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Editing Software for shit pc
December 28, 2011, 06:38:03 pm
My Adobe Premiere wants to be activated again but i can only do it over the phone and need product IDs etc.. which i don't have. So i thought i might just cut my losses and download some new software off the pirate bay. Problem is my comp is a bit of an anitique so can't really get something like Premiere CS5. Can anyone recommend some software for a low spec machine? I've got AMD athlon 64 processor and 2.21 Ghz, 512 MB of RAM. Cheers for any help geeky types. 

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#1 Re: Editing Software for shit pc
December 28, 2011, 07:33:21 pm
Try Lightworks, one bonus being its legal.

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#2 Re: Editing Software for shit pc
December 28, 2011, 10:32:05 pm
i tried lightworks and it doesnt work on my laptop moaning about RAM or other computer stuff and my laptop is very much average. try pinnacle video spin, free and simple. might be abit basic though.

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#3 Re: Editing Software for shit pc
December 28, 2011, 11:30:40 pm
Ram is a pretty cheap upgrade, if it's an option on your machine. Could be a worthy investment and open up more software options.

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#4 Re: Editing Software for shit pc
December 29, 2011, 12:10:12 am
 :agree:

Don't know why I didn't mention this when you were asking earlier. Get a RAM upgrade and while you're at it get a solid state hard drive fitted as an extra hard drive. This'll give you enough processing power and storage space, solid state are the way to go for hard drives - got one fitted on my laptop and its miles quicker and less power hungry than a standard drive. The RAM and drive shouldn't cost very much and it'll allow you lots more options with editing software. Google for prices but there's a couple of places in 'dudno that'll do it for you.
The only thing then is which OS you're running - not sure which OS you need to be running for CS4 onwards, maybe Vista/7?

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#5 Re: Editing Software for shit pc
December 29, 2011, 09:32:38 am
Cheers all. I've only got Windows Xp (2002) so might be  a limiting factor also. Prob do need to upgrade this machine

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#6 Re: Editing Software for shit pc
December 29, 2011, 09:41:33 am
Cheers all. I've only got Windows Xp (2002) so might be  a limiting factor also. Prob do need to upgrade this machine

Unless its the Starter Edition you should be fine upto 4Gb of RAMunder M$

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#7 Re: Editing Software for shit pc
December 29, 2011, 10:41:00 am
Lightworks works on xp.

 

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