Premiere pro is the software I intended to use. uhm, do you think GTA San Andreas would run also?
No.
1. First you use a search engine of your choice to find the system requirements of the application/game via "
(application name) system requirements mac" as search terms.
Example.
2. Then you find out the specifications for your Mac via the same method and "
(computer, GHz / CPU type, year of release) technical specifications" as search terms. Normally you land at
www.everymac.com or support.apple.com.
Example.
3. Now you compare both results, and if you are still unsure, you use a search engine to find comparisons between the two graphic cards (from the requirements and from the specifications).
When I transcode, would the footage lose its quality....the RAW files would be 720P HD.... What about After Effects? :/
No, as you probably shoot with a consumer grade camcorder, which stores the recorded footage with a highly compressive codec like H.264. During the transcode via
MPEG Streamclip for example, or you import the footage via iMovie, you get a file, that is bigger and using a format and codec, that is made for editing. As you only have iMovie on standard Macs, you will be limited to the
Apple Intermediate Codec, which is still an okay codec and Premiere Pro recognises it too.
The same goes for After Effects.
And before you jump into editing, you should do more research about codecs and editing applications, as it will make your life easier, if you have knowledge about that. There are plenty of guides out there, and even plenty of threads on MacRumors Forums.
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