Re: Render Time is KILLING ME... Premiere Pro CS3

Hi Jim,

I understand what you're doing, and a Matrox card won't help. The RT.X2 only works with "video size" images (720x480 for SD) for instance. When using larger documents and zooming in using Adobe Motion, it bypasses Matrox and you're back to Adobe rendering again.

Try adding another hard drive and using that for video projects rather than the C: drive. As the other writer responded, if you can begin with smaller "document" sizes, that will also help, don't make them any larger than they need to be, creates needless overhead.

Just had a thought - when you have the document blow up to full screen to detail text, if it is going to remain static for a period of time, use File > Export > Frame to create a still image of that, then place that still on a higher video track for that duration. That way, Premiere does not have to render that whole section from the high-res image, much easier to process the 720x480 still image. That should help a LOT.

Also, use the ENTER key to render red parts of timeline to green BEFORE exporting to DVD. Once timeline is all green, DVD should render very quickly from there since heavy work is done already.

Good luck with the project

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers