Lunar Animation had the opportunity to use the mid-tier new Mac Pro.
The fact that it’s possible to have a simulation running and a scene rendering while being able to review and edit animation, really shows the potential for a professional user. This capacity really blew us away.
The size of files they use is phenomenal. That the Mac Pro is able to handle the assets with ease is just awesome.
They also had the opportunity to use the highly controversial Pro Display XDR, a monitor that cost $4999 without stand.
It provided us with a phenomenally accurate visual representation of the content we were making. It enabled us to deliver something we were truly confident in. It essentially meant that we now had a reference monitor in the studio.
As a smaller studio without £30k to drop on a monitor, it’s allowed us to see exactly what the final deliverable looked like as it was intended to go to the client. As our final deliverables were EXR files, we had the range to see past the maximum brightness of a standard iMac display.
Knowing that our final files were accurate saved us the cost of spending money to rent out a facility to check the files, which in all honesty we didn’t have time to do because of the tight turnaround.
Many internet commenters that claimed they can buy a better monitor for $499 are just not the target audience of this display. Who would understand the need to rent a facility to check files?