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Hi,fessing up that I am clueless when it comes to computers and what is needed for video editing (the last time i edited anything was 24 odd years ago on a i mac).  I have been asked by some clients to make some tuitional videos and I haven't a clue what specs I need when it comes to a PC.  My current PC is about 10 years old and wont handle Premier Pro (which I have as part of my Adobe Package).I have been to my local independent shop who quoted £2500 to build me one (my financier and wife) says for that price it had better be able to travel in space and time.I then checked with my local PCworld Curries and have these specs.  And I have absolutley no idea as to whether they are good enough to edit video or not.  My video will be either shot on a Canon R7 and a DJI Osmo Pocket 3 both using 4K Any help would be greatly appreciated.  My budget is approx £1000 Specs: - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060- 8 GB GDDR6RAM- 16 GB DDR4 (3600 MHz)- 128 GB maximum ins

I have over 100 episodes of 20-minute 1080p .mxf footage and plan to use a media intelligence search tool. My current 2017 iMac (i5, 32GB RAM) struggles even with just 30 short MP4 clips (30 seconds to 2 minutes) when using the tool — it constantly shows a “memory running out” warning. What specs would you recommend for smooth, AI-assisted processing of large .mxf files? I’m considering a MacBook Pro M4 Max with 128GB of RAM, but I’m not sure if that’s sufficient.

I tried downloading Adobe InDesign CC app on my MacBook Air and found out it's too old to run InDesign. My laptop is on MacOS Big Sur and can't be updated to a later operating system anymore. (Doesn't really have enough memory anyway and it's an old computer). I'm on a very tight budget but need to be able to run InDesign mostly for documents, layouts, etc. Will a refurbished 2019 MacBook Pro work? It doesn't have the latest M series core processors, but does have retina display, 16GB memory, 512GB storage, 4GB video card and i9 processor.  I don't want something that won't work in a year, but I'm happy if I can get 3 years of good use out of a refurbished model. At that point I may be able to afford a new one.Thanks for your help. 

Hallo zusammen, ich arbeite als ITler in einer Firma und ein Mitarbeiter von uns mit dem exakt selben Notebook wie ich, hat Probleme beim Starten von Adobe Premiere Pro 24.5.Es taucht ein Fenster auf mit "Initialisierungsfehler: bad INDEX offset array", wo man nur OK klicken kann.Weiteres folgt gleich ... 1. Adobe Premiere Pro 24.5.2. Windows 11 23H2 (Version 10.0.22631.3880)3. Creative Cloud öffnen, dort PP öffnen und sofort taucht das Problem auf4. Normales Starten der PP-Anwendung Genaue Beschreibung:Die Dame (Mitarbeiterin) und ich haben beide das Notebook: DELL Precision 5570.Spezifikationen: I7-12800H + Intel Iris Xe GPU, 32GB-DDR5-4800, 512GB-NVME-M.2 und als dedizierte GPU RTX A1000 4GB.Ich habe Adobe CC nach ihrer Bekanntmachung des Problems auch mal bei mir installiert, testweise lizensiert und dort mal Premiere Pro 24.5 installiert.Bei mir funktioniert es tadellos, ich kann alles Problemlos anklicken und rendern.Bei ihr startet nicht mal die Anwendung, man bek

Hello, my name is Usman. I am a video editor and an SEO specialist. I mainly work on motion graphic projects in video editing, and as many of you may know, these projects can put a significant load on any system. Currently, I am working with an HP Probook 435, but I’ve realized it’s no longer capable of handling both my video editing and blogging tasks efficiently. Given my workload, it’s crucial for me to upgrade to a high-end system. Therefore, I’m reaching out to ask for your suggestions on a powerful system that can easily handle my editing and blogging projects. Ideally, I’m looking for a system with at least 4 cores or more, and one that can manage even my largest video projects effortlessly. I’m eager to hear everyone's recommendations and plan to make a purchase as soon as possible. So, if you have any suggestions, please share them without hesitation. Thank you!

Hi,  Would lkie to connect Premiere to Panasonic Moniter thru SDI, this is what I had found, need solution, thanks "Based on the search results, the Grass Valley STORM 3G is not designed for direct compatibility with Adobe Premiere Pro.EDIUS-Centric Design: The STORM 3G is a hardware device specifically built to enhance the video editing workflow within the EDIUS software. It provides features like 3G-SDI I/O and HDMI output for professional video editing and monitoring in conjunction with EDIUS.Third-party support in Premiere Pro: While Adobe Premiere Pro is open to integrating with third-party I/O hardware like those from Blackmagic Design, Matrox, and AJA, the Storm 3G isn't mentioned among these.GV STRATUS for Premiere Pro: Grass Valley does have solutions to integrate with Premiere Pro, such as the GV STRATUS extension plug-in, but this is a separate product from the STORM 3G and designed for different workflows.3D editing in EDIUS: The Storm 3G supports 3D editing

Hello everyone,I have been trying to piece together a new setup for 3D modeling and rendering but I am  way out of my depth. After hours of reading, I am  still not confident I am  picking the right parts.Main goals: fast renders,stable multitasking. No gaming.AMD Ryzen 9 5900X32GB DDR4 RAM (thinking 2x16GB)ASUS B550 boardTB NVMe + 2TB HDD for storageStill unsure about:Which GPU gives the best performance for Blender (RTX 3070 or 4060 maybe?)Power supply wattage and brand (quiet if possible)Cooling — is stock cooler enough or do I need an aftermarket one?I will be using Windows 11. Just want something that won,t choke under render loads like my last build did. Any suggestions or tweaks would be a huge help. Thanks in advance. 

