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Q: Is Mac book pro useful for Video Editing and VFX Work?

Hi Apple Team and Final Cut Pro Team,

  

    I am Video Editor and Motion Graphic Artist. I do a lot of Video Editing work and I have to spend hours sitting in front of my Desktop and this is getting so hectic for me. So I'm thinking of buying a Mac book Pro. But before spending that much bucks, I need to be sure that I'm going for the best option available. below is the configuration I am planning to buy. Kindly suggest me whether this is the best option or not. If not, then Please suggest me your options.

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration:-

 

Screen:- 15.4 Inch retina display

Processor:-  2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache

Ram:- 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3L onboard memory

Graphic Card:- NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Dec 4, 2014 9:49 PM

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  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Dec 7, 2014 1:58 AM in response to cgakash
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    Dec 7, 2014 1:58 AM in response to cgakash

    This has been a very inyteresting thread, but looking back it seems that an important suggestion has been missing: a laptop can be more than a laptop. When Tom mentioned "both", I remembered that a laptop CAN be both. Just add a nice external monitor, a keyboard and mouse, and you have the best of both worlds. Portability when you need it, an ergonomic multiple screen desk system in the office, or den. I do have that, though I don't use it much because I tend to most of my editing in the car... waiting for a football practice to end, or a match to start :-)

  • by Karsten Schlüter,

    Karsten Schlüter Karsten Schlüter Dec 7, 2014 2:09 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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    Dec 7, 2014 2:09 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Luis Sequeira1 wrote:

    …  because I tend to most of my editing in the car... waiting for a football practice to end, or a match to start :-)

    although I'm getting more and more practice in editing, speeding up my edits, my sorts of football-reports can not be done in a car... should need a cozy trailer-home, somethin' …

  • by Ian R. Brown,

    Ian R. Brown Ian R. Brown Dec 7, 2014 2:23 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter
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    Dec 7, 2014 2:23 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

    I  thought you had moved the venue of that last game to England when I saw the opening shots until I realised that now we are all in the EU, Germany has as much right to foggy weather  as the UK.

  • by Dave_1980,

    Dave_1980 Dave_1980 Jan 20, 2015 8:49 AM in response to Ian R. Brown
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    Jan 20, 2015 8:49 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

    Hello all. I have a related question.....

    I am new to MAC, and actually am about to get my first MAC...moving from PC Video Editing.

    I am no "Pro"...but have built a position for me at my current job,...where I make short (20min or less) training videos. (video clips, imported sketchup mp4's, etc)

    I have historically used a PC with a crappy editing software (Cyberlink)...

    I need portability, so I want to get the macbook pro.

    And sounds like the highest end current model will do the trick.

     

    My question is....if I stress the machine as much as I can...say dozens of individual HD clips, tons of graphics, images, etc, sound etc, into one project.....could I possibly bog down the computer that would cause delays as I edit? (I know that rendering is the hog, but my biggest complaint with my current system is the small delays as I go thru the editing process. Even the 2 second delays.)

    It is a pet peve of mine. Those little delays.

     

    With the MACbook Pro (highest end machine), should I worry about this? (Using prox)

    If so, I assume the only solution would be the new mac pro?

     

    Any advice would be appreciated...since I am going to pull the trigger on a new machine within a month.

     

    Just looking to put my mind at ease.

     

    Thanks!!!!

  • by Karsten Schlüter,

    Karsten Schlüter Karsten Schlüter Jan 20, 2015 9:13 AM in response to Dave_1980
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    Jan 20, 2015 9:13 AM in response to Dave_1980

    Dave_1980 wrote:

    ....if I stress the machine as much as I can...say dozens of individual HD clips, tons of graphics, images, etc, sound etc, into one project.....could I possibly bog down the computer that would cause delays as I edit?

     

    • avoid compounds
    • add at last 2 external hard drives
    • and avoid compounds (did I mention that …?)

     

    => no delays. no bogs, no ... nothin'!

    I don't get tired to link to my stunt report .-.

    Not 100% seriously meant, but demoes the tendency ...

     

    And FCPX needs render only on export … in most cases … and if you avoid compounds ... esp. compounds IN compounds!!

