NAB 2017
I did make it to NAB this year, but haven’t had a chance to post since I got back a week ago. HDR and 360 video are where the main… Read more »
Author Archives: Mike McCarthy
Dell Precision 7910 Tower Workstation Review
While I started out my career on Dell Precision Workstations when I was in college, I have spent the last ten years with HP Workstations under my desk. They have… Read more »
Windows ProRes Encoding
ProRes is a Quicktime codec that was first released in 2007. It uses DCT based compression to store 10bit 422 HD video data in an efficient format. It was basically Apple’s… Read more »
New Pascal based Quadro GPUs
NVidia announced a number of new professional graphic cards today, filling out their entire Quadro lineup with models based on their newest Pascal architecture. At the absolute top end, there is… Read more »
The Impact of Thunderbolt 3
It has been quite a while since Intel’s much awaited LightPeak technology was introduced to consumers, originally in the form of Apple’s Thunderbolt interface. It is now in its third… Read more »
6K Editing Hardware and Performance
In setting up the post-production “ecosystem” for 6Below, the first step was to figure out how much storage we would need, to keep all of the 6K footage online. Unlike… Read more »
6Below Editing Workflow
I have been working on a project currently titled 6Below, which is the first full length feature film to be created in the Barco Escape Format. Escape is three adjacent 2K projections, so… Read more »
Barco Escape
There are a number of proprietary theatrical formats that have been released over the last few years, to get people back into theaters, and away from their 4K BluRay players… Read more »
Welcome to the new Tech With Mike First
I am relaunching my technology site with a new brand and domain: techwithmikefirst.com. After nine years of posting my articles on HD4PC.com, it is time for a change. The identity… Read more »
IBC 2016 News
There have been a number of interesting announcements at IBC this last week. Adobe has announced a slew of improvements to the various apps available on Creative Cloud. The most… Read more »
