Video Hardware

With my recent purchase of a GeForce GTX 1060, I am beginning to feel that my main rig is due for a refresh. My original plan is to move the GTX 1060 from my i5-6500 mini-ITX breadbox to my main i7-4790K tower, and then getting a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti for the breadbox. This will retire the Maxwell GPUs in both systems in favor of the Pascal successors. Shall I go along with this original plan?Or shall I do a major platform upgrade/update for my main tower? This will cost me so much more money that I may have to hold off on or even forego a GPU upgrade/update for one of my PCs. (Remember, my funds are limited even after receiving an income tax refund for 2016.) If I do so, shall I choose one of the 6-core Intel CPUs or an AMD Ryzen CPU? (Remember, even $2,000 would leave me with very little room given my relatively high cost for life's basic necessities.)Please feel free to choose and/or offer suggestions.Randall

Dear friends,First sorry for my bad english !!New(bie) here. I'm from Brazil - Rio de Janeiro. My college formation is cinema (movie maker) and i have a big experience editing some movies from more than 12 years ago. I try sometimes to change from AVID MC to Adobe PP cc plataform. Now i got some problems, but my computer have an old hardware configuration (beleave or not):ASUS P5G41T-M LX2/BR (MOTHERBOARD)CORE 2 QUAD 2.40GHZ Q6600 (Kentsfield)8GB RAM DDR3SSD 850 EVO SAMSUNG 250GB (SATA 1 / SYSTEM & SOFTWARES)HDD SEAGATE 7200 3T (SATA 2 / FILES & PROJECTS)GEFORCE 550TI 1GB DDR5WINDOWS PRO 8.1 64 6.3 BUILDADOBE PREMIERE PRO CC 2017 I try all things to editing in PP cc 2017 (trial version) and i got the solution here thinking and reading a lot of informations for solve the playback lag.The solution is: use Proxy with QuickTime + GoPro Cine Form conversion. Now the playback is perfect in performance for precise cut edition. Now i go to test the other things for sure (render and exp

I am needing to get my Son a new Editing PC for his film work, and he uses the latest version of Premier, as well as DaVinci Resolve for some grading when Premier can't do what he needs it to do.He shoots in 1080p ProRes HQ @ 80Mbps, and has started shooting in 4k for some projects as well, using his Shogun external recorder.We have a budget of around $2000au ($1500us) and i really want to get him a Dell, because they are fairly reasonably priced compared to building your own, and they provide onsite warranty, and he knows nothing about fixing computers, and this will be handy for him.I have found 2 systems from Dell, the XPS for $1749 with a GTX-1070 8gb card, and the Inspiron for $1399 with a GTX-1050 2gb card, the rest of the specks are similar except the hard drives.XPS 8920 Small desktop tower for $1749http://www.dell.com/au/p/xps-8920-desktop/pd?oc=a210395au&model_id=xps-8920-desktopGTX 1070 8gb graphics card that DaVinci Resolve recommendsi7-7700 processor16gb of 2400Mhz ram

my new desktop is arriving and I need some expert advice in how to distribute my drives for optimal performance in Photoshop, Premiere and After Effects.Ryzen 5 1600 + 32gbI have (not yet but I'm ordering it):1x samsung 950 evo 500gb or 250gbsome sata ssd between 120 and 500gbsetup 1samsung 950 evo for Os and apps1 sata ssd for scratch disk and cache (ps, pr, ae)1 sata ssd for files1 sata ssd for previews and exportssetup 21 sata ssd for So and Apps1 samsung evo for files, cache, scratch, oreciews, exports is one of these options any good? eould you recommend any other setup?thanks!!

