Mac computers are a standard in the video production world, so you can't go wrong with a Mac. (Premiere Pro and Davinci Resolve are also good platforms for editing on Mac, though Final Cut Pro X is the most efficient for 4k video playback.) Or if you've got your heart set on Sony Vegas Pro, go toward a PC.Īpple Mac Studio with the Pro Display XDR Obviously, if you want to edit with Final Cut Pro X, then you'll want to choose a Mac. One way to choose your video editing computer is to first decide what video editing software you prefer.

If you just need to edit a simple 1-minute home movie, you can do that on your iPad.īut if you plan to be sitting at your computer for 3 months to a year editing your 60-90 minute feature documentary with multiple layers of video, audio and graphics, you've got some thinking to do to figure out exactly what will work best for your particular needs. You don't want your computer crashing every few minutes or sitting there locked in the spinning wheel of death every time you make an edit, do you? For serious movie making, you're going to need to step it up a notch.Įspecially with 4K, 6k and even 8k video, you need a computer that can handle and process all that gobs of information.

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