That is not all. Now the time lines are searchable with keywords specification. There are arrangements for composite navigation too. You can seamlessly export the rich media to Adobe Flash CS4 Professional keeping the layer and KeyFrame Data intact for later editing. XMP metadata can be added to project till final rendering for better asset management and copyright tracking. They have also worked out mobile device authoring. This will enable you to see the video as it will look in different devices.

You can also import the 3D layers that were laid in PhotoShop as they are. So you will not get a 2D layer taken from a specific angle, you can have the whole structure and layer in 3D. These are extremely significant for a serious video editor and film maker. Now purchasing a new i7 core enabled machine has become an excuse for upgrading your present system configuration.

We were extremely eagar to lay our hands on Adobe After Effects and here are the conclusions that we have at the end of using After Effects CS4 on a project. We wanted to test out the photoshop file import first so here we go...

We created a cube in Photoshop CS4 and imported it in After Effects. And we were impressed as we had the full 3D Volumetric space retained. It was not just the snapshot of the cube taken from an specific angle. We could rotate the cameras as well as any other 3D layers in after effects using the same functions as the functions used in CS3 for a Camera Rotation around the X,Y and Z Axis. But as these are afterall layers, the effects can only be applied over time.

The other stunning feature that we came across is the Unified Camera Tool. This tool allows you to take the advantage of the multi-mouse button to control the camera moves such as zooming, rotation and moving around a 3D Object quickly. These option can be accessed from the Upper Composition.

In all, we are highly impressed with Adobe After Effects CS4. We highly recommend upgrading from the CS3 package to the CS4 package. Eventhough, it is a heavily priced pacakage, but it is an indispensable tool for a serious professional in the multimedia industry dealing with a large Video Editing project. Maybe you will even need to upgrade the system for using this outstanding Package, but all the investments are worth undertaking for the sake of seamless integration and management of work load with CS4.

1. Video Editing on an Intel Core i7 Extreme

So is there any bleeding edge technological breakthrough in the processor technology that can satisfy the hunger of yours? Fortunately the answer is yes. Ever since Intel unveiled the Intel i7 core 965 Extreme Edition processor, it has become a dream processor for people related to multimedia industry.

Mostly in the multimedia industry are used Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro
for Video Editing and Rendering. These two are one of the best available products in the multimedia industry that are Multi-Core and SMT aware.

If you are confused with the terms above the do not worry as the clarification is just to follow. Intel i7 Core Review undoubtedly shows that it is the fastest processor till date on earth. This processor is not for people who chat occasionally, the series is targeted to processor intensive audience.

Adobe Premiere Pro Benchmark Results

Before the New Monster was introduced in the Industry, the throne of the best processor that your money can buy belonged to Intel Core 2 Quad QX9770. But this is not the case anymore. We were highly impressed with the Intel i7 Core 965 EE with the test that we performed with Adobe Premiere Pro.

The Video file that we used for Rendering took an almost 28 seconds to complete for the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650. This task was completed by the Intel i7 Core 965 EE within 22 seconds and that impressed us, and will probably impress you too is that when i7 core is over-clocked with the unlocked multiplier (24 max.), the same file was rendered in just little close to 18 seconds. This shows a performance boost of 55% i.e. the processor was faster by 1.5 times than the “then” fastest Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650.

Adobe After Effects Benchmark Results

This smart piece of Industry Standard software is known to heavily depend on the CPU clock speed and its memory bandwidth. So this is definitely going to make you happy if you are a user of Premiere Pro. Intel i7 core houses the memory controller on the die itself and has replaced the Old Fashioned FSB with a new generation QPI technology which it adopted from AMD. The data transfer speed is many times faster with this QPI technology as compared to the usual FSB technology. When the i7 core 965 EE is over-clocked at 3.88 GHz, the memory bandwidth available to the cores is a whooping 45 GB/s. That is impressive and we feel that the use of this technology in conjunction with the forgotten SMT (Simultaneous Multi-Threading) known in the times of Intel Pentium 4 Prescott edition has paid off Intel this time.

The benchmarks conducted with After Effects gave us another surprise. The video file that took 36 second to get rendered with the Core 2 Quad Q9650, took only 21 seconds with the new i7 Core 965 EE in over-clocked mode showing us a huge performance boost of 60%. This clearly knocks out the predecessor Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650.

This monster is still in its initial period and so buying a Intel i7 Core 965 EE system will burn a deep hole into your pocket. The processor is expected to be price at 1000 USD initially and the only chipset that supports i7 core is the Intel X58 which will also set you back by another 300 USD. Another thing that you need to consider before buying is that this chipset only supports the DDR3 version of RAM and it has three or six slots for you to use. The DDR3 RAM is not available at 100 USD but be sure to check that out before buying.

Whatever the case may be, but we can definitely guarantee that you will not regret the money spent on this system. It is unlikely that some another processor will steal the Throne of Fastest Processor on Earth currently possessed by Intel i7 Core 965 EE in near future. So you can safely invest your money in this system.

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