» Archive for the ‘Editting’ Category

24Apr How much does a GPU really affect your Adobe Premiere workflow?

I’ve been talking about GPU upgrades so I thought I’d post some rendering tests I did awhile back on the GTX 670 and the GTX 285 with CS6. Adobe CS6 is a bit long in the tooth now that CC is out, but I still know a lot of people who use it. The specs on […]

22Apr Radeon R9 290x GPU prices fall, best value card for Adobe CC?

Adobe started officially supporting the Radeon R9 290 series graphics cards in december and the original list prices for these GPU’s looked pretty nice at $399 for the R9 290 and $549 for the R9 290x. In most tests the R9 290 and R9 290x performs with in about 5% of the GTX 780 at $499 and […]

20Apr Samsung 28-Inch 4k Monitor U28D590D $599

There have been a few affordably priced 4k monitors on the market, but all of them were limited to 30 hz refresh rate. While 30 hz is fine for video, it can be a little painful for normal computing tasks. The Samsung 28 inch 4k monitor is one of the first somewhat affordable 4k panels running […]

15Mar Crossover 27QW 2560×1440 27 inch IPS monitor $314 on Amazon

I’ve been using a Catleap 2560×1440 monitor for almost a year now and it’s a great monitor with a lot of resolution for the price. With a little bit of color calibration it makes a great editing panel and it has better refresh rates (60hrz) than most of the lower price 4k monitors on the […]

20Feb Sony Vegas Pro Premium $149

I’m not a Sony Vegas user, though I do use Sound forge regularly, even so, many people use it and love it as their primary editing program. Normally the Pro version of Sony Vegas will set you back about $300, but right now on Newegg they have Sony Vegas Pro Premium on sale for $149 […]

12Feb Asus ux32vd 840 EVO SSD upgrade video

I have the snappy Samsung 500GB 840 EVO, I have the $8 screwdriver set, and now it’s time to upgrade my Asus Zenbook ux32vd laptop. As you can see from the video the upgrade isn’t too hard, just a lot of tiny screws and shifting the battery around to get the hard drive out. Over […]

10Feb Batch processing Gopro Hero 3 protune clips in Gopro Studio

I’ve been shooting allot with the Hero 3 black edition lately and do to a misunderstanding I had about how the Gopro Studio software works, I was unaware that you could batch convert files to .avi or .mov, instead I was exporting each file individually using the export option in step 3 of the program, […]

04Feb Samsung 840 EVO 500GB drive and the 830 it’s replacing

The Samsung 840 EVO 500GB drive showed up from that ebay sale I posted a few weeks ago. The plan for this drive is to the upgrade the Samsung 830 256GB SSD that I installed a year and half ago in my Asus Zenbook ux32vd. The Zenbook still does a great job, but I want […]

22Nov Free Adobe Lightroom 5 Training

I made the transition from Canon’s photo editing software to Adobe’s Lightroom a few years ago. Once you get used to it, you’ll find it much easier to use for both editing and organizing your photos. Lightroom room also provides automatic lens correction information for more than just Canon lenses and offers up a lot more editing options […]

03Oct Low price wireless DSLR Controller solution

DSLR Controller is an app I’ve demonstrated with the Nexus 7 as a monitor and controller for your camera. Now they’ve released an update that allows you to use a Google TV style dongle with a usb battery brick to accomplish the same thing via wifi. You can download the app for your dongle here and the DSLR […]