Okay, we just upgraded our main editing machine. Doubled the RAM, got the Nvidia graphics card with 2 gig of RAM and on the Adobe list of accelerated render with Mercury Engine, got another 2Tb internal drive, and far more importantly we upgraded the Matrox RTx2 to the new MX02 LE box.
At our studio, we do a lot of TV commercials and in standard definition video, we have to output to Beta SP broadcast tapes. We were going out before analog Component video and audio via RCA cables and now we're using nice BNC for the rYrBYy channels and XLR for audio. We had a DVI to HDMI cable for HD and now we're HDMI to HDMI. Already I can see an incredibly difference in the quality of the BetaSP. It's as close to lossless as we can get. I set SD to 50 megs per second and I dub directly from the timeline to tape and to be honest the quality of the image BNC versus RCA's is noticeably better. Substantially better.
I can monitor SD to 720P to 1080 24P timelines on a 42" TV that has test patterns making it essentially a broadcast monitor. I can output SD and HD simultaneously. I use the Matrox AVI codec the way a Mac and Final Cut Pro use PRORES422 and can make files from DSLR and RED far more manageable.
Adobe CS5.5 screams in this new setup. Everything from color correction to titles to multiple FX including PiP and 3D effects all in REAL TIME, no rendering. I am in love with this setup and cannot sing the praises of Matrox enough for keeping up with Adobe and the trends. It has made our little post studio hop and pop.
At our studio, we do a lot of TV commercials and in standard definition video, we have to output to Beta SP broadcast tapes. We were going out before analog Component video and audio via RCA cables and now we're using nice BNC for the rYrBYy channels and XLR for audio. We had a DVI to HDMI cable for HD and now we're HDMI to HDMI. Already I can see an incredibly difference in the quality of the BetaSP. It's as close to lossless as we can get. I set SD to 50 megs per second and I dub directly from the timeline to tape and to be honest the quality of the image BNC versus RCA's is noticeably better. Substantially better.
I can monitor SD to 720P to 1080 24P timelines on a 42" TV that has test patterns making it essentially a broadcast monitor. I can output SD and HD simultaneously. I use the Matrox AVI codec the way a Mac and Final Cut Pro use PRORES422 and can make files from DSLR and RED far more manageable.
Adobe CS5.5 screams in this new setup. Everything from color correction to titles to multiple FX including PiP and 3D effects all in REAL TIME, no rendering. I am in love with this setup and cannot sing the praises of Matrox enough for keeping up with Adobe and the trends. It has made our little post studio hop and pop.