the best laptop for hd video editing image
Elijah
I need a laptop that can handle large amounts of HD video footage and can run after effects and imovie quickly, I believe this means I need lots of RAM. If someone could suggest a good mac laptop for a decent price, it would be an easy 10 points, thanks.
Answer
There are a number of factors that affect HD video processing, not just RAM.
1. The video card
2. Video memory
3. Speed of hard drive
4. RAM
5. Processor cores and speed.
The only Macbooks suitable for your needs would be the 15" 2.6GHz models and if you want maximum RAM (16GB) then only the retina display one.
That starts at $2800 and with max RAM would cost you $3K.
Notice that it has a better video card, more video memory (1GB of GDDR5), a quad core processor, a fast HD (5400 rpm is way too slow) and is upgradeable to 16GB of RAM.
The only thing missing is the decent price.
Best,
There are a number of factors that affect HD video processing, not just RAM.
1. The video card
2. Video memory
3. Speed of hard drive
4. RAM
5. Processor cores and speed.
The only Macbooks suitable for your needs would be the 15" 2.6GHz models and if you want maximum RAM (16GB) then only the retina display one.
That starts at $2800 and with max RAM would cost you $3K.
Notice that it has a better video card, more video memory (1GB of GDDR5), a quad core processor, a fast HD (5400 rpm is way too slow) and is upgradeable to 16GB of RAM.
The only thing missing is the decent price.
Best,
How much processing power does my computer need to edit HD video?
marmenta44
I recently purchased an HD camcorder and was wondering how strong of a computer do I need to edit the HD video without getting frustrated at lag? I currently have a 2.16 GHZ macbook with 2 GB RAM. Im assuming this is not enough?
Answer
It depends what kind of HD you're talking about. HDV brought in as HDV is a hard one to edit. DVCPro HD is a lot easier on the system for editing. And 720 is easier than 1080. AVCHD (or whatever they're calling it now) I believe is fairly easy to edit as well.
I would be a bit curious how well HDV would hold up for you, but other formats, on the described laptop should hold up okay. But that's based on the footage being connected in a fast manner. Because that's another potential bottleneck.
If you're storing the files on the same hard drive as your editing software that's a tough demand on the system and will harm performance, regardless of codec. If you put the files onto an external drive, then it depends how you're hooking that up. USB isn't editor friendly. I know some people that play with fire and use it, but its a unidirectional communication, so not good for editing. Firewire 400 is far better, but still a bit sketchy for HD. Preferably you would want Firewire 800 or eSata.
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Ignore the first post. After Effects is not video editing. Its a whole other beast. You should be able to push your system a lot harder for editing than for visual effects (which is what AE is for).
It depends what kind of HD you're talking about. HDV brought in as HDV is a hard one to edit. DVCPro HD is a lot easier on the system for editing. And 720 is easier than 1080. AVCHD (or whatever they're calling it now) I believe is fairly easy to edit as well.
I would be a bit curious how well HDV would hold up for you, but other formats, on the described laptop should hold up okay. But that's based on the footage being connected in a fast manner. Because that's another potential bottleneck.
If you're storing the files on the same hard drive as your editing software that's a tough demand on the system and will harm performance, regardless of codec. If you put the files onto an external drive, then it depends how you're hooking that up. USB isn't editor friendly. I know some people that play with fire and use it, but its a unidirectional communication, so not good for editing. Firewire 400 is far better, but still a bit sketchy for HD. Preferably you would want Firewire 800 or eSata.
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Ignore the first post. After Effects is not video editing. Its a whole other beast. You should be able to push your system a lot harder for editing than for visual effects (which is what AE is for).
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