- #VIDEO EDITING ON MACBOOK PRO 13 2015 SOFTWARE#
- #VIDEO EDITING ON MACBOOK PRO 13 2015 PROFESSIONAL#
- #VIDEO EDITING ON MACBOOK PRO 13 2015 FREE#
Hardware acceleration means faster encoding times in pro apps like Final Cut and Motion, and longer battery life when you're playing back HEVC video. The Kaby Lake chips in the 2017 laptops also support HEVC decoding. Newer Macs, including the late 2015 27-inch 5K iMac, the 2017 21-inch iMac, and MacBooks and MacBook Pros from 20, will support hardware acceleration for coding and decoding HEVC video. “In addition, all High Sierra supported Macs will support HEVC, however, only very recent models will support any hardware acceleration. Others might be playing back 4K h.264 with that laptop(?) but HEVC is much more intensive at a given resolution. The processor and RAM don’t matter nearly as much as this. You’ll need a newer Mac that has hardware acceleration for HEVC.
#VIDEO EDITING ON MACBOOK PRO 13 2015 FREE#
But still feel free to let me know if you have questions. I’m more of an AVID and Premiere guy, so unfortunately I won’t be the best FCP X reference. you can always change back to the raw media to make sure it’s looking good, and all exports will always use your original media. It may look slightly worse in terms of quality, however that’s fine for the editing process. FCP X proxies use the codec Apple Prores 422 Proxy which will be buttery smooth on even very weak hardware. It’s highly compressed, which is great for sharing final exports on the web, but that compression comes with a serious power requirement when it comes to editing. It’s not just the fact the footage is 4K that’s holding you back. Do keep in mind you’ll need some extra hard drive space for your proxy footage to live as well.
#VIDEO EDITING ON MACBOOK PRO 13 2015 PROFESSIONAL#
I’m positive this will work out for you, and beyond that once you’re more familiar with a professional NLE like FCP X, you’ll never want to go back to iMovie. Here’s a quick guide on using proxies in FCP X. Yeah I very much doubt iMovie will do the trick. That’ll certainly tide me over until I can afford a computer upgrade. ***Edit: Thanks so much for all the help! I’ve been playing with proxies and it is working like a dream. While the Apple MacBook comes with iMovie already installed, the more advanced video editors will enable you to add additional layers.
#VIDEO EDITING ON MACBOOK PRO 13 2015 SOFTWARE#
I'm thinking of buying a drone, but don't want to waste my money if this can't be solved. Yes the MacBook Air has video editing software you can use Final Cut Pro X as well as the Adobe suite and any other macOS compatible software. From looking at other threads, it seems like my laptop should be able to work with HEVC so I don't understand what the problem is. I've tried watching the footage in iMovie, Quicktime, and VLC. Unfortunately, whenever I try to open any footage I've captured in HEVC, it plays back so choppy that it is unwatchable (even clips that are only a few seconds long). I was hoping this would allow me to work with HEVC video like 2.7k and 4k. I love making travel videos, and have just recently upgraded to Catalina from El Capitan. I also have about 77GB of free storage on the laptop. Hi everyone! I have a Macbook Pro with the following specs: