[Nicholas Natteau]

Hi Kevin,

Just did uninstalled and reinstalled PPCC, but I’m still having the same issue.

If I want to move backward or forward frame by frame and I keep the left or right arrow key pressed down, it takes Premiere a full second to move frame by frame, is that normal??? Though of course it moves much faster frame by frame if I repeatedly press the left/right arrow keys.

I had the impression that in both legacy FCP7 and FCPX, when moving frame by frame, it didn’t matter whether you repeatedly press the arrow keys or keep them pressed down, the cursor moved just as fast either way. I wish that were the case with Premiere. Is there no option in settings to tweak that?

[Nicholas Natteau]

Hi Kevin,

I’m using CC 2014.1 (the very last version) as of this month.

[Nicholas Natteau]

Wow, I thought I was the only one also.

And the strange thing is that it’s not happening in only one project, it’s occurring in all of them. It always keeps defaulting to that same folder.

For the time being, my own workaround is too make a number of “favorite” folders in the media browser which saves me having to drill up and down through folders.
For example if I have multiple still image files to reconnect, I just make their folder a “favorite” in the media browser like that they’re one click away.

[Nicholas Natteau]

I forgot to add to that instead of remembering the last folder where any disconnected file in question was known to be, Premiere always defaults to the wanting to search in the same “maps” folder. I just don’t understand that.

[Nicholas Natteau]

I know that text and photos will look twice as sharp on a Retina iMac than they are on a non-retina iMac.

But does that also mean that all video (4K, 1080p, 720p footage) on an iMac Retina will display at half the size they do on a non-Retina iMac?

And if that is the case, and you’re working in 1080p timelines, and you wanted to keep the same 1080p size you’re used to seeing on non-retina iMacs, isn’t it just a simple question of downscaling the iMac Retina’s display resolution to 2560 x 1440? And wouldn’t that also be easier on Premiere Pro and AE?

[Nicholas Natteau]

Thanks Walter. Quick question regarding third party OWC DDR3 RAM memory sticks. Back in 2012, I ordered those sticks for my 2012 iMac i7, can I simply take those sticks out and put them in the new iMac Retina?

[Nicholas Natteau]

Hi Tero,

So long as the new iMac Retina isn’t any slower than my current 2012 iMac i7 in Premiere Pro and AE, then I’m good to go. My fear would be that I invest in this system only to discover that PP and AE would choke on the same tasks they have no problem with on my 2012 iMac. I’m really thinking of this in terms of the work I do in Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, etc, just so long as PP and AE performance aren’t compromised.

[Nicholas Natteau]

Thanks again Walter and everyone else who replied to my post.

I happened to ask the same question on “nofilmschool.com”, and one poster said the following regarding the iMac Retina 5K and Premiere Pro CC and AE:

Truly hard to know without getting your hands on it. So I’m just going by experience on high end Dell’s and HPs with CC. Simply playing and cutting 4k shouldn’t necessarily be a problem, depending on how much footage you’re dealing with. 15 minutes vs hours makes a big difference, which is where 8 GBs of ram would be a major roadblock.

Can’t see anyone seriously attempting to edit anything of significance on the minimum specs.
However, Premiere is a completely different animal with or without the Mercury engine, which means you need Nvidia. So “software-only” Premiere is going to crumble dealing with AMD. You’re pretty much stuck using FCP on this, unless they offer Nvidia as an upgrade in the future.

This thing, in any configuration is NOT designed around Adobe at all, if they’re going to ignore Nvidia. Its really that simple. Marketing got their hands around it and said in no uncertain terms, “we want people using Apple products on an Imac”. Photoshop, InDesign and AI should be more than fine, but video…sorry folks. Don’t waste your time. The specs are a borderline starter system, pretty low end even when you max is out, except for the display. But even then, what is the GUI going to look like? The scaling better be top notch. It has to be.

Selling a “real” pro on this is fairly laughable. Image editing? Awesome!!! Video or effects or 3D? Sorry guys, this is NOT going to cut it. No Nvidia, limited RAM options, and a single i7? Move along folks.

Pros look at this… https://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/workstations/z840.html
or
https://www.dell.com/us/business/p/precision-T7600/pd
or
build your own.

Doing any video editing at all on the iMac Retina 5K via Premiere Pro sounds like a pretty bleak prospect if that fellow is correct. Is he? Would it be really that bad?

I can only speak from my own experience using Premiere Pro and AE on my maxed out 2012 iMac i7, and I never had any issues.
But according to that post, it sounds like editing video on a 5K iMac Retina would be a massive leap backwards. Say it ain’t so! Because the screen does look gorgeous…thinking of photos and text here.

I’m hoping that I would just be able to edit 4K video in a 1080p timeline smoothly, do color correction, grading, basic animation, basic compositing, no 3D work of any kind. So being able to do all of this in Premiere, Speedgrade, and AE without these programs choking is just as important to me as sharp images and sharp text.

[Nicholas Natteau]

Dear Walter,

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain all of this to me. Having just placed an order for such an iMac a few days ago, I’m now wondering whether I shouldn’t cancel it, after reading your post. My reason for initially ordering one was because I work a lot with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign as well as PPCC and AE. So the prospect of being able to see everything razor sharp (images and text) was what motivated me. But not if Premiere Pro and AE would choke working on an iMac Retina.

I’m not planning on delivering 4K (much less 5K) any time soon. But I shoot 4K essentially for the creative freedom it gives me in post when mastering in 1080p. If the iMac Retina 5K works as least as well as my 2012 iMac i7 in Premiere Pro CC and AE CC, then I’m sold. But if (on an iMac Retina 5K) those CC programs can’t handle editing 4K footage or basic effects in a 1080p timeline, then that would be a deal breaker.