How is this mac for video and photo editing?
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It does a great job for what I need in a family of 6 with teenagers. It's also simple to use.
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it is good for video editing but I only used iMovie for basic edits. Cant edit a pic to save my life on pc or mac
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this macbook has a good editing for pictures in iPhoto and also iMovie you can get different app from the app store to edit pictures and video there is also different apps to add stuff to photos to make them funny and all kinds of stuff. apple has so many different ways to do what you need.
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Having been a user of PS7 on Windows for years, I am still not too comfortable with Pixelmator on OS6/Mac mini platform. Having said that, I like the graphic power and fluid performance of the latter, so beyond a period of adjustment, I expect to dance thru them like a pro...
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it runs just fine on my MAC PRO w/ OS 10.8.5. don't know about the MAC Book Air? you should buy it and tell ADOBE where to stick their Creative Cloud!
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bought mine Saturday, came with old leopard (but i bought snow leopard)best macbook pro ever. snow leopard really makes it come alive (with speed)my adobe and pro apps load up with the greatest of ease (it's scary how fast they run now), heck, even firefox doesn't slow down the system anymore! (though it does take it's time)and now you can add more than 10 items to you dock (when dragging a folder down), soo awesome!
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I don't have a Mac, but it works great with photoshop or anything that has tablet support.
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Brett, I am a professional photographer but don't really do any video editing on this laptop. As far as photo editing, I think it's pretty great, especially for the price I paid for it. I second-guessed the screen calibration but checked it to be fairly spot-on. I am using Photoshop CS5 on it, and it runs just fine with the RAM and decent processor speed. My priority on a laptop purchase was the screen size, this one being 15.5" it was about as small as I wanted to go. All in all I am pleased with this machine, and I purchased it specifically for image editing and transmitting as I work for local news media and sporting teams here. Hope this helps.
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what software did you find? i'm a mac user as well and was thinking about purchasing this camera.
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The Mini is very popular for this purpose. Several friends use them (even the previous version) and love them. I'm planning to buy one myself in the next few weeks. I get full 1080p when attaching my MacBook, so I expect no different from the Mini. But I would get it with 2 GB of RAM (you can add it later or order direct from Apple with the RAM upgrade as a build-to-order option).
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the cace is great, it is strong, and i do not problem with that, in general i am so happy with this computer, and help me alot with my job as wedding photographer, photoshop, dark room, light room is running very well, i recomend you to by this, with this price is owesome. at last the decision is your, good luck
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Brett , I really haven't used it for photo / video editing. One thing I can say for sure is that it has a decent 2.4 GHz processor and good 4GB RAM with a superfast USB port.If you are comfortable using Win 8 OS (which I think is a usability irritation - pls check how Adobe and other graphics suites work with the new OS) then I think it is probably a decent laptop for the money you would spend.High end graphics editing using Adobe PS also should be possible with the Intel HD 4000 Graphics card that comes with the stock laptop.
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I had 8 GB memory when I was using it on my Mac Pro. But I have only OS X 10.6.8. I found the resolution to be fine. Course resolution will depend a lot on your display more than on anything else. Well, that and the camera's capabilities. I won't say it's the best camera out there, but it is for Mac, easy to set up, and I found the pictures to be of acceptable quality, bearing in mind that that is also a subjective thing.
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you must be fairly new to editing. i recommend understanding (google) color calibration (on your equipment), and color correction (in your images/video). that being said, i have installed the Adobe CS6 Master Collection and primarily edit photographs in Photoshop. i'm happy to report this laptop handles all Photoshop tasks very decently, although much slower than what i'm accustomed to on my desktop. i have not done any editing using Premier Pro but i expect about the same. built with a core2duo processor, which, although powerful in it's own right (i can play blurays and bluray rips [35-40mbps video @1080p] on this laptop like a breeze), it's still relying on Intel 4000 graphics. this notebook does not have a dedicated graphics card and has 4Gb of RAM. all that being said, this laptop is an ideal balance between price vs. performance. as a photo editor, i need no more for portable photo editing. i have a Colormunki Photo that i still haven't used to calibrate my display but i'm sure i'll have no problem creating a custom profile on this laptop for on-the-go editing when proper color is also critical. if you live in the US, and have some way of getting to a Fry's Electronics, i'd wait until they have this model on special. i got mine for $269.99 (+ Cali tax) in October 2012..
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If you get the i7 and load it up with RAM it might be OK. However, if you have some huge files, you might need something with many more cores and a lot more RAM, like a Mac Pro.
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Yes, I think this will be fine for basic still photography and editing. My wife has this unit with over 40,000 photos, and PhotoShop 12 on it, and LIghtRoom as well, and it works fast and smoothly.
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I use Pinnacle Studio 12 ( acutally it's 12.1 - the Ultimate version ) and it works pretty well with my Quad Core computer and a good video card for editing AVCHD footage from this camera. I'm very pleased.Tony
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Yes it is. This display is great for video and photo editing. I use photoshop on my Mac with this display and also need photos to be exact in color. It is crystal clear and colors match way better than any other display I have tried with photo editing.
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Any news on Mac compatability as I'm looking at it as well and have 2 graduations over the next 3 weeks!
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Did you try watching movies from your mac? Are you happy with the viewing experience? Any kind of jittering... etc? I am just worried about the video card on the mini, it is the intel on board 9400 I guess. iMac comes with 256M/512M NVIDEA/ATI cards. What other features do you rate the most?