M5 pro. MacBook Pro 16in xdr or the upcoming tandem oled. 24gb vs 48gb.
As the flair reads I’m an aspiring filmmaker who’s at the beginner stage. The MAC would be a gift and within the budget and i could go for the present 16in m5 pro. So I can’t save and put the money elsewhere for gear etc.
For the next couple of years that screen will be the screen on which I’ll color grade, edit and also watch content.
My biggest question is for the editors 1st. My content would be for YouTube majorly, would not involve much graphics other than titles and maybe a very little animations which could be hand drawn on an iPad etc. But I want really good color grading and I’d use proxies to edit a full length indie film if needed. But none of them would have a lot of graphic effects.
Would I be needing a bump from the 24gb to 48gb of unified storage?
To the color grading masters here
I love the deep blacks of an oled and can invest into a colorimeter to calibrate the screen if I make a big project or invest onto a good enough accurate screen with a calibratior. So should I wait for the upcoming tandem oled screen which will have really deep blacks and pretty decent peak brightness and HDR performance?
TLDR; OP needs to choose between 24 gb vs 48gb of unified storage for a workflow that doesn’t need much graphics other than titles 80 percent of the time.
And to choose between the current mini led xdr display and the upcoming tandem oled display. Rn he looks for decent color grading especially for YouTube. But absolutely loves and enjoys deep blacks of oled for consuming content.