{"id":3369,"date":"2024-02-28T14:45:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2024\/02\/28\/time-to-skill-up-game-reviewer-ralph-panebianco-wields-nvidia-rtx-for-the-win\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:45:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:45:16","slug":"time-to-skill-up-game-reviewer-ralph-panebianco-wields-nvidia-rtx-for-the-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2024\/02\/28\/time-to-skill-up-game-reviewer-ralph-panebianco-wields-nvidia-rtx-for-the-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Skill Up: Game Reviewer Ralph Panebianco Wields NVIDIA RTX for the Win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editor\u2019s note: This post is part of our weekly <\/i>In the NVIDIA Studio<\/i><\/a> series, which celebrates featured artists, offers creative tips and tricks, and demonstrates how <\/i>NVIDIA Studio<\/i><\/a> technology improves creative workflows. We\u2019re also deep diving on new <\/i>GeForce RTX 40 Series GPU<\/i><\/a> features, technologies and resources, and how they dramatically accelerate content creation.<\/i><\/p>\n

YouTube content creator Ralph Panebianco really, really<\/i> loves video games.<\/p>\n

Since getting an original Nintendo Entertainment System at the age of four, Panebianco, this week\u2019s featured In the NVIDIA Studio<\/i> creator, has spent much of his free time playing video games. He pursued a career in gaming in his native country of Australia before pivoting to content creation, opening a YouTube channel called Skill Up<\/a>, where he reviews the latest video games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I wasn\u2019t playing video games, I was reading about them, and now I get to talk about them for a living,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

And calling all art fans: the latest Studio Standouts video features film noir-themed artwork brought to life with dramatic, monochromatic flair.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Video Editing Skillz<\/b><\/h2>\n

Panebianco works with his partner to create in-depth, insightful reviews of the latest video games on his Skill Up YouTube channel, which has garnered nearly 1 million subscribers. Below is a recent video reviewing Pacific Drive, <\/i>a title available on the NVIDIA GeForce NOW<\/a> cloud gaming service, powered by GeForce RTX GPUs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cCreatively, we don\u2019t view game reviews as functional buying guides with a list of pros and cons,\u201d said Panebianco. \u201cWe view reviews as a chance to crack a game open and really show the audience what makes it tick. They\u2019re sort of mini-essays on game design, delving deep into why specific game mechanics do or don\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The content creation process begins with booting up the game on his PC, powered by the recently launched GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER<\/a> graphics card. This allows the Skill Up team to tap RTX ray tracing<\/a> and NVIDIA DLSS<\/a> \u2014 breakthrough technologies that use AI to create additional frames and improve image quality.<\/p>\n

He records video footage primarily using GeForce Experience<\/a>, a companion to NVIDIA GeForce GPUs that enables users to capture assets, optimize game settings and keep drivers up to date, among other features.<\/p>\n

When footage requires high-dynamic range, the team uses the OBS Studio open-source software with AV1 hardware encoding to achieve 40% more efficient encoding<\/a> on average than H.264 and deliver higher quality than competing GPUs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AV1 encoder is ridiculously efficient in terms of file size,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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NVIDIA GPUs and OBS Studio software work in synergy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once the footage is ready, Panebianco writes a video script in Microsoft Word and then records himself, using Audacity. He uses the AI-powered NVIDIA Broadcast<\/a> app, free for RTX GPU owners, to eliminate background noise and achieve professional studio quality.<\/p>\n

Panebianco then hands off the files to his editor for production in Adobe Premiere Pro, where a number of GPU-accelerated, AI-powered features such as Enhance Speech, Auto Reframe and Unsharp Mask help speed the video editing process.<\/p>\n

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NVIDIA\u2019s GPU-accelerated video decoder (NVDEC) enables smooth playback and scrubbing of high-resolution videos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, Panebianco exports the final files twice as fast thanks to the dual AV1 encoders in his RTX GPU. Lastly, his editor creates a YouTube thumbnail in Adobe Photoshop, and then the video is ready for publishing.<\/p>\n

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Adobe Photoshop has over 30 GPU-accelerated features that help modify and adjust images smoothly and quickly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAlmost my entire workflow was enhanced by NVIDIA\u2019s hardware,\u201d Panebianco shared. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about the hardware making for efficient encoding or lightning-fast, hardware-enabled rendering \u2014 it\u2019s about the end-to-end toolset.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panebianco has words of wisdom for aspiring content creators.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorry less about the numbers and more about the quality,\u201d he said. \u201cThe metrics grind pays little in the way of dividends, but putting out truly excellent content is an almost failure-proof path to growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Video game content creator Ralph Panebianco.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Catch Panebianco\u2019s video game reviews on the Skill Up YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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