Return-Path: Received: from mail-wi0-f175.google.com ([209.85.212.175] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4682885 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:54:30 +0200 Received: by wibhn6 with SMTP id hn6so4281688wib.4 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:55:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=QU/U1WBkEV+kiwys+2v7fcNdvWjqoJNWACi2Ktphp5w=; b=D2US2h91VE0M/ppRCCxaqH5Kmsnm+GV6uP9LWKNRKrmhQqPM1VX3EQx0hoTFfXLTM8 OFcpoB/7PuXtRUGLln93PmjhLKfbUvEdm/8+OWY/5EPa/9zeB5ghDscDCMVfe8ynexsl +m9ffTuOJqEH8cMvbQK7LwUZXCfUlPaRHglNzJEEyALVPLix2gjpTcAa5Dl9U9TezmVK Pq13pek3V9j8TSXh+6ltjObaKGv9QmdjhthOA736H/KyBHL+TkAT5bCZskJ08cBavWvu u5R+T+1kniBe7BR0ASiWkeaA7iu+3jkfMIoz8XOliSbMfr14EEbJXqLAAHj3uyeTirSC n9MQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.132.151 with SMTP id o23mr214757wei.120.1334192114140; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:55:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.96.11 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:55:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:55:14 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE From: Robert Houghton To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d9a1f906869904bd70cfe8 --0016e6d9a1f906869904bd70cfe8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Unless I've missed something, the massive downside to having a render farm (especially for one man shops like myself) is the new render license requirements of one copy of AE per render node. Of course if Adobe were to offer render node expansions on their Creative Cloud it would make for a much better arrangement. The only reason I can think of owning a iMac is if you have a heaping helping of Mac specific software or you have a small footprint and you need to put an all-in-one there like the iMac. OSX is a lovely OS (and I would be first in line if Apple ever releases it for non Apple specific hardware) but since Apple jumped into bed with ATI for their video cards it makes you jump through some significant hurdles if you want a Premiere Pro friendly workstation. Back on topic though, I do know several people who do buy a smaller iMac or MacBook Pro for their Mac needs and do a fair chunk of work on a cheaper PC system with similar qualities to an iMac by using those Dell Ultrasharp monitors. Not sure how they work out licenses but there's an option for you there. -Rob On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Rob Birnholz wrote: > FWIW, I don't have as much bias against Windows as some people think. In > fact, I'm very aware how well CS5 (and no doubt CS6) perform on Windows. > But as Dann points out, I've been a one-man Mac-only shop for 20 years. I > own nearly every plugin written for AE, plus a boatload of other software > accumulated and upgraded over that time. While *some* vendors may let me > switch licenses if I go Windows, for the most part I'll need to replace 20 > years of software purchases. And while I could still keep my Macs, I'd end > up with some kind of unholy alliance, not unlike dogs and cats living > together. So unless someone drops a $100K job on me, I'm pretty much > married to the Mac, unless Apple forces me to do otherwise. Which when you > get down to it is really the issue many of us are facing. > > > Rob Birnholz > Absolute Motion Graphics, Inc. > www.absolutemotiongraphics.com > Author of Pro Training for the After Effects Camera > http://tinyurl.com/lf89t3 > > > On Apr 11, 2012, at 5:58 PM, Teddy Gage wrote: > > > Buy a pc. 200% cheaper. Choose your own graphics card etc. And faster, > if you spring for sandy bridge i7s. :) > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > -- Robert Houghton | Motion Graphics Designer www.houghtonmedia.com ph. 503.347.2234 email. rob@houghtonmedia.com --0016e6d9a1f906869904bd70cfe8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Unless I've missed something, the massive downside to having a ren= der farm (especially for one man shops like myself) is the new render licen= se requirements of one copy of AE per render node. Of course if Adobe were = to offer render node expansions on their Creative Cloud it would make for a= much better arrangement.

The only reason I can think of owning a iMac is if you = have a heaping helping of Mac specific software or you have a small footpri= nt and you need to put an all-in-one there like the iMac. OSX is a lovely O= S (and I would be first in line if Apple ever releases it for non Apple spe= cific hardware) but since Apple jumped into bed with ATI for their video ca= rds it makes you jump through some significant hurdles if you want a Premie= re Pro friendly workstation. Back on topic though, I do know several people= who do buy a smaller iMac or MacBook Pro for their Mac needs and do a fair= chunk of work on a cheaper PC system with similar qualities to an iMac by = using those Dell Ultrasharp monitors. Not sure how they work out licenses b= ut there's an option for you there.

=A0 -Rob

On We= d, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Rob Birnholz <absolutemotion@birnholz.com> wrote:
FWIW, I don't have as much bias against = Windows as some people think. In fact, I'm very aware how well CS5 (and= no doubt CS6) perform on Windows. But as Dann points out, I've been a = one-man Mac-only shop for 20 years. I own nearly every plugin written for A= E, plus a boatload of other software accumulated and upgraded over that tim= e. While *some* vendors may let me switch licenses if I go Windows, for the= most part I'll need to replace 20 years of software purchases. And whi= le I could still keep my Macs, I'd end up with some kind of unholy alli= ance, not unlike dogs and cats living together. So unless someone drops a $= 100K job on me, I'm pretty much married to the Mac, unless Apple forces= me to do otherwise. Which when you get down to it is really the issue many= of us are facing.


Rob Birnholz
Absolute Motion Graphics, Inc.
w= ww.absolutemotiongraphics.com
Author of Pro Training for the After Effects Camera
http://tinyurl.com/= lf89t3


On Apr 11, 2012, at 5:58 PM, Teddy Gage wrote:

> Buy a pc. 200% cheaper. Choose your own graphics card etc. And faster,= if you spring for sandy bridge i7s. :)


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