Can this MacBook Pro works with Magic Lantern Raw Workflow?

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Manuel HD

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Hi guys,

I need your advice.
Can this MacBook Pro works with Magic Lantern Raw Workflow?

15-inc: 2.0 GHz with Retina Display
2.0 Ghz quad-core Intel Core i7
Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz
8GB 1600Hz memory
256GB PCIe-based flash storage
Intel Iris Pro Graphics.

I have got a Canon 5D Mark III and I'm going to work with last Magic Lantern update for Raw Mode.
I'm looking forward for your reply.


Manuel
 
It appears this is the new minimum hardware requirement for RAW: http://www.cray.com/Products/Computing/XK7.aspx

:smile: the MacBook Pro you listed will work however you'll want a USB3 1TB or more external drive (perhaps a couple). USB3 is sometimes as fast as Thunderbolt (especially with hard drives) and more widely available.
 
thekreative said:
Yes. Fast is always better but I am using less than what you have and quite happy.
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Thank you very much for your reply!

jcs said:
:smile: the MacBook Pro you listed will work however you'll want a USB3 1TB or more external drive (perhaps a couple). USB3 is sometimes as fast as Thunderbolt (especially with hard drives) and more widely available.
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You're right! I'm going to buy an external drive as soon as possible.
 
What software you use is much more important than what hardware you run it on.
My not-so-special PC works great with RAW footage using Resolve, but would struggle badly using AE.

So: what software do you plan to use, and how will your workflow look like?
 
BE careful about those 2.5" USB 3.0 HDD drives! Most of them are of 5400rpm and 5900rpm which will end up slower than you think . Many of the 7200rpm 500 G or 750G are much faster.
If you are getting SSD then it will not be the problem but the bottle neck will shift to the USB 3.0 interface, where using TB shall be the better choice.
 
Samuel H said:
What software you use is much more important than what hardware you run it on.
My not-so-special PC works great with RAW footage using Resolve, but would struggle badly using AE.

So: what software do you plan to use, and how will your workflow look like?
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Hi Samuel!
I would like to use: Premiere, Final Cut Pro X, Da Vinci Resolve.

cookinghusband said:
BE careful about those 2.5" USB 3.0 HDD drives! Most of them are of 5400rpm and 5900rpm which will end up slower than you think . Many of the 7200rpm 500 G or 750G are much faster.
If you are getting SSD then it will not be the problem but the bottle neck will shift to the USB 3.0 interface, where using TB shall be the better choice.
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Thank you for advice Cooking!
 
Resolve is very fast, you don't need something really special to work with that. Premiere CC is fast too, but IQ with RAW footage is dreadful. No idea about FCPX, I don't even know if it can load RAW footage.
 
Resolve > Prores Proxy > Premiere first edit > Resolve > ProRes HQ > Premiere final edit.

You machine should be ok I think. I have the 2011 MBP 2.2 i7 with 16gb ram and 256gb ssd with a 768gb hd in the optibay… works fine with raw alas as slow as a laptop would be compared to a proper workstation with raids.
 
Samuel H said:
Resolve is very fast, you don't need something really special to work with that. Premiere CC is fast too, but IQ with RAW footage is dreadful. No idea about FCPX, I don't even know if it can load RAW footage.
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Thank you Samuel for our answer!

iwilldictate said:
Be careful here if you want to use resolve. It will not work with that graphics card.
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legrevedotcom said:
http://www.liftgammagain.com/forum/...-10-lite-with-intel-iris-card-on-mbp-13.2065/

But you have a point… the OP just need to upgrade the setup to the 2.3ghz version instead since that has a discrete Geforce ship besides the Intel chip.
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Hi guys! Please, can you explain the phrases above better? Resolve works or doesn't work?


Manuel
 
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Long story short…. don't go cheap to save money. Take the step up to the 2.3 ghz at least (I'd go 2.6….), since it has an extra graphics processor that should work with Resolve. The one you posted in the original post only has the Iris card and will probably give you issues (per google).

Raw is heavy lifting, so if you don't have a external raid setup, I'd go 1TB harddrive as well. The last short I did took up about 6-700gb of space in raw form.
 
legrevedotcom said:
Long story short…. don't go cheap to save money. Take the step up to the 2.3 ghz at least (I'd go 2.6….), since it has an extra graphics processor that should work with Resolve. The one you posted in the original post only has the Iris card and will probably give you issues (per google).

Raw is heavy lifting, so if you don't have a external raid setup, I'd go 1TB harddrive as well. The last short I did took up about 6-700gb of space in raw form.
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I'm so sorry Legreve, I had no time to explain better in the first post.
I have got a Canon 5D Mark III and I'm going to use it with Magic Lantern in Raw Mode. But, also my cousin use that camera, advice was for him. Unfortunately, at Christmas, he bought a MacBook Pro with 2,o GHz. He has not used raw mode yet. Do you think that he'll has any problems with Resolve?


Manuel
 
Manuel, Resolve requires an Nvidia CUDA-compatible graphics card, otherwise it won't start.

An alternative is not using Resolve and edit in After Effects or other software
 
If you can't use Resolve, you have two options that will give you all the IQ of RAW without most of the hassle:
a) Edit in Premiere (CC can work directly with DNGs), send to AE for color correction and grading
b) Load every clip into AE, do a quick color correction (WB, exposure, recover highlights and shadows) and export overnight to ProRes or similar; work with that from there onwards

The problem with a) is that Premiere clips the highlights and shadows very badly, so you never know how each clip will look like in the end (are these highlights really clipped?).
The problem with b) is that you have to do a quick color correction for all the clips you shoot, even the ones that won't end up in the final edit.
 
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