Alright... they say you never stop learning, I caught this one recently.
My Alienware M11X Netbook can playback 1080/24, 30 and 60 flawlessly. Not only that, but out of the HDMI port as well. I use Adobe Premiere CS5 these days to cut, it's been an amazing experience being able to edit while at Quiznos or just sitting in the car on the side of the road.
One thing about this netbook is that it features two graphics cards: one INTEL GMA and a higher-end nVidia GPU. The nVidia GPU can run games at full specs, intense ones like Crysis etc. That means it's butter for me to cut on this laptop, and I can playback footage on the timeline with effects at Full Res.
What startled me, recently, is when I opened my netbook to check some 7D footage and RED footage out... it looked like crap! ALL OF IT!
Areas that were gently over-exposed looked like MUSH, banding was off the scale and colors were really weird.
Needless to say, I freaked out.
However, I went to turn on my nVidia card to play Left 4 Dead 2 (Yeah, sue me... I like shooting Infected Things) and lo-and-behold, my footage magically looked ACCURATE.
No more crazy blow outs, no more mushy skin, no more plastic look. I got so baffled that I went back and forth with several clips, then YouTube and then VIMEO.
Equally so, YouTube looked much better with my nVidia card turned on.
This leads me to a conclusion that a lot of people aren't seeing the REAL image, not just the DSLRs but of all of the HD material being posted. D90, GH-1, and RED.
I say, if you have the ability to do so, check your computer specs to see what sort of GPU you're running and find out how well it handles hi def video. Furthermore, compare your image on a friends computer if he or she has a better one and, if at all possible, play stuff back on a television.
Some of you probably already know about the television deal, but wanted to share some learned knowledge with those that may not have known.
Shoot it up.
My Alienware M11X Netbook can playback 1080/24, 30 and 60 flawlessly. Not only that, but out of the HDMI port as well. I use Adobe Premiere CS5 these days to cut, it's been an amazing experience being able to edit while at Quiznos or just sitting in the car on the side of the road.
One thing about this netbook is that it features two graphics cards: one INTEL GMA and a higher-end nVidia GPU. The nVidia GPU can run games at full specs, intense ones like Crysis etc. That means it's butter for me to cut on this laptop, and I can playback footage on the timeline with effects at Full Res.
What startled me, recently, is when I opened my netbook to check some 7D footage and RED footage out... it looked like crap! ALL OF IT!
Areas that were gently over-exposed looked like MUSH, banding was off the scale and colors were really weird.
Needless to say, I freaked out.
However, I went to turn on my nVidia card to play Left 4 Dead 2 (Yeah, sue me... I like shooting Infected Things) and lo-and-behold, my footage magically looked ACCURATE.
No more crazy blow outs, no more mushy skin, no more plastic look. I got so baffled that I went back and forth with several clips, then YouTube and then VIMEO.
Equally so, YouTube looked much better with my nVidia card turned on.
This leads me to a conclusion that a lot of people aren't seeing the REAL image, not just the DSLRs but of all of the HD material being posted. D90, GH-1, and RED.
I say, if you have the ability to do so, check your computer specs to see what sort of GPU you're running and find out how well it handles hi def video. Furthermore, compare your image on a friends computer if he or she has a better one and, if at all possible, play stuff back on a television.
Some of you probably already know about the television deal, but wanted to share some learned knowledge with those that may not have known.
Shoot it up.
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