Editing Computers: Advice?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Other Moviemakers
Marts90 — 12 years ago(July 22, 2013 12:45 PM)
I'm a film student who's starting a production company, and a I need a PC to edit on and generally run Adobe Creative Cloud. The problem is I'm not too down with computers, and I have no idea what I should be looking for or what I should be paying.
Can any of you editors help me out? Or even give me some suggestions?
I'd be very grateful for any help I get!
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djrjawa — 12 years ago(July 31, 2013 10:17 AM)
Ditch the PC - go and get a top-spec Mac laptop with a fast external HD (for regular backups) - I'm not being snooty about the Mac thing, it's just that: Macs are made 4 creative people, they're very (instinctually) intuitive, u can run the whole adobe suite on it but with Mac u have a MASSIVE advantage with FINAL CUT. It is as close to a professional studio u can get for a couple of thousand (tops).
Macs are still way ahead of PC with regards multimedia creation. PCs are still basically number-crunchers. Sure, puts good graphics card in anything you'll get good-looking graphics for gaming, but Macs really are built and designed with artists in mind.
Make regular backups, and try to start each project as near the start as you reasonably can, then build clips on top of each other from there - remember, the bigger the file you have the less memory your computer has to work with, so it'll get slower.
Start off trying out skills and learning keyboard shortcuts - try a music video first.