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Adobe Premiere: Optimizations and Workflows

Adjust Adobe Premiere’s settings on your computer for a smooth editing experience on Suite.

Tuning Premiere for optimal performance with Suite is quick and straightforward.

Follow these steps to modify Premiere's Preferences for your computer and set Scratch Disks locations for your Projects.

Optimizations

Preferences

ℹ Using a Mac or a PC? You’ll find Premiere’s Preferences here:

  • macOS - Premiere > Settings

    • (The title of the dialog box is Preferences.)

  • Windows - Edit > Preferences

Audio

Disable these settings under Preferences > Audio:

  • Generate waveforms automatically during import

  • Auto-tag audio types in the timeline

Media

Disable these settings under Preferences > Media:

  • Write XMP ID to files on import

  • Write clip markers to XMP

  • Include captions on import

  • Automatically refresh growing files

✅ Adobe recommends disabling XMP ID writes for improved performance when using Premiere with shared storage such as Suite.

Media Analysis & Transcription

Disable these settings under Preferences > Media Analysis & Transcription:

  • Analyze all imported media to visually search your projects

  • Enable language auto-detection

Media Cache

Under Preferences > Media Cache, set Media Cache Files > Location to a local SSD volume.

Memory

Under Preferences > Memory, tell Premiere how much RAM (system memory) it should save for other applications while it's open.

Playback

Under Preferences > Memory, turn off Enable Mercury Transit to minimize Premiere’s system memory (RAM) usage.

Scratch Disks

ℹ macOS and Windows - Premiere > File > Project Settings > Scratch Disks

In most cases, you can set your Scratch Disks to a location on a super-fast, local volume (e.g. Documents or a [Custom] location).

However, when working from shared storage like Suite, Adobe recommends setting Premiere’s Scratch Disks ”to a shared location so render files are shared across every editorial system.”

If you choose Same as Project for all Scratch Disks, Premiere stores those render files alongside your Project or Production on Suite.

✅ If you set your Scratch Disks to a folder on Suite, for best performance, pre-cache your Scratch Disks in advance.

Workflows

First, Enable project locking on each computer.

1. Go to the Collaboration menu:

  • macOS - Premiere > Settings > Collaboration

  • Windows - Edit > Preferences > Collaboration

2. In the Project Locking section:

a. Enable project locking: ☑️

b. Set a User Name.

Next, decide which workflow is best for you:

  • Handing off Projects among team members

  • Working together from a Production for Premiere

  • Using Team Projects stored on Creative Cloud with your media stored Suite

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Questions:

Q: Can I manage Premiere’s preferences?

A: Yes.

On macOS, you can use these apps to back up, restore, and even sync preferences among multiple workstations:

You can also manually manage or completely reset your preferences by following the steps in this article from Premiere’s online Help: Reset and restore preferences

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