Daniel Frome posted this on the Cow...anyone else using it care to comment?
You would think Avid would be shouting about some of the under the hood
stuff...
Here is a shortlist of the main additions/changes:
New codecs:
1) DNx80 and DNx100 for DSLR or other 4:2:0 sources or whatever you want
2) jpeg2000 (aka j2k): 10bit 4:2:2 visually lossless at any broadcast
resolution. 30-50Mbits for SD. 90-150Mbits for HD. This is a favourite
codec for me: since very often 1080p/23.98 material hovers around the
100Mbits data rate and it is better than ProResHQ in terms of quality
(which is twice the bitrate).
Under the hood improvement:
- way faster AMA-->transcode processes. Transcoding will now often smother
your CPU usage, especially if using the new J2K codec -- flatlines even 12
core workstations - and transcodes multitudes faster than real-time (on
multicore systems). In general, a quad core i7 will still see slightly
faster transcodes into DnxHD than j2k, where as 8 and 12 core machines will
see dramatic speed increases in favour of j2k.
- improved quicktime h264 cpu/speed: H264 exporting now uses 4 to 5 cores
on average - often finishes 1080p/23.98 renders at about 80% of real-time
(single pass, quality-based exports). Also far less crashes when exporting
long sequences.
- improved performance with most 3rd party video IO devices, especially
blackmagic devices.
overall much snappier response on the timeline, more similar to v5.5
snappiness (there is 1 known bug with 'fast scrub' that is being addressed
in a 6.5.1 patch, but it is not major).
UI/Workflow additions:
- Avid can now "search and find" batches of AMA clips and automatically
relink them, similar to how FCP does this.
- You can now select multiple non-adjacent clips and move them around as a
unit, without needing to select the filler between them.
- The Relink window now offers more options for relinking to files of
different of metadata.
- You can now turn off automatic AMA volume mounting (but still have AMA
enabled).
- You can still use classic XDCAM and P2 import functions while AMA is on.
- full Redcolor 3 and Redgamma 3 support
On Saturday, September 8, 2012, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
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> I have to agree with Roger on this one.
> To borrow a word being used a lot right now in the US due to the
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> there's something to be said for "optics."
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> On Sep 8, 2012, at 1:15 AM, Roger wrote:
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> > Fair point but once again Avid are penalising those who have bought
> previous upgrades. $499 from v6 but only an extra $100 ($599) from earlier
> versions. How about $249 from v6 and $599 from earlier versions? That might
> repay all of us who have been effectively beta-testing (gamma-testing?) 6.0
> and feeding back bug reports to Avid.
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> > On 7 Sep 2012, at 17:42, Terence Curren wrote:
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> >> Well, based on the past few years I would say we are going to see two
> updates per year. You don't have to buy every one. If the new features
> aren't worth the upgrade price to you, then skip it. Bug fixes get applied
> to the previous version also.
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