Pete L 48 Posted June 15, 2011 Ok that is good news then. So if i go back to the above laptop that i posted, 2x 500gb 7200rpm HDDs, is the 8gb ram enough or would you upgrade to 12? & what about the processor? Is the standard one fine or should i upgrade to a faster processor? Is there a preference for an NLE to edit AVCHD? Cheers Pete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wagsy 0 Posted June 21, 2011 Hi Pete how did you go, get a laptop yet or not? Another 4 day trip cut on my little i5 laptop complete. Shot with the FX1 and Canon 60D. Edited the raw files from the 13 dives as is on a HDV timeline. (no converting to some other format to edit) Last morning I rendered out a DVD mpeg 2 spec file from the 55 minute HDV timeline and then into the DVD authoring program with dive chapters of the dives and had burnt 3 DVD's all in just 1 hour......Too easy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete L 48 Posted June 21, 2011 Well i have still be doing plenty of research but i am almost certain on the Asus G53jw. Which is basically a smaller version of the original one i wanted. This one has USB3 though. I am looking at a version with a 256gb SSD as the primary drive, a 500gb 7200rpm second drive plus a bluray burner. I7 with the 740qm processor & i will max the ram out from 8gig to 16gig. I still have absolutely no idea what you were talking about with partitions & recovery disks but i am taking baby steps so far. I am trying to organise an underwater video course soon so i might actually have some sort of idea of what you guys are talking about. Maybe i should start a thread about how everyone learnt underwater video & there individual steps to how they got there. It's all very confusing when i can't even work a computer.... I'm a gettin there though... Is there anything else i should look at computer wise before i take the plunge? Cheers Pete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete L 48 Posted June 21, 2011 2 more things, firstly Wagsy, what boat do you work on? You can PM me if you don't want to publicly announce it. Secondly, is there any reason that a US version laptop wouldn't work here in aus? There is a MASSIVE price difference between the two countries & i can get the fully loaded US version for the same money as the base version here in AUS. We are talking about $1200 AUS difference. Cheers Pete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Williams 0 Posted June 21, 2011 Which is basically a smaller version of the original one i wanted. This one has USB3 though. You definitely want the USB 3.0 if you can get it. I just picked up a new Lexar 3.0 CF card reader and the download speeds are amazing. I looked at the Asus before getting my new Dell and the only thing I wondered about was the thickness of the base with the big cooling fans. I didn't know if it would fit in my case to carry along on trips. Have fun, Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete L 48 Posted June 21, 2011 Hi steve, definitely want USB3. My only real obstacle now is wether to upgrade the cpu. Will I get a major performance advantage with it or should I use the $650 towards my course? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wagsy 0 Posted June 21, 2011 Hi Steve I had a powerful 17 inch ACER that only lasted a year, the dedicated Graphics card overheated and died. This little ASUS is working great though. You got to let them breath, like have them on a flat table when working them hard. Well get from the USA if you want, have you Goggled the model over here to shop around. A SSD would be great for fast boot ups and the second internal 7200rpm drive would be perfect to dump the video files onto. i5 CPU will do the job but a i7 would be better and mean faster encoding of output files from the timeline. Like I said to render out a HDV 55 minute timeline to a PAL DVD spec MPEG 2 file takes about 30 minutes. using a i5 CPU i7 would mean even faster encodes. Learing, yeh just come to Cairns and I can teach you it all. Its easy I do part time trips on Taka Dive over here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete L 48 Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) Well, i have finally done it I bought a new laptop...... So after deciding on the Asus g53 i was trawling the internet with credit card in hand ready to take the plunge when what do i stumble on???? Of course the new version of the laptop i wanted!!! Holy crap, what a find i say! The new version has the 2nd generation I7 sandybridge CPU which from my recent research is quite quicker than the first gen. Something like 40%. Also Full HD 17inch screen, HM65 chipset, 2x 500gb 7200rpm SSD/HDD hybrid drives, bluray burner & also the same 1.5gb graphics card. All for Aus $2225 delivered, yeehaaaaaaa. So i bought one. Once i get it