Hi folks,
Now that there are plenty of nMP refurbs on the site, I'm thinking about upgrading. I'm also selling my older Mac Pro towers. Ultimately, I'd like to have 2.
My current 'beast' is a 2010 12 core 2.66 with 32 GB Ram. I'd like that to become my 2ndary machine. For me to be profitable, I need to have 2 machines running so I'm multi-tasking. My current 2ndary machine is a 2009 Mac Pro quad core which is, of course, slower. Still does the trick and functions fine, but time is money and it's slow
What I do:
Business side:
SD video transfers (older tapes and film reels) - output to DVD and H.264 files (using a compressHD card for the latter)
photo editing in Photoshop CS5 (from photograph and slide scanning)
occasionally process AVCHD footage
no 4K files at all yet nor in the future I don't imagine
Personal:
my own RAW photographs in Aperture
AVCHD footage from our camcorder
My biggest time issue is converting the editing tracks into m2v's for DVDs. More clients are opting for H.264 files for streaming as well as the .movs for archiving or self editing, but plenty still want DVDs.
My current workflow for SD footage is:
to editing in FCX
then export a full uncompressed .mov file (again, some clients want those for archiving)
convert to m2v using Bitvice (I don't use Compressor as I have a bad history with it. Haven't tried m2vs in Compressor 4.1.3 yet though). Bitvice automatically grabs and uses all cores without fuss. When I want this 12 core humming, I want it going full bore. Bitvice allows me to run multiple instances as well so I can churn files fast. I forget exactly how long, but a 2 hour SD file to m2v can run 40 mins I believe.
Again, time is money. So the faster I can output files, the better!
I was looking at a 6 core as it seems to be the 'sweet spot' in the lineup with D500 graphics and 32 GB Ram. the main HD can be a 256 as most of my editing and photo files are on externals. Yes, definitely thinking a Thunderbolt to boost the capabilities.
Any advice or feedback would be great.
Cheers,
Keebler
Now that there are plenty of nMP refurbs on the site, I'm thinking about upgrading. I'm also selling my older Mac Pro towers. Ultimately, I'd like to have 2.
My current 'beast' is a 2010 12 core 2.66 with 32 GB Ram. I'd like that to become my 2ndary machine. For me to be profitable, I need to have 2 machines running so I'm multi-tasking. My current 2ndary machine is a 2009 Mac Pro quad core which is, of course, slower. Still does the trick and functions fine, but time is money and it's slow
What I do:
Business side:
SD video transfers (older tapes and film reels) - output to DVD and H.264 files (using a compressHD card for the latter)
photo editing in Photoshop CS5 (from photograph and slide scanning)
occasionally process AVCHD footage
no 4K files at all yet nor in the future I don't imagine
Personal:
my own RAW photographs in Aperture
AVCHD footage from our camcorder
My biggest time issue is converting the editing tracks into m2v's for DVDs. More clients are opting for H.264 files for streaming as well as the .movs for archiving or self editing, but plenty still want DVDs.
My current workflow for SD footage is:
to editing in FCX
then export a full uncompressed .mov file (again, some clients want those for archiving)
convert to m2v using Bitvice (I don't use Compressor as I have a bad history with it. Haven't tried m2vs in Compressor 4.1.3 yet though). Bitvice automatically grabs and uses all cores without fuss. When I want this 12 core humming, I want it going full bore. Bitvice allows me to run multiple instances as well so I can churn files fast. I forget exactly how long, but a 2 hour SD file to m2v can run 40 mins I believe.
Again, time is money. So the faster I can output files, the better!
I was looking at a 6 core as it seems to be the 'sweet spot' in the lineup with D500 graphics and 32 GB Ram. the main HD can be a 256 as most of my editing and photo files are on externals. Yes, definitely thinking a Thunderbolt to boost the capabilities.
Any advice or feedback would be great.
Cheers,
Keebler