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Professional videographers face continuous pressure to deliver high quality work under tight deadlines. To ease that burden and enable greater levels of creativity, NVIDIA today announced the availability of GPU-accelerated plug-in solutions for Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) users, optimized to run on a wide range of NVIDIA®® Quadro®® graphics solutions. NVIDIA is offering exclusive discounts of up to 50 percent on plug-ins from Elemental Technologies, Boris FX, Red Giant Software and proDAD when purchased at NVIDIA.com.
Among the plug-ins being offered is the NVIDIA CUDA™ architecture-based Elemental Accelerator 2.0 for Windows from Elemental Technologies (MSRP $499 discounted to $249). By leveraging the CUDA parallel computing architecture, this new plug-in offloads H.264 video encoding to the Quadro GPU, enabling Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 users to experience a performance increase of up to 11X when compared to CPU-only video encoders. Now available on a range of Quadro GPUs, Elemental Accelerator 2.0 supports the creation of Blu-ray DVDs and web content using Flash. In addition, NVIDIA and Elemental Technologies are bringing accelerated H.264 video encoding capabilities to Mac Pro users for the first time with the new Elemental Accelerator 1.2 for Mac OS X running on the Quadro FX 4800 for Mac.
"The enhanced performance of Elemental Accelerator 2.0, combined with an expanded line-up of Quadro GPUs, delivers exceptional value and increased productivity to a wide range of video professionals," said Sam Blackman, CEO of Elemental Technologies. "The Quadro GPU's CUDA architecture has enabled the Elemental Accelerator to offer faster than real-time H.264 encoding speed for Blu-ray and web production, while delivering exceptional image quality with H.264/MPEG-4 AVC files."
In addition, customers using NVIDIA's latest Quadro GPUs are eligible for exclusive discounts on plug-in solutions from Red Giant Software, Boris FX and proDAD. Available on the NVIDIA web site, these plug-ins allow users to further harness the power of the Quadro GPU to experience dramatic time savings over conventional CPU-only solutions when creating compelling 3D visual and lighting effects.
"The ability to develop real-time motion graphics and effortlessly perform color correction are very important developments for Adobe CS4 users," said Sean Safreed, product director of Red Giant Software. "The work we have done with NVIDIA on our GPU-accelerated plug-ins enables a creative professional to tap into the power of the Quadro GPU in their system, and freely experiment with a wide range of visual effects and color control, thereby enhancing the creativity of their final production."
The full line of Quadro GPUs are optimized to enable GPU-acceleration across the entire family of Adobe CS4 applications including: Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash and Photoshop. From importing files and editing multi-video streams, to previewing video content, video professionals can now optimize their work-flow and enhance the creative process.
"Quadro GPUs offer the best performance for Adobe CS4 professionals," said Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions Business Unit at NVIDIA. "Offering GPU-accelerated plug-ins to Adobe videographers and enabling them to choose the Quadro FX solution that best fits their budget illustrates our commitment to delivering performance and value to the Adobe user community."
Pricing and Availability
Quadro GPU-accelerated plug-ins from Elemental Technologies, Red Giant Software, Boris FX and proDAD are available for purchase today at www.nvidia.com/adobeplugins. Exclusive discount pricing is available for users of qualifying NVIDIA products including Quadro FX 1800, Quadro FX 3800, Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX 5800, Quadro FX 2700M and Quadro FX 3700M. NVIDIA Quadro FX products are available through workstation OEMs, as well as through NVIDIA Channel partners PNY Technologies (US and EMEA), Leadtek (APAC) and Elsa (Japan). The Quadro FX 4800 for Mac is available through Apple.com, select Apple resellers and workstation integrators. For additional information on NVIDIA Quadro including pricing and availability, visit: www.nvidia.com/quadro.
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On target with THE BULLET
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The Bullet
Training from Andrew Kramer
Many After Effects users may be more familiar with the title "videocopilot" than his real name, Andrew Kramer. However, Andrew has been creating tutorials and has been featured on several sites, including his own -- videocopilot.net. In addition to many of the tutorials that you can find online, Andrew also has premium tutorials that you can purchase directly from his site.
These tutorials are an examination of a specific task, effect, or scene compilation which have been broken down into multiple sections all on one DVD. Similar to the style that you'd find online, the tutorials are a swf based movie player format, with chapters broken into an easy-to-read HTML overview page.
