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I need help setting up my Premiere rig I'm going from Avid to Premiere and would like to use as much of my stuff as I can.Current setupMac Pro 2013 Daul D500.Samsung 40 LCDTwo Samsung SyncMasters 2433JVC 24-INCH PROFESSIONAL STUDIO MONITOR DT-V24L1DMackie 1604-VLX3KRK 5 SpeakersSo this system is currently running Avid Media Composer but a Premiere project is in the wings and want to get it set up and going.Concerns.Video:Will not connect the three Samsungs via thunderbolt and HDMI?What and how to connect the JVC?Audio:Have Audio out and in via mac in/out to Mackie but look like I have sync issues to the 40" Samsung?Any help would be great thanks again.G[moved to Hardware forum by moderator]

HelloI wonder what are the BEST HDD disks our days, brands, models? I am looking for a few HDD for back up Media .... i have separate bays that i turn off when its not used. What would u suggest.... i remember previously the WD black were good ones...Regards

Hi everyone,Could you please suggest the best laptop for video editing and Adobe package use. I don't want anything bigger than 15".Another consideration would be an internally upgradable laptop if possible, but not necessary, just want it to good enough for the next 4 years or so with technology and software advances.My budget is around €1500.I'm close to buying the ASUS Zenbook Pro UX501VW but just wanted to see if there were any better options or any objections? I have no interest in gaming just looking for a machine focused on video editing and photoshop etc although I imagine the spec requirements will be similar.Thanks!PS. Please hurry as Black Friday and Cyber Monday are nigh!!!

Hi Guys! Since 2014 I use to edit with my Macbook Pro 2013 2 GHz Intel Core i7 2.0GHz boost to 3.2GHz with 8gb ram (no external gpu). I'd like to change after almost 3years and I'm thinking about the new Zenbook Pro UX501VW  with 4gb nvidia gtx 960, 16gb ram and Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz boost to 3.6GHz.Now the question is, according to you, I'll have a significant improvement in 4k editing or it will be pretty much the same thing?Thank you in advance!All the best

I'm new to video editing but I really want to try my hand at it and my current PC is far outdated, so...My PC is now due to retire and make way for an upgrade, but since I purchased my current PC (several years ago) SSDs and SSHDs seem to have become the big thing. So I've been trying to read up and learn.So my new PC is based on using programs such as premiere Pro, PhotoShop and web design. I don't really play games.And this is what I have in mind so far:Intel i7 - 6700k 4 Core 4-4.2Ghz (Over Clocked)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GBAsus Z170-A Motherboard16gb DDR4 2133Mhz RAM (2x 8gb)128gb M.2 PCIe SSD (OS)2 x Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200rpm HDDBlu-Ray RewriterWin10 HomeBudget wise, I can just about stretch to changing the two HHDs to SSHDs (FireCudas) but is it worth it? What will I gain/lose?Either way is it also worth adding a 120gb Scratch disk (SSD)?

I am ordering a second machine for editing at home. I am considering a couple different options but would like some advice. I recently bought the Red Giant Trapcode suite and want it to be a tad better with that stuff and just rendering previews in AE smoother and faster. My current machine isDell XPS.i7-4770 3.4 (8GPUS)32 gigs RamGeforce GTX 960 Video CardRunning OS and Adobe programs on a Samsung SSD 850 Evo 250 GBMedia running off of a Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GBCache on a Crucial 256gb SSDalso installed is a 1 TB HHD and I archive everything on Mybooks.Where do you think I should spend the money to get better performance? Seems like the processor is the only thing I havent upgraded but is the new generation really that much better for these adobe programs? I am definitely over spec but it still seems super slow to me when using AE. Premiere, and all the other Adobe stuff seems to run pretty well.I am looking at higher end stuff than I have had before like Alienware, Origin, or buildi

