Welcome and thank you for being part of the NVIDIA media and entertainment community. We have some really exciting news for those of you on the Mac Pro that have been looking for a way to increase your performance and bring your Mac up to date with cutting-edge technology. Details below. We’re also very pleased to bring you new capabilities from a range of our systems partners, new products and new capabilities from our GPU-accelerated software partners and special promotions from Adobe and PNY. We try very hard to make this newsletter useful to our readers. There are more than 100 GPU-accelerated applications and plug-ins available for media and entertainment workflows, and our goal is to provide helpful information about these solutions and the hardware platforms that run them in a direct and concise format. Please let us know at mediafeedback@nvidia.com if we’re doing a good job or not, and what suggestions you have or content you would like to see. Thanks, Greg CONTENTS > Spotlight > Media Applications and Technologies > Customer successes > Technical talk > Promotions > Events Greg Estes NVIDIA’s Industry Executive, Media and Entertainment     Check out second-generation NVIDIA® Maximus™ with Kepler™ GPUs—coming soon The new NVIDIA Maximus platform takes advantage of the high-performance graphics of the Quadro K5000 and the parallel processing of the NVIDIA Tesla® K20 to transform video editing, effects, digital animation, rendering, and media-creation workflows. Watch the presentation from Lon Grohs, VP of Business Development at Chaos Group, as he demonstrates interactive, physically based rendering with this new Maximus platform. Learn more about second-generation Maximus. Watch the presentation from Sandeep Gupte, Senior Director at NVIDIA. Watch interactive 3D rendering with Autodesk Maya and Chaos Group V-Ray RT 2.0. back to the top New high-end NVIDIA® Quadro® K5000 GPUs for Mac and PC NVIDIA just announced its high-end professional GPUs for accelerating design, animation, and video applications—the NVIDIA Quadro K5000. It features 4 GB of graphics memory and four display outputs, and is available for PC workstations and the Mac Pro, so you can leverage the new NVIDIA Kepler™ architecture on your preferred platform. Learn more about the Quadro K5000 for PC. Learn more about the Quadro K5000 for Mac.   Blackmagic Design has now certified the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for use with Resolve 9. Resolve 9 brings a significantly streamlined, fast and simple to use user interface that was created to harness DaVinci Resolve’s powerful feature set, and can be used with a variety of single and multiple GPU configurations for the industry’s highest real time performance. Offering 4 GB of internal ram and the ability to be used as a shared GUI and image processing GPU, the Quadro K5000 is an ideal single GPU option for Resolve customers on any platform. Resolve customers will be able to perform high performance tasks, such as working with 4K imagery in real time. With a HD timeline in the shared GPU configuration, Resolve has the ability to play seven nodes of color correction with blur in real time using just a single Quadro K5000. Learn more about DaVinci Resolve.   Adobe Anywhere. NVIDIA GPUs are driving an exciting new platform that will create new levels of collaboration for video production professionals. Adobe Anywhere for video, an innovative technology demonstration being revealed at IBC 2012, creates a new workflow environment that lets video professionals work together in real-time across almost any network. And, like Adobe Premiere Pro, NVIDIA CUDA-powered Tesla GPUs will drive much of the system’s real-time capabilities. Learn more about Adobe Anywhere.   Adobe CS6 on MacBook Pro. The newest MacBook Pro with NVIDIA GPUs just got better with the latest update to Adobe CS6 Production Premium (Release 6.0.2), which adds support for GPU acceleration in popular tools like Premiere Pro and After Effects. GPU speed-ups are enabled out-of-the-box using OpenCL on NVIDIA GPUs, but the latest optimized NVIDIA CUDA Mac Driver will boost performance considerably, improving on the OpenCL experience by as much as 40%.   Discover the new Quantel Pablo Rio with full support of NVIDIA® Maximus™ technology. The Quantel Pablo Rio runs on high-performance PC hardware and leverages NVIDIA Maximus multi-GPU technology to deliver incredible interactivity to the color correction and finishing suite. With Pablo Rio, high-end 2D and S3D finishing becomes a fluid, creative experience for both the artist and client, while also delivering the quality and productivity needed to succeed in high-end color and finishing. Learn more about Quantel Pablo Rio.   Create 3D motion designs with Red Giant Trapcode Mir and NVIDIA® Quadro® GPUs. Red Giant’s Trapcode Mir 1.0 for motion graphics leverages Quadro GPUs to create quick-rendering 3D shapes that are built on the power of OpenGL. Graphic designers can now preview effects instantly and keep on designing. Interact with a simple polygon mesh that’s packed with 3D features like fractal noise for distortion, texture mapping, repeating geometry, and Adobe® After Effects® light integration. Learn more about Red Giant Trapcode Mir.   