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Editing HD Footage
I’m considering buying a Canon XH-A1. Will I need a computer upgrade to handle editing the HDV footage?
Current:
iMac
2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Radeon X1600, 256 MBAlso a MacBook Pro with slightly lower stats.
Do I need a better machine, or will these work?
Nate*
* Author has no real-world experience; he works in the plastic-bubble world called “Public Education”.
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1 Reply
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It will work, though not very smoothly. And consider that you may need to work with uncompressed HD as well if you want to work in After Effects which really taxes a system.
I would consider a G-RAID (raid 0)system for a mac to handle the fast data flow.
Vince Becquiot
Director | EditorKaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area
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