Hello all!I am sure this has been answered, but i wanted to discuss my Portable setup that i am currently using for Video editing while using Premiere Pro and AE. When editing in Premiere Pro now, it seems to be running fairly smooth when editing 4k media with little to no lag. Based on research and reading forums, I have heard that an additional SSD can help improve the performance even more, specifically around the Media Cache. Since my internal SSD is a lot faster than the external SSD, how should the media cache be set up to really increase the performance/rendering times? Or is it even worth it to use the external SSD for just the cache, since you have to carry it around every time you edit something.I did experiment a little and i moved all of my media cache/scratch disk files (Previews/Autosave/etc) to my external SSD and it seemed to slow my rendering/previews down. Maybe because my Projects/media were on my internal drive? Looking around, it seems that the Project Files/Media

HiMore often than not when I open an existing Adobe Premiere CC file the Mercury Playback Engine is not working.  I'm using an old GTX480 card.What would be a good choice to replace that card -- that will fit in the same type slot in my tower.This is a link to the GTX480 on Amazon -- it's what I purchased back in 2010.  It includes a photo of the hardware so you can see what kind of slot it needs to fit in.Thanks!  Trying to finish a project and am weary of the occasional non availabilty of the Mercury Playback Engine.BTW I have a Cooler Master power supply  1000wattI'm primarily editing for the web.  No blockbuster wide screen motion pictures For Your Oscar Consideration.Update:  Since I posted this question, I am looking at this:  EVGA GeForce GTX780 Further update:  I looked at the specs of my motherboard.  It says it has PCIe 2.0 x16 slots  I assume that limits my options?  Or is there a 2.0 to 3.0 adapter I can use??  My

As of now Adobe has updated the "supported requirements" list with the 2017 release of Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Yet, I wonder, why the highest Geforce GTX card supported for GPU acceleration in Windows is the 2013 Geforce GTX 780 and 780M. Among pro-users working with Geforce CUDA, the Geforce GTX 1070 and 1080 is the most popular graphics cards on the market, and personally I own a 1070 myself. I purchased this knowing it was not fully compatible with GPU acceleration in Adobe Premiere Pro, but there should be support just around the corner. Several months later, I am still sitting here with my 1070 inside my tower, with the ability to only utilize not even 51% but only 50% of the 1070s potential. Yet I see, the Quadro M6000, which was released in 2016 is supported. The Quadro series is a much more premium high-end GPU line which is targeted towards high-end professionals whom could also afford a specced out Mac Pro. But with us low budget creatives, whom can't afford 24GB of VRAM, it s

After several months, I have bought parts for a new PC build. It is my first new desktop in years. I have gotten heavily into drones and now need to learn Premiere. Hopefully I didn't screw up too much picking my parts. I am still unsure how to setup my storage for best performance though. I would appreciate any advice about how to setup my drives as well as how to allocate them to Primere's needs for best performance.Here is the list of parts I have purchased, I will be starting my build next week.Intel I7 6850KAsus Strix GTX1080 OCFractal Design Define R5EVGA 850 G2 Gold +G.Skill Trident Z 32GSamsung 960 EVO M.2 1 TBSamsung 960 EVO M.2 500 GBSamsung 850 Evo 1TBWD Black 5 TBAsus X99 Deluxe II Noctua NH-D15SWindows 10Thanks in advance for any advice. I'm sure that after a few months of using Premiere this would seem like a dumb question, but as a noob, it is the only info I am confused about before my build (I think, lol).

On my Asus x99-A II board it plan to overclock my 6850K.There are two ways. Bios or software. I am looking for user experience with the Asus AI suite. I read a lot of bad things about it. Raising voltage to high etc.What would you recommend? Old school bios or auto tuning via 5 way optimisation? Also, does some know a good over clocking guide for my CPU?

I am about to build up a new editing system for after effects and premiere pro CC. I was now wondering which win 10 version I shall go with? Home 64bit seem to be completely fine. Pro offers a variety of additional features that I will never use. So in terms of performance I incline to stick to the home version. Or is the pro version somehow faster?Really appreciate your feedback.

I am a media student and I'm not brilliantly informed on all the specs you may need to run this kind of software. I have a new laptop and it wasn't bought purely for editing obviously, at some stage I am going to have to purchase a MacBook pro as that is what I will need to take to university next year because I'm aware it will be very efficient for adobe editing software and I am used to using macs.However for now, I was just wondering whether this laptop would even be able to run the software if I was to download it, it would be good just to have access to it at home to use for and practice with. Like I said it won't be a permanent arrangement to use this laptop for my editing I simply want to know if I will be able to use the software on here and if so whether it would be worth it on account of how slow it might be.(Not that I'm really 100% sure on what these all mean) I know that the laptop has;HP Notebook 1511Processor : Intel core i3 - 7100U CPU @ 2.40 GHz64 bit operating system

I'm looking at buying a Z270 mother board with a Kaby Lake 7700K Processor.  My understanding is that the chipset provides 24 PCI-e lanes and the CPU provides an additional 16 PCI-e lanes.  I will also obtain a single video card, and my understanding is that it will utilize all 16 CPU lanes (unless I reduce it to 8x).  If this is true, then does that mean that all of the other devices in the PC that rely on PCI-e lanes will get them from the chipset?Also, what devices, other than a M.2 SSD's and PCI-e cards, need availability to PCI-e lanes.  USB 3?  M/B?  Chipset or CPU themselves? I'm trying to allocate devices to available lanes to determine whether or not I need to go to X99.  I'm quite certain I will never do SLI, so Z270 will probably be fine.

Hey guys,I consider to upgrade my editing system to enhance performance in the following field:1. CPU performance for fluent 4K playback (including complex codecs) and effects added2. GPU performance but might at first stick with my GTX 970, 4GB2. Rendering performance3. Memory performance for After Effects4. Disc performance via M.2I am currently running the following build:i7 4970EVGA GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.032 GB RAM, 1866 MHzSamsung 850 PRO SSD, 128 GB = OS, AppsSamsung 850 PRO SSD, 512 GB = Media filesSamsung 850 PRO SSD, 256 GB = Cache and previewWD Black 3 TB = Export files, BackupCorsair 650 PSUQuite old ENERMAX CPU cooler(but with good performance)I'd like to keep the following "old" hardware and are looking into these complete new build:1. i7 6850K, 6 x 3,80 GHz (intent to overclock to 4,0 - 4,1 GHz)Question: 2011-3 vs 1151. Apart from better upgrade possibilities, is 2011-3 still the fastest system?2. Asus X99-A II Intel X99 So.2011-3 Quad Channel Question: Do the PCI lanes offer

Hope you are well.  I am looking for a RAID sltuion for video editing and wanted to know if one of these are better than the other.  4K editing, GH4 at th moment (mov). http://www.videoguys.com/shop/allbrands/brands-d-h/g-technology/g-raid/g-raidr-with-thunderbolt-and-usb-3-0-8tb.htmlhttp://www.videoguys.com/shop/storage/g-technology-g-raid-7-high-performance-usb-8.html[moved to hardware forum by mod]

I bought a G-RAID WITH THUNDERBOLT 2 AND USB 3.0 8TB (2-removable 7200RPM, USB 3.0, data transferUp to 480MB/s) I have a laptop and this thing is HUGE.  Would installing another SSD card (or 2) be a better option.  Would the editing speed be the same.  I'm could still return this thing.  I edit mainly 4K mov's and mp4 files on Premiere Pro.

In NLE, if you store original source footage on one HDD and import the footage into Premiere's media cache folder located on another HDD, can you then remove the HDD that holds the source footage and complete the project? Or will Premiere continue to rely on source files at some stage in the process?Also, if substantially all of the raw footage is to be included in the completed project, (i.e. you are not editing out much data), will the size of the media cache files for that project approximate the size of the original sources files?

Hi,I am looking for a suitable pc case for good cooling performance. I planed to got for the Fractal Design R5 but reviews say that appart form good hardware management and silence the cooling performance is pretty bad.There are various other options such as the Corsair Obsidian450D, Silverstone Fortress FT05 high, BeQuiet...  and other brands that might perform better. I don't need a silent case primarely. Cooling performance is more important.What do you guys recommand for 4K video editing and after effect projects? Help is much appreciated.Best,Alex

Hey everyone,If anyone could help me with this issue would be great!Here are my SPECS:- i7 3770k- 256gb SSDs in raid 0- 16gb ram- GTX 1060 6gb (upgraded from a GTX 660Ti recently)Here's the PROBLEM:- Playback 4k sequence- Starts off smooth- While monitoring CPU/GPU load i get between 50-85% CPU & 20-30% GPU- All of a sudden GPU drops to 0-1% and CPU usage is more or less the same but sometimes climbs to 95%I have the latest Nvidia drivers...I've tried creating a new project and just importing 2-3 4k video files and trying to play it back still get similar results...I cant seem to playback 4k video without the gpu dropping suddenly at random point and starts lagging up a storm!Any help is appreciated because I'm really going to give up on my rig.I never had any issued like this before.really considering switching to mac because i ran the same video files on Final Cut Pro... works flawlessly on a weaker i5 Macbook with an intel HD 5000.I dont understand why.

I'm planning to buy a new GPU for After Effect and Photoshop. I'm on a budget and I find rx 480 to be good price to performance card but when I looked at recent update of AE and PS, their system requirements, it confuses me.

Hi ,Starting fresh on after effects and premiere pro. Want to know if it is a decent machine to start off. especially want to know if the cooler is sufficient? any extra cooling needed for GPU? CPU Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core ProcessorCPU Cooler cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU CoolerMotherboard EVGA Z170 FTW ATX LGA1151 MotherboardMemory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 MemoryStorage OS Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State DriveScratch disk Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard DriveVideo Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING Video CardCase Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower CasePower Supply EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power SupplyMonitor Dell ST2421L 24.0" 1920x1080 Monitor

We are looking to replace our aging MacPros with iMacs. We edit in Premiere/After Effects, Photoshop, Audition and Illustrator.I see there are some optional configurations from Apple such as i7 processors, 7200 rpm hard drive and Fusion drive combos.We are tied to a Small Tree Titanium Z server and work exclusively 1920x1080p 29.97 projects.  We use Media Encoder to transcode our ProRes 422 masters to H.264 .mp4 web files at 10Gbps.We presently use NVDIA GTX680 cards to take advantage of the CUDA technology and speed up renders and performance.Does anyone have some practical experience and recommendation on how to configure a 27" or 21.5" iMac to get the best performance from Adobe Software?Thanks.

current systemi7-2600kASUS p8p67progtx560ti16g ramSamsung 850 EVO 500g os/programs2x1tb in raid0 for media&projects2x1tb in raid0 for exportsI just recently had my os/program c: disk take a dirt nap.  Got it successfully replaced with a Samsung 850 EVO 500g and loaded Win7x64 and CS6Master Collection.  After running the CD Mark program on my 2 raid0 volumes Bill here recommended some more improvements.This is what I now have on order:Samsung 960 EVO Series - 500GB PCIeAsus PCI3.0 4 M2 4 1 3PIN 32GBIT SUP PCIE SSD Only HYPERM.2X4MINICARDWD Blue 4TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD40EZRZI'm looking for info from those that have gone this route before or have the knowledge of the order of operations I need to follow.  I have around 2TB between the media & projects raid and exports raid i would like to move to the 4TB WDBlue drive.  At this time there are no extra SATA ports on the MB.  However, I do have a HDD dock on

Hi... I've got a three year old PPro editing system (windows) that I'm thinking of upgrading.  Of course, using the latest versions of Adobe CC 2017Currently using a intel 3770K (4-core) with 32GB RAM and an NVidia GTX960 with 4GB RAM.I've been hired for more and more 4K stuff and now shoot everything in 4K with a Sony a7S-II at 100Mbps.   With all respect, I'm not looking for a discussion of buying an external recorder for Pro-Res or using Cineform or anything like that.  I need to take stuff directly out of the camera and edit it.  In addition, I've purchased a Phantom 4 Pro that is able to use h.265 at 100Mbps and I want to use that, in-transcoded.About 50% of the time, the 4K coming out of my a7S-II plays great, but I get a lot of stuttering, which is usually solved for a short amount of time by stopping playback, waiting for a few seconds and starting again.   But as we all know, that interrupts the creative flow and usually ticks off clients!I a