• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Upgraded 2013 iMac – Premiere Keeps Crashing, Why?

  Posted by Tim Stiefler on November 1, 2014 at 8:27 pm

  I’m working on a project using archival clips from youtube. There are no effects and the full piece is only 2 minutes. I’m able to use Premiere for about 1-2 minutes at a time before the program crashes, the preview plays audio but no video, or the software becomes so slow its unusable. Regardless, I always have to force quit the program. Although it may be different, my iMac can handle big projects in final cut x fine. Below are the specs for my machine:

  21″ iMac
  Version 10.9.5 – software fully updated
  3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
  16GB RAM
  Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512 MB

  Any idea what is preventing my machine from being able to run Premiere? Thanks!!!

  Ryan Holmes replied 11 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Ryan Holmes

  November 2, 2014 at 5:47 am

  Poor performance in Adobe typically comes from a combination of areas – Low RAM amount, underpowered GPU, storage type/speed.

  While the official Adobe requirements list 4GB (and 8GB) as recommended), I really think it should say 16GB minimum. Systems that I run with 32GB or more of RAM don’t have any problems. Your GPU falls in the same area. Most iMac computer GPU’s are just modified mobile graphics cards…so they aren’t terribly powerful. Unfortunately, on an iMac you’re basically stuck with that.

  Also, the type of storage you have can dramatically impact playback performance. One disk VS a raid setup and how that is connected – USB, FireWire, Ethernet, etc. Plus you need to factor in what flavor of codec are you using and is your system able to cope with that – ProRes, DNxHD, DNG, h.264, etc.

  Ryan Holmes
  http://www.ryanholmes.me
  @CutColorPost

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