Video Hardware

It has been a long time coming but Harm (even though he is not active on the forums) and I finally have a Benchmark for Premiere CC (actually properly today's version is Premiere 7.2.1.4).  Harm is the webmaster for us on ppbm7.com.  Without his continuing support I would not be able proceed with a CC version and we would not have his wonderful Tweakers Page.We have used the exact same timeline that we have used for CS6.  All exports are direct exports from Premiere hence the DE to distinguish from the preceding generation where we used AME.  This eliminates dynamic linking overhead and give truer Premiere benchmarks.  Since the GUI has changed in CC we need to have a new project that reflects those changes.  So in the current version of CC our benchmark works fine, but as CC evolves we cannot necessarily guarantee compatibility.  One thing we added was a additional script item that retrieves the current Premiere version number so we can understand fu

Hello forum!I just picked up a newer laptop for video editing.  I will be replacing the main HD with a SSD on a SATA III connection.  My options for a scratch drive are: a partition on the main SSD, a HD on a SATA II connection or a USB 3.0 external.  From reading through these forums I'm assuming that using a SATA II connection with a 2nd HD would be the best bet but I thought I'd seek out some wisdom before diving in.  Thanks in advance.

i sold up and moved countries about 6 months ago. That included selling the Desktop I built. While im an avid believer in building ones own desktop for editing, i am in a transient time for the next couple of years - i’ll be moving a lot so a portable set up is key. I don’t know the laptop market at all. 1) what kind of laptop specs am I aiming for to run premier with 4k footage (I own a gh4, but editing Is my primary source of film work so need to be able to handle heavier stuff) and some reasonably light after effects work?2) how to manage harddrives, proxies? 3) peripheral accessories that potentially improve life and workflow?4) general portable workflow tips?

Hello, here's my specification and my problem. So I was able to render using H264 in Adobe Premiere perfectly. My CPU and GPU are synchronized rendering together optical flows (24->60fps). But suddenly (without restarting my pc), when I want to render another video (after a few videos rendered) the option "Encoding" greyed out and stuck at "Software Decoding" and it wasn't there before. Although mercury Cuda is enabled, GPU uses 0% and it's very slow when I rendering the same video as before. What should I do?My SpecificationCPU: Intel i3-3210 3.2GHz (Support Quick Sync)Ram: DDR3 12GB 1333MHzGPU: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GBPremiere CC 2018

Hi!How much of RAM do I need and the same with Mhz?I'm doing much things with your softwares like After Effects, Premiere Pro, illustrator and Photoshop. And other software programs like Cinema 4D, Sony Vegas and more.This is my currently PCi5 4670k 3.8Ghz (no OC)16GB 1600Mhz.GTX 980 Ti (I'm using 1440p as monitor and as current res)750W EVGA SuperNova G2.Here's my build for Feb 2019 (with RAM as the only thing left)i7 6850k (Going to OC)MSI x99a GODLIKE Gaming970 EVO M2 SSD 1TB.GPU and PSU will be the same as current.Here's a different setup of RAM I'm not sure which one to select...?1 - 32GB - 8x4GB - 3000Mhz - CL15 - If RAM speed matter i'll save money of smaller RAM in GB.2 - 64GB - 8x8GB - 2666Mhz - CL16 - If More RAM does matter, I'll save money of lower frequency.Vad does matter, RAM memory or RAM Frequency and which of my setups will be the best?

Hi All -I only want to spend about $1,000 to $1,200 and was considering buying a used imac. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

I had to smile reading this article on Toms from a couple of days ago.  I wonder if they sent anyone to browse this forum before writing it?  How Would You Build a Video-Editing PC?

I want to build a Pc for Video Editing/Rendering(1080p or 4k(if possible with this parts)).. Please tell me if this parts are okay or I should change something Cpu: AMD Ryzen 2600 3.4 GhZ (up to 3.9 Ghz/ CPU cores: X6)Gpu: Asus Nvidia Gtx 1050 Ti 4GbRAM: 2 X 8Gb DDR4 (2400 Mhz Hyper FuryX) SSD: 240Gb

Hi All,I also felt like I needed to vent about the 2019 update. Ever since the 2019 update was released I have had issues with my graphics cards interacting with Adobe on both my computers... Running earlier versions and reinstalling graphics drivers don't seem to work. I definitely have functioning 4gb graphics cards for both, 1 NVIDIA and the other AMD so that rules out any NVIDIA favouritism. I even completely wiped windows 10 from my desktop and reinstalled from scratch to confirm there weren't any issues with that.Needless to say, this has really impacted upon my work. Not exactly easy to explain to video clients needing videos processed promptly and that's not even the core of my workflow. Indesign 2017 seems to work well but every other version of every program I have installed seems to have issues.

Hello friends!I would like to put under your consideration the following issue:I have a 4 core (8 threads) Intel i7 desktop processor in my one computer. I have a GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb graphics card and I have 56Gb of RAM.This is my second P.C. since my primary one is a very powerful one.I changed the processor and put a six core (12 threads) Intel i7 X (extreme edition).My renders though are exactly the same in terms of speed and maybe a little slower than the 4 core processor.I checked that Windows 10 can see all 6 cores. I can see that when I am rendering a short film without the maximum rendering setting enabled, the usable percentage of CPU and GPU is:CPU: 12%GPU:23%I changed the priority settings of Premiere from "Normal" to "High" and now the percentage is:CPU: Between 18% and 21%GPU: 26%But when I was using the four core processor I had a 78% GPU usage (without high priority settings enabled) and a 72% CPU usage. I know that because when I was rendering, I could barely do anythi

Hello community, I'm planning to buy a new computer with these featuresMotherboard : ASUS ROG Maximus XI HeroCPU : Intel Core i9-9900KGraphic card : EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 XC Gaming, 8GB GDDR6Ram : Kingston Technology HyperX Fury Black 64GBYou think it's enough  for a good editing/render experience ?I appreciate any suggestions, thanks.

Up until just recently I had been running an older version of illustrator (cc 2017) on a mid 2014 MacBook Pro (2.8GHz Intel Core i7 with 16 gigs of ram, a 1 TB drive, running 10.10.6) It was a workhorse and I frequently pushed very large complex files in illustrator and photoshop. It was no slouch but I decided I would update hardware... thinking it would be faster and make me more efficient.Last week I proudly purchased my brand new MacBook Pro. It's arguably the fastest MacBook Pro made with the fastest processor and as much ram as possible. (2.9 GHz Intel Core i9 with 32 gigs of ram and 2 TB hard drive running 10.14.2)Disappointingly this new setup seems sluggish by comparison to my old one in both photoshop and illustrator. Things like simple copy paste and move, nudge, etc... things are an annoying tick behind what I've been used to in my previous old school, out-of-date setup.So are there any suggestions for hot-rodding this thing up? Like what are the ideal memory allotments, an

This is a question that also relevant for After Effects and Media Encoder, but my focus is currently on Premiere.I am wondering what is the most powerful CPU, as of June 2018, that Premiere Pro can use. The tech specs don't cover optimized systems and nothing I can find in the software community mentions what is the software is currently programmed to cover. I am primarily looking for fast rendering for 4K multicam edits with After Effects compositions embedded with no rendering errors.I'm looking at a higher core (10+) CPU using hyper-threading as an option, since most rendering is done on the CPU. What is the max model that Premiere Pro can use? Also looking for the best SINGLE GPU to use with 10-bit capability. I'm assuming the 1080 TI, but once again, I can't find optimization specs anywhere. Can I use Optane memory with Premiere Pro or just standard socketed memory?Mac or PC, makes no difference between these two for me. Not using Linux.I am looking for answers directly from Adobe

