Premiere Pro will indicate when the project needs rendering through a series of colored bars at the top of the timeline. Green If you have a green bar at the top of your timeline, it means the footage has been rendered, and there is an associated preview file attached to the section. Adobe Premiere Pro for Mac is the leading video editing software for film, TV, and the web. Creative tools, integration with other Adobe apps and services, and the power of Adobe Sensei help you craft footage into polished films and videos.
While looking for a rendering performance test samples all over the internet, we only found different software for measuring raw computer performance for the graphics card, processor and drives. Not a single test gives a sense of video rendering capabilities of our working editing computer (PC or Mac). That is why we made an pre-defined Adobe Premiere Project and tested some different rendering setups. We found out, the worse case scenario is exporting media from Adobe After Effects via Adobe Media Encoder. It quadrupled the time to export the same file. Video rendering case scenario was tested even in newest Davinci Resolve 15 (free, not beta version).
This kinda experiment isn’t scientific. It was made purely for self-exploring improved workflow for faster rendering finished projects. While if rendering is running alongside with many software running in the background, it increases rendering time. It didn’t make that significant difference if it was rendering from HDD to HDD. So, from all the test we only kept the results from best case scenario we tried. For the video rendering performance test we used 1.5GB ProPress file and export it to JPEG Quicktime and H264 (lumetri with LUT and few manual adjustments, denoiser III – Red Giant plugin, warp stabilizer). The newest Adobe Export doesn’t have Quicktime Photo JPEG anymore, so the DNxHR render was an identical substitute.
For the test, we used PC:
Asus X99-A
Intel Core i7-5820K @3.30GHz
16GB Memory 2400Mhz
Nvidia GTX 980 4GB
Samsung EVO 500GB SSD
Asus X99-A
Intel Core i7-5820K @3.30GHz
16GB Memory 2400Mhz
Nvidia GTX 980 4GB
Samsung EVO 500GB SSD
If we can get ahold of a REDraw file of 1.5GB to 2GB in size we could put another nice test alongside. It should be 4K, 60 fps, up to 20sec long on 25fps timeline with a little shaking to stabilize and some noise.
Adobe Premiere CC2017 (PC/Win10)
Media Encoder export – fresh restart – no background software – ssd to ssd
– Preset Used: YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Encoding, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 40,00 Mbps, Max 40,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:02:46
– Preset Used: Quick time JPEG UHD
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Quality 90, Photo – JPEG, 00:00:17:10
– Audio:
– Bitrate:
– Encoding Time: 00:02:34 cca 35% cpu load, 10% gpu load
– Preset Used: YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Encoding, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 40,00 Mbps, Max 40,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:02:46
– Preset Used: Quick time JPEG UHD
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Quality 90, Photo – JPEG, 00:00:17:10
– Audio:
– Bitrate:
– Encoding Time: 00:02:34 cca 35% cpu load, 10% gpu load
Adobe Premiere CC2018 (PC/Win10)
Media Encoder export – fresh restart – no background software – ssd to ssd
– Preset Used: YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Encoding, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 40,00 Mbps, Max 40,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:02:08
– Preset Used: DNxHR HQ 4K 25
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
– Bitrate:
– Encoding Time: 00:02:32 cca 70% cpu load, 10% gpu load
– Preset Used: YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Encoding, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 40,00 Mbps, Max 40,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:02:08
– Preset Used: DNxHR HQ 4K 25
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
– Bitrate:
– Encoding Time: 00:02:32 cca 70% cpu load, 10% gpu load
Adobe After Effects CC2018 (PC/Win10)
Media Encoder export – fresh restart – no background software – ssd to ssd
– Preset Used: DNxHR HQ 4K 25
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
– Bitrate:
– Encoding Time: 00:12:25
– Preset Used: YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Encoding, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 40,00 Mbps, Max 40,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:12:40 cca 30% cpu load, 0% gpu load
– Preset Used: DNxHR HQ 4K 25
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
– Bitrate:
– Encoding Time: 00:12:25
– Preset Used: YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Encoding, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 40,00 Mbps, Max 40,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:12:40 cca 30% cpu load, 0% gpu load
Adobe Premiere CC2018 (PC/Win10)
Media Encoder export – fresh restart – no background software – ssd to ssd – i7-5820K overclocked to @4.6Ghz
– Preset Used: YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Encoding, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 40,00 Mbps, Max 40,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:02:02 cca 95% cpu load, 10% gpu load
– Preset Used: DNxHR HQ 4K 25
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
– Bitrate:
– Encoding Time: 00:02:33 cca 35% cpu load, 10% gpu load
– Preset Used: YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Encoding, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 40,00 Mbps, Max 40,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:02:02 cca 95% cpu load, 10% gpu load
– Preset Used: DNxHR HQ 4K 25
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
– Bitrate:
– Encoding Time: 00:02:33 cca 35% cpu load, 10% gpu load
Davinci Resolve 15 (not beta) (PC/Win10)
Effects added:
- applied LUT,
- remove noise (mostly green),
- stabilizer
- SSD to SSD,
- no background software,
- cca 70% cpu load,
- cca 25% gpu load
Conclusion about render times?