I have a laptop with an iGPU and a RTX4070.When using premiere pro, I notice that until about 30% of export, the RTX4070 is used. After that, premiere pro makes it switch to the iGPU.I have tried following steps:- Using windows settings, setting the preferred GPU to the RTX4070- Using Nvidia control panel to put premiere pro under the RTX4070- Going into BIOS and tell my system to use the RTX4070 GPU only Are there other steps I can do to make it actually really use the RTX4070?Or did I really spent this much money on a laptop, in order to have an old brick when it comes to premiere pro?If so, it is time to say goodbye to Adobe for video editing, as the least they could do is put a MASSIVE disclaimer when looking at the website of premiere pro when checking GPU compatibility to check whether a future expense is a good one. I did not just spent almost €2000 to have a brick when it comes to video editing, that is outperformed by my 12 year old pc that back then cost only 1000 t

Hey guys.The prices of 5000 AMD series are decreasing, and since I have recently build a AM4 platform with 32gb of ram (which is enough for me) I am considering upgrading from my Ryzen 5600X to an 5900X -- it has double the cores and threads, jumping from 6 / 12 to 12 / 24, if compared to 5600X, my actual processor.My idea is to give my machine some additional lifetime, since I have no intention of changing the whole platform to a AM5.Does it worth the upgrade, in your sincerely opinion?Thank you so much for your attention. 

Hi everyone,I'm new here, so it's nice to meet you all! 😉 I'm posting because I'm looking for advice regarding very slow rendering and overall poor performance in Adobe Premiere and After Effects on my workstation. I bought this setup expecting that a dual-CPU configuration with Xeon E5-2699 v3 processors would be more than sufficient for smooth video editing, without long wait times for rendering. Unfortunately, rendering is extremely slow compared to, for example, an i9-14900K setup (13 minutes for a sample project), while my HP Z840 workstation takes a staggering 1 hour and 45 minutes for the same project — which is a colossal difference. This Xeon setup has many cores, along with 64 GB of ECC RAM and an NVIDIA Quadro M4000 GPU.However, during rendering, CPU and GPU usage stays around 5–10%, which is shockingly low. I don’t understand why this is happening. Can anyone help me identify the issue and suggest what I can do to make my machine run more efficiently?

I need to create meditation sounds in 10 hours playlist. I use Premiere Pro.The only video track is the static business logo.The only audio track is the music playlistExport: H.264 1080p 30fps low bitrate Using RTX2060 on a Core i7-7700 I can render this project in 30 minutes. If I use RTX 5090 ( Core i9 - 14900k), can I render in much less time (5 - 8 minutes)?I need to know if i invest in a new PC or I need other strategy. Thank you.This is my first time typing in a forum.

We're purchasing a dedicated Windows computer to run Premiere Pro (and other Adobe Suite software).  What would be the optimum specs for a computer to run the software smoothly, balancing cost and functionality?   We generate short (5-10 minute) instructional videos incorporating a lot of animation and effects.  

Hello, I'm having a lot of difficulty rendering with high resolution, that is, 8000px, in demension. I asked Adobe support for a lot of help, but I couldn't solve the problem. I also installed other versions of Demension to see if it could be from the update, but I couldn't solve the problem either. Today I made changes to nvidia (adobe support link) and I still can't render. I'm out of options, I've been unable to render high resolution images for two days and I can't find any solutions. Is there anyone going through the same thing? I really need help solving this problem, last week I was able to do this render without any problems, and today I can't work on the demension anymore, can you help me? adobe support link: https://helpx.adobe.com/dimension/common-issues/gpu-rendering-is-disabled.html#sa_src=web-messaging

Hi,I'm working more and more with After Effects, but recently I've been experiencing several issues:- Audio is not in sync with the clip-L ow performance, especially when working in 3D- Long export times What can I upgrade in my hardware to improve performance? Current Hardware:CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12-Core, ~3.7 GHz)RAM: 64 GBGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB VRAM)Windows 11 Many thanks in advance.  Sven

I use an M4 Mac Mini and a Firewire DV conveter for this tutorial. Having said that the Firewire DV converters can also be used with Windows computers.https://youtu.be/YremBGJXUeY

Tips for top laptops for After Effects, Premiere, and Photoshop. Mobile Workstations or Gamer?

