dell

Adobe’s Creative Suite Production Premium Hits the Workflow Sweet Spot

2011-03-17T04:37:00+00:00

Video and film producers are migrating to tapeless HD workflows using powerful mobile and fixed workstations. Adobe's Creative Suite Production Premium collection of tools, including After Effects, Photoshop and Premiere Pro, offers a complete, integrated production package. Its efficient, time saving, cross-product workflow, allows editors to work with HD in native formats with no need for intermediate rendering. But studios have been slow to fully embrace this powerful suite of tools. Until now.

Building the Perfect Workstation (Part 2)

2011-03-15T21:49:00+00:00

Armed with the data from Part 1, it's time to shop, right? Or is it? Actually, one key decision before shopping is still required - the choice of form factor. Should you get a tower of power like the Dell T7500? A sexy M6500 mobile workstation loaded to the gills? Or really push the envelope and build something DIY with flames painted on the side?

Building the Perfect Workstation

2011-03-10T01:59:00+00:00

When faced with a slew of options, budget realities and performance desires, building a "perfect workstation" might seem like Mission Impossible. For busy professionals and passionate amateurs alike, assembling the ideal workstation can bog down into weeks of agony, finally ending up with a less than ideal and often expensive result.In this two part article, you will master researching, purchasing and configuring the perfect workstation. Defining the perfect workstation is actually very simple - it's is the one that is perfect for you.

Basic Video Editing with Photoshop CS4/CS5 Extended

2011-03-07T23:53:00+00:00

Are you a photographer that is just starting to discover the world of video with a new HD DSLR? Do you have video clips that just needs some basic editing but haven't yet sprung for the high-priced video editing suites like Premiere Pro or Avid Xpress?You can do some basic video editing right inside Photoshop CS4 and CS5 Extended and retain all the resolution of your original footage. Unlike using a consumer utility like Movie Maker, you will have total control over color correction, video layer modifications and even plug-in effects that you're already familiar with. When working with video in any application, it's best to have the right performance hardware Like a Dell Precision T3500 Tower with up to 12 GB RAM and an NVIDIA Quadro video card.

Optimizing for performance: Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects

2011-02-12T00:56:00+00:00

In January, a bunch of us from Adobe hosted a one-hour session about optimizing for performance of both Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. In case you missed it, here's the recording.We also said that we'd post a set of links for more information about all of the things that we covered. It was a very fast-paced session-or maybe it just felt that way to me, since I was the one doing most of the talking-and we covered a lot of ground. If you want to check out the links, visit my Adobe blog.If you have any questions, please bring them to the After Effects forum or the Premiere Pro forum. It's much harder to have a conversation in the comments of a blog post than on the forum.Also, the most comprehensive place to find information on improving performance in After Effects is the "Improving performance" page in After Effects Help. Much of what is listed above can also be found there, plus much more.

Customize a Dell Precision Tower Workstation

2011-02-03T04:15:00+00:00

An old adage in the professional video system integration world still applies today: Pick your software first, and then the best hardware to power that software. For several reasons, many video editors have recently decided to migrate to Adobe Premiere Pro CS5. Some of them are able to use their prior computer workstation, while many others realize that they really need one that is fully optimized to give the best performance possible for Premiere Pro CS5, while looking for reliability and future expandability. Many have discovered that an ideal core for their new Premiere Pro CS5 studio is one of the Dell Precision Tower Workstations. This article will discuss why and how a Dell Precision Tower Workstation is ideal for this situation, how to custom configure it during purchase for best results, and how it is suited for the connection of third-party peripherals for Premiere Pro CS5.