i am going to upgrade the ram from the 8g it comes with to the 16g it can take plus i am going to swap the primary drive for an SSD. This should be one hell of a system when it is done. Oh it also has USB3, which was always high on my wishlist. I am quite pleased with my decision as i believe that this is a lappy i can grow into instead of out of it so i expect to keep it for a few years while i undertake my learning curve of videography & more so editing. I am going to have a little play with the sony video editing program once it arrives as i have blown my budget well & truly with this purchase, so the software will have to wait a while, aswell as any dive trips..... Hopefully in a few weeks i can start to show some of my handy work for everyone. Thanks for everyones help on this, couldn't have done it without you guys. Cheers Pete. Oh wagsy, i forgot to ask, do you actually run video courses on board Taka? I had a quick look on the website & the prices are reasonable so maybe a 4 day trip for my wife & i later in the year???? Edited June 25, 2011 by bluefacemanta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hughmoore 0 Posted June 25, 2011 Well i have still be doing plenty of research but i am almost certain on the Asus G53jw. Which is basically a smaller version of the original one i wanted. This one has USB3 though.I am looking at a version with a 256gb SSD as the primary drive, a 500gb 7200rpm second drive plus a bluray burner. I7 with the 740qm processor & i will max the ram out from 8gig to 16gig. I still have absolutely no idea what you were talking about with partitions & recovery disks but i am taking baby steps so far. I am trying to organise an underwater video course soon so i might actually have some sort of idea of what you guys are talking about. Maybe i should start a thread about how everyone learnt underwater video & there individual steps to how they got there. It's all very confusing when i can't even work a computer.... I'm a gettin there though... Is there anything else i should look at computer wise before i take the plunge? Cheers Pete. With regard to more RAM, need to ascertain whether the NLE software can use the extra ram otherwise wasting money. Hugh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete L 48 Posted June 25, 2011 Hi Hugh, pretty much everyone I have spoken to Keeps saying get as much ram as the laptop Can handle. It is only a couple of hundred dollars So I am happy to upgrade as I may use it down the track. Cheers pete Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kun1 10 Posted October 28, 2012 Thought i would bump this thread rather than starting a new one as it has some good information regarding editing in the field and is relevant to the question i am going to ask. I'm looking for a 13-15" laptop to just cut up files and get rid of the clips i don't need whilst i'm out on a trip. There seems to have been a huge boom in the last 6 months of ultra thin portable laptops, which would be ideal to travel with. They all seem to come with nice 3rd gen i5 or i7 processor,4-8gb ram, HD screens and SSD drives but most are lacking a dedicated graphics card. Is it possible to cut up footage add a little bit of colour correction with integrated graphics? The intel 4000m seems to appear quite often.. Would this be enough? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davide DB 412 Posted October 29, 2012 Disclaimer: I do not want to start another NLE flame Because you know my side... It depends mainly from the NLE you are using. Most of them requires a proper GPU and Intel GPU are not taken in account from most of NLE out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimonSpear 65 Posted October 29, 2012 I've been trying out CS6 and it is lightning fast on my 2009 Macbook Pro. I'm actually editing quicker now on my laptop, than I am using FCP6 on my 2007 MacPro Desktop! Still 2007 is 5 years ago now which is a long time for any hardware. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kun1 10 Posted October 29, 2012 Disclaimer: I do not want to start another NLE flame Because you know my side... It depends mainly from the NLE you are using. Most of them requires a proper GPU and Intel GPU are not taken in account from most of NLE out there. Ha Ha Davide, yes we all know where you stand on that one. I was just going to use Sony Vegas platinum home edition before i decide whether i go for the full version of Vegas 10 or 12 or move over to the dark side and go with Edius . The only worry for me with Edius is there much online help? Using Vegas i can just type whatever problem i'm having or how do i use a particular feature into YouTube and someone has made a tutorial for it.. The Edius program looks great but i'm not sure it's something a beginner can use, maybe i am wrong? I've been trying out CS6 and it is lightning fast on my 2009 Macbook Pro. I'm actually editing quicker now on my laptop, than I am using FCP6 on my 2007 MacPro Desktop! Still 2007 is 5 years ago now which is a long time for any hardware. Which processor is in Macbook pro Simon? These are the requirements to use Home Platinum Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, or Windows 7 2GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD or stereoscopic 3D) 400 MB hard-disk space for program installation 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended) Would it run with a Intel 4000? Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, or Windows 7 2GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD or stereoscopic 3D) 400 MB hard-disk space for program installation 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended) Would it run with a Intel 4000? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrigelKarrer 52 Posted October 29, 2012 I use Lightroom, Photoshop and Movie Maker to edit - now 40mb Raw Files - pictures and HD Videos on my 2010 Lenovo W510 with a Intel I7 1,7ghz, 8GB of ram and a Nvidia Quadro FX880M graphics chip running Windows 7 64Bit. The new Lenovo W530 should be considerably faster due a faster processor, a faser NVidia Quadro card but especially because of its faster ram. I like the keyboard of IBM/Lenovo and their rather sturdy build quality but it's a heavy laptop with a short run time on battery, The last Asus Zenbook model looks not only very good, it seems that after a - guarantee breaking - surgery changing the ram to 8 or 16 GB and maybe a bigger SSD it is also very fast, actually one the fastest of the netbooks. Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kun1 10 Posted October 29, 2012 Hi Chris, The Lenovo w530 looks like it would more than handle the tasks i want to do. It's just a little bit big. I'm looking at a 13.3 ultrabook, in fact the model i would buy is the new Asus Transformer book.It's a cross between the Zenbook and transformer notepad. It's a i7, 128ssd with a 500gb HDD, full 1080p ips screen and you can detatch the monitor from the keyboard. Great for travelling. When they first released the specs they offered a dedicated graphics card of 2gb but there's a rumor it's been removed.. I hope it hasn't but if it has i'd like to know if the Intel 4000 could handle cutting up clips and slight colour correction in vegas premium hd? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimonSpear 65 Posted October 29, 2012 Which processor is in Macbook pro Simon? 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with Nvidia 9600M GT 521MB / 9400M 256MB dual GPU's Runs lovely on Mountain Lion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete L 48 Posted November 1, 2012 Kun, i would recommend vegas 12 over 10. Especially if you are buying a new laptop as vegas 12 can use some graphics cards for rendering etc. I know when i swapped over my render times went from 50 minutes down to about 8-10 minutes for the same project. Big big difference. Plus there is alot more tools/refinements in 12. I bought an Asus G73 & love it but it is a 17inch screen. As far as i know you can get a G53 which is the same specs but in a 15inch form. Cheers Pete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrigelKarrer 52 Posted November 2, 2012 Sony's Vegas Pro Website says: GPU-accelerated video processing and rendering require an OpenCL™-supported NVIDIA®, AMD/ATI™, or Intel® GPU with 512MB memory or more. (please see the GPU acceleration page for more detailed specifications and driver requirements) Have a look here: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/gpuacceleration But it is not clear to me if it will work as it seems that there ar some problems with intel drivers and/or their implementation to the software. Premiere Pro don't work with the Intel 4000 or example. Sony's Vega Movie Studio Platinium Webiste says: Supported NVIDIA or AMD GPU: NVIDIA Requires a CUDA-enabled GPU and driver 270.xx or later. GeForce GPUs: GeForce GTX 4xx Series or higher (or GeForce GT 2xx Series or higher with driver 285.62 or later). Quadro GPUs: Quadro 600 or higher (or Quadro FX 1700 or higher with driver 285.62 or later). NVIDIA recommends NVIDIA Quadro for professional applications and recommends use of the latest boards based on the Fermi architecture. AMD/ATI Requires an OpenCL-enabled GPU and Catalyst driver 11.7 or later with a Radeon HD 57xx or higher GPU. If using a FirePro GPU, FirePro unified driver 8.85 or later is required. Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete L 48 Posted November 3, 2012 I can tell you that the Nvidia geforce gtx460m works fine with vegas 12. Hope that helps you abit. Cheers pete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