The tested computer is a few years old now and it’s kinda strange that even half the resources aren’t used for exporting video project. There couldn’t be any bottlenecks in the main hardware unless the Windows, memory or mainboard chipset somehow affects the capabilities. Which in a way sux very much, because you can buy high-end hardware but you won’t get all the power from it. Even more interesting is, that Davinci Resolve takes more time to export the same file while using much more computer resources. We always thought that rendering times are quicker… even many benchmarks on Youtube show that Davinci and Final Cut in most cases beat the Adobe rendering times. If those benchmarks weren’t using real case scenario…. they are misleading the community. What were your results in this video rendering test? Here is the link to the .zip of the project including the prores file. The export settings for Adobe Media Encoder is up to you to set. Default Youtube 2160p 4K and DNxHR HQ 4K 25 should be great for comparison. Please send us your results and computer rig you are using (even Apple users are welcomed – including the Final Cut results with identical clip effects). Other users reports:
Adobe Premiere CC2018 (Apple/iOS)
Media Encoder export – no background software – ssd to ssd Apple iMAC:
Intel i7-7700K @4.2 GHzRadeon Pro 580 8GB1TB SSD40GB DDR4 Memory– Preset Used: YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Only, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 40.00 Mbps, Max 40.00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:01:59
Adobe Premiere CC2018 (Win10/PC)
PC configuration:
Intel i7-4930K @3.4GhzDDR3 16GB MemoryGeforce GTX 1080Ti 11GBMedia Encoder export – no background software – ssd to ssd
– Genutzte Vorgabe:YouTube 2160p 4K
– Video: 3840×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software
– Codierung, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 KBit/s, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 Durchgang, Ziel 40,00 MBit/s, Max. 40,00 MBit/s
– Codierungsdauer: 00:01:36
– Genutzte DNxHR HQ 4K 25
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
– Bitrate:
– Codierungsdauer: 00:01:35 cca cpu 90%, gpu 6%
Adobe Premiere CC2019 (Win10/PC)
PC configuration:
Intel i7-5820K @ 3.3Ghz32GB Memory 2400MhzAsus ROG Strix GTX 1080Ti 11GB Samsung EVO 500GB SSDMedia Encoder export – no background software – ssd to ssd
– Preset Used: DNxHR HQ 4K 25
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
– Encoding Time: 00:01:23 cca cpu 40%, gpu 6%, memory 17GB
– Preset Used: H264 Match Source – High bitrate
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, Software Encoding, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 10,00 Mbps, Max 12,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:01:30 cca cpu 50%, gpu 6%, memory 14GB
i7-5820K overclocked to @4.6Ghz / GTX 1080TI overclocked
– Preset Used: DNxHR HQ 4K 25
– Video: 4096×2160 (1,0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:17:10
– Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
– Bitrate:
– Encoding Time: 00:01:10 cca cpu 50%, gpu 8%, memory 18GB
Davinci Resolve 15 (not beta) (PC/Win10)
Effects added:
- applied LUT,
- remove noise (mostly green),
- stabilizer
- SSD to SSD,
- not overclocked
- no background software,
- cca 65% cpu load,
- cca 20% gpu load
- memory 25GB
Learn how to quickly sync files and folders, custom Premiere Pro preferences, keyboard shortcuts, and presets between your desktop and Creative Cloud.
Note:
Sync Settings in video applications
Effective with the December 10 2018 release (Premiere Pro 13.0.2), the Sync Settings architecture has been updated. This means some changes to the workflow for Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Media Encoder:
- The option to clear Sync Settings via Creative Cloud is no longer available (previously accessed through Manage Creative Cloud Account).
- Sync Settings are available in current and recent versions of Premiere Pro:
- Select Sync Settings from the Start screen on macOS and Windows.
- Within the application on Windows you can also select File > Sync Settings. On macOS select the Premiere Pro menu and then either Sync Settings (if there are currently no synced settings) or your Creative Cloud account email (if you have existing synced settings).
- Sync Settings are no longer available in Premiere Pro CC 2015 (9.0.2) or older. To use Sync Settings, please update to a more recent version.
For information on sync settings in After Effects and Media Encoder, see:
When you work with Adobe® Premiere® Pro on multiple machines, managing and syncing preferences, presets, and libraries between them can be time-consuming, complex, and error-prone.
The new Sync Settings feature lets you sync your general preferences, keyboard shortcuts, presets, and libraries to the Creative Cloud. For example, if you use more than one computer, the Sync Settings feature helps keep settings synchronized across machines.
You can also download and use settings on a computer that contains a copy of the software licensed to a different user. This feature lets multiple users work with their own personal settings on the same computer. For example, freelance editors working during different shifts in a post-production facility.
