Posts Tagged Creative Professionals

Apple Black Ribbon 6-Pack For Imagewriter I and Ii (Edi)

Posted by on Thursday, 24 June, 2010

Apple Black Ribbon 6-Pack For Imagewriter I and Ii (Edi)

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators and creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. The company also offers a wide range of accessories and supplies for its products.The company offers a black ribbon for Apple ImageWriter I and II printers.

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Apple Soft Nylon Carrying Case and Belt Clip for iPod 4G (Black)

Posted by on Friday, 18 June, 2010

Apple Soft Nylon Carrying Case and Belt Clip for iPod 4G (Black)

  • Compatibility: 40 GB and 60 GB iPod 4G
  • Protect your iPod from the elements and enhance its portability with this custom-made carrying case
  • Features durable steel spring belt clip
  • Made from high-quality woven nylon
  • Measures 6.0 x 6.0 x 3.0 inches (WxHxD)

Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.This carrying case is intended for Apple iPod Photo.With the Apple M9940G/A iPod Photo Carrying Case with Belt Clip, you can protect your iPod with color display from the elements and enhance its portability. This carrying case is precisely stitched with high-quality woven nylon. The case allows you to clip your 40 GB or 60 GB iPod with color display to your belt, purse, or backpack with its durable spring clip. iPod Compatibility
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Apple M7649Zm/A Studio Display 17″ LCD Monitor

Posted by on Thursday, 27 May, 2010

Apple M7649Zm/A Studio Display 17″ LCD Monitor

  • 17-inch thin-film transistor LCD produces 16.7 million colors
  • 1,280 x 1,024 resolution, high 350:1 contrast ratio
  • Beautifully bright with up to 170-degree viewing angle
  • Designed for Power Mac G4
  • Fast pixel response; 2 USB ports

With a large virtual workspace and superior image quality, the 17-inch Apple Studio Display is an outstanding display for creative professionals who demand exceptional performance in an elegant, slim design.The Apple Studio Display takes full advantage of the digital output of the Power Mac G4 system to deliver distortion-free images from edge to edge all the time. No adjustments are ever needed. Graphic artists will appreciate that the Apple Studio Display delivers a full 16.7 million colors in a wide color gamut. In addition, its wide viewing angle technology maintainscolor fidelity even when viewing off-axis. Video artists will enjoy the ultrafast pixel response when working in Final Cut Pro, iMovie, or iDVD. No matter what the task, the Apple Studio Display is the superior display solution for the demanding creative professional.The Apple Studio Display gives you just what you’re looking for – stunningly sharp text and graphics, and a workspace large enough to display your ideas to

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MAINGEAR Quantum Shift workstation eats Adobe CS5 for breakfast

Posted by on Monday, 12 April, 2010

Maingear announced their latest today, the Quantum Shift workstation. Designed more for the content developer then the gamer, the Quantum Shift definitely brings the heat. Of course, you customize exactly how much power the Quantum Shift is packing, but it’s designed around Nvidia’s Quadro FX GPU technology.

What that means is that you can have up to 3 Nvidia Quadro FX based cards, giving you a GPU accelerated system that can pretty much take whatever you can throw at it. This workstation was conceived and designed specifically for the new Adobe Creative Suite, and allows up to 30 FPS in Premiere Pro. Expect to pay a premium for a machine this fast though, the Quantum Shift starts around $3,399, and goes up from there depending on how you want it customized.

From the press release:

Union, New Jersey – April 12, 2010 – MAINGEAR Computers, award-winning builders of custom computers for PC gamers, enthusiasts, and creative professionals, unveils the Quantum SHIFT Workstation, an everyday super computer that exceeds the demands of the most power hungry graphics professionals. Fully optimized for Adobe CS5, the SHIFT employs up to three NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics cards to enable a GPU accelerated Adobe Creative Suite that allows you to design with creative precision. SHIFT’s unique vertical heat-stack design ensures that your Quadro equipment remains cool and quiet no matter how intense your tasks may be.

