jimhare
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Good question.
The most difficult thing for a computer to do is work with the highly compressed MP4 footage, which was never really designed to be edited, it's more of a finishing CODEC.
So to work with it natively, especially in 4K, you would need a very powerful machine.
The truth is, if you are willing to transcode your original footage before editing then you can work with almost any computer of any speed because you are taking away the burden of the original MP4 files.
For those who don't know video TRANSCODING just means resaving the footage to another CODEC (movie compression) and at the same time applying your color corrections. For example, I transcode my footage to ProRes, which is a great editing CODEC if you're on a Mac.
By doing this you end up with files that are MUCH easier to edit with a slower computer, but also already look beautiful because you did the color corrections.
As for software, a program like Adobe Premiere Elements would be a good start for software. Adobe is good because you can use any of their products for 30 days before purchase to see if they are right for you. For this reason maybe get both Premiere Elements and the full version to try them out.
This is for both PC and Mac.
If you do have a Mac then Premiere is still great, but you might be better off with FCP-X, which has a lot of really cool features. |
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