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2/5/2019 6:49pm
2/5/2019 6:49pm
So to start things off, I am a complete rookie when it comes to editing video. I played with it 15 years ago as a kid on a BMX bike....But the times have changed. I recently picked up a Hero 7 Black, and I am leaning towards a Sony a6000 mirrorless camera. It seems to fit the bill for ease of use and relative affordability.
I shot some quick footage around my house and loaded it into Davinci Resolve 15 (free version) and wanted to just get into the swing of the software....See if i actually enjoy it. Turns out, my current laptop does not have the stones to run the program without massive glitching. My girlfriend is in school and we share a single laptop. I figure I can upgrade and she can use the current setup, as it is still a nice machine.
So my main question is, what PC/laptop do you guys use? I have looked into the minimum requirements for the program and have found a few machine that should would. Again, I will admit that I know very little about hardware for computers. I understand RAM and memory, and I am leaning towards something in the i7 processor range...But the options are nearly endless. Any help to get started would be great. I do not want to spend a metric fortune as it might just be a phase....But it has been something I have wanted to try for a long time.
I shot some quick footage around my house and loaded it into Davinci Resolve 15 (free version) and wanted to just get into the swing of the software....See if i actually enjoy it. Turns out, my current laptop does not have the stones to run the program without massive glitching. My girlfriend is in school and we share a single laptop. I figure I can upgrade and she can use the current setup, as it is still a nice machine.
So my main question is, what PC/laptop do you guys use? I have looked into the minimum requirements for the program and have found a few machine that should would. Again, I will admit that I know very little about hardware for computers. I understand RAM and memory, and I am leaning towards something in the i7 processor range...But the options are nearly endless. Any help to get started would be great. I do not want to spend a metric fortune as it might just be a phase....But it has been something I have wanted to try for a long time.
I've been using them for production for 10 years now; editing, color work, vfx, animating, etc. and I've yet to have an issue that wasn't software based (Adobe is a bitch sometimes).
Worth spending the extra couple bucks for. Get a bare bones one and order some ram for cheap at www.crucial.com
Most people use AVID or Premiere... but for all my film work (both professional and personal) I use Premiere. Much much more user friendly and far more common for personal projects than anything else. I used to be a Final Cut guy but they started falling really behind feature wise.
Being that most people use Premiere you also have access to a shit ton of Premiere tutorials for free on Youtube.
The Shop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7v1hTXu3kA
Here's a race video that was shot on a gloomy day. If I knew what I was doing with Davinci I am sure I could have made it look a lot better. This was also before updating the firmware on the Hero 7 Black to fix the jerky panning in the corners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnRisGag36Y
Hopefully this year I can makes some better videos.
As far as a laptop goes, I'm with Wombat, a Mac is the only way to go.
https://www.avid.com/media-composer-first
If you look up my youtube channel, all of my edits were made with Windows Movie Maker. No it's not the best, no you aren't going to make cinematic quality stuff with it, but it's free to play around with and if you're just starting out it might be a good tool to learn with. It's relatively intuitive as far as I can tell and it does most of what I need, so maybe look into it just to get you going then move on as you outgrow it.
I'll see myself out now
*ducks as angry Mac user throws empty kambuka tea bottle*
I've got a new Hero 7 Black, so I want to get back to doing some short, simple, edits to post on my mtb clubs social media page. I have my daughters hand-me-down Macbook Pro, so I'm interested in giving iMovie a try, as well as Quik.
Lots of cheap and good options here
https://www.microcenter.com/
https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac?cid=OAS-US-KWG-CPUDiscount/R…
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