We would like suggestions on upgrading two identical PCs.  (Hardware is not our strength, nor is the hardware lingo, so please take these descriptions and word choices with a grain of salt.  We will have a local hardware expert do the rebuild and set up.)  We edit HD (and potentially higher) projects that typically exceed two hours.  We also use Lightroom for processing images with file sizes typically at 40 – 50 meg.  We just added an 80T NAS (with other NAS backups) that has 10G LAN speed, but we currently only have a 10/100/1000.  We process the images from the NAS.  We typically store the video files on the NAS, but copy them to a local drive while editing.  For short video projects, we’ve been able to edit leaving the files on the NAS.  We are adding an Nvidia Quadro P5000 to drive new 10 bit monitors and for video processing.The mobo is a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5, with a Core i7 950 @3.07GHz, and 12 GB RAM.  The mobo can support only

I am about to edit a huge project and want to know if others have allotted separate hard drives for their editing workflow. I am using a 6TB Lacie Thunderbolt d2 to store all of my media. Should I use my other 4TB hard drive to edit with as well? So for instance, the 6TB for reading and the 4TB for writing? How do others divide their media cache files? Most of my media are .mov files from a 5D3 with a few mixed formats, such as EX1 footage and iPhone and GoPro. Currently, I have my 6TB Thunderbolt attached to my MacBook Pro and rendering times are obnoxiously long - every time I make a change to a single clip on the timeline, long rendering times start all over and I can't get any work done. I want to be able to see my effects that I apply without having to render selection or in and out each time. [Moderator note: moved to best forum]

I just bought the new 2017 27" iMac and it's been awhile since I've edited video. I have a slew of 2013ish LaCie hard drives that have firewire 800 and USB 3.0 (b type) outputs that have plenty of room on them for editing and I'd like to continue using them before buying new hard drives. I only have firewire cables, and I couldn't find a firewire 800 to thunderbolt 3 adapter, so now I'm daisy-chaining Firewire 800-Thunderbolt 2-Thunderbolt 3. How stupid is this and what would you recommend aside from buying all new hard drives with thunderbolt. Is USB 3.0 the better way to go?

Hi all,I'm looking to purchase a secondary computer for editing away from the office. It doesn't need to be as much of a workhorse but does need to get the job done! I work for a nonprofit so budget is definitely a consideration. I work on mostly short videos for web viewing but sometimes have to do heavy color work and resizing (nature drone ftg). Mostly 1080p with occasional 4K. I do often run Photoshop simultaneously. I've done research online but am a bit overwhelmed by all the info and terminology. I am fairly comfortable with tech and a fast learner but new to the Mac world, specs and Premiere. I am not set yet on laptop/desktop. I do think Mac is the best way to go because our primary editing computer is a Mac and I figured it'd be a smoother transition when working on the same project on 2 different computers. I have a screenshot of our primary setup but no photo attachment option here... I'll try posting it as a reply.Thanks so much for your input!!

Hello all can any one explain me about how to calibrate all my displays ( iMac 5k, dell 32" curved monitor and EPSON TW5300 projector) to play with same color calibration

Hi i am looking for suggestion building a PC for graphics under 500$ , i use Adobe Photoshop,After Effects and 3ds Max for Modeling and Lighting, Not for Animation, i select this1, Intel Core i5-7400 2, Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Intel LGA 11513, Gigabyte GV-N1050D5-2GD GeForce® GTX 1050 4, Corsair Vengeance® LPX 8GB (1x8GB)5, Western Digital (WD) Green 120GB PC Solid State Drive (SSD) - WDS120G1G0A6, Seagate BarraCuda ST1000DM010 1TB Are these good, or you have any suggestion , please w would be very thankful to you.Moby

I am having major issues in terms of no video playback and no functional source monitor. When creating new projects or opening old projects the video output does not at all work. When playing from a point in the timeline there is a normal audio output (at normal speed, as if the video was playing too), but the playhead does not move and the project monitor is blank. If I try and use the source monitor a similar issue occurs, I will double click on a clip, to send it to the source monitor and the source monitor window gets a blue outline, and a playhead, like usual. Here too there is now video output, just blank.The footage I am using is 4K (3840 x 2160) in resolution and 30p or 60p in frame rate. It is GH5 footage, but I have trans-coded all this footage into H.264 through Adobe Media Encoder to mitigate any GH5 inflicted issues. Furthermore, this issue is not limited to video files out of the GH5, but all video and image files in any timeline from any project, whether that be opening