Hey everybody!My name is Chris, and i am going to put 4 Worksations(HD: SSD for the OS, 7200rpm for the Data) together for my organisation (youth work and education)We need Videoediting in 1080p and to be futureproof 4K (not 6k or 8k).We will use the CC and Premiere Pro and other products as well.But for the 4k Question i wanted to ask you guys' advice and thought i get "to the source" here on the Adobe forums.First Question: Can we edit 4k video (i expect that we will not have high bandwidth 4k) comfortably with that hardware setup?We also have a Videonetwork and we will get a new NAS (High performance HD with Raid5) and a new Switch (with 10Gbit connections between the Switch, but only 1Gbit form the switch to each workplace).Second Question:Should 4K networkbased editing work with that?So i know some sort of proxy workflow recommendations do exist from Adobe, i will have a look at them too.What do you guys say? I know its a bit complex already, but all feedback is appreciated!And re

i need to change my pc...now i think a:i9 xxxxx ssd gtx1080, 3 ssd (how is reeccomended in premiere..) 32 gb ram ..... total 2000 and more dollars for what?when i try to work on a dji mavic file or go pro file or 4k file, is not possibile (jerky playback , not smooth..and if you apply a colour is worst) and i need to convert all in pro res?they are serious?i read a lot of people that spent a lot of money with new MONSTER PC and have the same issue (jerky playback etc)[title edited by moderator to correct typo]

Hi,Just build my Threadripper system (1950x, 32GB, 1080 Ti) and what I notice is that the scrubbing performance is pretty slow compared to my Intel laptop (i7 4790K, 32GB, 970M). I'm using GH5 ALL-I 4K files. Files are on SSD raid on Threadripper system and single SSD on laptop. Playback is ok, but scrubbing timeline is really bad.  Both systems are just installed with Windows Fall Creators update. Is premiere just badly optimized?[Moderator note: moved to most appropriate forum.]

I'm looking for some advice to upgrade my laptop to improve PP playback performance. I did my research but unfortunately http://ppbm8.com/ is not available (does anyone know if it will become online?) so I don't have much data to use for comparison.I bought a new gaming laptop (i7-8750H, 16GB RAM, GTX 1060 6GB, 250GB PCIe SSD, 2TB HDD), the performance was ok but the screen color accuracy was not suitable for my needs and I really missed my Trackpoint so I had to return it. Now I'd like to see if there's a way to upgrade/optimize my old config instead of buying a completely new one and still improve the performance. The newest generation of 6 core Intel CPUs are not available yet in the Thinkpads/Dell Precisions in my country (or only for an extraordinary price) and I'm not sure if the previous generation would give me a significant performance boost for the money.The config I have - Thinkpad W530 - I7 3740QM, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, 2 TB SATAIII HDD (Storage)+500 GB SATAIII HDD (Project files

Heys guys. I recently wanted to finally use my 3 disk setup, but when I was about to start it dawned on me.I had no idea, where I wanted to save the project files. The setup was like this: C: programs 😧 cashe E: raw data/final videosBut where would you put the projects? E? or rather D?

Hi all,I work for a video production company and our owner has offered to purchase me a new machine for editing as we build our new studio. We aren't producing feature length films or anything but we do have 4K projects that bog down my current machine (which was never intended to be a full-time editing PC but my editing role has expanded in the company). With an eye on the future I only see larger projects and more 4K projects coming down the line so I would like to be prepared with a machine to handle them. I'm not sure what budget she has in mind yet but I wouldn't want to go in with too big of an ask, we don't need anything super high end anyway, but we are a professional production company so I can't cheap out on our systems either. Just wondering if anyone has any pointers on particular PCs and what specs would be good for my needs. Happy to answer any Qs to narrow down what would be best for me! Thanks in advance friends!-JLR

