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Edit native DSLR clips on Premiere Pro on current Mac Air?
Is it possible to edit native h.264 files and/or AVCHD (footage from Canon 5,7D, t2i and/or Panasonic GH2/3), without transcoding, on Premiere Pro on a current Macbook Air?
I’d only need to do cuts, dissolves, minimal color correcting as they are short ENG style news packages. I’m trying to avoid lugging around a full Macbook Pro.
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Yes you could do it, but you might get bit when trying to export the footage. The MBA doesn’t have a lot of horsepower to export video. So even something simple like processing that color correction for export may take an inordinately long amount of time. It really depends on what your deadlines are like. If you can leave it working overnight then no problem. But if you shoot something at 1PM and it need to be on air by 4PM…then I’d recommend getting more horsepower for encoding.
But playback on a current MBA shouldn’t be a problem (though you may notice some stuttering if you drop AE comps or color correctors onto the footage). Straight cuts and dissolves though shouldn’t be a problem for you.
Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
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Also keep in mind that the cooling on the air is not meant for long renders or editing that keeps the heat up. You will thermal damage the CPU eventually. The MBP’s are also limited there as well though not as much as the airs.
Eric-ADK
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Thank you soooo much for the deep knowledge. I appreciate it.
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