The new version of Glue Tools PhantomCine Toolkit, in this case, 3.1.2693, has Open CL GPU acceleration. Since converting Phantom Cine files to ProRes is a daily occurrence at Brain Farm, I thought I would do some speed tests. I got some interesting results. Source Clip: Phantom Flex, 2560×1440, 49 seconds Test System: Mac Pro 4.1, 8×2.23GHz, […]
Read More adobe, cine, compressor, cs6, cuda, glue tools, gpu, gtx570, media encoder, nvidia, open cl, Phantom, PremiereThere’s some confusion out there on what “35mm depth of field” is when it comes to all the different HD cameras currently available. The sensor size has a direct effect on field of view, which influences the depth of field (but they’re not the same thing). For example, the 1/3″ sensor in the HPX170 has […]
Read More 35mm, 5D, 7D, Abel, depth of field, Field of View, IMAX, Panavision, PhantomWell, we definitely had too many cameras and too little time. A total of 8 for only a few hours. Thus, we were only able to run 4 tests. And those 4 tests were not nearly as detailed and in-depth as we were hoping. But still, I think everyone would agree that this was an […]
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