The first step in our top-down process of defining the HDXPRT 2012 is to look at what people actually do today with high-definition media. The obvious place to start is with what we do with photos, video, and audio. Or, in my case, with what I do.
I regularly do about six different things with high-definition media:
- Organize media – This is something I do often. Maybe I’m more of a curator than a creator! In this category I include everything from keeping track of media, to doing simple enhancements (for example, red eye removal from photos), to converting to different formats.
- Create media – I include here not only capturing the media, but also manipulating photos and videos. These usages may not be the most difficult ones in the applications, but we all do them, and we all wait on them.
- Photo blog – This covers the fancier photo work, typically with more complex editing using digital tools.
- Produce video – When you really work on a video, you end up with editing and manipulation tasks that really stress your system. I often end up waiting for my computer to finish this sort of work.
- Create music – I’m not very good at this type of work, but mixing, editing, remixing, and sharing music can be a lot of fun!
- Viewing video – Finally, we come to viewing video, which is basically watching videos in different HD formats. I’m much better at this.
Some tasks I do often, such as looking at photos or listening to music, don’t tend to be stressful enough on a computer to be worth measuring in the benchmark. Consequently, I didn’t include them here.
That’s just my take, though.
What do you do? What tasks would you like to see in HDXPRT 2012?
Bill
