Jon Doughtie
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Without detailed information about your computer, storage, and footage you work with, it is all meaningless guesswork.
Gather your information and store it as your signature (see below.) It will always be there for others when you post.
FC7 is quite elderly, perhaps the same age as your computer, So the hardware is adequate for it. You do not say what version of Adobe product you are working with, but it may not run well on an older computer.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF. -
If the footage is variable frame rate ( VFR, to compress it more) that is the root issue. you need to convert it to constant frame rate (CBR).
Handbrake is a free app that will convert it.
If the footage is already CBR, PPro should handle it fine, and there is another, unknown, issue.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF. -
Most likely, the PNG’s, frame by frame, are less compressed than your camera originals, frame by frame. Hence the difference in file size.
Plus, adding alpha channel information will increase file size. It’s now a 32 bit file.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF. -
First thing I check is make sure all Photoshop elements and all layers are RGB 8-bit, not CMYK or something else. For video work, they have to be RGB 8-bit.
I’ve been tripped up by stuff being in CMYK colorspace. Changing it to RGB in Photoshop, before import into PPro, fixed the issue.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF. -
I went back and looked at your video example in another post.
This would be done in PPro by using Zoom keyframes on a shot. Then copy and paste those keyframes into other shots. Since different shots are not always the same length, you may have to adjust the keyframes in some of the shots.
If you are talking about one big file, like your example, there is no other way except to go into it and set a lot of individual keyframes. There’s no fully automated way to do this. Just good old-fashioned editor work.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF. -
It should not take that long. As to why – without more information it’s pure guesswork.
I suggest you put all the system information in your signature (see mine below.) Then it’s always available when you ask a question.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF. -
Some folks check the “max render quality” box in circumstances where it doesn’t help, but only increases render time. If all your footage is the same rez, it doesn’t do much.
In your case though, with multiple resolutions, it may help. Your renders will take longer.
Depending on your deliverable codec, if it offers a two-pass mode instead of one-pass, two-pass mode will help. Two-pass renders will increase your render times.
And of course, the higher the bitrate, the more data is kept instead of tossed. Higher bitrate will mean bigger finished files.
Without more info about your original footage resolution, wrapper, and codecs, these are the basics I can suggest.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF. -
We need more information (see my signature), particularly what version of Adobe products you are using.
If you keep all the info in your signature, it’ll be there whenever you post.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF. -
We need more information about your system (See me signature below for starters.)
We also need more information about your footage (wrapper, codec, frame rate, even what is was shot with if you have that info), as well as the settings for your timeline.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF. -
For personal stuff, I also still use Encore, Doug. I actually have some fun with menu design.
But I don’t burn discs. I create an ISO image file, keep them on a PC attached to the TV, and they play back perfectly using VLC Media Player. Copies go onto flash drives and off to friends (who are tech savvy and know how to play them. So that part is easy for me.)
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF.