Mike
The laptop I am currently using struggles when editing videos - and is almost impossible to edit HD videos with. I need something a bit more powerful.
So, what would be the minimum requirements + a bit more, just to be sure?
Answer
Began doing video production for my job at the end of last year. Like you, at the time, I was attempting to edit HD footage with an underpowered laptop, both at work and at home. When I was researching how to upgrade my system, I found this article, which was a really big help: http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/Videoguys+System+recommendations+for+Video+Editing/0x4aebb06ba071d2b6a2cd784ce243a6c6.aspx
For home, I bought a Dell Studio XPS 435T: 8GB RAM, i7-920 processor, ATI Radeon HD video card, 750GB storage, and a 24'' monitor. At work, the company got me a Dell business workstation with 12GB RAM and a Xeon processor, with two 22'' monitors. A significant upgrade, to say the least. That may seem superfluous to you, but if you really want to build an HD-capable system, you need to go as beefy as you can.
That's why my advice would be to steer you away from a laptop; with a desktop, you're going to get far more bang for your buck, not to mention a much bigger screen.
It used to take an hour and a half to render a four minute video, and while editing, I was forced to have the preview window at the lowest/smallest resolution, both because of the lack of power and lack of screen real estate--not much fun and horribly time-consuming. Now, it takes eight minutes and I get to have the preview window at the best and biggest resolution, along with a timeline that stretches across two monitors--a whole lot of fun and much more efficient.
Which type of high def camcorder and files are you working with? AVCHD or HDV? Here's a blog post I wrote about my own workflow: http://www.werdofbert.com/2009/08/best-workflow-avchd-convert-editing.html
Any further questions, you can leave a comment and I'll get back to you. Hope this helped your decision!
Began doing video production for my job at the end of last year. Like you, at the time, I was attempting to edit HD footage with an underpowered laptop, both at work and at home. When I was researching how to upgrade my system, I found this article, which was a really big help: http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/Videoguys+System+recommendations+for+Video+Editing/0x4aebb06ba071d2b6a2cd784ce243a6c6.aspx
For home, I bought a Dell Studio XPS 435T: 8GB RAM, i7-920 processor, ATI Radeon HD video card, 750GB storage, and a 24'' monitor. At work, the company got me a Dell business workstation with 12GB RAM and a Xeon processor, with two 22'' monitors. A significant upgrade, to say the least. That may seem superfluous to you, but if you really want to build an HD-capable system, you need to go as beefy as you can.
That's why my advice would be to steer you away from a laptop; with a desktop, you're going to get far more bang for your buck, not to mention a much bigger screen.
It used to take an hour and a half to render a four minute video, and while editing, I was forced to have the preview window at the lowest/smallest resolution, both because of the lack of power and lack of screen real estate--not much fun and horribly time-consuming. Now, it takes eight minutes and I get to have the preview window at the best and biggest resolution, along with a timeline that stretches across two monitors--a whole lot of fun and much more efficient.
Which type of high def camcorder and files are you working with? AVCHD or HDV? Here's a blog post I wrote about my own workflow: http://www.werdofbert.com/2009/08/best-workflow-avchd-convert-editing.html
Any further questions, you can leave a comment and I'll get back to you. Hope this helped your decision!
Do this laptop is good for HD video editing and screen capture ?
Tony
Guys I want to make YouTube videos so I'm looking to buy a laptop this one
[ HP Pavilion G6-2301AX Laptop (APU Quad Core A8/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Win8/ 2.5GB Graph) ]
http://www.flipkart.com/hp-pavilion-g6-2301ax-laptop-apu-quad-core-a8-4gb-500gb-win8-2-5gb-graph/p/itmdgtjcmdusnsky?pid=COMDGTJCRYXXV8CE&ref=866d6d15-156a-4034-b274-0007c59d35f8
So please tell me is it good enough for hd video editing /rendering and screen capture my Photoshop works it costs around 530$ and I can't spend much more than that so I want a advice from experts please
Answer
It has pretty good graphics, but the A8-4500M is a bit weak at video edit work, and the A8 gets hot, and especially hot with the added 7670M in dual graphics, plus the HP brand (and Acer and Dell and Lenovo Essentials series) tend to overheat worse than average. It might be a good choice for budget gaming, but the CPU is more important in video edit, and you do want to eventually have 8GB RAM if you can.
In this, and the earlier few years of annual surveys, HP does not do well.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020725/apple-macbooks-lead-in-laptop-features-and-reliability.html
I also found that snapdeal and a few other sites do beat Flipkart in pricing, and you need to shop around carefully at all of your options before large price purchases.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
A8-4500M scores 2719 and the dual graphics does not add much to the HD 7670M anyway.
http://www.flipkart.com/samsung-np350e5c-s01in-laptop-3rd-gen-ci3-4gb-750gb-win8-1gb-graph/p/itmdeh2t6nqhgyse?pid=COMDEH2SRNBYVC2J
is a better choice. i3-3110M and HD 7670M with a larger 750GB HDD. Samsung is using 2x2GB to make the 4GB, and that works better than 1x4GB, but there is no open slot, so to get to 8GB, would need 2x4GB cards and have 2 used cards to sell. i3-3110M scores 3028 and will not overheat as easily as the HP. Rs. 34490 is a little higher than Rs. 33990 and does not include the accidental damage.
The HD 4000 should be good enough for video edit and photoshop but the i5-3210M is much stronger CPU. Price is up again Rs 36799. http://www.snapdeal.com/product/samsung-np300e5ca08in-laptop-intel-core/760620?pos=12;86
Looking to find better still.
and this in between is a graphics improve with an i3-3120M
http://www.snapdeal.com/product/samsung-np370r5es06in-notebook-intel-core/661921?pos=14;86
Graphics benchmarks here:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
It has pretty good graphics, but the A8-4500M is a bit weak at video edit work, and the A8 gets hot, and especially hot with the added 7670M in dual graphics, plus the HP brand (and Acer and Dell and Lenovo Essentials series) tend to overheat worse than average. It might be a good choice for budget gaming, but the CPU is more important in video edit, and you do want to eventually have 8GB RAM if you can.
In this, and the earlier few years of annual surveys, HP does not do well.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020725/apple-macbooks-lead-in-laptop-features-and-reliability.html
I also found that snapdeal and a few other sites do beat Flipkart in pricing, and you need to shop around carefully at all of your options before large price purchases.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
A8-4500M scores 2719 and the dual graphics does not add much to the HD 7670M anyway.
http://www.flipkart.com/samsung-np350e5c-s01in-laptop-3rd-gen-ci3-4gb-750gb-win8-1gb-graph/p/itmdeh2t6nqhgyse?pid=COMDEH2SRNBYVC2J
is a better choice. i3-3110M and HD 7670M with a larger 750GB HDD. Samsung is using 2x2GB to make the 4GB, and that works better than 1x4GB, but there is no open slot, so to get to 8GB, would need 2x4GB cards and have 2 used cards to sell. i3-3110M scores 3028 and will not overheat as easily as the HP. Rs. 34490 is a little higher than Rs. 33990 and does not include the accidental damage.
The HD 4000 should be good enough for video edit and photoshop but the i5-3210M is much stronger CPU. Price is up again Rs 36799. http://www.snapdeal.com/product/samsung-np300e5ca08in-laptop-intel-core/760620?pos=12;86
Looking to find better still.
and this in between is a graphics improve with an i3-3120M
http://www.snapdeal.com/product/samsung-np370r5es06in-notebook-intel-core/661921?pos=14;86
Graphics benchmarks here:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
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