If your images are around 20-30% in size then you are NOT using 80% of the images – it is wasted energy so to speak.
I understand want it to have them a little large to move on them but what I’m saying is try – and your mileage may very – shrinking the images down some and re-importing or re-linking them.
If it’s 4000 pixels wide – drop em down to 1800 pixels wide and then relink and adjust in timeline and render.
Make sense?
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta