How do I make Premiere Pro render faster?

How to Render Faster and Speed Up Adobe® Premiere® Pro

Rendering in Adobe Premiere Pro and importing video files from a camera are two of the most resource-intensive tasks your computer will face. There are some ways to speed up these two tasks.

Trying to speed up Adobe® Photoshop®? Read our guide here.

SSDs and memory to speed up performance

The two most important things you can do to increase the speed of Premiere Pro are to maximize your computer memory (RAM) and exchange your hard drive for a solid state drive.

These two components are, for most computers, easy to change. Adobe also recommends this solution. 

How more memory helps

Rendering, editing video, applying effects, and running applications all rely on RAM for smooth operation. For rendering, the computer will often use VRAM (video random access memory) from the GPU (graphics processing unit) first, but when space runs out in VRAM, the system will start using the main computer RAM to continue running the process. Installing the maximum amount of memory your computer allows will allow the computer to run all processes faster. 

The results speak for themselves; to speed up opening files and rendering videos in Premiere Pro, switch to an SSD and increase your computer memory. 

How much RAM you need to install really depends on your system. Use the Crucial® Advisor™ tool or System Scanner tool to find out what your options are. The size of the SSD will also make a difference for very large video files. Get as much storage as you can afford and consider having a multi-disk system to separate current working files and completed files.