With Adobe CS5 powered by MAINGEAR, you can navigate images like never before with GPU-accelerated scrubby zoom, bird’s eye zoom, and 3D modeling. Also, GPU-accelerated color picker, color dropper and real time brush resizing give you immersive interaction with your canvas. The CUDA-accelerated Mercury Engine in Premiere Pro gives post-production houses the power to edit more than 3 layers and multiple effects in real-time. With Quadro’s GPU acceleration in Premiere Pro, playback of two layers HDV and effects can be accelerated in real time on the GPU. At nearly 30 frames per second. Compare that to 2.2 frames per second on the CPU only.

“Adobe CS5 fully leverages the advantages of NVIDIA’s Quadro FX GPU accelerated technology,” said Wallace Santos, CEO and Founder of MAINGEAR. “Quantum SHIFT optimizes both technologies with enhanced performance and airflow, providing creative professionals with the most advanced workstation PC ever created.”

In addition, the new GeForce GTX 480 brings an unprecedented amount of professional power to the table. If you’re looking for the ability to playback three layers of HD, and twice the performance of a GTX 285 in CS5, the SHIFT with GeForce GTX 480 is a powerhouse editing product.

“Adobe CS5 powered by GeForce GTX 480 hardware has enabled us to achieve same-day edits with our in-house video production,” said Chris Morley, CTO of MAINGEAR. “In seven years of designing and selling high definition post production workstations, I’ve never seen so much get done in so little time and for so little money. The ROI with SHIFT powered by NVIDIA running Adobe CS5 is amazing.”



Hands On: 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro

Posted by on Tuesday, 9 June, 2009

Radically overhauled last year, Apple’s MacBook line of laptops moved to aluminum construction, edge-to-edge glass over LED displays, and oversize multitouch-touch pads (with the exception of the lone $999 white plastic model). The latest round of updates is more of a refinement than another revolution, but it adds some much-sought-after features, while lowering prices on many configurations.

Most notable, the 13-inch aluminum unibody MacBook has been promoted to join the MacBook Pro family. It’s a move that makes sense, as the differences between the two lines were becoming increasingly blurred. To complete the transformation, the 13-inch Pro regains its missing FireWire port, making it even more useful for creative professionals on the go.

New to the Pro line is something we never thought we’d see on a MacBook–an SD card slot. Standard on the 13- and 15-inch Pro laptops, this corrects one of our main MacBook annoyances. We’re also pleased to see the backlit keyboard–previously found in only the more expensive 13-inch versions–filter down to even the $1,149 base model (which is a nice discount from the previous $1,299 entry price).

Some have strong feelings about the nonremovable battery–similar to those already found on the MacBook Air and 17-inch Pro. It’s a legitimate concern, but we think the promise of better battery life (Apple claims up to a 40 percent improvement), and three times as many recharge cycles as older batteries is just as important.

There are still a few items on our 13-inch wish list–matte screens, mobile broadband options, Blu-ray–but Apple has done an admirable job in filling in some of the major missing pieces. By offering more features for less money, the 13-inch MacBook Pro remains one of the most universally useful laptops available.


iPhone app lets you shoot remotely with your Canon DSLR – Nikon support coming

Posted by on Thursday, 28 May, 2009

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Now here’s an app many creative professionals might find useful. The DSLR Remote iPhone app lets you trigger your camera’s shutter, adjust almost any of its settings, and view photos it’s taken. The catch, unfortunately, is that the camera needs to be wired to a computer for this to work. Even so, I can think of plenty of situations where this could come in handy, though admittedly there are few where a professional would absolutely need it. Still, the more tools you have, the more versatile your whole setup is, and who wouldn’t want to snap pics via their iPhone anyway?

It even works with Live View, so you essentially have yourself a gigantic spy camera if you need it. It’s available now at the App Store in two flavors: Lite for $2 and Pro for $10. I’d spring for Pro, because that lets you do the more advanced adjustments and use Live View.

There are plans for a Nikon version but they’re still testing that. Patience, grasshopper.

[via Photo District News]