Adobe Premiere Pro CC v.7.xx User Manual
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GPU-Accerlerated Effects Performance Enhancements
Optimize a Computer for the Mercury Playback Engine
For instructions on filtering the effects in the Effects panel so that you can easily find the accelerated effects, see Filter effects by type.
Jeff Sengstack provides detailed tips for optimizing a computer system and Premiere Pro for performance on the
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Information about whether a clip can be processed by the CUDA hardware acceleration portion of the Mercury Playback Engine depends on the
dimensions of image and on the available GPU memory. For details, see this page on Todd Kopriva’s
The CUDA processing features of the Mercury Playback Engine also speed up and improve some things other than effects, including scaling. See
this page on Todd Kopriva’s
For a summary of updates to CUDA acceleration in Premiere Pro,
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On Mac OS, CUDA acceleration features require Mac OS X v10.6.3 or later.
Disable or enable GPU acceleration of effects
1. Choose Project > Project Settings > General.
2. In the Video Rendering And Playback section, select the appropriate renderer: Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration or Mercury
Playback Engine Software Only.
List of GPU accelerated effects in Premiere Pro
Here is a list of the effects and transitions that can be accelerated by CUDA in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Alpha Adjust
Basic 3D
Learn how to take advantage of GPU-
accelerated effects. This tutorial shows how
to identify accelerated effects, and to
activate GPU support. It also lists the
graphics cards that support GPU
acceleration in Adobe Premiere Pro....
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Jeff Sengstack provides details tips for
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