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I used FCP on an M1 Air with _8gb_ to edit 4K videos for over a year. Assuming you have enough fast storage (or are happy to use a proxy workflow), it certainly
by darkteflon 4y ago
I used FCP on an M1 Air with _8gb_ to edit 4K videos for over a year. Assuming you have enough fast storage (or are happy to use a proxy workflow), it certainly can be done, although everyone’s workflow is different. Assuming no storage speed bottleneck, timeline scrubbing was smooth up to about 2x forward or backward, from memory - after that you hit decoder limits. Proxy workflow gets around that too, though. Render times on even the M1 were a big jump over Intel chips. If Apple has a 2-week return policy where you are, why not give a 16gb M2 Air a try and see if it meets your particular needs?
- cramjabsyn 4y agoWhat’s a proxy workflow in this context?
- meheleventyone 4y agoDo the editing on proxy clips that have been rendered at a lower quality so the performance cost is significantly reduced.
- grecy 4y agoThanks, that's great to know. It sounds like it will be a huge step up from my 2014 MBP which grinds to a virtual halt on 4k. For that reason I've limited myself to 1080 for now, but when I upgrade I figure I should step up. I plan on getting a re-furb, not sure if I can return one of those...