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MacBook Pro 16-Inch

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We would like to know is anyone using a MacBook Pro 16 inch to edit RED RAW footage? We may do some 6K and 8K video. We're going to be portable and editing on location, is there any additional hardware that you recommend?
 
Misha Engel said:
An external GPU (Radeon VII or equivalent).
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Lol!

OP, what are you editing in? And what kind of playback quality are you hoping for?

Full Debayer at 6k will be tough, never mind 8k. But 1/4 (aka “performance” in FCPX) should be okay even when running off the CPU.
 
Mike P. said:
Lol!

OP, what are you editing in? And what kind of playback quality are you hoping for?

Full Debayer at 6k will be tough, never mind 8k. But 1/4 (aka “performance” in FCPX) should be okay even when running off the CPU.
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Davinci Resolve 16.2.1 with support for Metal based R3D decode with the RED 7.3 RC SDK. (not gonna use it, only for ProRes output).
 
Justin Byrd said:
We would like to know is anyone using a MacBook Pro 16 inch to edit RED RAW footage? We may do some 6K and 8K video. We're going to be portable and editing on location, is there any additional hardware that you recommend?
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That will depend in large part what NLE you are using.
 
I got a MBP 16" and it will freeze and reboot with no warning. I did some research, might be a power problem AND / OR the use of the eGPU by blackmagic (non Pro). Just a heads up. Anyone else experiencing this?

These are my specs:

Mac Book Pro (Space Grey)
8 Core 2.3 GHz
32GB RAM
GPU with 8GB Videoram
1TB SSD

using the latest version of Adobe / Da Vinci Resolve.
Best wishes and kind regards,
Martin
 
I have a maxed out 16inch MBP.... only realy tested in resolve but...

Metal GPU debayer and decode is usefull for rushes creation as it is about 33% faster (for a 8k Monstro decoding test I did)... BUT for general Gradeing and editing I switch over to debayer only and leave the GPU some capacitiy left over for other tasks
 
We use it for offloading and reviewing. The new GPU support makes no difference for us, it has identical speed according to my tests. They do say it will be faster in time though since it now only processes one frame at a time and not multiple ones.
I can view 1/4 debayer in realtime on the laptop which is still pretty good. Battery will last maybe 1h15min playing Red.

If you are open for PC laptops a Quadro 6000 card (or was it 5000?) will easily playback 8k dull debayer in realtime and you can get them in both 15 and 17", but of course not Apple if that is needed.

Best,
Andreas
 
I have a fully loaded 16MBP (8-core 2.4 i9, 64gb ram, 1tb ssd, and the radeon pro 5500m (8gb) graphics card) coming this Monday. I'd be willing to conduct any tests with this device and 8k RAW if anyone would like once I get it. I own/shoot on Gemini and even my current laptop, a 2019 MBP (8-core 2.4 i9, 32gb, vega 20 - 4gb, 1tb ssd) crushes my 5K footage but was a bit fragmented when playing back 8k monstro / helium files I pulled of of RED's website. Do you guys definitely recommend an EGPU as well?
 
I am typing this post on the machine you are asking about. I have the MacBook Pro (16-inch,2019), 2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9, 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB. I don't do much editing on this machine, but with FCPX, it flies compared to Resolve. Multicam is no go, but I do edit 8K single camera stuff and don't have much trouble at all. I like to make proxies inside FCPX (as opposed to in the camera) and that works well enough to do Multicam on the laptop. YMMV.
 
I have a maxed out 16” MacBook Pro as well. I shoot 8k and edit on our machine all the time. I came from a maxed out iMac a few years old and this laptop blows that out of the water. I couldn’t be happier with this purchase.
 
Switched back to not decoding on GPU as it is often slower (in Resolve).... shame

Michael Lindsay said:
I have a maxed out 16inch MBP.... only realy tested in resolve but...

Metal GPU debayer and decode is usefull for rushes creation as it is about 33% faster (for a 8k Monstro decoding test I did)... BUT for general Gradeing and editing I switch over to debayer only and leave the GPU some capacitiy left over for other tasks
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AndreasOberg said:
If you are open for PC laptops a Quadro 6000 card (or was it 5000?) will easily playback 8k dull debayer in realtime and you can get them in both 15 and 17s
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Got any links for mfg/model?

I have a friend looking.

I tried to search this stuff and pricing is insane.
 
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