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Scott Motion

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Nov 9, 2012
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Hello all,

I'm thinking of buying a second 27" 2011 imac to use for multi tasking while video editing.

However I would like it to serve more then one purpose at once... not sure if I can do that.

1. A secondary display. What a great match!
2. Mutli tasking (assembling image sequences, rendering video clips, ect.)

Can this set up accommodate both at the same time?
This guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlmGSQr53s) presses "cmd f2" to switch back and forth, but can you set up a render on one computer and have it run in the background while you switch back to dual monitor mode for editing?

Better yet could I run all software on one computer and then just command the other one to use its processor and ram to do some heavy lifting while I edit? This would be the best method because I my Adobe license will not allow me to run their software on two CPUs at the same time.

Thanks!
~Scott
 
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