Good video editing system? (Mainly After Effects)

Hi guys, new to this forum, just want your opinions on this potential new system I'm looking to put together.
Case: Coolermaster CM Storm Trooper
CPU: Overclocked Core i7-3930K @ 4.6GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 Pro: Intel Socket 2011
RAM: 32GB Kingston HyperX Quad DDR3 1600MHz
Graphics Card: 1.5GB NVidia GeForce GTX 580
Hard Disk 1: 120GB Intel 520 Series SSD, (550MB/sR 520MB/sW)
Hard Disk 2: 120GB Intel 520 Series SSD, (550MB/sR 520MB/sW)
Hard Disk 3: 2TB WD Caviar Black (7200rpm)
Optical Drive: 12x Blu-Ray RW Drive, 16x DVD (I know this is probably irrelevant though)
Power Supply: Corsair 850W Enthusiast Series Bronze
Processor Cooling: Intel Cert. Liquid CPU Cooler (2011)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Many thanks!

Looks good to me!! Realistically, you'll only need 750w of power, but if you have the money for 850w, then go for it!. Sounds similar to the system I'm hoping to build in the next week or two:
Case: Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black
CPU: Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 Pro: Intel Socket 2011
RAM: Kingston Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G)
Graphics Card: Gainward GeForce GTX 570 Goes Like Hell 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Hard Disk 1: Corsair Force GT 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F60GBGT-BK) for SSD caching
Hard Disk 2: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001)
Optical Drive: LG GH22NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Power Supply:Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK)
Processor Cooling: Noctua NH-D14-2011 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler with PWM Fans (Socket LGA2011)
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649)
Memory Card Reader: Akasa USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Memory Card Reader (Internal header) (AK-ICR-14)
@Harm Millaard could you have a look at the Kingston RAM I've picked out here and tell me if is really 1.5V memory or if it uses those Micron chips? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-121-KS Are Kingston a bit dodgy and should I consider a different brand like Corsair (they would be my first choice but I'm a bit restricted in height because of my CPU cooler.
Tell me what you think!

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Hi
Would you please help me? I want to buy new system for working with After Effect CS3, I dont want to buy turnkey station, I want to build it myself.
Is there any good web site that recommends system for After Effect in different prices?( for example what Motherboard, CPU, RAM)
And what Graphic card should I use to see output in TV.
I appreciate any help in advance.
Regards
Shahram

[email protected] wrote:
> Hi
>
> Would you please help me? I want to buy new system for working with After Effect CS3, I dont want to buy turnkey station, I want to build it myself.
> Is there any good web site that recommends system for After Effect in different prices?( for example what Motherboard, CPU, RAM)
> And what Graphic card should I use to see output in TV.
>
> I appreciate any help in advance.
>
> Regards
> Shahram
The Mac Pro's are pretty killer for AE. On a Winbox, you simply get the
best processor(s) you can afford, max out the memory, get a good board
like ASUS or a Tyan if your really into finnicky thoroughbreds. The Vid
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Hello,
in this case please have a look here where you can compare it with your equipment : System requirements | After Effects.
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What is a good video editing software I can use on my MacBook Pro?

What is a good video editing software I can use on my MacBook Pro?
*also, It would be great if I could edit multi-channel audio on the software
Any suggestions?

probably THE best software is Avid Media Composer. It's an industry standard for Feature Films, Television programs and commercials.
Professional editors and producers around the world have told them what the software needs to succeed.
-More efficient and easy-to-use video editing tools. An open platform that enables you to work with everything you want and integrate into any workflow. More power to eliminate bottlenecks, so you can work faster than ever.
-Create 5.1 and 7.1 surround mixes directly within Media Composer, or import from Pro Tools (watch the video)
I own this NLE and it truly is the best out of all of the editing programs I've used.
** It's quite expensive though. But worth it if you want the best!
~$2,499.00
Another option would be Final Cut Pro. The little brother of Avid MC. I have Final Cut Pro X and I am very disappointed with it. It’s not an update of the existing Final Cut, which is one of the most popular programs; it’s completely new and radically redesigned. It looks different, its strengths are different — "and after one day of using it, many professional video editors are running through the streets with pitchforks."
Final Cut Pro X Review - NY Times
** It's a good starting program if you just doing editing that isn't quite as demanding as feature films, TV programs and commercials. Many editors have been moving away from FCP after the release of the current version. However, It is a lot less expensive than Avid MC
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am buying the new imac 27" with its maximum features: 32 GB, 1 TB ssd, NVidia gtx 780 with 4GB, but I am worried about the cpu (4770 3.5 i7 qouad core 8 mb cach) is it good enough for premier and after effect?

