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You probably won't do much 4K rendering with only 16MB RAM. I would look into at least 48. Also, for complicated sequences, you will probably need a rendering farm of at least 10 similarly configured machines. Then you need the capability to digitize film stock at 4Kx3Kx48 bit rez (ok, sometimes 2k is good enough) accurately overlay the computer graphics onto live action and go back out to film through a solitaire film recorder (or equivalent). All under ridiculous time constraints. If you just want to do CGI commercials (which is where we are going) it is much easier since you only need video resolutions (756×486). For this you probably need a VISTA board (5-6K) and some decent single frame recording equipment (15-20K). I just use Grey Pyros' shop. He has laser disc recording and the whole sheebang. If you just wanna be the guy creating the graphics, then keep in touch with firms like GRAFX, Pyros and others. We are always looking for freelancers to help with projects. You might also be interested in full digital editing which is available only on MACs for now, but should be on the PC soon! Hope this helps!