Daviesgeek
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I'm running into some severe workflow problems while using Premiere Pro, After Effects, and SpeedGrade.
But first, I want to note that I'm editing on a brand new, 2.6 GHz i7, 15" retina MacBook Pro. It's the top of the line MacBook Pro for the 2013/2014 lineup. I'm also editing all this footage on the internal SSD. All that being said, I don't believe my problem is a hardware issue.
Now for the specifics. I'm editing a short production that's just over a minute long and I'm running into severe limitations as far as dynamic linking, playback, and the like.
I ended up editing almost the entire thing in After Effects (I had some little visual effects stuff to do), but 1) if I use dynamic linking, it is so slow and choppy that it's impossible to finish up my editing in Premiere, & 2) when I export it out, it's a 20-24 hour long render to get any sort of reasonably high quality video.
Then on top of that, I wanted to use SpeedGrade to add grading to the footage. I could not figure out how to get it to work right with Premiere or After Effects. I ended up rendering out full resolution files that I then re-linked in After Effects.
Now I'm trying to add stabilization to the footage as a last pass over the video. If I do it in After Effects, it'll be a minimum of another day before this project goes out. If I do it in Premiere Pro (which I'm doing now), the video will not playback in real time and I am forced to render out the video (another 1-1.5 hours) to even watch any tweaks I make to the stabilization.
I feel like I'm trying to use a screwdriver to hammer in a nail because I can't find the hammer. It doesn't seem like I'm doing this right at all! Can someone speak some sanity into my workflow?
But first, I want to note that I'm editing on a brand new, 2.6 GHz i7, 15" retina MacBook Pro. It's the top of the line MacBook Pro for the 2013/2014 lineup. I'm also editing all this footage on the internal SSD. All that being said, I don't believe my problem is a hardware issue.
Now for the specifics. I'm editing a short production that's just over a minute long and I'm running into severe limitations as far as dynamic linking, playback, and the like.
I ended up editing almost the entire thing in After Effects (I had some little visual effects stuff to do), but 1) if I use dynamic linking, it is so slow and choppy that it's impossible to finish up my editing in Premiere, & 2) when I export it out, it's a 20-24 hour long render to get any sort of reasonably high quality video.
Then on top of that, I wanted to use SpeedGrade to add grading to the footage. I could not figure out how to get it to work right with Premiere or After Effects. I ended up rendering out full resolution files that I then re-linked in After Effects.
Now I'm trying to add stabilization to the footage as a last pass over the video. If I do it in After Effects, it'll be a minimum of another day before this project goes out. If I do it in Premiere Pro (which I'm doing now), the video will not playback in real time and I am forced to render out the video (another 1-1.5 hours) to even watch any tweaks I make to the stabilization.
I feel like I'm trying to use a screwdriver to hammer in a nail because I can't find the hammer. It doesn't seem like I'm doing this right at all! Can someone speak some sanity into my workflow?
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