I'm currently editing 4K/60M footage and I'm just not happy with the performance that Premiere is giving me. I could definitely be wrong, but I feel like the playback speed, scrubbing speed, and even the rendering speed is a little slow. I'm playing my sequence back at 1/2 quality and it still skips randomly and I feel like it shouldn't be doing that.Based off the specs I've given you, is my 16GB 3600 DDR4 kit the bottleneck here? I'm not doing any crazy edits and I rarely use After Effects if that helps.If you need more information just let me know. Thanks in advanced.Zach

Hello EverybodyI have 2 options for computer1- Workstation T3600 (Intel Xeron E5 2.8 V1 - 32GB DDR3 - 1TB HD - Geforce NVIDIA 10502- Core I7-8700, 16 GB DDR4, Motherboard B360, VGA Card Nvidia  4GB DDR5, HD 1TB.Which the best for Adobe after Effect last versionThanks,[Here is the list of all Adobe forums... https://forums.adobe.com/welcome][Moved from CS6 & earlier Creative Suites to After Effects forum... Mod]

I am a photographer and a film editorAnd need a super strong and fast LAPTOPUsage:Photo processing in PS and LREditing movies & audio in PR and AEExtensive Internet usage, heavy file downloads, heavy file sharing (cloud work)Requirements:4k screen, precise screen colors,Fast and powerful processor!( Core i7 minimum), plenty of internal memoryA screen of sufficient size to work (15-17 inch)memory card readerAdvantages:Easy to carry, thin and innovative,battery lasts a long time,A touchscreen can be used Stylus (digital pen)- for photo editinggood price;)Seller / Company:Warranty for a few yearsgood and reliable service for any problemalso, gaming computers are bulky and ugly but are they better for film editing?this is my only computer- i don't use a desktop!so it has to be a really good computer for all work!what would you recommend??what companies? specs?price range up to 3000$Discussion moved from Adobe Creative Cloud to Photoshop by moderator.

Hi,I am thinking about selling my old iMac (2012) which is getting too slow and buing new piece of hardware for editing in Premiere Pro.There are only 2 options for me - Laptop or mini PC. It is because I do not like to work at home, so I travel a lot with my van and work in different places. Mostly in my van (microbus) connected to electricity in camps.I would like to spend about 1900-2000 USD and I have found those 2 candidates.First one is Laptop ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501VI-GZ021T-Intel Core i7-7700HQ (2.8GHz, TB 3.8GHz, HyperThreading) with 4 cores-Nvidia GTX 1080 8gb-16GB RAM DDR4-Price for used one: 2000 USDThe second one is mini PC called MSI Trident 3 Arctic 8RD-203EU-Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2GHz, TB 4.6GHz, HyperThreading)with 6 cores-NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5-16GB RAM DDR4-Price for new one: 1870 USDBoth of them are for similar price in my country (laptop is used, Mini PC is new). The Laptop is ony 130 USD more expensive than mini PC. Pros:MINI PC -   &nbsp

Hi everyone, I want to start editing in adobe premiere and don't have many options for buying a laptop right now, so want to know if any of these will work and wich one is better. My options so far are:1.   MSI leopard GP62M      Intel Core i7 7700HQ (2.8 GHz, hasta 3.8 GHz) 4 cores     RAM 16GB DDR5 SDRAM, max 32 GB     1TB Hybrid (HDD/SDD) + 128GB SSD     Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 PC2-4200 RAM2.  DELL inspiron     Intel Core i7-8550U     RAM 16GB DDR4, 2400 MHZ     AMD Radeon 530 (4GB GDDR5)     2TB HDD, 5400 RPM/ M.2 SLOT3.  HP PAVILION 15-CS0073     Intel Core i7-8550U 1.8GHZ     RAM 16GB DDR4     NVIDIA GeForce MX150 4GB     Storage 1TB HDDThank you for your help!!

I need to upgrade my system, and all I have is 1100$ and looking for a good laptop for video editing specially 4K I'm preferring a laptop and not a PC because I'm travelling alot, and I need something to be with me all the time, and is the performance difference between laptop and a PC at this price range will be very large or not ?