The video editing and compositing (Motion Graphics ) process is one of the most demanding tasks for a modern computer system to accomplish - even more demanding on a computer than playing the latest video games
Modern editing programs such as Adobe After Effects or Grass Valley Edius are so advanced that they can push even the most powerful editing system to the limit
Most editors would like to see the effects that they apply to the video in real time so the more powerful the system the more realistic this is to achieve
Whether its editing your home videos or creating advanced visual effects SCAN computers can advise and build a Video editing PC to meet your requirements
With the recent and future advance in high definition video. It is important to chose a computer system that is powerful to handle the latest video compression formats.
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CPUThe process of video editing is a very CPU intensive one.
Billions of calculations go into modifying even the most basic of video clips.
For this reason, nearly every digital video editing computer software package available recommends running Dual Processors or Multi-Core CPUs Like the Intel Core I7 Sandybridge Processor. |
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RAMIt's important to have a large amount of RAM in your video editing computer. For maximum performance and depending on your projects and the power needed for the computer programs you're working with, you may wish to add the maximum limits of what your motherboard allows. Good Quality fast memory from manufactures like Corsair and Hynix. |
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Hard Drive'sThe System Drive - The hard drive which holds your operating system an editing applications SSD Hard drives have now become an affordable option with super fast read and write speeds. Storage Drive - Digital video footage takes up a lot of file storage space, and with most modern camcorders recording to solid state media it is important to create a storage solution for both working with your media and also safely storing it.
Hard drive selection often comes down to a choice of speed and storage capacity A large external raid ( Mirrored ) drive is one way to both store your media and also know it is safely backed up.
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Video CardsMany video editors recommend use of multiple monitor displays to expand your virtual desktop space on your video editing computer. You will need a graphics card which supports this feature there are two main types of display adapters VGA (an analogue signal, found on older type monitors like CRT screens and DVI (a digital signal used for modern LCD type flat screen monitors Other type of connections like HDMi and Displayport may also be found on modern graphics cards
Many modern editing applications take advantage of the very powerful processor's Produced by NVidia and ATI called Graphics Processing Unit(GPU) |
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Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)This allows the application to accelerate tasks such as rendering and encoding without affecting the main CPU.
See NVidia CUDA explained
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MonitorsThere are 2 types of popular monitor connections VGA and DVI. Video editing programs take up a lot space on your desktop we at SCAN recommend getting as large a display as possible or use two monitors to expand your desktop * the more display the more space the better!
You will probably need a display to view full size video preview of the media your working on.
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Audio Systems and SpeakersAll SCAN video editing workstation come with High Definition Audio on board the motherboard.
You will need a pair of good quality speakers for your editing workstation so you can monitor the sound of your projects.
If you need specialist audio editing capability's there is a large selection of pro Audio equipment available in our Pro Audio Department.
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Computer Video Inputs and Output Ports
All SCAN video editing workstations come with 1394a Firewire port and USB3 as standard.
These inputs are also called IEEE 1394 port and/or iLink ports on PCs and MACs and are made to capture video.
You will normally use this port to connect your video camcorder or digital camera to the computer and capture your video footage and media.
USB 3.0 port will allow you to capture your footage from modern digital camcorders and DSLR'S.
There is also a large range of specialist hardware with added ports such as HDMI SDI and Component. Some of these have breakout boxes some of these may be application specific.
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Optical Drives & Media
All SCAN Video editing Workstation come with a DVD Writer / Re- Writer as standard
Blu-Ray Disc players and recorders are available as an optional extra and a large selection of DVD and Blu Ray Media is always available at competitive prices.
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Operating System
Operating software 64bit recommended
By using a 64bit operating system like Microsoft Windows 7 Professional edition allowing your system to take advantage of the systems available RAM and some software vendors like ADOBE ,Grass Valley are Sony making their packages take advantage of the 64bit architecture.
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