Thanks John, but I've already read that page. I have just a simple question about the performance of "4 core" and "6core" if anyone had already tried both of them.

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Thanks Todd_Kopriva for your response. The same thing i saw from adobe website also, but i just want to know in these 3 os which is the best choice.?

You are running an operating system that After Effects no longer supports. Refer to the system requirements for a full list of supported platforms.

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New video editing system for AE, GPU questions

Hi all,
I am about to configure a new system to use mainly for After Effects CS6, and Premiere CS6. I'm experiencing some difficulties choosing the right GPU.. If any of you could take the time to answer these question for me..it would be greatly appreciated!
- I read the GTX 7xx with Kepler structure aren't supported/CUDA cores aren't used, is this true of do they work fine?
- Does a good video card (with 1000+ CUDA cores) only help for speeding Ray-traced 3D, or will the overall editing experience be faster as well? ('live preview' while editing 'normal video', as well as the final render?)
- What are the critical factors to look for in a video card for editing? (GDDR RAM, Base Clock, Memory Speed, Memory Interface Width, Memory Bandwith CUDA cores) I mainly work with 1080P digital SLR video and video effects, not a huge amount of 3d texts etc.
- If i would choose the GPU as render engine, will the work be done purely by the GPU, of will it just 'assist' the CPU?
- So far, i think the GTX 760 would be a good option, what is your opinion about this card for AE editing? Would this be a good choice or will a GTX 6xx or GTX 580 be a much better option? My budget for the whole system (without monitor etc.) is max. 1000 euro.
- Would buying an SSD for storing the program files and the project files, be helpful? Or won't this increase the speed in editing by too much?
The system I have on my mind so far, recommendations and changes are very welcome..
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
Intel® Core™ i7-4770K
ASUS GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5
GeIL 16 GB DDR3-1600 Kit
Seagate Desktop SSHD, 2 TB
Cooler Master B700

