“The real pain is that you can’t look at your work at full resolution. I can’t tell exactly how sharp an image is, or the noise structure, or the tones from light to dark or color gradations, to the same degree as when it’s rendered. You’re not maximizing the quality of your imagery. On the iMac Pro, that was set to half or quarter resolution at all times.”

Laforet says that with the Mac Pro, he’s able to playback his RED clips in 8K at full resolution while color correcting or editing. For the first time, he doesn’t have to wait until after exporting to see the fine details of what his camera lens captured.

That increase in performance doesn’t just help him get his work more efficiently. According to Laforet, it’s a relief on the post-production process that actually inspires him to get out and keep shooting.