Hi,
I am going to buy an iMac 5K to take advantage of its 4K capabilities as I am buying a new sony 4K camera.
How should I set up the iMac and FCPX to take full advantage of the high resolution.
Thanks,
Tareq
MACBOOK PRO (RETINA, 15-INCH, LATE 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9), Running Windows 7 on Boot Camp
It depends on the codec and data rate from the camera. Some 4k files can be demanding on a system. 4k from a consumer grade camera would most likely be fine on an iMac. I'm on an Mac Pro 6 core 2013 32GB RAM and Dual FirePro D700 video cards. Even still the system just hangs sometimes.
T I'm going to step out and offer a rather radical suggestion. Please understand that 4K files are enormous, they are beyond giant size in terms of computer resources needed to process files in a timely, predictable manner. You'll need the most RAM you can get etc. I don't believe you're going to get the best results with an iMac. I think you be far better off holding out for a few extra months and saving up for the Mac Pro. You really need to processing power that the Mac Pro has versus the iMac in order to process those 4K files. Final Cut X Will perform terrifically for you but it needs the hardware to be able to accommodate 4K.please think about it... Best wishes.
4k doesn't need too much of resources. I'm editing 4k on a MacMini
Your iMac is fine, add 16GB Ram.
and a handful of fast ext. hard drives. That's all what you really need for a snappy edit suite.
Thank you Karsten,
I was going to upgrade the CPU and the GPU, do I need that as well?
Thanks.
Tareq
How can I take full advantage of iMac 5K in FCPX
