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Video pros react to the Mac Pro: GPU and storage concerns

A whole week later, most of the opinions seem to be loving rather than hating the Mac Pro, but what of the pro Mac users, is the Mac Pro going to meet their needs?
- Topics
- After Effects,
- Creative Cloud,
- Premiere Pro,
- Hardware,
- Adobe,
- AMD,
- Apple,
- Nvidia,
- The Foundry
What is the new Mac Pro 2013 made of?

One of the most often asked questions about the Mac Pro is what is the case made from? Find out here.
- Topics
- WWDC,
- Hardware,
- Apple
Will your creative software run on the Mac Pro 2013?

Featuring a radical design, new CPUs and – especially – new graphics chips, the likes of Adobe, Autodesk and The Foundry will need to update some of their tools for the new Mac Pro.
- Topics
- After Effects,
- Creative Cloud,
- Premiere Pro,
- Animation,
- Final Cut Pro,
- Maya,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Video,
- Adobe,
- AMD,
- Apple,
- Autodesk,
- Avid,
- Nvidia,
- The Foundry
Updated: Inside Apple's completely redesigned Mac Pro 2013

The 'bin-shaped' new Mac Pro offers an incredibly powerful set of components wrapped around an innovative cooling system.
- Topics
- Animation,
- WWDC,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design,
- Video,
- Apple
Intel reveals next-gen, 'Haswell' quad-core Core processors

After months of teasers, Intel kicked off shipments of fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell, with the first batch being quad-core chips for laptops and desktops.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Intel
Intel shows off speedy Thunderbolt 2 interface for 4K video editing

Intel's just announced more details about its upcoming Thunderbolt 2 interface technology, and the news might just make video pros start drooling.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Video,
- Intel
Graphene-based camera sensor developed to take pictures in virtual darkness

Boffins at Nanyang Technological University is developing a graphene-based camera sensor that's 1000 times more sensitive to light than most commercial CMOS or CCD sensors.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Photography
WD ships its slimmest 1TB laptop hard drive

After announcing a 5mm high series of drives earlier this year, WD said it is now shipping the world's highest capacity 7mm-high laptop drive with up to 1TB of storage.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Western Digital
Transporter hardware-based rival to Dropbox comes to the UK

British launch comes as version of the Transporter software is released with a UX overhaul featuring a simplified interface.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Storage,
- Connected Data,
- Dropbox
What the new Kinect for Windows offers interactive designers

Discover what the Xbox One's Kinect is capable of – and what creatives from Leviathan and Specialmoves would like to do with it.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Interactive,
- Microsoft,
- National Television,
- Specialmoves
Hands on: Adobe's Mighty and Napoleon drawing hardware for the iPad

Still in the experiment stage, there's no word yet about when we should expect to see Adobe's Mighty and Napoleon hit the shelves, but we got our hands on working prototypes of the devices to try them out and take some photos of them in action.
- Topics
- Creative Cloud,
- Hardware,
- Illustration,
- Mobile
Adobe previews Projects Mighty and Napoleon, a digital pen and ruler for the iPad & iPhone

Adobe has showed off some of its early ideas for hardware linked to some unreleased iPad and iPhone apps.
- Topics
- Creative Cloud,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Adobe
Dreamweaver CC & Flash Pro CC preview

We also check out Edge Animate CC and Edge/Reflow Preview 3.
- Topics
- Creative Cloud,
- CS7,
- Flash Pro,
- Hardware,
- Interactive,
- Adobe
>> Discover all of the news and creative buzz from Apple's WWDC event

All the latest news, in-depth features and tech reviews related to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design,
- Video,
- Apple
CHI 2013: Microsoft turns a room into a video game with Kinect-based IllumiRoom project

The IllumiRoom project from Microsoft Research turns a living room into a video game with projected images that extend and complement the main television screen.
- Topics
- CHI,
- Hardware,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Interactive,
- Microsoft Research
NAB 2013: MoVI is a new camera stabilizer that works like witchcraft

Freefly Systems' MoVI is a steadicam that's lighter, smaller, and even more flexible than ever.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- NAB 2013,
- Video,
- Freefly Systems
NAB 2013: Sony countersues Red over seven camera patents

Sony has countersued high-end digital camera maker Red Digital Cinema for patent infringement, two months after Red alleged Sony cameras infringed its patents and called for the cameras to be destroyed.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- NAB 2013,
- Video,
- Red
NAB 2013: H.265 compression halves video bitrates

H.265 (HEVC) video compression will affect all stages of video content creation and delivery, says Motorola Mobility
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Software,
- NAB 2013,
- Video,
- Motorola
NAB 2013: Intel doubles speed of Thunderbolt to allow 4K editing

Intel has doubled the speed of the Thunderbolt data transfer technology, which will soon shuttle data between workstations and video editing hardware at 20Gbps.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- NAB 2013,
- Video,
- Intel
How virtual reality tech will change the future of games

This year's hit hardware at GDC – the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset – will change gaming for the better.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Interactive,
- Oculus Rift

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