You can sync using your Adobe Creative Cloud account. The settings get uploaded to your Creative Cloud account and then get downloaded and applied on the other computer. After the settings are applied on the other computer, initiate the sync manually. This does not happen automatically, and it cannot be scheduled.
On first launch, you can initiate the sync by selecting Sync Settings from the Start screen. Or you can select File > [your Adobe ID] > Sync Settings Now (Windows) or Premiere Pro > [your Adobe ID] > Sync Settings Now (macOS).
The Adobe ID associated with the product's license is used to identify the user. If you haven't already created and uploaded settings for this application, the local settings are uploaded to the cloud by default.
Note:
Before initiating sync, ensure that you have upgraded the Creative Cloud desktop application to the latest version and you are logged in with your Adobe ID.
You can choose to sync the settings from a different Adobe ID instead of the Adobe ID associated with the product license used on the computer you're working on.
To use a different Adobe ID to sync the settings, select Use Settings From a Different Account from the Start screen. Or select File > [your Adobe ID] > Use Settings From a Different Account.
Enter the Adobe ID and password. The settings for that Creative Cloud account are downloaded and applied, and the user name appears in the Start Screen.
You can clear all settings and revert to default settings. Select Edit > [your Adobe ID] > Clear Settings.
Note:
If you select Clear Settings while a project is open, Premiere Pro saves and closes the current project to proceed.
Specify Sync preferences, and manage sync conflicts
The Preference dialog box lets you specify the sync setting options. For example, you can choose to have only keyboard shortcuts stored in the Creative Cloud, and not sync the other preferences and settings on a computer.
![Project Project](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BSC7N8MVIdM/XR4jRGxg7HI/AAAAAAAAB-g/xcvISLnXOXo0BaltFqGoQu0G5u_VOIrCwCLcBGAs/s1600/Scratch-Disk-Full-Fix-min.png)
Master boot record vs guid mac. The Preference dialog box also lets you choose what to do when a sync conflict occurs.
To specify what gets synchronized, Select File > [your Adobe ID] > Manage Sync Settings. Or open Sync Settings in the Preferences dialog box (Edit > Preferences > Sync Settings).
Note:
To sync your settings successfully, change the settings only from within the application. The sync settings feature does not sync files manually placed in the preferences folder location.
Select the options to sync preferences and settings. Synchronizable preferences are not dependent on computer or hardware settings.
Package Adobe Premiere Project File
- Preferences/Settings
- Workspace Layouts
- Keyboard Shortcuts
Note:
Keyboard shortcuts created for Windows only sync with a Windows computer. Mac OS keyboard shortcuts only sync with a Mac OS computer.
When you initiate a sync, the modification date between the local settings and the settings stored in the Creative Cloud is compared. If modification dates do not match, a sync conflict is detected.
You can specify what action to take when a sync conflict occurs by selecting from the following:
- Ask My Preference
- Always Upload Settings
- Always Download Settings
When you select Ask My Preference, the Sync Settings dialog opens, prompting you to upload or download your settings.
Upload Settings: Syncs settings from your computer to Creative Cloud.
Download Settings: Syncs settings from Creative Cloud to your computer, overwriting the local version with the Creative Cloud version of settings.
Select this preference option to clear the sync settings every time you quit Premiere Pro. On next launch, the default settings are used.
Your Adobe Creative Cloud account comes with online storage that makes your files available to you anywhere and on any device or computer.
Premiere Pro lets you auto-save your projects directly to your Creative Cloud-based storage, letting you save backups of your projects to a secure and accessible storage environment.
Adobe Premiere Mac Torrent
Choose Auto Save in the Preferences dialog, and select Save Backup Project To Creative Cloud.
When Premiere Pro auto-saves a project, a directory named 'auto-save' is created in your Creative Cloud online storage. All the backed-up projects are stored in the 'auto-save' directory.
You can access your backed-up projects from the Files tab of your Creative Cloud desktop application. Or you can access the files from your Creative Cloud account on the Web.
Each major version of Premiere Pro has its own copy of settings files. For example, Premiere Pro CC 7.x uses a '7.0' directory to store the settings file while the 2014 version of Premiere Pro CC uses a '8.0' directory.
When you upgrade to the latest version from Premiere Pro CC 7.x, your sync settings are automatically migrated to the new version.
Adobe Premiere File Size
Select Sync Settings or Use Settings From A Different Account from the Start screen or the File > Sync Settings menu. All the settings files from the '7.0' directory are automatically copied to the '8.0' directory.
Important notes:
- The '8.0' directory is created on the Creative Cloud server only after you sync settings for the first time. When you sync settings for the first time, you can notice a delay in syncing because all the settings from the “7.0’ directory are copied to the “8.0” directory.
- Before you customize any local settings like adding new keyboard shortcuts or workspaces, sync your settings at least once on one of your computers. Doing so ensures that you don’t lose any changes to your settings during auto-migration of settings from the previous version.