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Has anyone heard anything more about the new HD codec (H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10) they showed in a demo at NAB?
NAB news: if you have or want to discuss the NAB annoucement, it's here
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I am very excited about the HD codec. I was getting very worried that M$'s HD codec was going to be ratified, but this gives hope the more open-standards version from Apple will have hope.
I'm a little confused right now about HD in terms of all its variants, including HDV, as well as what the HD codecs will mean for next gen DVD viewing. Presumably there will have to be one, and only one codec, like MPEG-2 is now for DVDs. Let's hope it's Apple's version, otherwise my future in media authoring is going be hell.
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I am no Shake expert by any means. In fact, I really don't know much about it, but I get the impression it's meant more for traditional film-style compositing (color correcting, blue screening, layering multiple footage sources as though they were one (like the armies in LOTR against the New Zealand scenery), motion tracking, perspective distortion correction, etc.). Motion would specialize more in Motion Graphics, espeically thanks to pre-built animations for text, logos and art. Certainly, they share features, much like Garage Band and SoundTrack share features. They are just better different things and focused toward slightly different audiences.
I'm a little confused right now about HD in terms of all its variants, including HDV, as well as what the HD codecs will mean for next gen DVD viewing. Presumably there will have to be one, and only one codec, like MPEG-2 is now for DVDs. Let's hope it's Apple's version, otherwise my future in media authoring is going be hell.
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I am no Shake expert by any means. In fact, I really don't know much about it, but I get the impression it's meant more for traditional film-style compositing (color correcting, blue screening, layering multiple footage sources as though they were one (like the armies in LOTR against the New Zealand scenery), motion tracking, perspective distortion correction, etc.). Motion would specialize more in Motion Graphics, espeically thanks to pre-built animations for text, logos and art. Certainly, they share features, much like Garage Band and SoundTrack share features. They are just better different things and focused toward slightly different audiences.
Fahrvergnuugen
I am the law!
if adobe would get their head out of their a$s and stop designing crummy software, then there wouldn't be a problem. But AE and Premier are / were both garbage.
My 2 cents:
1. No, AE is not going anywhere on the Mac unless it becomes unprofitable. Adobe aren't going to cancel it out of spite, only if they can't make money from it. And if we, as Mac users, don't feel the need to use a product (e.g. Premiere), what do we care if they drop it? I could care less that Premiere is gone.
2. "AE is garbage". Are you insane? Do you use AE? I'm just giving you a hard time...but in my world AE is a truly brilliant program. I won't go into all of merits here, but suffice it to say, it rules. As for Premiere Pro, I haven't used it, but it sure looks solid on paper. I'll stick to FCP tho, thank you very much.
1. No, AE is not going anywhere on the Mac unless it becomes unprofitable. Adobe aren't going to cancel it out of spite, only if they can't make money from it. And if we, as Mac users, don't feel the need to use a product (e.g. Premiere), what do we care if they drop it? I could care less that Premiere is gone.
2. "AE is garbage". Are you insane? Do you use AE? I'm just giving you a hard time...but in my world AE is a truly brilliant program. I won't go into all of merits here, but suffice it to say, it rules. As for Premiere Pro, I haven't used it, but it sure looks solid on paper. I'll stick to FCP tho, thank you very much.
Fahrvergnuugen
I am the law!
of course i've used it. its unfair to compare it to shake or flame or even combustion, but once you've used any high end ap, you'll realize how limited AE really is. I would take combustion any day of the week over AE and they are similarly priced.
this is all obviously my own opinion / experience, and yours may be different, but in my eyes Adobe can either seriously revamp AE or put it six feet under.
this is all obviously my own opinion / experience, and yours may be different, but in my eyes Adobe can either seriously revamp AE or put it six feet under.