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You want to work with 6k or 8k so you can do crops and still output 4k or 6k. This means shorter productions. 8k also future-proofs the footage. In the future
by 1123581321 6y ago
You want to work with 6k or 8k so you can do crops and still output 4k or 6k. This means shorter productions.
8k also future-proofs the footage. In the future we'll be wanting more than 8k for this.
- Tepix 6y agoMy point stands: Very few people edit 8K video, yet it is a popular benchmark.
- 1123581321 6y agoIt’s used because it’s a consistent workload to ensure a fair comparison, and long enough to make sure the performance seen is not just burst. Someone who plays games, edits smaller videos or photos all day, uses heavy web apps, compiles code, etc., can apply the result of a large video render to their purchase decision even though their work doesn’t aggressively use the battery as fast as possible. Hopefully that helps. In your original example, you cited someone editing FHD doing fine with a five year old laptop, and now we’ve talked about why larger formats are used, and why someone upgrading a laptop would look at a benchmark of an intensive process, even if they themself don’t plan to run that specific process.