I am a professional photographer who uses adobe Bridge, Photoshop and other extensive editing software for my business. My wife and I are looking to get in to some professional HD videography. To say the least, our laptops just won't cut it. They both crash on occasion while I have Bridge and PS open (depending on the extent of my edits).
A photographer I am, but a computer professional, I am not. I need to know the difference between processor speed & type, ram, and what video graphics card I might need. What do all of these effect? What are the advantages of multiple core processors? How does "ram" fit into the picture? Will I need a specific graphics card to render and produce Full HD videos? Any other important areas I should know about in picking a good PC?
Basically, I just want a computer that can handle a lot of extensive media editing software (I feel that the greatest importance is for the computer to have the ability to handle editing full HD 1080p). I'm sure if it can handle that, it should be able to handle anything Bridge and Photoshop could throw at it.
One last thing... I know there's a lot of Mac fans out there, but now's not the time for me to go learning how another computer works, plus all of that insanely expensive software that I'd have to re-buy, so I'm just looking for info on PC Desktops. Thanks everyone!
A photographer I am, but a computer professional, I am not. I need to know the difference between processor speed & type, ram, and what video graphics card I might need. What do all of these effect? What are the advantages of multiple core processors? How does "ram" fit into the picture? Will I need a specific graphics card to render and produce Full HD videos? Any other important areas I should know about in picking a good PC?
Basically, I just want a computer that can handle a lot of extensive media editing software (I feel that the greatest importance is for the computer to have the ability to handle editing full HD 1080p). I'm sure if it can handle that, it should be able to handle anything Bridge and Photoshop could throw at it.
One last thing... I know there's a lot of Mac fans out there, but now's not the time for me to go learning how another computer works, plus all of that insanely expensive software that I'd have to re-buy, so I'm just looking for info on PC Desktops. Thanks everyone!