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    Speeding up editing process

    Posted by Shane Sackett on December 26, 2012 at 4:40 pm

    Hello,

    I am somewhat of a newbie to editing. I know how to use the programs I edit with, but as far as hardware and setup for the programs go, I’m clueless. I was wondering how I could speed up the rendering times for my Adobe Creative Suite? I mainly use After Effects and Premiere, and they take FOREVER (for example, last night it took 3 hours to render a clip in AE that was 45 seconds long with only minor color correction done to it).

    I edit using a MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7, with 4gb 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM. I also have connected a LaCie 2Big Quadra 4 TB 1700 RPM hard drive, and I have the programs write all previews/scratch disks to it. I also keep on the hard drive my source footage and project files.

    I’m willing to buy additional hardware, or configure my files differently. I simply just don’t know what to do, and I’ve searched through forums for an answer to no avail. Please help!!

    -Shane

    Vishesh Arora replied 13 years, 4 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • John Cuevas

    December 26, 2012 at 7:24 pm

    The biggest difference maker in speeding up render times is more RAM. There are a few threads on the main AE forum about rendering and computer specs. I’m not at all familiar with Macs, so there isn’t much more I can offer.

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    Thinkck.com

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  • Todd Kopriva

    December 28, 2012 at 6:34 pm

    See this page for resources about making Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects work faster: https://adobe.ly/eV2zE7

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    Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
    After Effects quality engineering
    After Effects team blog
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  • Vishesh Arora

    December 30, 2012 at 2:54 pm

    Shane

    I would also suggest you to go for more RAM. AE loves RAM when it comes to rendering.

    For improving performance you can read articles from Adobe provided by Todd.

    Vishesh Arora
    3D and Motion Graphics Artist
    Films Rajendra

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