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Do I have a hope of editing in CS5.5/ CS6?

Apr 23, 2012 12:57 AM

Tags: #hardware #windows #laptop #ati #dslr #opencl #premiere_cs5.5 #premeire_cs6

Hi,

 

I am a father, teacher and tennis coach looking to edit videos shot in 1080p with my Canon DSLR. My goal is to be able to edit & enhance my family videos, make DVDs for my relatives, and create short videos (with limited AE) to puzzle my high school math students  in new and interesting ways. Can I do this with the machine I have or am I in over my head?

 

My Specs:

 

HP Pavilion DV7 Laptop

Quad Core i7- 2630QM (2.0 ghz, Sandy Bridge)

16GB DDR3 1333 Ram

ATI Radeon 6770M 1GB GPU

3 x 7,200rpm HDs (Two internal 750GB, one 300GB on USB 3.0)

Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit

17" 1600 x 900 Screen

 

I was hoping that CS6 would have Open CL support for my video card, but was disappointed to find out that it will only be for Mac owners. Assuming there will probably be no update to support AMD OpenCL in Windows, is it a waste of time for me to try and edit with Premeire Pro? I really don't want to use Vegas, and consumer video editing programs are such trash. Will I be able to do basic editing, or would the experience be too painful  without a CUDA card?

 

Thanks for your time and input!

588 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: John T Smith, Apr 23, 2012 8:05 AM
 
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  • Harm Millaard
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    1. Harm Millaard,
    Apr 23, 2012 1:20 AM   in reply to AmericanBollux
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    The problem, as you correctly identified it, is the AMD video card and since your source material is HD and your delivery is often DVD, there is a lot of scaling going on, which is one of the things that are accelerated when using a nVidia card with at least 1 GB VRAM. The rest of the specs are OK for your purposes. If you can find an ASUS or similar notebook with about the same specs as this HP, but with a nVidia card, you are in for a good notebook.

     
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    2. AmericanBollux,
    Apr 23, 2012 1:27 AM   in reply to Harm Millaard
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    Hi Harm,

     

    Thanks for the reply.... The problem is that I just bought the notebook (ATI card and all) a few months ago and I really can't afford to buy another machine for at least another year or so (especially if I drop $450 on the teachers edition of Production Premium). Is not having a NVIDIA card a complete deal breaker?

     

    Thanks again! 

     
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    3. Harm Millaard,
    Apr 23, 2012 1:57 AM   in reply to AmericanBollux
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    I would not call it a deal breaker, but if you had had the choice, it would have been the obvious one. Since that is not the case, just accept it and live with the longer export times. You don't have clients impatiently waiting for the end result, do you?

     
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    Apr 23, 2012 2:16 AM   in reply to Harm Millaard
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    The only client I have is my wife, who wants DVDs to send to her relatives.    

     

    I can wait for longer exports. I was just concerned, after reading horor stories on the forum, that the program might choke up completely and not work at all without CUDA.

     

    Thanks Harm!

     
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    Apr 23, 2012 2:16 AM   in reply to AmericanBollux
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    Just tell the Chief Financial Director that her relatives will get the results tomorrow.

     
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    6. John T Smith,
    Apr 23, 2012 8:05 AM   in reply to AmericanBollux
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    >shot in 1080p with my Canon DSLR

     

    Do a test... shoot an hour in that, and create a DVD... making careful note of the exact time it takes to transcode and write the DVD

     

    Then do the same in 1080i and compare times and DVD quality

     

    I have a Canon Vixia that records in AVCHD and I always shoot in 1080i and get great quality DVD output

     
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