
Neat technology... pass it on!
Let's be honest here - we all love technology. It's one of the reasons that I love working at Adobe: you get to see a lot of fantastic things happening inside and outside of the company.
September 12, 2007
YouTube and Adobe together with Remixer
If you use YouTube, you may want to try their new Remixer product...
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Encore update available
If you have Production Premium CS3, there's a new Encore update that has been posted yesterday. This will make Encore 3.0.1 which includes a bunch of fixes. Run the updater or check this out
September 10, 2007
onOne Photoshop plugins
How can you go to Photoshop World and not come back excited about Photoshop? Or more to the point for me, how can I go to Photoshop World and not come back and post about something cool I saw in it?
September 6, 2007
P2 support in Premiere Pro + Audition 3.0!
There is a ton of announcements from Adobe today as we kick off both Photoshop World and IBC. The two bigs ones for me are the announcement of P2/MXF support in Premiere Pro and Audition 3.
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This company in your future camera?
While on my way to Photoshop World, I'm reading through the latest copy of Photoshop User magazine and came across a news blurb that might be significant for video and film people's future. New technology isn't that surprising to us - heck we've been going from DV to myriad other codecs including HDV, AVC-HD and DVCProHD and we've been moving from standard definition to high definition. What's surprising here is the company that may be in your future. It's Kodak...
August 31, 2007
New hardware partner solution for Premiere Pro CS3
One of the things that I think is terific about Adobe's place in the market is our ecosystem of partners. It offers the customers more choice, more options, more solutions.
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August 13, 2007
Photoshop World coming up
If you're into Photoshop (and from my perspective, who isn't?), then you should consider going some time to a Photoshop World. It's a show for Photoshop freaks and geeks and I'll say it's a lot of fun. The one coming up is in Las Vegas and happens from 9/6-8. If that's a bit far for you, they usually have one on the East Coast every year as well.
As a person who likes to play with Photoshop, I still walk away amazed at some of the stuff I learn each time I go. I'll be there again this year (working) and hopefully will get to meet a few of you.
Tip - If you're looking for a way to find out about new Adobe blog content, but find putting the RSS feed in your bookmarks a bit clumsy (it is SO 2006 ;-) then take a look at iGoogle as a home page. Essentially, you can put up whatever kind of information you want, organize it, etc. It's really nice, fast and easy. I've got my Adobe tab on iGoogle, how about you?
Personal note - I'm in Vegas now and hope to spend a day trying desperately to take some good photos of Zion National Park. It's near the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon, so you probably already have an idea of the possibilities for pictures...Wish me luck as a hobbyist photographer - I don't want to show the Photoshop World people totally lame pictures!
August 1, 2007
What is broadcast quality?
Believe it or not, this question was presented to me by one of the major broadcasters when they were in for a meeting at Adobe headquarters. "What is broadcast quality," they asked? Now the two gentlemen from the company we spoke with were very intelligent so they weren't truly asking the question, but rather to make a point. However, the question intrigued me.
July 19, 2007
Soundbooth CS3 - have you checked out Resource Central yet?
Well I gave it a whirl and I have to say, I really like it. More importantly, I can see things that Adobe can or will do with it in the future. What is it? Read on...
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July 16, 2007
Quicktime 7.2 - stay away for now...
Internally, emails sometimes fly about within Adobe. We use this as a way of keeping each other informed about the good, the bad and the ugly. I'm not sure which one this falls under, but it certainly isn't under 'the good'.
July 13, 2007
Premiere Pro Mac seminar now available on demand
Technology is AMAZING! I did an E-Seminar in the morning and now at the end of the day it's available as an on demand seminar.
So, if you'd like to see Premiere Pro, especially on the Mac, then click on the link below and check out the content. The time to watch this is a little less than an hour and will cover where Premiere has come from, where it is today and give you a good understanding of how it may fit for you. And it's all done on a mac, but PC users fear not, everything covered here is applicable for you too!
July 2, 2007
Back from Vacation and just in time for Production Premium to ship!
