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| > Speedgrade is getting beaten up pretty good over on the CML right now > over it only supporting video out via the $3000 Nvidia SDI daughtercard > (which only goes on a Quadro.) I understand why things are the way > they are, but the app really needs to support Kona or AJA hardware if > you guys want it to get widespread acceptance. Here's a post in which I address that: http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/335/33241 " about #1, SDI monitoring: SpeedGrade doesn't use Mercury Transmit. SpeedGrade does use the nVidia Quadro SDI solutions on Windows. As Premiere Pro can use the same hardware as well, it's simple to create a built-to-purpose workstation that works great for both applications. While this may be a bit disappointing for many people who already own AJA, Blackmagic, Matrox, Bluefish cards, and others, it's still a great value for everyone who wants to add a dedicated grading system with excellent performance. Be sure to take into account the hardware that you'd need to buy and use for comparable performance with other color grading systems when making comparisons. We think that total cost of ownership of a hardware system built for SpeedGrade is quite competitive with the total cost of ownership for other grading systems. That said, we certainly acknowledge that many people won't be able to go for wide deployment of SpeedGrade before they can use hardware that they own already. That's why we're working hard on making this better for future versions---specifically, we're working on getting Mercury Transmit into SpeedGrade in the future. I can't make promises on specifically when (or even whether) this will happen, but I can say that we're working on it. " |
