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Posted by Specs on 10/02/74 11:37
"Specs" <No.Spam@Thanks.com> wrote in message
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> > Gary.. ya know how that sounds don't ya? Especially to those of us who
> have
> > heard it a million times and have a stack of old video cards on the
> shelves
> > ?
> >
>
> I think GPU rendering will provide NLEs and compositors with the biggest
> speed up for years if the software developers care to code for them. A
> combination of dual core/procs and GPU rendering should make many
> compositing tasks realtime and render (excuse pun) expensive proprietary
> hardware unnecessary. If the likes of Autodesk (discreet) aren't worried
by
> the tentatives steps Apple have taken with Motion they should be.
>
> With dual core GPUs on the way the odds are stacking up against the
systems
> manufacturers Avid and Autodesk. My money is on the likes of Adobe and
> Apple with strong intergrated "Studio" products and no hardware products
of
> their own to protect they utilise the power of the graphics card along
with
> available CPU cores.
>
> A pile of old graphics cards is preferable to trying to sell an Adrenaline
> on Ebay for a tenth of what was paid for it.
>
>
>
Adobe have just released info/videos of their updated suite of tools. Loads
of GPU assisted rendering in AE7. Much improved interface for all products
too.
How will Apple respond? We already know how Avid will repond......do
nothing.....keep charging obscene amounts for a once class leading product
(Xpress Pro) now so atrophied and crippled one hopes the end will be swift
for it.....
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