The GPU acceleration for Premiere is completely different than the Ray tracer acceleration in AE. The GPU specifications along with the system ram and CPU cores/clock absolutely effect the performance of the playback in Premiere. Which means selecting the correct GPU is based on Premiere's MPE acceleration and the workflow/media used. The concept that comes into play here is processing latency. A older card with 1GB of vram and a single or dual core CPU may be able to playback a single 1080 stream by itself without any scaling. However as soon as any effects or frame alterations are added then the time it takes for the data to process at the cpu, buffer into ram, and then process through the GPU is to long to maintain the playback. The clock speed of CPU, Ram, and GPU/Vram all come into play as to how long it takes for this entire pipeline to process. The amount of threads and cores decide how much data can process at any point in time. The more layers and effects to process along with frame changes, the more data that has to be processed in any time segment required for playback. This is similar to how much water needs to go through a pipe. This can be increased by either increasing the size of the pipe or the Water pressure in the pipe by how fast the water is fed into the pipe. Both aspects have their limitations based on where the water is coming from and going to and what the conditions required are. A balance is normally required between both the size of the pipe and the amount of water/pressure sent into the pipe. However the greater the volume of water required at any time segment the greater both aspects must be increased. IE this translates over into clock speed equals water pressure and threads equal size. SSD's also have a significant aspect on processing latency. The latency of SSD drives is a fraction of mechanical drives. This means the amount of time it takes for SSD drives to handle all of the read or write requests made by the application is significantly lower. This translates into lowering the amount of time drive requests effect the overall performance of the realtime playback along with how fast files are written. Since codecs have different data rate requirements often times SSD drives are cheaper options to handle data rates that normally require significant raid setups that are expensive. SSD drives also handle far more requests simultaneously which translates to putting more operations on a single disc. This often translates into better performance with more complex timelines or compositions.
The comments regarding GPU specifications not really having any impact are relating to AE only. This is absolutely not the case for Premiere, AME, and Speedgrade or almost any other GPU acceleration application.
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Our tech looking on the educator's discount machines put a proposal together for this Intel Core 2 Duo machine....plus 500 GB...
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would you recommend Final Cut Studio 5.1 even if the computer comes stock with iMovie/iDVD and if so...why?
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Hi there, this week i became a core 2 duo iMac owner after previously using a G5 iMac as my main editing system. I have the 17" C2D iMac now and it is approx x3.5 - x4 time as fast so whether you go for iMovie or FCP your gonna be sorted, just make sure you dont go for the really cheapy that uses the shared grafix, and the more ram the better.
As far as the system go's i like many others would class it as a big no no to go for a large internal drive to store video, audio etc. You need to bare in mind that your OS is on the internal drive and the two will be competing,thats where the problems start. I would recommend going for the bog standard 160Gb and investing in an external FW400 drive to store your project files on, if you can blow the budget and get a 24" iMac then they have FW800, even better. The price Apple charge for HD's i wouldn't imagine it's any less costly, just research the Firewire drives and make sure you get a drive that has the Oxford 911 chipset, they are renowned for providing the best performance on macs. Check out OWC computing over in the states for these types of drives.
As for which software you go for will depend on the complexity of your projects and how much freedom you want. Final Cut Studio is a phenomenal package and i absolutely love it, i have to be honest it took several months of fairly intense learning to fully get to grips with how the apps integrate but once you learn them, literally, the sky is the limit.
I personally find iMovie somewhat restricting, i.e. you can only have one stream of video and i think two streams of audio. On the flip side it has some great transitions and sound effects that allow someone with very little editing/film knowledge to make a fairly cool video. I'm guessing the question here is fun vs. complexity.
I mainly find myself using FCP to edit and iDVD to author. I have the freedom to do what i want in FCP and then just modify one of the iDVD templates to give a nice front end. DVDSP4 isn't something i've found you can enter in to lightly, i.e. you have to manually link everything but the flips side is total control over the project.
Hope it Helps
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Hi,
I'm a serious hobbyist/user of a lot of the Adobe family, PS, Illustrator and more recently Premiere Pro. I've got a Cloud membership package.
My question is this (and I know there will be the full spectrum of kit here from very high-end to low-end, plus Mac v PC) - what would ppl class as a good mid to high range system for me. This is it currently:
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GraphiteGal,
Your system is quite strong overall, and your 25th Anniversary gift 30" sounds pretty sweet, but you do have two weak spots in the "balance" for a top notch Premiere Pro rig.
Most importantly, you should get a nVidia GTX video card to support the MPE (Mercury Playback Engine) capability. You do not need a Quadro and a GTX 670 or something similar would be a great fit for your other components.
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Poikkeus wrote:
1. Your MBP will be somewhat slower than your iMac, as reflected in the general speed; desktop Macs have more RAM and storage.
You recon? If he get's the 17", he would have up to 8x more RAM, 4 x more GPU,, and a bit faster CPU;.
2. Be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of extra RAM. Loading up the slot will make juggling multiple applications easier, like Photoshop, VLC, and Safari. However, more than 4gigs of RAM will make loading your MBP on startup twice as slow - at least a minute, probably longer. That's why a MBP user with extra RAM should sleep their machine nearly always when not in use, rather than powering off.
I did not know this, I just upgraded from 4gb to 8gb the other day. Have not noticed it being slower, but I don't often shut it down. It's nice to not even have to bother with ifreemem.
3. Additional storage and RAM will maximize the basic capabilities of your MBP, but you won't be able to make a 2.3ghz machine any faster than it already is.
SSD
4. I still feel that your iMac will be faster than your prospective MBP. The only way to dramatically increase the speed would be the installation of a SSD drive (like the lauded OWC series). But they're not cheap.
I don't want to rain on your parade, but want you to get a more realistic idea of your performance.
I chose a macbook pro, 17" of cause. I use it for gaming. Yes a iMac is better for gaming. But, it's nice to be able to move around. Set up a man cave in the lounge 1 week, or in the bedroom, the next. But you fork out a lot more dosh for that luxury. And yes, not as much power as Poikkeus has said.

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Eiss wrote:
          Sure, After Effects isn't a movie player. But it is possible to edit source footage in AE in order to make a coherent whole out of it, isn't it?
Technically possible, but not an ideal workflow. I can also cut through my filet mignon with a spoon, but I can do it a lot faster and with much less frustration if I use my steak knife.
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I'm working on this project, and I've got a bunch of large video files. If I trim the video within the composition, does that save me memory giving me longer RAM preview or speed things up?? Or would you suggest trimming it before importing it within the composition. I'm worried if I trim the video before importing it, maybe using VirtualDub or AfterEffects itself, I would lose the quality?
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> If I trim the video within the composition, does that save me memory giving me longer RAM preview or speed things up?
What, exactly do you mean by "trim"? Are you referring to shortening the duration of the video in the source file? That has nothing to do with RAM preview.
> I'm not getting RAM preview longer than maybe 5-6 seconds now due to the number of files in the composition (most of them will be used).
The number of files used as source for a composition aren't relevant to RAM preview length, either.
> I even turned on the multi-processor option...
Don't do that.
You only have 4GB of RAM. That's not enough for using the Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing feature.
Also, by using that feature, you dedicate RAM to the background rendering processes, which subtracts RAM from what's available for RAM preview duration.
You have very little RAM, so your RAM preview durations aren't going to be great. See this FAQ entry for some tips on mitigating this:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/424030

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