What Is The Best Computer To Use For Video Editing Windows Or Mac

When shopping for your 'perfect' editing computer, there are five important questions to be answered: 1. Should I get a PC or a Mac? What specifications are important? How do I get video into my computer to edit?

Best for value for money. The best-value Mac for video editing is the Mac mini. If the iMac and iMac Pro are too expensive you're going to have to start to look at Apple's consumer range.

What editing software should I use? How can I share my video with others? We've got the answers next. For PC users, it's critically important to have a higher-end level of hardware in your editing computer. Video editing requires more horsepower.

But because PC systems are usually purchased ala-carte, there's a wide range of hardware features and specifications you need to know about before you buy. We'll discuss these later.

Also, while many video editing applications can work on older Windows Vista or XP, they are more efficient and faster on the current Windows 7. For Mac users, it's really a case of picking a particular model, which has several customizable options.For iMac editing, the 21 or 27-inch model has these basic specs- i5 CPU, with 4GB RAM, and 1TB of hard drive space. Upgrade options include an i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 2TB hard drive space, and Radeon graphics cards with up to 1GB on-board graphics memory. Prices range from $1200 to about $2000, not including upgrades. For the Mac video editor who needs even more performance, the is the ultimate solution, in either Quad Core ($2500) or 12-core ($3800) configuration.

Any Mac model you choose will have the latest OS already installed (currently 10.8, or Mountain Lion). Five Important hardware specifications CPU processor power, RAM memory, hard drive storage, graphics card, and your LCD monitor are the five most important hardware features to look for in an editing computer. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) has evolved from the early single core Intel Pentium to the current multi-core Intel i5/ i7 models. The are best for video editing because they make your editing software run at top speed. This is critically important when it comes to the 'rendering' stage- creating the final form of video, including any, etc. Without the fastest CPU running, this final step would be excruciatingly slow!

It's also important to have enough RAM (Random Access Memory). A typical off-the-shelf computer might come with 2GB of RAM. For video editing, this is not enough. You need at least a minimum of 4GB, and 16GB is even better. Because video editing uses up RAM memory like crazy, and the more you have, the faster you will get the job done.

Thankfully, RAM is cheap these days. Hard drive storage is another important specification. The 500GB SATA HD typical on most computers is not big enough. HiDef video takes up a huge amount of capture space, so you need at least a 2TB internal SATA HD -or be prepared to expand your internal hard drive with a 2TB external. The graphics card in your PC can make your video editing application more responsive, especially if you employing 3D transitions and other special effects. With maximized video ram on the graphics card, you will get higher performance. It's best to select the largest widescreen LCD monitor compatible with your graphics card.

Today, popular LCD monitors start at 21-inch but go up to 27-inch diagonal, and beyond. You might think a 27-inch is too big, but when you consider a single monitor screen must show multiple windows and also playback of your HiDef video project, a 27-inch widescreen monitor is not only practical but necessary. Such monitors are relatively inexpensive now (about $300). And just in case you thought you had a lot of gear to check out, HP has just introduced an amazing all-in-one desktop PC, – which appears to have most of the bells and whistles you need, or it's easily upgradeable.

Check out the links below. Getting video into your computer Before today's HiDef camcorders, video was analog in nature. That meant that in order to edit it, you needed some way to transfer the analog video from your camcorder into a digital format for your computer. This transfer required an analog video capture card and it and was a laborious, real-time process. All early generation video editors were stuck with it. Today all, and most likely on a camcorders internal hard drive, or removeable media cards.

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The benefit of this digital video capture is it's relatively easy and fast to transfer to your editing computer- whether it's a PC or a Mac. This transfer is done through a USB port, present on all HD camcorders.

And HD camcorders are smart- they recognize when a USB cable is connected to a computer, and set up the transfer process for you manually. Editing Software When it comes to choosing video editing software, it all depends on the computer platform you select. For Windows PC's the popular choices are ($700), ($600), or ($250). For Mac users it's one ballgame- ($300). CS6 requires that you have 64 bit architecture in your computer, rather than the older 32 bit standard. Other editing software (like Vegas Pro 11 and Cyberlink Power Director 11) is compatible with either 64 or 32-bit computers.