Release Date Neo v.5 ???

Mark Leonard · April 30th, 2010, 05:37 PM

uninstalled prospect...installed cs5 production premium today. wow very nice so far. definitely faster exports. ready to test my cineform files now. hopefully v 5 beta tomorrow? :)

Simon Zimmer · April 30th, 2010, 06:02 PM

Looks very nice and so stable. I am not used to this. lol!

I can't wait to have cineform working in this environment!

Simon

Tom Santopolo · April 30th, 2010, 09:55 PM

Looks like the beta is not going to happen on the 1st for us just normal folks who aren't doing 3D stuff. I must say I feel very disappointed. Been waiting a long time for the real-time engine, and now that CS5 is up and running I was so expecting to see the beta. I really thought Cineform would have come through.

David Newman · May 1st, 2010, 01:14 AM

Yes we are running a few days behind schedule, which is many month ahead of when we normally support an Adobe release. In the meantime try Neo3D, remember each product is simply a super-set of the next tier down, so if you don't use 3D keyframing or left/right eye color disparity you are using Neo4K, if you don't use alpha channels or greater than 1920x1080 you are using NeoHD. The changes in FirstLight and the CS5 integration is what makes Neo v5.0 for NeoHD/4K/3D. We have a few more items to complete before we go gold on the whole lineup, the early release of Neo3D was easier for licensing reasons (as it still runs on a v4 license, we can't do that for the rest of the product line which requires new keys and back-end license service changes.)

Tom Santopolo · May 1st, 2010, 12:11 PM

Thanks David - that does work. I have a question - I have an intensity card. The only way to get real-time output from this card is to use their presets in Premiere CS5, but it takes a real performance hit. Any way that your presets will output through the intensity in the future? Maybe I don't understand enough, but doesn't the intensity presets use their codec when playing back? How bout the Matrox Mini?

David Taylor · May 1st, 2010, 01:53 PM

Hi Tom, it is likely to use any HD-SDI card you will need to use the preset for the card manufacturer. The next step is to make sure that their support for CineForm playback is as good as the playback we get in our presets. We've worked closest with AJA so far, but I suspect other card manufacturers will offer improved CineForm support in the near future.

April 30th, 2010, 06:02 PM	#17
Simon Zimmer Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 497	Ppcs4 Looks very nice and so stable. I am not used to this. lol! I can't wait to have cineform working in this environment! Simon

May 1st, 2010, 01:14 AM	#19
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Yes we are running a few days behind schedule, which is many month ahead of when we normally support an Adobe release. In the meantime try Neo3D, remember each product is simply a super-set of the next tier down, so if you don't use 3D keyframing or left/right eye color disparity you are using Neo4K, if you don't use alpha channels or greater than 1920x1080 you are using NeoHD. The changes in FirstLight and the CS5 integration is what makes Neo v5.0 for NeoHD/4K/3D. We have a few more items to complete before we go gold on the whole lineup, the early release of Neo3D was easier for licensing reasons (as it still runs on a v4 license, we can't do that for the rest of the product line which requires new keys and back-end license service changes.) __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

April 30th, 2010, 05:37 PM	#16
Mark Leonard Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 166	uninstalled prospect...installed cs5 production premium today. wow very nice so far. definitely faster exports. ready to test my cineform files now. hopefully v 5 beta tomorrow? :)

April 30th, 2010, 09:55 PM	#18
Tom Santopolo Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Vermont Posts: 60	Looks like the beta is not going to happen on the 1st for us just normal folks who aren't doing 3D stuff. I must say I feel very disappointed. Been waiting a long time for the real-time engine, and now that CS5 is up and running I was so expecting to see the beta. I really thought Cineform would have come through.

May 1st, 2010, 12:11 PM	#20
Tom Santopolo Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Vermont Posts: 60	Thanks David - that does work. I have a question - I have an intensity card. The only way to get real-time output from this card is to use their presets in Premiere CS5, but it takes a real performance hit. Any way that your presets will output through the intensity in the future? Maybe I don't understand enough, but doesn't the intensity presets use their codec when playing back? How bout the Matrox Mini?

May 1st, 2010, 01:53 PM	#21
David Taylor Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Solana Beach, CA Posts: 853	Hi Tom, it is likely to use any HD-SDI card you will need to use the preset for the card manufacturer. The next step is to make sure that their support for CineForm playback is as good as the playback we get in our presets. We've worked closest with AJA so far, but I suspect other card manufacturers will offer improved CineForm support in the near future.