You can still edit 4k footage with proxies on your laptop, but it will be much more smooth and enjoyable to have an editing desktop at home for doing the majority of your editing and more serious projects. You can get like 10x the performance out of a desktop as an equally priced laptop would give you. In my experience, you're better off getting a cheaper laptop for traveling, and investing the rest of the money into a beast of an editing desktop at home. And thank you in advance for sharing you knowledge.
I've tried to include all the necessary relevant information, but if you have any more questions about my situation, please let me know. I will not be editing feature length films by any means, but will use footage from my GoPro Here 5 and DJI Mavic Pro to put together short (under 5 minutes) of my travels. Will the non-touch bar model with the upgraded 2.5 GHz processor be noticeably underpowered compared to the 3.1GHz standard on the touch bar model? Will either of the touch bar processor upgrades (3.3GHz for $100 more, $3.5GHz for $300 more) offer an increase of power reasonable for the associated cost? The big question I have is will the 13" MacBook running FCP be powerful enough? I will be upgrading to the 16GB of RAM, but wanted to know your thoughts on the various processor options. I am not collaborating with anyone, I've read the transition from Imovie to FCP is supposed to be easy, and the new Macs are optimized for FCP, so that seems like the best move for my situation.
I've been using Imovie, but will upgrade to FCP.
I am used to working on 13" laptops and the idea of lugging around the 15" model is not appealing.
I will be traveling for nearly six months, and portability is important for me. However, not even taking price into account, the size is somewhat off putting. I am currently looking at the new (2017) MacBook Pro 13" and wanted to get your thoughts on a couple items.įirst off, I understand the 15" model is far superior for video editing. So I've been getting into editing videos a lot recently, and I've come to realize that my MacBook Air is just not cutting it any longer.