Video file size recommendations

[shenzi105]

I am learning Premiere Pro and been having challenges with working on clips, the software and my 2011 Mac freeze and hang non-stop.
First of I understand that i probably
need a faster laptop but what file size /format do you recommend to shoot videos.

I believe i'm in 4K right now, not sure if it's not too heavy for my laptop and Premiere Pro.

I will use my work video mostly for realtors/MLS websites and Youtube.
The first clips i film with the default settings the P4P camera came with worked fine.



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[jiggyb21]

Yeah 4k is extremely demanding. I have 2013 4k iMac w 12gb of RAM and its a real struggle to edit 4k footage. When I'm shooting for fun/editing practice I shoot in 2.7k. No problems at all with that footage.

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[Raptorman0909]

One thing you can do to make editing in PP with 4K files easier is to change the display resolution from "Full" to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16. I wouldn't recommend 1/8 or 1/16 as the quality really suffers, but using 1/2 or 1/4 can really help.

The other thing you can do is use 'proxy editing'.


Brian