Hi, this is Anne with Graphic Design How To, and today I'm going to show you how to fix
Adobe Premiere Pro lagging, so slow playback, just kind of being choppy or anything like that. Now,
of course, it matters how much RAM you have. The bare minimum for Premiere is supposed to
be eight gigs, but I thought that 16 gigs really should be the bare minimum for that,
and of course, the more you have, the better. Alright, let's get started.
Alright, so I'm here in Premiere Pro, and the first thing we'll want to do is open the Media
Cache option under Preferences. On a Mac, this is under Premiere Pro and then Preferences,
and then Media Cache. Here on a PC, you can go to Edit, Preferences, Media Cache.
So, now we're going to clear the cache. So, I'll come over here and choose Delete, and then I'm
going to choose Delete Unused Media Cache Files and say okay. So, now I'm going to come down here
to Media Cache Management, and we want to look at this second one, which is the Auto Delete. So, I'm
going to choose that, we'll say okay, and then I'm going to change this to about two weeks. I like
to have it set around two weeks because I don't really reopen projects that old very often. Now,
I do want to say that setting your Media Cache to automatically delete like this does not actually
mess up any of your projects in any way. If you do need to open older projects, Premiere
just is going to have to work a little bit to recreate the cache files. So, we'll say okay.
Now, another reason that Premiere might run slowly is because it doesn't have enough RAM allocated.
So, the second thing we're going to do is close the other open programs, especially Photoshop,
Acrobat, and Bridge. Those three eat up a lot of RAM, I noticed, and After Effects does too.
But I realize a lot of us use After Effects and Premiere together and like to have both
of those open at the same time. Now, we can also change our RAM settings under Memory. So,
go back up to your Preferences if you closed them and choose Memory. You'll want to change the RAM
reserve for other applications to as low as it'll go. For me, that's three gigs, and we'll say okay.
Now, if you're still facing lag even though we got rid of our unused cache files, it can be a
good idea to just get rid of all of them. And as I mentioned before, this won't actually hurt any
of your old projects. So, first, I'll tell you how to do this on a Mac. You'll go to your Finder and
then hit Shift + Command + H. Next, go to Library. If you're not seeing Library here, right-click
and choose Show View Options, and then make sure this bottom one is checked: Show Library Folder.
So, we'll come up here to Application Support, Adobe, and then scroll down to Common.
To get to the same place on PC, you'll want to go to Users, and then your username, then go to App
Data Roaming, Adobe, and then Common. Then, you'll want to delete everything inside these folders:
Media Cache, Media Cache Files, Peak Files, Team Projects Cache, and PTX,
and then empty your trash. So, now you've deleted all of your extra Premiere cache files.
If you still have lag at this point, you can try resetting your Premiere Pro preferences,
which will get rid of any customizing you've done to your workspace. So, this really should
be a last resort because It's kind of a pain to set that up again if you have it all customized
the way you like it, but to reset them, you'll want to shut down Premiere Pro and then when you
go to restart it, hold Shift + Command + Option on a Mac or Shift + Control + Alt on a PC. Now,
you'll want to hold those down until you get this little pop-up, "Are you sure you want to
reset your plug-in caches and preferences?" We'll say okay, and then hopefully your lag issue will
be solved. Now, if you're still having trouble, please leave a comment in the comment section
below, and I'll try to help you out. All right, if you like this video and you want to see more
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