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John Rich · November 26th, 2009, 08:23 AM

Does anyone have a feel for wherher this playback engine is real or not.

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Marty Baggen · November 26th, 2009, 10:04 AM

Even if it were not named for a poison, I would remain cynical.

Mike McCarthy · November 30th, 2009, 05:41 PM

It seems like the natural progression from the GPU accelerated Elemental HD encoder in CS4. I don't see why it wouldn't be real.

Simon Zimmer · December 1st, 2009, 07:44 AM

I think it sounds credible too. And I am sure Adobe CS5 will have it and and it will work perfectly without any problems.

:)

Simon

Jeff Kosmicki · December 1st, 2009, 10:06 AM

It's definitely real, and it's pretty amazing. Who knows if it will make it in CS5, but GPU effects processing is the future. Not a new idea though, Matrox has been doing it with Axio for over 4 years, they just never got it quite right.
This is what Obin Olson (the guy doing the demo of it at IBC) said:

"The future looks like REALTIME color correct, curves, transitions, keying, noise, blur etc...approx 20+ effects in TOTAL realtime with a 4800Nvidia GPU card. OUTSTANDING performance...I have been demoing it all day and have thrown 35effects on an R3D clip without any drop frames. This IS the future. I am glad to see it happening."

"I have been showing 4 layers of 4k r3d files in 1/2 res on a timeline with 5-8 effects on each clip including blur and resizing and it just can't kill it. This is the BEST thing since the NLE in my opinion. Pretty great stuff."

Benjamin Durin · December 2nd, 2009, 08:31 PM

Looks definitely real: John Nack on Adobe: Demo: Next-gen GPU optimizations in Adobe video apps

And it also looks pretty cool!
I think it will be in CS5 for sure.

November 26th, 2009, 08:23 AM	#1
John Rich Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 80	Mercury Playback Engine Does anyone have a feel for wherher this playback engine is real or not. The Genesis Project: Technology Sneek Peek: Adobe® Mercury Playback Engine John Rich

November 30th, 2009, 05:41 PM	#3
Mike McCarthy Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 517	It seems like the natural progression from the GPU accelerated Elemental HD encoder in CS4. I don't see why it wouldn't be real. __________________ For more information on these topics, check out my tech website at www.hd4pc.com

December 1st, 2009, 07:44 AM	#4
Simon Zimmer Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 497	I agree! I think it sounds credible too. And I am sure Adobe CS5 will have it and and it will work perfectly without any problems. :) Simon

November 26th, 2009, 10:04 AM	#2
Marty Baggen Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: monroe, or Posts: 572	Even if it were not named for a poison, I would remain cynical.

December 1st, 2009, 10:06 AM	#5
Jeff Kosmicki New Boot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Herndon, VA Posts: 23	It's definitely real, and it's pretty amazing. Who knows if it will make it in CS5, but GPU effects processing is the future. Not a new idea though, Matrox has been doing it with Axio for over 4 years, they just never got it quite right. This is what Obin Olson (the guy doing the demo of it at IBC) said: "The future looks like REALTIME color correct, curves, transitions, keying, noise, blur etc...approx 20+ effects in TOTAL realtime with a 4800Nvidia GPU card. OUTSTANDING performance...I have been demoing it all day and have thrown 35effects on an R3D clip without any drop frames. This IS the future. I am glad to see it happening." "I have been showing 4 layers of 4k r3d files in 1/2 res on a timeline with 5-8 effects on each clip including blur and resizing and it just can't kill it. This is the BEST thing since the NLE in my opinion. Pretty great stuff."

December 2nd, 2009, 08:31 PM	#6
Benjamin Durin Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 212	Looks definitely real: John Nack on Adobe: Demo: Next-gen GPU optimizations in Adobe video apps And it also looks pretty cool! I think it will be in CS5 for sure.