Mac for editing Raven footage

[Karel Šimůnek]

There's no 5k or 6k footage with the Raven. "Only" 4K. Which is good for hardware.
The best computer from Apple seems 5K iMac.
Is here anyone who has experince with editing 4k Dragon footage on a 5k iMac?
Can the base model handle 4k editing in full resolution?

thanks

 

[Ryan Hamblin]

I have edited 4k and 5k MX footage on maxed out 5k iMac and it does quite a solid job.

 

[Karel Šimůnek]

Thank you. Sounds good. If maxed out 5k iMac can handle 5k footage in full resolution I guess 4k footage will not be a problem even for the base model

 

[Philip Lima]

You'll want to make sure the base model has a decent graphics card as that is the key to being able to edit the footage in real time.

 

[Terry VerHaar]

A somewhat related question for any Apple-watcher/techie types... is it likely that the next iterations of the iMac may come with a beefed up graphics card? I haven't a clue as to what is coming in the next generation that might be appropriate but, since I am looking closely at the 5K iMac as my next FCPX editing machine, I am wondering.

Thanks.

 

[Saumene Mehrdady]

A somewhat related question for any Apple-watcher/techie types... is it likely that the next iterations of the iMac may come with a beefed up graphics card? I haven't a clue as to what is coming in the next generation that might be appropriate but, since I am looking closely at the 5K iMac as my next FCPX editing machine, I am wondering.

Thanks.

380 and 390x are up next for iMacs, references to it are buried in the code of os x 10.11. the current high end iMac's m295x is a respectable card as it is.

4K is really easy to work with anyway, doesn't take a supercomputer to cut it or grade it