Of course, only the second part is really exciting. As I and others have canvased the country over the last several months with early versions of the product, I can report that we have had nothing but terrific comments on this particular cycle. After Effects and Photoshop CS3 Extended are nothing short of tremendous, new applications like Soundbooth and of course our 'Back to the Mac' march that brings Premiere Pro and Encore back to the Mac with new features certainly makes for a terrific 'welcome back from vacation' present.
So, if you have been waiting for the release, your wait is basically over. Product will be available very soon and pre-orders will ship as soon as we have product.
Here are a couple of links for you to peruse if this is all news to you:
May 23, 2007
Visual Communicator 3 up on the Adobe Labs site
When I joined Adobe, one of the things I was immediately struck by was the amount of communication that you had to try and keep up on. The amount of technology, the number of internal people that you had to know, etc. One of my friends and coworkers called it, 'drinking from the Adobe hose.' By it, he implied that it was sometimes an overwhelmling experience. Well, two years later, it's no different and I found out just a couple of days ago that we just put up one of the exciting applications from the former Serious Magic company - Visual Communicator 3.
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May 17, 2007
New Adobe video blogger coming online - DAV's TechTable
Dave Helmly has published his first entry on his blog, DAV's TechTable, and you'll want to check it out. Dave's blog will be focusing on hardware and technology and you'll see from his first post, that he dives in deep! So be sure to add this to your regular lineup of blog feeds!
April 27, 2007
Wacom: Got Good Gear?
I remember the days when the video arcade was the place to be in my town and despite all of the cool 4 and 8 bit color games we played, perhaps the most memorable is PacMan. It was (is) a cool game and part of the allure of PacMan was the sounds it used. As PacMan ate his pellets, he would make this sound – wacca wacca wacca. Remember?
How can I steer this post back to reality? I’m not sure, but how about, “Wacom, Wacom, Wacom?”
March 19, 2007
Apollo - A giant leap forward?
Today, Adobe announced and posted additional information on a new Adobe technology called Apollo. It's fascinating stuff with huge implications for how users and companies interact, but even that is probably only scratching the surface. A lot of us think of Adobe for it's best of class desktop tools, like Photoshop, After Effects, Acrobat, Flash, and the list goes on. However, over the last few years, especially after the acquisition of Macromedia, the company has expanded and grown to offer enterprise and server products, like Adobe's LiveCycle and more recently Adobe's Acrobat Connect.
To compare to the first Apollo mission like my title implies would be arrogant, but I do want to encourage us all to take the time to read up on some of what Adobe is doing and the implications.
Here are some links:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/apollo/
http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=115305
Here's the one sentence summary of Apollo: HTML, Flash, Flex, and Acrobat, rolled into one runtime environment with scripting capabilities. whew - what a mouthful!
Look at the second link for a brief discussion with Apollo's product manager, Mike Downey for more information.
Let me know if you think we're on the right track.
March 17, 2007
Hard drives, smaller is better except you need it bigger
Huh???
I've started to show the new Mac video applications including Premiere Pro to some accounts and because all of these applications are still beta, I've gotten into the habit of keeping them off my main, everyday laptop which is a 15" Macbook Pro. This is easy to do since the Mac OS allows you to boot from an external drive. I installed a clean version of the OS and then installed the Adobe builds of the applications.
I've received a few of the new G-Tech drives from the company and I have to say I'm pretty impressed thus far. You see, they're small enough to carry around easily because they're using 2.5" drives (laptop drives) instead of the larger and faster 3.5" drives. Usually, these laptop drives are slower and thus a problem for playing back video. However, my tests thus far have shown it to ably play back DV and HDV with aplomb.
If you need faster, they've got my favorite, which is the g-raid mini which takes two of these drives and stripes them together. Best of all, they can fire up over bus power, meaning I don't necessarily need a power supply to use them. However, I'm using the external power supply for the g-raid mini so I can boot from the g-mini and use the g-raid mini as my video drive with assets. I have to because the Mac laptop is pretty skimpy when it comes to bus power.
So, smaller is better, except you need it bigger. 'Bigger' of course is describing our growing demand for more storage to store more of our lives (and back them up of course!?!)
Since gear and technology is such a part of our everyday existence and since Adobe is all about technology, it seems appropriate for me to add a category for posts such as this.
What gear gets you going? I'll be sure to let you know what turns my head.