     

    Meant as a serious advice:

    Don't try to transfer your habitual workflow and methods to FCPX.

    Try to start from zero, open minded.

    A few things differ, a few things are familiar.

     

    Example:

    Watch the first 10 (=those are 'free', but all 20 for 10$ is a snap!) episodes of Steve&Marks latest :

    https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/lessons-for-final-cut-pro-x/id952621966?mt=12

     

    … and one last serious advice, to avoid any 'delays':

    you shouldn't use comp.... ah, you know that? Excellent!

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Jan 20, 2015 9:15 AM in response to Dave_1980
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    Jan 20, 2015 9:15 AM in response to Dave_1980

    Hi Dave.

     

    What Karsten said.

     

    A small point, but just to let you know, it's Mac…not MAC.

     

    Best of luck.

     

    Russ

  • by Dave_1980,

    Dave_1980 Dave_1980 Jan 20, 2015 9:18 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter
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    Jan 20, 2015 9:18 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

    Great, thanks much!!! Man, sounds like this is going to be a slow transition....and a lot to learn.

    I would probably blow your minds if you saw what I had to do in Cyberlink to get what I wanted.

  • by Dave_1980,

    Dave_1980 Dave_1980 Jan 20, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Russ H
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    Jan 20, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Russ H

    10-4, thanks

  • by David Bogie Chq-1,

    David Bogie Chq-1 David Bogie Chq-1 Jan 20, 2015 10:31 AM in response to Russ H
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    Jan 20, 2015 10:31 AM in response to Russ H

    MAC is short for, umm, Media Access Control Address See the wiki for IEEE802 specifications. 

    It's a number assigned to individual computers or CPUs on many kinds of networks. 

  • by Dave_1980,

    Dave_1980 Dave_1980 Jan 21, 2015 10:34 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter
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    Jan 21, 2015 10:34 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

    Karsten -

    Why external hard drives? Is this for speed reasons? And why (2)? What if I get the macbook with internal flash storage?

     

    Thanks!

    Dave

  • by Ian R. Brown,

    Ian R. Brown Ian R. Brown Jan 21, 2015 1:43 PM in response to Dave_1980
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    Jan 21, 2015 1:43 PM in response to Dave_1980

    Using another hard drive for your media and projects will help speed up the process as the tasks will be shared.

     

    So it's mainly about computer efficiency.

     

    The FCP X app should be on your boot drive of course.

     

    If you only do a little editing you can manage OK with just the computer's hard drive but if you intend to do a lot it's well worth getting a large HDD (2TB or more USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt).

     

    I don't know why Karsten said get 2 unless he was suggesting you make a RAID.

  • by Tom 3,

    Tom 3 Tom 3 Jan 21, 2015 2:47 PM in response to David Bogie Chq-1
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    Jan 21, 2015 2:47 PM in response to David Bogie Chq-1

    Are we sure Mac isn't named for the Macintosh Apple, a famous apple breed like Delicious  Apples.

     

    I think that's what it is.

     

    It's the same shape as Apple's Logo.

  • by Tom 3,

    Tom 3 Tom 3 Jan 21, 2015 2:57 PM in response to Dave_1980
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    Jan 21, 2015 2:57 PM in response to Dave_1980

    It's for capacity.

     

    Everything is external these days except your main drive.

     

    Free's up your computer to do it's hard work more efficiently.

     

    Lot's of advantages.

     

    The sky's the limit.

     

    Internal your boxed in.

  • by Tom 3,

    Tom 3 Tom 3 Jan 21, 2015 3:05 PM in response to Tom 3
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    Jan 21, 2015 3:05 PM in response to Tom 3

    Macintosh is pretty classy, that's Steve Jobs.

  • by David Bogie Chq-1,

    David Bogie Chq-1 David Bogie Chq-1 Jan 21, 2015 4:07 PM in response to Tom 3
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    Jan 21, 2015 4:07 PM in response to Tom 3

    I've had the same conversation with my IT geeks. They always want to run full caps on Mac, changing it to MAC. That's because they understand MAC addresses and they loathe our fleet of Macintosh machines. Plus they get to think they're SHOUTING when they ask if my MAC is up to date!!

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