Editing 4K from Gh4 on Older Mac
HI all,
I Currently have the following iMac (see specs below). I also currently have a canon 60D and I primarily shoot at 1080p, 30fps. My workflow consists of me converting the footage to prores (often lt) and editing/light grading in Final Cut Pro 7 with a magic bullet plugin. I'm thinking about getting a Panasonic Gh4 but I'm a little nervous my computer won't be able to handle 4K at 30fps or 1080 at 98fps even after transcoding to proRes. I don't do heavy color grading but I will do some. Does anyone have experience with a similar system? Am I going to be able to even remotely edit this footage? Also would it help to upgrade my OS and begin using Final Cut Pro X (something which I've sort of been dreading due to the iMovie feeling of it). - Thanks!
2011 27inch iMac (10.6.8)
3.06 Ghz Intel core 2 duo processor
4 gb of ram
ATI Radeon hd 4670 graphics card
Imac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)