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    Fengshui reacted to no_connection in HOW TO: Upscaling the first 1896 Lumière Brothers film recordings to full colour 4K/60p with neural network engine   
    This is the source they say they used for the original, not the one you linked.
    They do link the other one as "original" to look more impressive.
    The coloring is cool but it's not really much better that the original imo. Sharper edges tho.
    *edit* It does add some detail but it's spotty on what it decides to enhance. This is the first frame.

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    Fengshui reacted to wolf33d in The new Mac Pro + 6k monitor has landed - introducing the Cheese Graters   
    "I think Apple have made a bit of a misjudgement in not providing a competitive desktop Mac for the masses and smaller creative studios."
    I do not think so. This is called the iMac and iMac pro. The latest 2019 iMac is very powerful, more than what most of "the masses" need. It bests the iMac Pro in many real world uses.
    The iMac Pro will soon get an update and fill that gap as well. 

    I recently invested in an iMac and I am amazed. I have a $500 4K 27" screen and it is such garbage compared to the iMac screen. You would spend $1000 for a similarly good screen. The power is amazing, havent restarted the computer in weeks, haven't had a bug since day one months ago, everything is blazingly fast and the system a joy to use. Also having such a clean and simple design of an all in one on my desk leaves room and is nice. I would absolutely hate to have a normal desktop, including the new iMac Pro which to me looks awful by the way. 

    For work, I have from my company the latest Huawei Matebook Pro x which is considered by all major test website to be the best portable windows laptop on the market. It's such a garbage, full of bugs, have to restart it every week before it slows down too much. A PITA. Everything from the slow wake up time to the bad trackpad to the system is a pain.
    People can continue to cry all day long about how Apple is expensive and I totally agree it is (sometimes justified, sometimes it's ridiculous). But it just works. 
    By the way, the WWDC was the best in years. iPadOS is amazing. The new privacy features on iOS are incredible. Finally Apple is listening to customers.
    I laughed good times with the $999 screen holder for the new iMac Pro. 
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    Fengshui reacted to Dimitris Stasinos in The new Mac Pro + 6k monitor has landed - introducing the Cheese Graters   
    For the majority of content creators (including my self) this machine simply does not exist. It was released yesterday in a parallel universe. Stop looking at it.
    If you need 28 cores and 1.5 TB of RAM for your every day jobs then this price tag is probably just fine for you. 
    If you are about to start saving money by sacrificing other needs that you may have, so that you can buy the base configuration in the next year, then don't this. It's just silly.
    When you are buying the base configuration of a Mac Pro, you are actually paying for things that you can't use until you stuff it with overpriced components. You are paying for the "fact" that your machine has the "ability" to get significant upgrades like 1.5 TB of Ram, 4 TB SSD, 4 x Vega's etc. If you need to "save" money for the base configuration then good luck with the rest. It won't happen. Stop looking at it.
    The iMac 2019 right now is the perfect balance for almost any content creator that can't afford the new MacPro. iMac Pro is also overpriced for the majority of users.
    I' am working with iMacs and FCPX for the last 10 years as a full time video editor for TV shows. Every 3-4 years i am selling my iMac and getting the next one, so the actual cost for every upgrade comes to 1500 to 2000 euros. FCPX is a truly unique and reliable application and yes i have worked with Premiere, Vegas and Resolve before. You have to actually "work" with an application and not just "test" it to make conclusions. If you are editing 10 min highlights or low budget commercials then all of these work just fine but wait until you need to edit a full length movie or a 2 hour documentary to see how the app reacts to this massive amount of data. FCPX is "rock steady". Period. 
    A "slightly" upgraded iMac 2019 with Intel Core i9, 1TB SSD and Vega 48 (plus user upgraded RAM to 32 GB) will cost you about 5000 bucks. Is this overpriced? Of course it is. But it's also much faster from the base configuration of the cheese grater and you get a great monitor plus peripherals. Is it upgradable? Of course not. But nothing is upgradable nowadays, even this cheese grater. In about 5 years from now, this badass Mac Pro 2019 and it's tech will be totally obsolete and in 10 years from now that fu*^%ing  bul*&@t Afterburner (that i am sure it will cost 10.000.000 dollars plus tax) will be sold for 100 bucks in ebay.
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    Fengshui reacted to Castorp in The new Mac Pro + 6k monitor has landed - introducing the Cheese Graters   
    I don’t see why some seem surprised. New top end professional Macs have always been expensive. Pretty much always over 5000 in today’s money if not a lot more. 
    Hopefully prices will come down in time and there will be more options. As there has been in the past. 
    This is a computer aimed at professionals. It is good to see Apple going for the serious pros rather than prosumer or gear nerd. 
    It’s a beautiful machine. I would love to have one but it’s not for me that’s for sure. 
    An iMac Pro is basically a throwaway. The initial cost for a Mac Pro will be high initially, but cost will come down as the computer is upgraded over time. That makes a difference in large institutions. 
    Of course there are PC’s that are good value for money. But they are not Mac Pro. Apple has little competition which is why they can charge what they do. People have always attacked Macs for having component Y or X that cost Z and “it’s a rip off” bla bla blah. I’ve heard that literally for decades. And yet, I have yet to work with a better performing computer. 
    I will never understand how some are offended when a camera company, or whatever, releases a product that isn’t for them. 
    The Mac Pro  is right for someone, and if it isn’t, the product won’t sell. Simple.
    Unless it’s some sort of conspiracy! Which is what some resort to with an almost incel-like tone at times.
    To ridicule those who need for example an EOS R or a Mac Pro, or whatever controversial thing it is, can be a sign of personal insecurity I believe. 
     
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