So I have mid 2011 iMac and that I'm editing in right now. I'm only editing 1080 and don't have plans to try 4K on this machine. I've upgraded my RAM to 12 gigs. I still have room to go to 16 gigs.
My last few projects have been shot @ 60 fps and have really been stressing the machine. For the most part everything is manageable, but when I go to stabilize the clips, it takes forever. My current video I'm working on took about 6-8 hrs (not exactly sure I fell asleep) to stabilize about 4 mins worth of 1080 @ 60 fps. Granite I don't have to stabilize ALL my stuff, but I like to. When my Mac is stabilizing clips I like to watch the activity monitor. Watching this shows the CPU max out. The RAM on the other hand doesn't. I might use 6-7 gigs of RAM in general during this process. The most RAM I've ever seen this Mac use was almost 9 gigs and I probably had several apps open while editing.
My question is, if I upgrade my RAM to 16 gigs, will this help,at all? Will adding RAM remove any load off of the CPU?
Thanks guys!
My last few projects have been shot @ 60 fps and have really been stressing the machine. For the most part everything is manageable, but when I go to stabilize the clips, it takes forever. My current video I'm working on took about 6-8 hrs (not exactly sure I fell asleep) to stabilize about 4 mins worth of 1080 @ 60 fps. Granite I don't have to stabilize ALL my stuff, but I like to. When my Mac is stabilizing clips I like to watch the activity monitor. Watching this shows the CPU max out. The RAM on the other hand doesn't. I might use 6-7 gigs of RAM in general during this process. The most RAM I've ever seen this Mac use was almost 9 gigs and I probably had several apps open while editing.
My question is, if I upgrade my RAM to 16 gigs, will this help,at all? Will adding RAM remove any load off of the CPU?
Thanks guys!