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Reducing Project Load Time
I’m working on creating a 70 minute piece that will be distributed on DVD. It was shot in 24p and I’m editing in 24p. I captured about 23 hours of footage using Premiere and then logged it by making subclips for the shots I wanted to keep. I deleted a lot of clips from the project all-together. I’ve now got clips totalling about 12 hours in my project. So far, so good.
Then, I started putting clips on the timeline and applying effects that require rendering. At this point, I’ve only created about 8 minutes of timelined, b-rolled, titled and sound-edited sequences. But, now, when I restart my computer or Premiere, it takes a full 10 to 12 minutes for the project to load. That seems very long to me, and I’m worried how long the load time is going to be when I get 70 minutes of finished sequences.
I supposed I should mention that I have a completely new workstation with a top-of-the-line 64bit processor, 4 GB of RAM, and 500 GB of SATA storage in a RAID array. So, it’s not like I’m working with a jalopy workstation.
What kind of load times are “normal”? Is there anything I could have done differently that would have reduced the load time I’m now experiencing? Is there anything I can do at this point to reduce the project load time?
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Hmm..that does seem a little too long. How did you create your sub-clips? Also, what version of Premiere Pro are you using?
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Aanarav Sareen
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I’m using Premiere Pro 2.0
I opened the capured clips in the Source window one-at-a-time. If I wanted just one segment of the clip, I’d set in-points and out-points and then just rename the clip file and put it in my folders. If I wanted more than one segment out of the captured clip, I would set in-points and out-points, then, drag the image in the Source window to the folder in the Project Pane where I wanted to place the subclip. When I let go, a little dialogue box would pop-up allowing me to name the subclip. I’d repeat that for all the segments I wanted out of the captured clip. When I’d finish getting all the segments I wanted out of a captured clip, I’d move the clip to a bin that I named “Sources for Subclips.”
-Sam
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Rendered clips will take a lot longer to load than non-rendered ones. Separating previews from OS, and from captured footage will also help. I usually wait until I’m ready to preview the final project to do a full render. In the meantime, I render small segments that I really need to preview, and purge the rendered files before doing a final save. On my current project, my load time on a dual core Intel / 32 bits, 2 GIG of ram is about 30 seconds for 6 hours worth of footage. BTW, believe it or not, 64 bit will probably make things worse on Premiere as overall speed goes.
Vince
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