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Real-world Apple M1 Mac vs Intel PC performance comparison for photographers and filmmakers

July 19, 2021 by John Aldred 6 Comments

There has been so much written about the technical specs and raw performance of Apple’s M1, particularly as compared to its Intel-based Mac counterparts but also Intel-based Windows PCs that it’s enough to make your head spin. But a chart with numbers only tells you so much. Real-world performance is often a little different, especially as new software is released that becomes more or less optimised for one platform vs another.

It’s that real-world performance that Chris and Jordan at DPReview TV look at in this video, which puts Jordan’s M1-based 24″ iMac against Chris’s Windows PC laptop to see how they perform for a variety of tasks. No benchmarking software that just presents a number, just the photo and video editing apps we all use on a daily basis to see how long it takes for the two to perform the same tasks.

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Here are one hundred different ways to speed up Adobe Premiere Pro

May 17, 2021 by John Aldred Leave a Comment

Aside from trying to stay on the bleeding edge of gaming, one thing that’s sure to chew up every resource your PC has to offer, it’s video editing. And anybody who’s used Premiere Pro for video editing has been there at some point where it just refuses to give you the performance that you need.

Well, in this video, Olufemii shows us one hundred ways to speed up Adobe Premiere Pro to make our editing workflow go more smoothly. These tips are primarily geared towards Windows users, although some of them will be useful for Mac users, too.

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GoPro now turns your action cam into a webcam for Windows, too

August 28, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment

Back in July, GoPro launched a firmware update that lets you use your action camera as a wide-angle webcam. Unlike other manufacturers, GoPro launched the Mac version first – but from now on, Windows users can use their GoPro as a web camera, too.

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Apple has released a beta that adds ProRes RAW support to Adobe apps for Windows

March 31, 2020 by John Aldred Leave a Comment

ProRes RAW was lauded as a high-end raw video codec for high-end video shooters and editors. But it had one fatal flaw; You could only edit it with a Mac. Well, now that appears to be changing as Apple has released a beta of Apple ProRes RAW for Windows which adds ProRes RAW support to some of the applications in the Adobe CC suite including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Rush and Media Encoder.

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Skylum’s new Luminar Flex plugin brings Luminar AI tools to Photoshop, Lightroom, and Apple Photos

April 4, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments

Skylum has announced Luminar Flex, a new plugin that brings Luminar’s AI enhancing tools to third-party apps. You can now use Luminar adjustments and effects with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and Photoshop Elements, as well as with Photos for Mac.

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Adobe Premiere Pro finally adds Apple ProRes export support to Windows

December 13, 2018 by John Aldred Leave a Comment

Windows users thought this day would never come, but finally, Adobe Premiere Pro can now export Apple ProRes files on Windows. Yes, you heard that right. Apple ProRes export. On Windows.

It comes as part of the new 13.0.2 update for Premiere Pro CC, along with HEIF import for files created on iOS devices and ProRes HDR import. It also offers improved performance with Canon Cinema RAW Light on multicore processors.

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The latest Windows 10 update could delete your photos, make sure to backup your files

October 9, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 8 Comments

Windows 10 October 2018 Update started to roll out last week, but some users immediately reported that their documents were being deleted. There have been multiple complaints that the latest update has deleted documents, and this includes pictures, music, and videos among other things.

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Adobe will no longer support Windows 7 in the next major Creative Cloud update

August 29, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 62 Comments

If you still run an older version of Windows or MacOS and use Adobe CC programs, we have some bad news. Adobe has announced that the next major Creative Cloud update will no longer support older versions of operating systems, such as Windows 7, 8 and even some versions of Windows 10.

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NameThatLens is a cross-platform tool to inject EXIF data into vintage lens photos

July 4, 2018 by John Aldred 1 Comment

I’ve been mounting “non-standard” lenses on my cameras for years. Ever since I discovered that I could put M42 lenses on Nikon and Canon bodies I was hooked. Many older lenses offer a look and feeling that you simply can’t get with more modern “perfect” glass.

But deciphering photographs on the computer by searching through EXIF isn’t easy, because such lenses don’t communicate with the camera, so don’t store that lens information. This new cross-platform app, NameThatLens by Georg Fiedler wants to help solve that problem by allowing you to inject custom lens metadata into your images through a nice cross-platform graphical interface.

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DJI teams up with Microsoft to develop new AI drone SDK for Windows 10

May 8, 2018 by John Aldred Leave a Comment

DJI has announced that they’re partnering up with Microsoft to announce new developer tools for Windows. The tools are designed to enable real-time AI and machine learning for drones. This, DJI says, will help businesses “harness the power of commercial drone technology and edge cloud computing”. It all sounds very cool, but I’m having some pretty serious Terminator 3 flashbacks.

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