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Article Comment – Blackmagic Adds a "Pro" eGPU

Just get a Sonnet eGFX box with the right power level and put whatever card you want in it. Also, note that most Adobe apps support both OpenCL (AMD/Radeon) and CUDA acceleration. CUDA tends to be a touch faster, but the AMD cards that use OpenCL aren't far off for most uses and in many cases are cheaper.

4 years ago
Article Comment – The 'Why Do Marvel's Movies Look Kind of Ugly?' Video is Flat Wrong—Here's Why

Apart from all the goofy talk about RED vs. Alexa vs. "Marvel makes a lot of money and should go back to film", the real issue in my view is that he pretends to be scientific about the color of Marvel movies, but the only 'technical' thing he does is use the Photoshop eye dropper on some movie playing on his computer... Ummmm. Two words: VIDEO SCOPE. And don't even get me started about his monitor calbiration/profile, whether or not his computer is converting the video signal from it's NTSC broadcast safe 7.5 IRE back to 0 IRE for display on his relatively high gamut monitor, etc. Ridiculous all around. We all know that TV settings determine the final look in your living room, and that they all add significant contrast and saturation to anything displayed. Maybe the blacks are at 7.5 IRE on his computer monitor, but it's pretty damn likely that they are adjusted to his TV's true black if he was watching the movies as intended—ON A TELEVISION.

6 years ago
Article Comment – This Epic Sci-Fi Short Was Lit Entirely by Moonlight & Shot at an ISO of 51,200

I shoot stills in conditions like this often. Full moon light does indeed behave like sunlight, but it should be noted that the dynamic range is compressed since the moon is a much dimmer light source—add to that increased levels of ambient (relatively) due to general light pollution, etc. It's a cool look that is sunlight-like, but the dark areas are much 'fuller' and not clipped as they would be on a bright day.

8 years ago
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