Check out Dell mobile workstations with integrated NVIDIA 3D Vision® Pro technology. The Dell Precision M4700, M6700, and M6700 Covet Edition feature the power of NVIDIA® Kepler™ architecture-based Quadro® mobile GPUs. The Dell Precision M6700 is also the first to offer NVIDIA 3D Vision Pro, a combination of wireless active-shutter glasses, integrated RF communication hub, and advanced software. The technology automatically transforms media and entertainment applications into full stereoscopic 3D, so post-production professionals can edit in true 3D anywhere. Learn more about Dell mobile workstations.   Explore the Dell-NVIDIA M&E connection. Dell and NVIDIA’s commitment to the media and entertainment market is gaining traction within the press community. Two recent examples include The Hollywood Reporter’s article "Siggraph 2012: PC Makers Target Media And Entertainment Market", which discusses PC vendors vying for a bigger stake in the space. It also cites the Dell and NVIDIA video editing advisory program as an example and Post Magazine’s piece, "Repertoire Productions: TEDx San Francisco & Dell Mobile Workstations."   Add multiple Quadro and Tesla GPUs to your Xpander Elite and take advantage of multi-GPU CUDA applications. Running out of PCIe slots and power supply capacity for GPU-accelerated applications such as Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, Adobe CS6, Autodesk 3ds Max, or other professional applications? Building video walls and looking for as many SDI channels as you can get with one host system? Cubix Corporation is now shipping its latest PCIe slot expansion system, Xpander Elite, for power users looking for the most 16-channel and 8-channel PCIe slots they can get, while using only one host PC or Mac Pro PCIe expansion slot. For more product info, as well as sample configuration diagrams, see the brochure.   Elemental Server and NVIDIA GPUs bring content to consumers faster. Elemental Technologies provides support for UltraViolet, a new standard for securing and sharing digital media that dramatically simplifies the consumer viewing experience, while adding complexity to content creation for studios. Elemental’s flagship product, Elemental Server, uses NVIDIA GPUs to make it easier for professional content producers and distributors with large-scale transcoding and video on-demand applications bring content to consumers. Learn more about Elemental Server. back to the top   Witness an Olympic feat: GPUs put London games in palm of your hand. For the first time, hundreds of millions of people watched the Olympics on their smart phones and tablets. They beamed to the smallest screens in the smallest corners of the world thanks, in part, to Elemental Technologies, a six-year-old Portland-based startup, and its innovative use of NVIDIA GPUs. Read more.   Brevity Provides Integrated Transport and Transcode Support for NBC Olympic Games Coverage Powered by NVIDIA GPUs, Brevity’s parallel processing capability can process hundreds of RLE graphics files in just an hour. Using Brevity, NBC Olympics was able to move a one-minute RLE file to an Avid editing solution in under 30 seconds. Brevity also recently introduced encoding of Avid system files directly into EVS Broadcast formats, saving even more time for EVS playout of finished sports programming or segments. Learn more about Brevity’s simultaneous transcode and accelerated transport solution using NVIDIA GPUs here. back to the top   Ad agencies in motion: keep it moving! Pagogh Cho, Vice President, Innovation, Adcetera Get an overview of how animation projects at ad agencies may differ from studio work. With spontaneous timelines, unpredictable budgets, and multiple clients coming at you from every angle—a "one size fits all" approach to workflow management and hardware configurations just won’t do. In today’s fast-paced ad agency, it always pays to keep things moving! Watch the presentation.   Accelerating high-end 2D image processing and compositing with NVIDIA® CUDA® Jon Wadelton, Nuke Product Manager, The Foundry NUKE is a high-end image-compositing system that’s the standard across the film industry. The Foundry’s Jon Wadelton explains how the power of the GPU can be harnessed for image processing in the next major release of NUKE due later this year. The new release will include GPU-accelerated versions of algorithmically expensive image processing operations like retiming, image denoising, and post-process depth-of-field effects. Watch the presentation.   Simplifying the motion graphics workflow-GPU-accelerated 3D ray tracing in Adobe® After Effects® Steve Forde, Senior Product Manager, Visual Effects, Adobe Learn how creative professionals harness the power of Adobe After Effects CS6 and NVIDIA GPUs to accelerate the motion graphics workflow with new 3D ray-traced rendering. Based on NVIDIA® Optix™ technology, this simplifies the design of realistic geometric text and shapes in 3D space with up to 27x faster performance on NVIDIA Quadro® GPUs. Watch the presentation.   