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March 4, 2018
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Premier Pro 4k too slow on iMac Retina

  • March 4, 2018
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Hey All,

I have read the discussion on the Premiere Pro 2018 slowness but my problem exists on both 2017 and 2018 version. I have an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) with 16GB ram with a 3.3 GHz Intel Core i5

I have been trying to edit 4k 60 FPS footage from my drone and iPhone. The performance is awful, skipping through the source footage in any resolution is 10/20seconds of lag. Same in the main editing window

I have seen people use final cut on a similar mac without the laggy issues. I can upgrade the ram to 32 but I don't think that's the bottleneck. When I have the activity monitor up it seems the CPU is spiking up to 76%

So is it...

1. My iMac is just too slow

2. 60 FPS is too much

3. Some config issue with Premiere Pro

Thanks

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    Correct answer R Neil Haugen

    It's the media. I know colorists with far more powerful rigs that won't work long-GOP drone/DSLR media except after transcodes.

    I would recommend the included proxy on ingest process, using the included Cineform presets. Don't worry about frame sizes.

    For media already imported, select in a bin, right-click, proxies/create Proxies.

    Neil

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    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil HaugenCorrect answer
    Legend
    March 5, 2018

    It's the media. I know colorists with far more powerful rigs that won't work long-GOP drone/DSLR media except after transcodes.

    I would recommend the included proxy on ingest process, using the included Cineform presets. Don't worry about frame sizes.

    For media already imported, select in a bin, right-click, proxies/create Proxies.

    Neil

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