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Test Drive: Apple Mac Pro, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
Back at you with the Apple Mac Pro. In our last segment, I looked at performance. Here, I’ll look at serviceability and the performance of Apple’s RAID option...
Test Drive: Apple Mac Pro, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
I have in my hands an Intel Nehalem-based Apple Mac Pro, specifically a 2.93GHz dual-processor, quad-core unit running Mac OS 10.5.7 with 12GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon HD 4870 driving a beautiful Apple LED Cinema Display...
NAB Show 2009 Through My Ears, Eyes and Sore Feet, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
I’m back with some thoughts on the streaming side of the house, where some interesting trends are coming together. ...
NAB Show 2009 Through My Ears, Eyes, and Sore Feet, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
I spent four days at NAB last month, and this month I’ll describe what I learned in the key areas that I follow...
Test Drive: Intel Nehalem, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
Welcome back to our presentation of how HP’s new Intel Nehalem-based workstations compare to older workstations when rendering from Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4)...
Test Drive: Intel Nehalem, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
A few months ago, I ran some Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) benchmarks on different computers that isolated how CS4 performed with formats ranging from DV to Red. Now that Intel’s Nehalem processor is upon us, those numbers are obsolete...
Test Drive: Telestream Episode Pro, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
In the first installment for this month, I looked at Telestream’s new Episode Pro for Windows, detailing the interface, I/O, and preview function. This time out, we’ll look at encoding quality, performance, and compatibility. Let’s jump right in with Blu-ray and DVD...
Test Drive: Telestream Episode Pro, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
Telestream Episode Pro has emerged as a top performer on the Mac, and last December, Telestream released a Windows version. It’s an affordable tool that all HD producers on both platforms need to be aware of...
Configuring Your System for CS4, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
In the last installment, I described buying considerations and costs for system RAM and CPUs for Apple’s Mac Pro and HP’s xw8600 workstation. In this installment, I’ll present the results of a series of benchmark tests with the two systems...
Configuring Your System for CS4, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
This month, I’ll review how the number of processors and the amount of RAM impact encoding performance, and then find other, non-CS4-related fish to fry...
Test Drive: Nvidia Quadro CX and Adobe CS4, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
This month, we're looking at how Nvidia's Quadro CX technology (around $2,000 at B&H Photo Video) can accelerate performance in Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4)...
Test Drive: Nvidia Quadro CX and Adobe CS4, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
This month, in our quest to identify the optimal CS4 configuration, we look at graphic chip manufacturer Nvidia’s Quadro CX technology...
CS4 and 64-bit Systems, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
In this month’s first installment, I discussed the technical aspects of 64-bit computing as it related to Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) performance...
CS4 and 64-bit Systems, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
So there I was, testing Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4)’s AVCHD compatibility. I created a simple project, about 4 minutes long, two picture-in-picture overlays with simple rotation and color correction...
Test Drive: Cinevate Brevis35, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
I know, it’s been two weeks since I left you hanging with the receipt (but not the use) of the Cinevate Brevis35 imaging system. In this episode, I’ll take you through assembly, alignment, and configuration of the unit and reveal the first images shot with my now supercharged Canon XH A1 ...
Test Drive: Cinevate Brevis35, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
Like most shooters, I’ve encountered many situations where I wished the 3 1/3in. CCDs on my best Canon and Sony camcorders could produce sufficiently shallow depth of field to allow me to blur out irrelevant sections of the frame. Perhaps it’s the ability to blur out the background in an interview or training video, which hides lots of flaws in the back wall...
Adobe CS4: The Next Tier, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
In the last installment, I covered the top Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) features you probably didn’t hear about for Adobe Encore, Soundbooth, and Media Encoder. Here, I’ll describe the same types of features for Premiere Pro. Just for the record, the most ink-worthy new features in Premiere Pro CS4 include AVCHD support and the extension of Dynamic Link...
Adobe CS4: The Next Tier, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
You’ve undoubtedly heard about Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4), and you probably are already familiar with many of the top new features. In this month’s Affordable HD, I wanted to introduce you to the next tier of features...
Test Drive: Affordable HD Formats, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
A funny thing happened on the way to the second installment of the first edition of the newly renamed Affordable HD column. I reconsidered and changed plans. That is, in the original edition, I explained that because I had a host of affordable HD cameras in my grimy little hands...
Test Drive: Affordable HD Formats, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
If you’re considering buying a new affordable HD camcorder, you should have at least three formats in mind: tried-and-true HDV, up-and-coming AVCHD, and the ever-more-affordable DVCPRO HD. By a stroke of good fortune, I have three such camcorders in hand right now, and I thought it would be a good time to discuss their relative merits...
Shooting for Streaming, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
In our last episode, we faced a paradox. Producing a streaming file of less-than-SD resolution using format-native presets in Adobe Premiere Pro showed much better results for HDV source files than for DV...
Shooting for Streaming, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
This month’s offering is a drama showing just how far a man will go to prove that he's right (or perhaps, not wrong). What’s in it for you besides the guilty pleasure of reading a desperate nail-biter? It’s called stealth learning...
Test Drive: Panasonic AG-HMC70, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
Back again with the $2,100 (street) shoulder-mount Panasonic AG-HMC70. In the previous installment, I evaluated features and usability. Here, I’ll look at quality and summarize the comparison of the HMC70 with the $1,900 Sony HVR-HD1000U HDV camcorder, the HMC70’s closest competitor...
Test Drive: Panasonic AG-HMC70, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
The basic value proposition for the Panasonic AG-HMC70 is this: You get shoulder-mount stability, up to 32GB of SD card storage for AVCHD video, and good but relatively inaccessible exposure and related controls for less than $2,100 street...
Encoding Best Practices, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
In the previous installment, you read about which streaming codecs major broadcasters and corporate producers were using. Now you’ll see the results of some quality comparisons that I presented at Streaming Media East in New York last month...
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