Lancer and Jeff- Thanks for your help. I was applying both color balance and brightness effects to a clip. Also, which I didn't mention before, I have always captured via fire-wire using my DV500. I will check out the link Lancer gave me and see what is running on my computer.
Thanks again for the help. Ellen -------------------------------- --- In [email protected], "Jeff Schell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious to know which simple effects you are applying? In your old > setup, did you ever apply the exact same effects to the same clip (or same > type of clip) in the same project type? I think it may be a bit of > hyperbolization to say that two effects applied to a 90 second clip would > only take "seconds" to render. It truly depends on the effect. I don't know > of many that are simple from a cpu standpoint. > > From my own experience, here are the factors that affect rendering speed: > > 1. original clip format > 2. project format > 3. Type and # of effects > 4. cpu core / speed / hyperthreading / etc. > 5. storage hard drive read/write speed > 6. capacity (% full) of hard drive > 7. Windows virtual performance settings (paging file, display settings, XP > tweaks) > 8. # of other applications taking up CPU resources > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
