• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Adobe Premiere Pro with Parallels

  Posted by Andrew on October 5, 2011 at 5:30 am

  Hi,
  Have a strange one for ya. Has anyone tried to run PP in Windows when operating Parallels from Mac hardware? How has it operated ok? Is it clunky, does it freeze up? Be good to know your hardware specs and stories.
  Thanks in advance,
  Andrew

  Angelo Lorenzo replied 14 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jeff Greenberg

  October 5, 2011 at 12:04 pm

  Slow – better off jumping into bootcamp. Fine for a quick change, not great for full editorial.

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  Andrew

  October 6, 2011 at 1:25 am

  Hey,
  Thx for the feedback.
  Is there any noticable difference between the interface between running PP on a mac and windows?

  Also, which OS offers a more stable platform in your opinion?
  Thx
  Andrew
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  Angelo Lorenzo

  October 6, 2011 at 2:12 am

  There is no appreciable difference between interfaces on Mac and PC… I would say the difference is minimal if non existent (My production partner and I are mixed platform).

  I’ve logged enough hours on both to say the experience is stable with our workflow (Mostly Canon 5D footage, some P2 projects, some RED projects).

  My use of Windows comes down to hardware cost. Hardware is less expensive than Mac, I have a Nvidia CUDA enabled graphics card, I have a few firewire 400 and 800 ports and I have MacDrive to read Mac formatted hard drives.

  I would also say moving projects from one platform to the other is pretty painless as well if you manage your footage and other assets decently.

  Windows also has an advantage of having more choices for free third party encoders that offer more tweaking and higher quality output. For some work I render an intermediate file and run it through Xmedia Recode or FFMPEG for a deliverable.

  Windows 7
  AMD Phenom II X4 820 (comparable to an Intel i5 quad core)
  8GB DDR2 RAM
  NVIDIA GeForce GT240 (config filed altered for use with Premiere; performance is much improved and stable)

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