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    Auto syncing a bunch of audio and videos clips

    Hi there, I received a bunch of audio and video files for a short film. I have 10 scenes worth video coverage and lav and boom audio for each scene. I tried Plural eyes but the programs seems to be having a hard time with most of the files. I have Premiere CC but for tons of video and audio...
  2. charlie.w.richards

    iMac for Davinci Resolve?

    I'm looking into buying a new iMac for editing/coloring/etc, but I'm pretty technologically clueless and have trouble wrapping my head around most of the info out there. I want to be able to run Davinci Resolve 12.5 (the free version for now, but eventually I'd like to buy the full version, or...
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    Live Video Production Set Up?

    Hi all, Just wondering what your live video production set up is. For example what Mac do you use? Processor speed, graphics card? Are you using HDMI or SDI? How do you feed the video from your camera into your Mac? I'm looking at setting a small studio up at home for live streaming and just...
  4. DMCS

    G4 with Today's Video Editing

    I am fairly new to video editing but I know that of course the best type of PC's to get are the ones with the i7 processors and the highest amount of RAM, etc but since I am on a serious budgetary constraint since I bought a PC for video editing where Premiere totally crapped out even though the...
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    "Upgrading" MacBook Pro

    Hello I have a late 2011 13" MacBook Pro laptop with 512 GB hard drive 4 GB ram. Is there a way to make it more powerful with compatible parts to be able to video edit effectively. I've heard that I need a bigger laptop to use programs effortlessly. Will any data from my laptop be lost in doing...
  6. robertojorge

    Macbook Video Editing Performance

    A few weeks ago i had the opportunity to borrow a friends Macbook and update my database in terms of Video Editing performance. Altough it is not the machine i would suggest for this kind of work, there is some areas where it actually is capable, specially using FCPX. Tests were done in Adobe...
  7. MadDoc

    How can I split a .mp4 in two?

    I have a bunch of .mp4 files (DRM free). Each file comprises two episodes of a kids TV show. I would like to simply split the file in two without re-encoding. What's the best way to do this? Preferably with a GUI (as I need to skip to the correct part of each file to find the divider between the...
  8. okotavio

    Macbook Pro mid-2012 for video editing?

    Right now I'm doing some freelance jobs editing videos for a friend's video company using my 2014 HP laptop (Haswell i5-4200U 1.60GHz, HD4400, 4gb ram - full specs here) and it's not been a good experience. The playback while editing has been really bad - even though I can handle some laggy days...
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    iMovie alternatives?

    TL;DR I can't get iMovie, so I need an alternative (that is free and 10.7.5 compatible). Any suggestions? Operative word being free. It doesn't have to be the best, I just need something where I can upload a video, put a song in the background and play the video on fast foward while the song...
  10. OculitiX

    I Need Help building a Video Editing iMac.

    SO basically I want to build a custom iMac for Video Editing use, but I'm trying to figure out what's the best configuration for my needs seeing as I'm a beginner and this will be for my own time hobbies. It's strictly for website management, picture and video editing. I want to make youtube...