Optimize Your Mac System for Video Editing

[ This is an excerpt from a recent PowerUp webinar: “Ask Larry Anything!” which is available as a download in our store, or as part of our Video Training Library. ]

EXCERPT DESCRIPTION

In this short excerpt from a recent PowerUp Webinar – “Ask Larry Anything!” – Larry Jordan answers a very common concern: How should I optimize my Mac system to get the best performance in video editing.

As part of this presentation, Larry also discusses how much RAM you need for video editing. The answer is: Less than you might think.

How to Optimize Your Mac System for Video Editing

TRT: 11:02 — MPEG-4 HD movie

SESSION DESCRIPTION

“Ask Larry Anything!” is a free-form discussion of media post-production questions submitted by viewers. Hosted by Larry Jordan, questions include: Optimizing storage, sleep vs shutdown, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve.

Key subjects include:

• How should I optimize my storage for video editing?
• Which is better: Putting my computer to sleep or shutting it down?
• How much RAM do you really need?
• How can I emulate the creative menu designs of a DVD?
• How do I change transition durations in Final CUt
• How can I edit sections of a timeline into another timeline in Premiere?
• How do I create rolling credits in DaVinci Resolve?

The complete subject list is below.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

Subjects range from beginning to advanced. If a particular subject doesn’t interest you, just wait a minute and it will change.