Lucas Windsor
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I’m no crazy Mac head, but over the course of many years with our systems we have always seen way more issues with our Windows based machines. If you build a nice PC rig and take care of it things will be ok, but overall we know that our Mac systems stand the test of time.
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They are as capable, just not as stable.
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I hate to sound preachy, but you really need to buy a Mac Pro. I edited video on a PC for over 10 years and I hated it. When I switched to Mac almost every issue vanished. Leopard is such a stable OS that you run into so many fewer issues it is great! Plus its just more fun to use.
Windows Vista is bad for hardcore editing because Vista has horrible memory management so you get tons of issues and errors when running out of memory. Under Mac OSX you can edit a full length movie on just 4GB of ram and still be running quite well, although I upgraded to 12GB of Ram since more is always better in the RAM department.
If you don’t want to switch then I would recommend Vista 64 bit, but you should also consider at least 6-8GB of Ram. Vista has horrible memory management and it takes up way to much system memory. If you want things to run smoothly then you need the extra memory.
For your non-pro purposes you should not need a Matrox card. With a quad core processor and enough Ram you should be able to see most transitions and effects in near real time. Don’t waste your money. Save up for a Mac, there is a reason most video editors use them, they are great!
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In terms of noticeable performance the Xeon and i7 are pretty much the same. Some will say that the i7’s are faster, but in real world terms the difference is not noticeable. I have a Mac Pro and and i7 system and the Mac Pro I have is a bit faster then the i7 system and they have nearly the same specs. I test rendered an hour long movie and My Mac Pro beat the i7 by over 9 minutes, it doesn’t sound like a lot, but it just goes to show that they both are very fast.
We also have a dual Xeon Mac Pro and it is a dream for doing video. If you are big into HD I would recommend a dual quad core Mac Pro, but if can’t get a mac a single i7 or Xeon PC would do just fine, but you might get a little stutter on the high end HD stuff.
If you want to cut down on rendering time then a dual quad core Mac is the way to go, but even the fastest computer on the market won’t get rid of render times. You can only hope to make them a bit shorter.
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Did you go to the preview pane (one on left side) and go to the effects box and make sure there is no magnification set there? If not try that.
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Did you try hitting undo right after you made the mistake? That will usually work. Beyond that I can’t imagine what went wrong. Both pictures you are showing us are the same so I can’t see whats wrong.
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Its gonna use only what it needs, plus since its still a 32 bit program it can only use so much memory. I have 12GB or ram and it can only use 3GB of that at any time. Just wait until CS5, hopefully they are working on a full 64 bit version for snow leopard.
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I have a Canon HF10. It has 16GB internal Flash memory. At first it was kind of bad because Premiere’s support for AVCHD was really sluggish. I am running a Mac Pro with 8cores and 12GB of memory and the video would take forever to stop stuttering. But they just released an update for PPro and whatever they did worked. The HD footage now loads and runs buttery smooth with no stutter, even when running at full res.
The canon’s have some of the best color for the small camcorders. Sony makes some nice HD based cameras as well. Just go to a store and try them both out and see which one has the features you need.
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In your situation I would get a Mac Book Pro. You can run the entire Adobe suite on it as well and you can keep the stability of a Mac. I use the CS4 suite on a 17 inch Mac Book Pro and so far has given me very few troubles.
If you sell your other system then you should have enough money to get a nice Macbook Pro.
If you must get a PC I hear most people say that a high end HP works well, but I can’t verify that. I know we have a gateway core duo sitting here with 4gb of ram and it works decently for video, a bit choppy for HD, but you can set the preview setting to lower quality and get rid of that.
Before the summer is up you will see laptops with quad core processors. You probably can’t wait that long, but if you can I would hold out as those promise to makes things much speedier.
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Thanks for the info.
Turns out that there was one AVI file that had some issues. I converted all the video to newer formats but I must have not replaced this one with the new one. I even had the new one already made. I just swapped it in and presto…it all works now.