Victor Subervi <[email protected]> escribió:
I need to build a machine that will enable me to edit video. I've been told
I should have circa 16 gigs of RAM and two graphics cards. I also have an
opportunity to pick up a desktop from a cyber cafe that's going out of
business at a bargain price. The computers are only a year old.
Victor,
Why build a computer when you can buy one designed for video? Most Macs
are designed out of the box to edit video, including some good editing
and authoring software.
What kind of video? Pro? Amateur? Home videos? Most pros I know use
MacBook Pro notebooks if they're on site, iMacs or Mac Pros in studio.
16GB of RAM is excessive, since most computers can't use that much and
most software can't either. You could use 6GB in a Mac Pro, but the
software you'd need for that is about $1000 [FCP studio]. There may
still be a free version of Avid DV, and there's Jahshaka open source.
You don't need an extra video card with a Mac. It's built in. For
special effects you might want a video card with more RAM in a Mac Pro,
but probably won't need it. Do you do animation?
I've been editing video on my 24" iMac lately. It's an early 2008 2.4GHz
version, 3GB RAM. I also use my MacBook. What kind of video camera? Does
it have FireWire? SD card? Is it HD? How will you transfer the video
from your camera to your computer? FireWire is better.
Don't buy or build a PC for video. It takes at least twice as long to
get the same result as a Mac, if you can get it at all. I've edited film
and video since the days of editing with a knife and tape, and did video
on a Mac IIfx. You need a Mac. You won't regret it [since Amiga isn't
around for video any more].
Betty
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