eyeon Fusion on Anonymous with NVIDIA® Maximus™ Rony Soussan, Compositing Supervisor, Uncharted Territory/eyeon Learn about the breakthrough water techniques of 3D compositing with eyeon’s most powerful release of Fusion yet. The GPU-accelerated effects by Uncharted Territory with the HP Z820 featuring the new NVIDIA Maximus platform create an interactive experience and level of finishing only available in Fusion. Watch the presentation.   An introduction to Mari Jack Greasley, Mari Product Manager, The Foundry Mari is a high-end VFX paint system designed to use the power of modern GPUs. Jack Greasley from The Foundry gives an overview of Mari and discusses some of the issues they encountered when trying to implement a fully GPU-accelerated paint system. Jack also covers some of the exciting new features coming up in Mari and the plans to leverage the power of the new NVIDIA® Kepler™ GPUs. Watch the presentation.   New NVIDIA® Nsight™ Visual Studio Edition The NVIDIA developer tools team revealed many details of the new release of Nsight Visual Studio Edition at Siggraph 2012. This new version offers unprecedented levels of support for OpenGL and NVIDIA CUDA® and truly enables application developers to take the most of NVIDIA Maximus™ workstations for their high-performance computation and advanced visualization requirements. Watch the presentation. back to the top   Switch. Save. Edit Get up to 40% off all Adobe pro video tools, including Adobe® Premiere® Pro, when you switch from Final Cut Pro or Avid by November 30, 2012. Save 40% on Adobe Creative Cloud™ membership, or get 30% off Adobe ® Creative Suite® 6 Production Premium volume licensing. The Adobe Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe® Premiere® Pro leverages Quadro GPUs and the NVIDIA® CUDA® parallel-computing architecture to deliver faster performance for key features. Learn more about this promotion.   Save $60 on an NVIDIA® Quadro® 4000 for Mac For a limited time, get $60 off a Quadro 4000 for Mac. This discount is only valid through authorized PNY resellers in the US and Canada. Details and restrictions can be found here. back to the top   Upcoming Events:   Speak at GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2013. From March 19-21, 2013, the brightest minds in GPU computing will come together at GTC 2013 for world-class education, discovery, and engaging peer networking. Don’t miss this opportunity to make an important contribution to the advancement of this exciting field by sharing the ground-breaking, GPU-enabled work you’re pursuing. As a speaker you’ll receive many benefits that include: •  A unique opportunity to promote your name, your company and your expertise •  A complimentary Full Conference pass and discounted passes for your colleagues •  Access to exclusive speaker-only on-site amenities •  Audio capture and hosting of your session Call for Submissions is now open. Please sign up for email announcements. Explore content from previous years at GTC On-Demand.   NVIDIA will be here, there, and everywhere at IBC 2012 in Amsterdam September 7-11. Come by and visit us at Booth #7.B17 or visit one of our many partners below. Click here for more details. On-Air Graphics Partner Booth # Brainstorm Multimedia 2.B59 Chyron 7.D11 Dayang Technology Development Inc. 7.B35 Grass Valley 1.D11 Harris 7.G20 Hego 6.C19 MeteoGraphics 2.C48 Miranda Technologies 8.D41 NewTek 7.K11 Orad Hi-Tec Systems 7.B27 Pixel Power LTD 7.A31 Ross Video Ltd 9.C10 Vizrt 7.A10 WASP3D 3.B62 Weather Central LP 3.B61 Weather Services International 2.C19 Editing, Compositing, and Effects Partner Booth # Adobe Systems Inc. 7.G27 ASSIMILATE 7.H11 Autodesk 7.D25 Avid 7.J20 Binocle 11.F61c Blackmagic Design 7.H20 Boris FX / Media 100 7.G44 Cinegy 7.A30 Digital Vision 7.E30 Filmlight 7.F31 Lightcraft Technology 9.A01 Marquise Technologies 7.H03 Quantel 7.A20 SGO 6.A11 Sony 12.A10 The Foundry Visionmonger Ltd. 7.B21 The Pixel Farm 6.C18 Video I/O Partner Booth # AJA Video 7.F11 Blackmagic Design 7.H20 Bluefish444 7.J07 DELTACAST.TV 10.D10 DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH 7.E25 Matrox Electronic Systems 7.B29 Modeling and Animation Partner Booth # Autodesk 7.D25 Maxon Computer GmbH 6.C10 Encoding, Decoding, and QC Partner Booth # AmberFin 7.J39 Digimetrics 7.G45 Elemental Technologies Inc. 7.H37 Telestream 7.D16 System Provider and Hardware Partners Partner Booth # ARRI 11.F21 B & H Photo, Video, Pro Audio 10.A01 Christie 9.C30 Evertz 8.B40 JMR Electronics 7.F06 Red Digital Cinema 3.A55 Ultimatte Corporation 7.B25 back to the top Copyright © 2012 NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, Quadro, Tesla, GeForce, Maximus and CUDA are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and other countries. 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