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    iMac vs. iMac Pro, which one is right for me?

    Hi guys, after long thoughts I decided to ask you Mac specialists. I’d need a new desktop computer for both my video and music production. In terms of video, I work with Premiere Pro and After Effects. The videos that I produce are usually in Full HD, but sometimes I use 4K footage, too. Right...
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    FCP X Stock Footage Editing Workflow

    I'm curious if anybody out there has any tips for managing and editing stock footage within FCPX (currently using 10.4.1). I've been mostly doing photography but have an increasing library of footage from my travels and looking to get into stock footage. Here's a rough outline of my current...
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    Video editor - 10.11.4 on Mac Pro 1 1 to 2 1 conversion

    I am currently running 10.11.4 on a MacPro 1 1 upgrade to 2 1 with 20 gigs RAM. I am trying to find a compatible video editor. It’s very clear to me the Apple is blocking a lot. Can’t even get iMovie because installer require 10.11.6. Tried Davinci with similar issue. Any advice would be...
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    Looking for recommandation

    I'm hoping to buy "Apple iMac 21.5''/2.3DC/8GB/1TB for my video editing works. Because its the machine suites for my budget. And i'm looking for recommendation that, is this 21.5 iMac good for editing?support with 2k video & Davinci Resolve, Avid media compose, Premiere CC. is perfectly woking...
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    Mac Pro D500 2100 CAD?

    Hi I used to have a MBP 2017 15 inch, which I ended up selling (but I kept my Ultrafine 5K), then I moved to the iMac Mid Range Model 2017 5K with 24gb of ram. I was wondering whether buying a mac pro for editing in Final Cut, Logic, Motion, Adobe PS, AI and INDD coupled along with Office...
  6. Brinadang

    Is 2018 13inch Macbook Pro worth the wait?

    I currently own a 13 inch Macbook Air. Its not the lastest one, but I bought about 4 years ago. I want to upgrade to a Pro because I am a video editor, and also I might be shooting 4k. After effects can get really slow on my laptop because I do more intensive editing so I’m hoping to get a...
  7. AdamBuker

    Final Cut Studio. Run Color on Powerbook G4

    Longtime lurker, first-time poster. I was wondering if anyone here still uses a powerpc mac for any kind of video editing. I use a PowerBook G4 1.67 early '05 and have just installed Final Cut Studio 2 and would like to see if there is a workaround for running Color on my PowerBook. It only has...
  8. RoseJ

    Premiere CC on MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)?

    [EDIT] I have spoken with adobe and I can upgrade the memory slots to 8GB which apparently will be enough for basic editing, though might run slow if I start to layer things. They have suggested I upgrade the Graphics card too if I can, about to look into that now. leaving this up in case anyone...
  9. drfunk1986

    Ideal iMac for Video Editing

    I've been told both various people that if I want to do heavy video editing to simply build a PC however I'm still trying to find a work around due to the fact I have a iPhone 8plus and a 2015 MacBook Pro. I feel I want the 5K 27-inch 2015 iMac i7 for my desktop workstation but what's the...
  10. K

    MacBook Air for GoPro editing?

    I have a PC right now that is way too slow to edit videos on and I’m looking at getting a Mac. I don’t have a huge budget, and I like everything I’ve read about the MacBook Air so far. I’m looking at the 2017 13”. I would be using it for university, like writing papers and doing online research...
  11. sevvere

    How do you handle sub clipping when video editing on Ipad?

    Lumafusion is good but still not anywhere near a “Pro” video editing app in my opinion. What would help make this leap would be a functional multi sub clipping mechanism where you could make multiple sub clips from a larger clip and be able to tag/name these sub clips while you were subclipping...
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    Software RAID using JBOD enclosure?

    Hi all, I'm considering setting up a RAID0 system, using 3 / 4 disks, through a combination of a JBOD enclosure and software RAID, either MacOS's own software or SoftRAID. Would any of you have insights concerning the following? 1 Am I correct to I believe you can use any JBOD enclosure...
  13. Khalid411

    where to get iMovie 10.1.6 from?

    I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro with OS El Capitan (the highest I can go) and in order to delay buying a new 2018 MacBook Pro, I just want to start editing videos on my current one. But where can I get the 10.1.6 version of iMovie from? Thank you
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    Building a Mac (Hackintosh) in 2018

    I have mainly used multiple Mac computer for the past 12 years most of my work (video and photos). I love the power new iMac Pro, but it is incredibly expensive so I am looking at building my own. I have successfully built 4 gaming Windows computers in the past 10 years so I know how to do that...
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    Macbook Pro for Adobe Premiere Pro / After Effects

    Hi there I'm looking to buy a Macbook Pro, and need to run photo and video editing software (namely Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro and After Effects) on it. Due to budget, I've been thinking of purchasing a refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro (2.0GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5 with...
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    MacBook Pro video editing/travelling. 13" vs 15"?

    Hey, I was looking to purchase my first MacBook and I'm struggling to decide which one. I will be travelling for 3 months, so portability is a requirement, during which I will be editing 4k 24p and 1080 60p (slowed down) H.264 video. So far I was editing in Premiere Pro on a Windows desktop...
  17. biomes

    iMac specs for video editing

    I've been wanting to switch to a Mac for video editing for a really long time and now I finally have the ability to do so! I feel like any iMac I buy is going to be an upgrade from what I've been using, but I want something that I can upgrade even more later on down the road. I'm a multimedia...
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    Upgrading MacPro 5.1 for Video Editing

    I'm planning to upgrade my MacPro 5.1, with Sierra (10.12.6), so it will be much faster for video editing in Premiere and After Effects. Right now I have 2 x 2,4GHz Quad Core, ATI Radeon 5770, and only 6GB RAM (1066MHz DDR3) I've got some useful tips in this forum to change the CPU to 2 x X5690...
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    Which iMac for 4K Video Editing

    Long time lurker, first time poster! Hoping to get some advice on which config to go with to edit 4k drone videos and other 4k video content for my real estate listings. I currently have a 2016 MacBook M7 that seems to take forever to do simple things like stabilize in iMovie. I plan to use...
  20. Apple fanboy

    Learning video editing

    So Mrs AFB has asked me to shoot some video for her. These will be craft tutorial videos as she is a card maker. I'll be using my Nikon D750. So there is a glut of tutorials out there, but anybody found any particular good ones on the editing side. I was originally going to use Davinci...