Premier Pro CS5.5 doesn't allow me to capture video from any of my cameras, including my Sony HDV-FX7, and the same for SONY TRV720.  The research I have done points to Windows 10 not supporting the fire wire port on my computer [Intel core i7 950 Processor (4x3.06BHz/8MB L3Cache), NVIDA Geforce GTX 460 - 2GB - Single Card (Video Card), 2ea. 1TB Hard Drives, with 24TB optional storage].Originally Windows 7 was installed and was working fine, but the "Arm Twisting" of the Windows 10 team finally got to me, (I am sorry to say).  The Windows team suggested I buy some type of "RCA jack to USB2" interface and try that.  There are several choices available, from $40-over $100, and reviews are mixed, and I couldn't find where any of them clearly state that they will support DV & HDV video capture.  I am also concerned that USB2 has been said to have issues capturing video?I would like to know what others (who must have similar issues) have done to overcome this type of

I was inordinately proud to hold forth place on the PPBM5 results table for a while, and still sit at 17th.  My system was running 4.4Ghz at the time, but has long since stopped liking to be OC'd (I give the fans and rad a spring clean once a year).   The bottom line is that I think this forum is solid gold for anyone building an NLE system, so I'm hoping for some guidance with my next build.It's a probably bit early to be asking about X299 builds, but the new CPUs and chipset were announced the very week I committed to the new build, so I am planning as much as I can while awaiting more information.  I'm looking at the i9-7920X, or at the very least 7900X, for the lanes, but a question I have right now, is could I get away with bumping the GTX970 to the new build? As mentioned above, this forum helped me with my current build five years ago, which used a 3930K, X79-UD5, 32Gb DDR3, and GTX570.  The GPU was later swapped for the GTX970 to drive additional screen

Hello, will it works smoothly if i install adobe premiere pro cc 2017 and after effects cc 2017 in Windows 7 service pack-1 64bit with 4GB RAM? Please help!I just about to get this two products but looking at the minimum requirement, i'm questioning myself.. !will it works? but i already installed Photoshop cc 2017 and it run smoothly in my computer, so how's it?? Please help![Moved from the non-technical LOUNGE Forum to the Program forum... Mod][Here is the list of all Adobe forums... https://forums.adobe.com/welcome]

Anybody running the 960 EVO, 960 Pro with similar system on CC?My current sys is i5 Skylake with 32GB  DDR4, several 1TB or higher HDD's (7200 rpm)MSI mobo has slots for NVME M.2 Turbo. Just thinking about using this.Are there any better rendering speeds going with SSD's like the Samsung EVO?Thx

Hi Everyone. I have almost 1 Terabyte of source footage of an entertainer. It's footage of many of his one hour shows, his music videos, his interviews etc....Some of it is high quality HD,  and some of it is low quality SD from VHS tapes.I plan to pull various segments from all of that footage to create a 15-20 minute video Demo showing his varied work.The source footage is all now filed on two internal drives on my system (7200 rpm SATA). Also, I just built this system, so it's a very fast, 64 bit Windows 10 machine with 64 Gigs of RAM and very fast video card.My editing drive is a USB 3, G Raid 4 Terabyte set up as RAID OMy Media Cache Drive is a 1 terabyte USB 3My Export/Previews Drive is a 1 Terabyte USB 3 Here's my question.Should I copy ALL of the source footage from the two internal drives over to the RAID 0 drive and start editing? Or, can I leave the source footage where it is and edit the project from the RAID 0? My gut says to copy all the footage over, because then I'

I've got Gtx750 and updated to latest Nvidia drivers, 382.53, but still the same error with CUDA rendering.The only Solution is to Render without Cuda! Just Software Mercury.But, If i use the software to rendering the movie,(besides taking forever to do it) the Lumetri effects and some transitions suddenly stop working and my entire project turn into a crap.Please, Please i need help.PS: I can buy a new video card. (In my country, is really, really, really expansive)       Sorry for my english, is not my first language

Buongiorno,devo acquistare Premiere Pro CC2015 da installare sul mio PC-Desktop Acer Veriton X2631G con Windows 7 Service Pack 1 a 64 bit, però ho qualche dubbio sulla compatibilità dei requisiti richiesti. Come già mi è stato spiegato, la RAM da 4GB può essere aumentata fino a 16GB quindi non ci sono problemi. Non so invece se va bene la CPU e scheda video: Il pc monta una CPU Intel Pentium G3240 3 MB di cache, 3,10 GHz con abbinata scheda grafica Intel HD Graphics. Premetto che ho già visionato questo link Premiere Pro requisiti di sistema per Mac OS e Windows, ma non ho capito molto in quanto dice solo  CPU  Multicore a 64 bit.Per questo vorrei capire se posso acquistare senza problemi oppure spendo solo i soldi?