While this is primarily an after effects training DVD, "The Bullet" also includes narration about General setup rules for workflow, important tips about using proxy material, and, perhaps more importantly, instructions for using 3-D software in order to create the props -- in this case a bullet -- to complete your After Effects composition.
The training does focus on After Effects, and the processes necessary for compositing the element into the visual effects shot. However, this is also an excellent resource for getting a glimpse of the three 3-D applications he uses to accomplish making the fake bullet. In the training, Andrew goes over the steps necessary to complete the manufacturing of the 3-D element in Autodesk's 3DStudio MAX, MAXON'S CINEMA 4D, and Blender. While MAX and C4D are professional industry standards, Andrew's walkthru, showing how Blender (a free, open source application) can create a similar bullet will allow hobby filmmakers the chance to start production of 3D props.
This is postproduction training, specifically designed for the compositor, and has a very easy to follow tempo, even for beginners.
If you've been to videocopilot.net, and you've enjoyed the great free tutorials there, you'll definitely want to take your skills to the next level, by picking up the premium training DVD -- "The Bullet".
FMC Tutorial – Premiere Pro CS4 – Reconnecting Footage
Posted by: | CommentsHave you ever sat down and launched Premiere Pro thinking you were ready to start your day of editing that feature film when BOOM! the red "media offline" placeholder stares at you? Where did the footage go? Did you rename it or move it? Did someone? Today we go over a simple technique for relinking your assets. Enjoy!
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NAB 09: particleIllusion coming to After Effects
Posted by: | CommentsAlan has been working on this port from particleIllusion to After Effects plugin for a long time. It's taken some time for Adobe to come up with API to keep up with all of the animatable parameters that particle Illusion has already.
For rants, ramblings and general announcements - check out a chaotic blog in the BlogZone:
http://www.ninjacrayon.com/ or via the NINJACRAYON Twitter Posts.
To find out more about the plugin, keep checking back to the wondertouch website. Also, take a look at the player to see how all of the presets look
Agree or disagree?NAB 09 News from Adobe
Posted by: | CommentsAs NAB kicks off there is some great news from Adobe for filmmakers. Adobe announced today a new product called Adobe Story. Adobe Story is an offline and online software app for collaborative scriptwriting. Imagine the the ability of using this to import your Final Draft script into the Adobe Creative Suite and being able to use its powerful metadata system. Needless to say this would speed up editing workflows tremendously.
Adobe also announce a free update for Premiere Pro CS4 users that will improved RED compatibility and interoperability between Avid Media Composer. The update will also fix workflows on hardware such as Aja, Matrox, and Blackmagic Design cards.
Filmmaking Central Episode 23 2008 Adobe CS 4 Discussion
Posted by: | CommentsGreetings! Today I have co host Ko Maruyama on the show. We discuss the XSI aquisition, Adobe's new CS4 collection, and FMC Live. Our first live show went off extremely well! We will be doing them weekly on Wednesday at 11am PST.
So, what do you think?Want to know about Adobe CS4? Come to this weeks DMALA meetup!
Posted by: | CommentsJoin DMA\LA this TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 us when MICHAEL COLEMAN and GILES BAKER* will be showcasing some of the great features in Production Premium CS4. If you're a veteran user, you know Michael and Giles. If you're an intermediate user, now is the time to come meet the team responsible for the motion graphics tools you rely on. If you're a first time user, be sure to register for a membership.
Meet other pros, grab some tapas snacks, see some of the new bits first hand.
* LINEUP: An Evening with Adobe Production Premium for Professional Animators
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium, a complete solution for creative professionals who craft world-class video, audio, and interactive media — for delivery on-air, online, and on device. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium offers unprecedented levels of integration across major new releases of its video, audio, design, and Web tools, including Adobe After Effects® CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS4, Adobe Encore® CS4, Adobe Photoshop® CS4 Extended (see separate release), Adobe Illustrator® CS4, Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional, Adobe® Soundbooth® CS4 and Adobe OnLocation™ CS4 — now redesigned to natively support Intel-based Macs.
Adobe will be coming to Hollywood to showcase some of the great new features in the different sections of this powerhouse bundle. Whether you're an animator, compositor, broadcast designer, or editor, this is a meeting that you will definitely not want to miss!
In addition to the presentation, we will have more out of the ordinary treats for everyone on the night of the event. Check the DMA\LA newsletter for more.
Check out: http://www.dmala.org/nextmeeting for the full details.
Let's talk more about this... can you do me a quick 30-second favor and leave a comment below?
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