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MAC PRO QUAD for final cut 3
Do you think the following system is ok
for Final Cut Studio 3 and Adobe After Effects CS4?Mac Pro 2.66 quad nehalem
8gigs ram
ati 4870 graphics cardI’m concerned about the rendering time.
Currently, I’m using a DELL PC intel quad core windows XP 32 bit.
Editing on Premier CS3. I tried editing video from
canon 5d mk2 and it crawls.I’m just wondering how editing 5d Mk2 video on a mac pro quad
will do.Thanks
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6 Replies
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And you don’t edit the native format that camera shoots. H.264 is NOT an editing codec. Convert it to ProRes and FCP will do fine. If you have CS4 and a Dell already, why not convert it to some nice format that CS4 works with?
Shane
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Probably going to add 3 1 tb drives.
So u can’t playback in real time?
Do I need to conert to another format before editing? What type o system do you guys use?I have cs3 for my pc. But if I move to mac I’ll upgrade to cs 4 and also get fc
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[Darin Miyashiro] “So u can’t playback in real time? “
H.264? Well, in QT, yes. On a timeline, no. Not in FCP, not in Avid…not sure about CS4. H.264 is a delivery codec, not designed for editing. Gotta convert.
[Darin Miyashiro] “Do I need to conert to another format before editing?”
Yup.
[Darin Miyashiro] “What type o system do you guys use? “
FCP 7, Avid Media Composer 3.0.5 (going to Media Composer 4 soon). I don’t use footage from that camera, but I know you have to convert.
Shane
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Hey thanks you guys for the quick response.
I’ll try to get at least 8gigs of RAM. I don’t know why
Apple limited the quad machine with so little memory slots.Maybe would be better to get the 8core…now i’m hearing that
early 2010 apple will have a 6 core mac pro. -
and it’s not called “Final Cut Studio 3′ either! 😉
Kevin Monahan
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[Kevin Monahan] “and it’s not called “Final Cut Studio 3′ either! 😉 “
It is on the box. It says FC Studio 3 on the side on the little label.
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