Thomas Morter-laing
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To an extent, I have to say, point proven….
Look folks. Professional tools are just that, a tool, NOT a measure of your worth or talent as a pro. There seems to be too much emphasis here on the latest technology and having the fastest and best. Im sure the film “Meet the Spartans” was edited on top of the line equipment, but it was the most awful pile of crap Ive seen in a while. I also saw a music video edited on a Macbook (not even a pro) which as quoted by a BBC producer) was “pretty much MTV standards”. Didnt the director of “Monsters” shoot everything on an EX3? Certainly not a bad camera, but certainly not as much as one could pay. It getting ridiculous. Dont get me wrong, a mac pro top of the line is certainly going to make your life easier, and sure, people will probably take you more seriously if you have top of the line equipment. But equally, saying you need to have top of the line equipment for editing is essentially the same as saying you can’t be an editor without either lots of money, or (in this country at least) a few contacts, as well as luck (and skill of course) enough to get into a full time editors position. Basically opinions like this seem to suppress creative talent, and actually there is a lot out there. This is the case for TV really, I mean there was a BBC short called “Crack House” which was filmed on a crud camera and not edited amazingly but the story was such that it got onto TV. So equipment isnt everything, talent is. But yes, I DO concur that editing hollywood features and material for cinema requires something a little higher caliber, although I would say that the top range imac (over £2k, NOT a “consumer” standard price for a computer) can handle this stuff.
I would also like to add that a prestigious media company in London has added a top range iMac for editing to its list, as has an award winning TV production company in Somerset. Both get regular, large commissions for big TV projects and large corporate projects.😀
Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD. -
For sure they will. I reckon the wait for this was a lot of the reason they didn’t implement the express card in the iMacs was because they were waiting for this…
Hopefully it will remove mac pro snobbery which seems to happen as well- the iMac is a perfectly good editing machine as far as specs go. With the ability to connect to hi speed devices, the mac pro only seems to have minor speed advantages. I think there is a strong argument here that apple have even further blurred the line between what is condidered consumer and pro.😀
Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD. -
I made this a shell script using automator so now it launches every time I login- thats all I wanted, thanks so much!!!!
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Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD. -
I would say that as long as you have over (roughly) 10 percent of your macs HDD free, you should be fine, and these tools make very little difference, certainly not any which are perceptible normally (ive used many different tools). However, it’s also probably good to back up the stuff you KNOW you need and ruthlessly reinstall the operating system after a complete wipe, prob twice every 3 years ish? Just keeps that sense of knowing where everything is, and makes you get into good habits (because if you think you may want to wipe it youll keep in the habit of staying organised). Its also cathartic to do this every now and again!
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Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD. -
I had a quick peek, it doesn’t look like itd do any harm but it also looks pretty pointless. A lot of mac applications for this kind of thing are sold but the mac does most of it anyway. There are reasons Apple haven’t implemented certain things, and these applications take mOney from the doubt that this causes in people who don’t know why.
Is there something you want your mac to do which it isn’t/ are you having any issues?😀
Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD. -
Simple answer, the i5
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Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD. -
I second the idea to get a DSLR- far better quality for that price than most consumer camcorders (well… actually probably ALL consumer camcorders). A T2i is a good bet, just may need to invest in a cheap tripod as well.
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Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD. -
You can use tools such as Pacifist to reinstall that part of the Studio, saves time.
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Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD. -
You know there’s quite a few commercials for this…. being specific often helps.
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Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD. -
Being an Apple product pro gets me a free me subscription, so I also use both, and the iDisk and drop box seem to be fairly similar in speed…. oh well if the consensus favours drop box and 2GB is good enough then it would appear to be the tool of choice. Good luck!
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Tom Morter-Laing
Freelance Editor
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
http://www.depictproductions.co.ukSony Z5, with Rode NTG2.
iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800), with Elgato Turbo H264HD.