Mac Pro For 4k Red Editing

Is the MacBook Pro suitable for video editing? Discussion in 'Digital Video' started by Minxy, Jul 24, 2013. If the price isn't too high possibly a new Mac Pro with external HDDs but am wondering about the 2013 MacBook Pro 15'. You can edit full-res 4K RED video footage on a 2012 MacBook Air, so a MBP should be just fine. Jan 26, 2018 - Next we stabilized a 20 second 4K clip and the all-in-one iMac Pro was. Pro X, let's take a look at 8K raw video from a RED Cinema camera.

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Determining your 4K editing needs, both now and in the near future may take some time, but it will ensure that you purchase an editing system than can handle all the projects you'll be working on, the type of footage you'll be editing and the length and complexity of the edits. To start editing 4K video, you’ll first need to ask yourself some questions about your projects. What type of footage will you be editing: R3D, CinemaDNG, ProRes, XAVC S, mp4? How complex are your projects: single shot, single camera, multi-camera, animation, VFX? What are your output formats? How long do you have to deliver your edits?

Finally, are you editing online or offline? Offline Editing, Nothing to Do With the Web Offline editing refers to editing a proxy of the original source footage; online editing is cutting the original material. If you don’t have to deliver right away then you can edit offline. Offline editing can also be a good option if you’re only delivering in HD.

See “Getting to Know Offline Editing” for more on this topic. Where offline editing takes more time and storage space, it allows you ease in editing your footage. It can help a less powerful system run more smoothly. If you’re working with minimal 4K footage and your final edit isn’t that long, like a short promo or a music video, offline editing may be a good option for you. Formats Matter Digital footage formats vary from camera to camera. Recording format makes a huge difference in meeting what your editing system requires. If you’re editing footage from 4K cameras like a, JVC, or Sony, then the demands aren’t much more than that of low compression HD because the bitrates are similar.

Alt +f1 for mac for excel. However, if you’re working with footage from RED cameras, or Sony, the raw 4K files have much higher bitrates, requiring more storage and processing power. Editing raw 4K footage takes more horsepower and storage than compressed formats.

Additionally, multi-camera edits, VFX, and tight deadlines typically require a much more powerful system. The Speed You Need We’ll break things down into two categories: offline editing — and limited online work — and online editing, meaning a good entry level for multiple 4K streams, VFX and color grading at or near real-time. These specs are good for both PC and Mac since there isn’t much difference in the hardware. Offline Editing: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M Online Editing: Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M Always check the compatibility of your editing software with your video card to ensure that GPU rendering and multiple GPUs are supported. A comparable, compatible AMD or NVIDIA GPU can be used. The GeForce cards listed above are a baseline.

While many GPUs have greater video rendering power than system CPUs and RAM, remember GPUs need enough power to drive your system display monitors in addition to rendering video. When monitoring in 4K, you can improve system performance by taking some of the workload off your GPU using a RED ROCKET card, Blackmagic Design’s. It’s important to note that with the developments of REDCINE-X PRO, you can now use GPU rendering instead of needing a Red Rocket card for accelerated transcoding of R3D footage.

RAM – Memory Offline Editing: 8GB RAM. Online Editing: 32GB RAM RAM is relatively cheap so don’t skimp here.

Remember, when you’re running RAM intensive programs like Adobe’s Photoshop or concurrently with your editing software, your RAM needs may increase. Storage Offline Editing: dedicated 7200rpm hard drive or SSD for media Online Editing: dedicated 7200rpm hard drive or SSD for project files and a striped RAID array Your storage needs depend on how much source footage you expect to be working with.

Generally, your media storage should be three to four times the size of the source footage of a project. For example, if you’re editing offline on a laptop, a 3TB USB 3.0 drive might be sufficient, but if you’re doing an online edit of a four-camera shoot in 4K raw, you might need a 12TB RAID. You want to ensure that any hard drive you use spins at 7200rpm or faster for a smooth data throughput. Additionally, by storing your media and project files on separate drives from your programs and operating system, you’ll see a boost in performance.

Despite the recent hype about SSDs, not all SSDs are as fast as they claim to be. SSDs are a good replacement for boot drives and project drives, but not for raid array drives unless you need greater speed. In the long run, the cost per GB of hard drives is a more affordable solution.