Announcing Elemental Accelerator 2.2 for Mac

Submitted by Lisa on February 1, 2010 - 08:12

Apple logoToday, Elemental announced the release of Elemental Accelerator 2.2 for Mac, a major update to its GPU-accelerated video processing plug-in for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS4. With release 2.2, Elemental Accelerator provides CS4 users on the Mac significantly faster transcode speeds through support for GPU-accelerated H.264 and MPEG-2 video decoding, processing and encoding. This release offers the same easy integration with Adobe Premiere® Pro® CS4 as Elemental Accelerator for Windows, while offering 2X-4X performance improvements and time savings over CPU-only encoding solutions.

What's new?

New features available in this release include:

  • GPU-accelerated decode – Speed end-to-end video processing with GPU-accelerated H.264 and MPEG-2 video decode.
  • Effects rendering and conversion – Accelerate common video effects and transitions as well as linear scaling and frame rate conversion.
  • Additional output options – Render and encode H.264 video for Blu-ray disc, Adobe Flash, and portable media players or render and encode MPEG-2 video for DVD and digital broadcast.
  • Enhanced preset options – Choose from an expanded suite of preconfigured H.264 and MPEG-2 settings to create output for Blu-ray, DVD or web-targeted media.
  • Multi-GPU support – Divide the workload among multiple GPUs in a single system for an even more dramatic increase in encoding speed.

For more information, check out the Elemental Accelerator product tour video, which shows you how the plug-in works and takes you inside Adobe Premiere Pro to explore the many ways Elemental Accelerator can help you work better and faster!

How do I get it?

Elemental Accelerator for Mac works exclusively with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 for Mac on the Mac Pro platform. It is available through NVIDIA distribution channels and directly from the NVIDIA plug-in store.

If you would like to try before you buy, visit either the Elemental or NVIDIA website to download the trial version of the product.

How do I upgrade?

Release 2.2 is available as a free upgrade to existing customers. Simply visit the updates site and download the latest product package.

Enjoy the improvements available in this new release! As always, we're interested in any ideas or questions you have; you can get in touch with us directly through our forum or by email.