Hey Guys,  I am very new to editing with Adobe Premier, I have only used it to edit film in school. However, I am thinking of purchasing the software at home as well. I have a drone (the Phantom 3 Advanced) and it films 2.7K video. I really need advice as to what kind of computer I should purchase that can handle this kind of video and be able to run Adobe Premier smoothly? I don't need fast export time, just a computer that can handle the software and video without skipping while I am attempting to edit. My price range is not the best... I was really hoping to keep the price under $1,000 however, I am open to all opinions. Also, I don't care weather it is Mac or Windows - laptop or desktop.Thanks,   Tyler W

Hello all!I'm looking for a new desktop setup on a budget.I make comics. My pages are usually around 3000x5000px.I don't use filters but I use liquify a lot.And various color layers and many, many layers in my workI also use wacom cintiq 13hd.My current desktop yields awful results. It's slow, PS crashes sometimes and I loose cintiq connection constantly.I think this is mostly due to low ram.My current rig is:Intel Core2duo 2.5ghz4gm RAMGe force 9600gtWhat kind of rig would you recommend for my work?Is it necessary to go i-5?Thank you!

I'm going to invest in a Macbook Pro soon. I have chosen this over PC just because of how my job goes (we all use Macs its just easier to keep it all in the same vein). Just as some context, I work with the Adobe suite so Premiere, AE, Illustrator, Lightroom and Indesign mostly. I won't be working with 4K a lot unless it is simply cutting and assembling and color in Premiere (so no heavy manipulation and effects) and I don't intend to get a 4K camera myself for awhile (I might however want to work with Black Magic cameras). I plan to do a lot of work in After Effects (motion graphics and instructional videos, etc), and I do work on a magazine and other design things.So my concern is, will the new Macbook Pro's hold up? I don't expect them to be super fast on renders and exports, but simply can I work on the timeline without having to stop and without any stutters and lag as my current HP laptop does? Secondly, everyone will say a discrete GPU is better than Intel graphics, but in your

2 old mac pros,mid 20102.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeonone with 16 gb ram, = 4 x 4gb sticksother with 24 gb ram = 3 x 8 gb sticks [they are a heavy photoshop userboth mac pros have 2 mechanical HDs in them -boot drive is fast 1 tb, 'clone' drive is also  1tb but slower  and is only there for clone and emergency purposesrecently upgraded to 10.11.6andadobe cc 2017, idd, illus, photoshopcustomer kept adobe cc 2015 add, illlus, photoshop on both mac prostalked to customer and they said they keep all 3 apps open at a time but do not mix 2015 and 2017to give them better performance at a good price, i was going to upgrade24 gb mac pro to 3 x 16gb =  48gb ramand then take that ram and put it into other mac pro3 x 8g  = 24 + 1 x 4 gb = 28 gbapple had suggested that 3 sticks of ram is better than 4 sticks of ramany suggestions would be helpfulps - i have talked to client about SSD drive but 1 tb SSD is expensive and then there is cost of sledwhat is nice about ram solution above

Hello all,A very simpleton question, no doubt. But I'm hoping someone could give me some guidance on which i7 processors are better suited for editing on Premiere and moreso, After Effects? Also, is there processors I should avoid for these two programs? No interest in what's better for gaming or whatever. Just video editing. Thanks

I have a workstation with INTEL i7 7700, 32 Gb RAM, ASUS GTX1080 video card.., can i edit 4K Raw with this configuration?

I want to get one of those graphic tablets/ drawing tablets (i dont know what they are called) but I dont know what to getIm currently using a mouse, but I want a tablet so I can animate quickerid like it if the tablets suggested are:not intended for beginners to artare able to be connected to windows 7 computersare compatible with adobe animate ccthanks!