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Blender’s Cycles Will Be Production-Ready Sooner Than You Think

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:48:42 +0000

Blender has one of the most active, enthusiastic communities of any piece of 3d software out there. There is a lot to love about Blender, especially recently, with the increased pace of development and industry investment. That said, the free and open 3d suite's biggest weakness has always been viability in professional environments. This site [...]

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Meet Olive: The First Open Source Video Editor Worth Talking About

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 02:43:39 +0000

We've talked at length about building a creative Linux workstation before. We've also discussed what viable alternatives to subscription-only Adobe and Autodesk products exist out there. You may have noticed that open source projects tend to be sparse in both pieces. There's a very good reason for that -- but it's one that may not [...]

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The Definitive (and Painless) Linux Video Production Guide: Getting Started

Tyson O'Ham — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:38:51 +0000

Let's be frank: Linux has never been a leading environment for creative work. It's just fine for render farm nodes on high end productions, or A/V appliances that the user never has to interact with in the same way they would a desktop, but it's hard to justify as a primary workstation OS outside of [...]

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Stadia’s Hidden Limitation: Video Encoding

Tyson O'Ham — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 01:12:37 +0000

There’s been a lot of speculation in the press about the bandwidth and connection requirements of Stadia, Google's upcoming game streaming service. Criticisms usually arrive at metered connections or bad infrastructure in rural areas for key talking points. There’s also been some discussion of video quality and latency built into systems like Stadia, but surprisingly, [...]

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First Successful Catalina Hackintosh Install Was In Qemu/KVM

Tyson O'Ham — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 03:04:25 +0000

Today, a talented OS X enthusiast and TPP community member had Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina installed and working on a Hackintosh, just minutes after the Apple keynote ended. His secret to success where others failed was the Linux kernel virtual machine. If you'd like to learn how to do this check out part one [...]

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The Ultimate Adobe CC & Autodesk Replacement Guide

Tyson O'Ham — Sat, 18 May 2019 01:06:46 +0000

Adobe Inc. has been taking more liberties with their install base since switching to a subscription-only model back in 2013. Whether you disagree with their price increases, service restrictions, or more recently their legal posturing toward users of their older, perpetually licensed CS tools, reasons to switch are adding up fast. This article attempts to [...]

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An Open Letter to Linus Tech Tips (and a PSA)

Tyson O'Ham — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:27:36 +0000

I’d like to start by saying that we appreciate that Linus Tech Tips saw fit to cover (and cite) our work. We appreciate the exposure their recent video gave VFIO and OS X Virtualization, too. We consider any way we can get people involved with our (admittedly niche) community of tech enthusiasts a net positive. [...]

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Indie Game Review: Donut County

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:11:50 +0000

We’re experiencing a glut of fast-paced action adventure titles in the indie genre at present. Each new release presents iterative takes on games like Castelvania, The Souls franchise, and stylish action games like DMC. While it’s nice to see a revival of a genre I adore, I’ve been spoilt for choice and wandered into the [...]

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The Magewell USB Capture 2 is Great on Linux

Tyson O'Ham — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 02:21:27 +0000

Those of us who work in video production have a hard time of it when transitioning from VFX and 3d to broadcast. While both sectors of the field have Linux options, finding them can be problematic. As far as mid-range capture cards go, support is especially spotty. Please read our Affiliate Link Disclaimer Elgato Cards [...]

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Syncthing is an Un-Cloud Application That Everyone Can (and Should) Use

Tyson O'Ham — Sat, 26 May 2018 20:48:16 +0000

In the wake of GDPR compliance and nightmare scenarios like Cambridge Analytica, there’s never been more incentive to remove services with the power to abuse your data from your life. The reality of the situation, though, is that the average person doesn’t have the technical ability to do so. Read Also: Disk Passthrough Explained UX [...]

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