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1. Re: Premiere Elements 12: Opening / Closing Projects Very Slow
Steve Grisetti Nov 4, 2013 7:16 AM (in response to brousseb101)I've noticed version 12 opening much more slowly on OSX Mavericks than version 11 also.
I'm sure this is even more exaggerated on MacBook Air's, which don't have a lot of processor power compared to my iMac.
Strangely, the Windows version of 12 opens much, much faster than version 11!
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2. Re: Premiere Elements 12: Opening / Closing Projects Very Slow
brousseb101 Nov 4, 2013 7:40 AM (in response to Steve Grisetti)For some specific numbers:
It took about 7 seconds to open a new project in 11, and about 30-40 seconds to open in 12.
Closing a project was about 2 seconds in 11 and 30-40 seconds in 12.
Seems surprisingly high!
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3. Re: Premiere Elements 12: Opening / Closing Projects Very Slow
Steve Grisetti Nov 4, 2013 8:00 AM (in response to brousseb101)Well, as I said, your experience is going to be magnified on a MacBook Air.
On my iMac, opening is a bit slower than version 11, but closing is pretty much immediate. And the program's performance, once it is open, is every bit as fast as version 11.
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4. Re: Premiere Elements 12: Opening / Closing Projects Very Slow
brousseb101 Nov 4, 2013 2:58 PM (in response to brousseb101)Strange - I first noticed this performance problem last night after testing out the motion tracking - Premiere crashed and was slow ever since (only during startup / shutdown). Went back to play with motion tracking, produced a video successfully, now premiere is back to starting up and shutting down in 3-4 seconds.... The crash must have caused an issue.
I rebooted several times while having the issues, and it went away without me rebooting or doing anything.
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5. Re: Premiere Elements 12: Opening / Closing Projects Very Slow
Steve Grisetti Nov 5, 2013 5:18 AM (in response to brousseb101)If you're looking for more detailed advice, you may want to let us know your computer specs: Which OSX you're using, which processor you have, how much RAM you have, how large your hard drive is, etc.
As I said, Airs are built for portability, not performance.
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6. Re: Premiere Elements 12: Opening / Closing Projects Very Slow
brousseb101 Nov 5, 2013 5:27 AM (in response to Steve Grisetti)I think I'm good now. I have no complaints about performance now that this issue is gone. 2013 MacBook Air, i5, 4GB RAM, 128 GB SSD. The only performance problems I have are playing 720p / 120 fps video back which I can live with given how little I shoot 120 fps.
Generally no lag or performance issues, but this is the fastest computer I've used with Elements so maybe I don't know what I'm missing:)
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7. Re: Premiere Elements 12: Opening / Closing Projects Very Slow
Steve Grisetti Nov 5, 2013 5:41 AM (in response to brousseb101)Yes, 120 fps would be a challenge even to my quad core 3.2 ghz system.
But if your Air is the dual-core i5 running at 1.3 ghz, that frame rate could definitely be a problem.
Happy moviemaking, brousseb!


