Premiere Pro CC 2017 lag

Hi JackA,

Since i have updated to the Premiere Pro CC 2017 update, the whole software is laggy, the preview is on the lowest possible quality and is impossible to edit with as it lags so bad. And rendering previews takes about 5 times longer too. The software was completely fine before the update and had no issue's. Thanks

You have not returned to this thread or the forums at all in several months, so we don't know if you ever solved this issue or not. In the interim, since the post has not been marked as correct, it has become a place for all performance related issues to be discussed and resolutions are difficult to find.

I will place some solutions for this issue that have helped most people and mark that as correct until you return with a different solution. I think this will be more helpful to those looking for solutions.

Here are some solutions to lagging or stuttery video, even if the Playback Resolution is at the lowest setting and the same footage worked fine in previous versions.

1. Successive versions of Premiere Pro have greater system requirements. If you don't update your hardware or replace your computer periodically, you may experience performance issues.
2. The media you are using may be highly compressed (especially H.264 at large frame sizes), therefore, difficult to edit with. It might be a lot easier to transcode or use the proxy workflow for this footage.
3. Use a separate high-speed drive to play media from, not the internal drive running the OS.
4. Make sure that you have updated to the latest GPU drivers for your computer. Mac users can update to the latest version of OS X recommended in system requirements.
5. Premiere Pro software issues:
   • Some have reported better playback performance:
     • with Lumetri Scopes closed
     • by avoiding LUTs which were applied in previous versions of Premiere Pro
     • by avoiding workspaces from previous versions of Premiere Pro
     • by using a single monitor instead of multiple monitors
     • after uninstalling and reinstalling Premiere Pro
     • after deleting media cache files
     • by choosing Preferences > Playback and ensuring Video Device is set to "Adobe DV"
     • by choosing Sequence Settings and disabling "Composite in Linear Color."
     • by disabling Composite Preview During Trim in Timeline Display Settings (Timeline Wrench/Spanner icon)
     • with new projects rather than updated ones. You can import older projects into newer ones for better results.
     • by disabling Sequence > Selection Follows Playhead
     • by reducing the number of standard effects
     • by reducing the number of GPU intensive effects, like the Lumetri Color effect and Warp Stabilizer
     • by removing oversized still images and replacing them with adequately resized ones more suitable for their sequence
     • by enabling Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration in File > Project Settings
     • by rendering any clips which contain a negative value for the speed
     • by rendering previews for any sections which contain effects that can't be handled natively by the CPU and GPU

If you have an underpowered computer or laptop, these tips on this video may help:

Again, if you would like to return with a correct answer, JackA, do let us know.

Others here should create their own thread. Any new threads are subject to being branched and moved.

Thanks,
Kevin