Hello Everyone? I'm having trouble in deciding which of theese three laptops (That I can afford) would fit better with Adobe Premiere's requirements. The three have 16GB RAM (I'll expand it to 32 later) 1st: Ryzen 7 5700 U (8 core) with no external video card (I think it has VEGA)2nd: Ryzen 5 5600H (6 core) +  GTX 16503rd: Intel i5 11260H (6 core) + RTX3060 The three have almost the same price. What would you choose according to premiere pro's needs?

I know it is early days on this one, but having waited 4 years to upgrade my GPU to a 4080 Super, it  is now sitting on my desk waiting to be used with Premeier Pro, along with a host of other Video related Apps. Has anyone (yet ?) tried the gaming driver 551.31 as an interim driver ?.It is the only one available as Studio Version driver not released, not even a Beta I know that the drivers are eventaully identical, but it is the testing /certification process taking longer on Studio version. I raised a ticket with NVidia on this but no timescale on Studio driver release yet Any feedback welcomed on using gaming driver. Thanks.

Hey There,I am going to build a Windows PC for Video Editing. Now my question is Will GeForce GTX 1660  6GB Graphics Card work on Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018 (version 12 or later) ? Click Here to see my components. I don't have much knowledge about Graphics Card for Premiere Pro CC. Hope someone will help me to buy Graphics Card and let me know in details Please.Thanks.

Can anyone confirm that Adobe applications that feature I.A. Do require local processing (CPU/NPU)? (and not only GPU). I'm looking forward to understanding what is the impact of using NPU based Processor.Is there any benchmark database or even a benchmark that I could run in both platforms to help me to understand these possible gains?Besides Generative AI, are there other use cases where workloads have shifted from execution on the CPU to execution on the NPU (even partially)? Any examples of application optimization independent of Generative AI?

After days of research and asking many forums, I am still just confused as confused as ever with which Mac Studio to buy as a video editor. At this point, I feel like it makes sense to either buy the M4 max studio with 64gb of ram or the M3 ultra base with 96 gb of ram. I ruled out the max with 128gb because at that price point it’s just to close to the m3 ultra. A little about my workflow. I edit in premiere with black magic raw footage mainly 5:1 and 8:1. I do use multiple video layers in my edits, color grade pretty heavy, and add medium effects (warp stabilizer and 1 to 2 other effects sometimes). I prefer not to work in proxies. I only care about smooth playback and scrubbing without stuttering or dropping frames, i could care less about export time. I am cheap but don’t want to regret under or over paying. Yet if it actually does make a difference to my workflow then I will happily sell the shirt off my back for the 256 gb of ram. I figure the only way to truly know the differenc

Hi Any advice please on which will be the best performing for my AE workflow. I spend most of my time on a job animating, tweaking, RAM previewing, tweaking, RAM previewing, tweaking etc. Some jobs are light, others can be heavy with many 2D layers, large 3D bitmap layers, cameras and effects. I mostly still work at 1080p 25fps. The machine needs to be future proof and last for many years. I'm considering either a Mac Studio M3 Ultra 28/60 96GB RAM or an M4 Max 16/40 with 128GB RAM. My first priority is a machine that builds RAM previews the fastest (afaik a multi core task), second priority is a reponsive UI (single core task). So I'm confused as I know the M4 Max is faster on single core tasks and the Ultra is faster on multi core tasks - but in the tests I've seen, the multi core on the M3 Ultra isn't hugely faster than the M4 Max. But maybe someone can offer some insight that I've not gained yet.  Thanks.

Anyone have experience with AMD Vs Intel?  My last PC that I built I went with a threadripper 2950X and was dissapointed even though every benchmark said it was supposed to slay Adobe workflow.  Now, as of March 2025, Every metric that I see says the Ryzen 9950x is the best under $1K.  But I'm kinda thinking about going with Intel because they've just worked better in the past.  Times change and I'm willing to listen and learn.For reference, I mostly use Premiere and media encoder 98% of the time.  My concerns are #1, workflow usability (time line scrubbing etc...) and #2, render time.  Thank you.

Hi all,I've purchased a Mac Mini M4 Pro and am looking to buy an ultrawide monitor so I can now edit using one large screen (vs. the two I now use- 27" iMac and 27" Dell). I've heard lots of chatter about ultrawide monitors not playing nicely with Premiere.   Has anyone experienced this? Are there any monitor recommendations? Ideally 40" or larger. Thanks in advance,Michael

Hi im trying to decide between the 4070 ti vs radeon 7900 xtx for Premieor pro/ after effects.I use 4k h.265 sony files.I currently use a 2070s im hoping this will be a big jump in performenace? I know everyone says CPU is matters moslty but im hoping through updates adobe has been taking advtange of the GPU more. I have noticed that when I "Render in to out" in PP i can somtimes see 100% gpu useage.