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Blender’s Cycles Will Be Production-Ready Sooner Than You Think
Blender has one of the most active, enthusiastic communities of any piece of 3d software out there. There is a [...]
Meet Olive: The First Open Source Video Editor Worth Talking About
We've talked at length about building a creative Linux workstation before. We've also discussed what viable alternatives to subscription-only Adobe [...]
The Definitive (and Painless) Linux Video Production Guide: Getting Started
Let's be frank: Linux has never been a leading environment for creative work. It's just fine for render farm nodes [...]
Stadia’s Hidden Limitation: Video Encoding
There’s been a lot of speculation in the press about the bandwidth and connection requirements of Stadia, Google's upcoming game [...]
First Successful Catalina Hackintosh Install Was In Qemu/KVM
Today, a talented OS X enthusiast and TPP community member had Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina installed and working on [...]
The Ultimate Adobe CC & Autodesk Replacement Guide
Adobe Inc. has been taking more liberties with their install base since switching to a subscription-only model back in 2013. [...]
An Open Letter to Linus Tech Tips (and a PSA)
I’d like to start by saying that we appreciate that Linus Tech Tips saw fit to cover (and cite) our [...]
Indie Game Review: Donut County
We’re experiencing a glut of fast-paced action adventure titles in the indie genre at present. Each new release presents iterative [...]
The Magewell USB Capture 2 is Great on Linux
Those of us who work in video production have a hard time of it when transitioning from VFX and 3d [...]
Syncthing is an Un-Cloud Application That Everyone Can (and Should) Use
In the wake of GDPR compliance and nightmare scenarios like Cambridge Analytica, there’s never been more incentive to remove services [...]