Ive a need for a laptop, probably PC. to drive Moco slider and stuff.
But the value seems good and for $1000ish it seems I could get a machine I could edit from home, on location etc.
I wast thinking Dell. I know nothing of PCs and seem to have come up with..
-i7 processor
-6gb graphics card
I might want to run an external big (4k?) monitor I guess.
I only really use resolve..
-can I live without proRes
-what other specs should I look for
-any further comments
Thanks
Regarding Resolve on PC it does not writte Prores (read only) except if you have the full with their console but you can writte prores on windows cheap config you have to use an "illegal" solution here:
http://hdcinematics.com/ or a legal Scratch ecosystem. Hdcinematics works.
Or simply DNx
Warning: you can use PC under Linux but the hassle is that for example Mistika demands a particular Linux OS flavour so it becomes quite complicated. You need some expertise to set-up Linux. Avoid it.
Important on NVIDIA! Avoid QUADRO and perfer always GTX whatever budget involved.
Sascha Haber, is in the liftgammagain forum, and created a resolve test document downloadable to put on test the performances with Resolve.
http://www.carousel.hu/standardcandle/Nota: 8k Red without the rocket on Lightworks can be played real time without looking crap cause it creates proxy that looks hd
(But aren't, it's parameterizable anyway) at the speed of light and makes the editing a breeze on any crap laptop. And you can switch on-off full res/proxy any time while working and even the full screen switch does look good very decent.
Your history is kept forever as long as you don't mess with drives so you can undo even 1 year later!! That's no joke.
The audio waveforms are loaded once for a while (no refresh whatsoever which is a real PITA)
And the editorial experience is way better in every aspects.
It is also fully integrated with Fusion (no roundtripping)
Then the roundtripping to Resolve for grading is just fine.
I personaly like the idea of an all-in-one Resolve but it requires
Power to perform as it should even for tasks that normaly would be acheived
easily in underpowered workstations with PP or Lightworks.
So the goodies of the all-in-one can easily become the hassles
If your workstation specs is a bit under recommended specs. There are 2 sides to the coin.
I may ad that the Lumetry color grading bundled in PP is working very well and
Not so ressource intensive.
Personaly I use splitted workflow 50% and 50% Resolve only depending but not stucked
With one workflow.