case study ® Core™ i7 Processors Performance Notebooks: Video-intensive Computing

Creating Immersive Content

Intel® Core™ i7 processor-based notebooks help athletes capture and share their most demanding feats in stunning 3D quality using improved video conversion and editing capabilities.

For outdoor enthusiasts who rely on mobility and performance to produce eye-popping video, traditional processors can slow creativity and delay conversion speeds. Professional snowboarder Tim Humphreys found that notebooks powered by the i7 processor could help accelerate his GoPro CineForm Studio* video editing software, giving him more time to focus on his riding.

Challenges • Reduce production time. Speed up media processing capabilities for faster 3D video loading, conversion, and editing. • Improve video quality. Deliver visual quality and color fidelity at high frame rates without experiencing quality loss. • Conserve battery life. Increase power efficiency to promote longer battery life in mobile environments.

Solution • Intel Core i7 processors. Intel® Quick Sync Video1 technology enhances GoPro CineForm Studio editing software, providing increased performance and image quality while conserving power.

impact • Streamlined performance. By increasing conversion speed with Intel Quick Sync Video, Intel Core i7 processors enable content creators to work quickly and maintain their creative focus. • Stunning 3D video. With enhanced 3D graphic capabilities, Intel Core i7 processors GoPro, Inc. produces some deliver high-impact visual clarity. of the world’s most versatile • Increased energy efficiency. The Intel Core i7 processor uses Power Aware Interrupt Routing for increased power savings, resulting in lower idle power output that saves cameras and editing software energy for more demanding applications.. that capture life’s most For outdoor enthusiasts of every skill level, I spend on my board and on the mountain,” exciting moments. capturing and sharing life’s most exciting says Humphreys. moments is what it’s all about. Spending Capturing and creating quality 3D video less time adjusting aspect ratios, correcting can be an intensive and time-consuming image distortions, and adding effects process. Without improved processor allows you to realize faster turnaround performance capabilities, capturing times and stay in the creative flow. downhill runs at a higher frame rate is Transferring, loading, importing, and severely compromised. “Recording at a low converting footage with multiple software frame rate doesn’t give me the capability platforms can be a time-consuming process. to slow down the video and capture crisp For professional snowboarder Tim clear images that bring 3D to life,” says Humphreys, slow render and transcode Humphreys. “This limits my ability to times limit spontaneity. “Spending minutes create and share video that captures instead of seconds on the video editing what I experience and envision.” and production process cuts into the time Enhancing 3-D Video Processing Producing Rich and Intense Graphics GoPro CineForm Studio editing software Intel Quick Sync Video helps GoPro optimized for the Intel Core i7 processor CineForm Studio enhance visual quality and Intel Quick Sync Video provides an by capturing images at 60 frames-per- all-in-one option to streamline the entire second, while eliminating camera shake. 3D video creation process. Humphreys “The software gives me more frames has used Windows*-based notebooks as to work with. I can slow it down to 30 well as an Apple MacBook Pro* with an frames-per-second, allowing me to capture Intel Core i7 processor to power his GoPro all the action in a crisp, up-close and CineForm Studio software, bypassing the personal way,” says Humphreys. “This need to use multiple software tools. makes my wildest ideas possible.” “Intel® Quick Sync Video With an Intel Core i7 optimized video The Intel Core i7 with Intel Quick Sync processing engine, the GoPro software Video also provides Humphreys with the offloads all the video automatically detects and utilizes the ability to quickly work with 3D images in transcoding with the Intel Quick Sync Video advanced media the GoPro CineForm Studio software. processing features, resulting in faster “I have a wide range of 3D convergence GoPro software, freeing H.264 encoding. “Intel Quick Sync Video settings to work with. I have the option up my processor to do offloads all the video transcoding with the to choose from multiple types of 3D views GoPro software, freeing up my processor for different viewing platforms,” says multiple tasks at once. This to do multiple tasks at once,” says Humphreys. “For me it’s all about producing allows me to make better Humphreys. “This allows me to make eye-popping 3D effects.” better use of my time.” use of my time.” Extending Energy Efficiency Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology2 Projects require faster CPU performance – Tim Humphreys provides an increase in multitasking to handle each step of the production Professional Snowboarder capabilities3, enabling each processor process. Conserving power and enhancing core to handle multiple applications at battery life is crucial to extending creative once, allowing GoPro CineForm Studio to workflow in a mobile environment. The operate at peak performance for faster Intel Core i7 processor takes advantage of transfer, load, and import speeds while integrated Power Aware Interrupt Routing other programs are running. “I can choose for increased power savings, resulting in my settings and quickly convert the clips lower idle power output that saves energy I want to work with,” says Humphreys. for more demanding applications. “I spend a “The GoPro CineForm Studio software lot of time on the mountains where I don’t lets you batch process everything with have the ability to recharge my notebook,” an intuitive step-by-step process.” says Humphreys. “I need a powerful notebook that has a long battery life.”

2 Spotlight: GoPro GoPro produces some of the world’s most versatile cameras and video editing software, enabling enthusiasts of every skill level to capture and share their lives’ most exciting moments in professional HD and 3D video and photos. The GoPro HD Hero line of wearable and gear mountable cameras is used by more consumers, professional athletes, and video production professionals than any other camera in the world.

Spotlight: Professional Snowboarder Tim Humphreys Since turning professional in 2007, Tim Humphreys boasts an impressive resume that includes thirteen top-ten finishes in both U.S. and international events. Tim’s best performance was a first-place finish in the Air & Style Games in Munich, Germany. Over the last four years he has finished in the Capturing Creativity Performance. Video-intensive top-ten three times at the Winter Humphreys agrees that the faster he Computing. Support the most X Games. can load, convert, and edit his video with demanding video processing and GoPro CineForm Studio software, the intense graphic editing software. Find GoPro CineForm Studio* more time he has to do what he loves; the Intel Core i7 solution that is right Optimized for Intel® Quick Sync Video, hit the slopes. “I spend a lot of time out for you. Visit http://intel.ly/KYc22j GoPro Cineform Studio delivers chasing the snow, with an average day for product information. faster 3D video editing and H.264 being at least a twelve-hour mission. encoding with a processing engine Every minute I can shave off transcoding that automatically detects and utilizes and rendering video in my timelines allows advanced media processing features me to focus on my riding,” says Humphreys. available on the Intel® Core™ i7 Processor.

Intel Core i7 Processor The Intel Core i7 processor features Intel® HD Graphics 4000 built-in visuals to deliver fast conversion of video. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology increases the processor’s frequency by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom to provide improved speed for the most demanding tasks.

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