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  • Mac Pro Interface sluggishness (video plays fine)(ATI Radeon)

    Posted by Justin Crowell on May 9, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    Hi all,
    I’ve got a mac pro (specs below) that should be able to handle the software fine.

    Video (even camera native stuff) plays back without a stutter, but the UX itself is sluggish. Any window resizing takes a second to snap to the pointer, clicking between clips and events takes a second, adding keywords is really slow (and the animation is not smooth). This is all with only a single event and project in the software.

    I have an ATI card with seemingly adequate ram. I’ve looked all over the internet, and I know the pros aren’t “optimized” like the iMacs are for FCPX, but…this seems unusual. Running FPX 10.0.8

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks!

    Max Pro
    2 x 2.4 GhZ 6-core Intel Xeon
    24 GB DDR3
    ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 MB
    OS X 10.8.3

    Video editor, animator, composer, producer
    JustinCrowell.com

    Justin Crowell replied 12 years, 11 months ago 1 Member · 2 Replies
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  • Justin Crowell

    May 14, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    Anyone have any thoughts on this? It’s really frustrating, and basically making the software unusable for me…

    Video editor, animator, composer, producer
    JustinCrowell.com

  • Justin Crowell

    May 21, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    ok, just realized this might not be the appropriate forum. Gonna repost in the FCPX technique one. (there’s no way to move a post, right?) My apologies, dear friends!

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