Final Cut Pro Slow? 7 Easy Ways To Speed Up Your FCP!

[@KaileyChristine]

I have been struggling with Final Cut for so long, this is the first video I've seen that has actually helped me, I had a library with every single youtube video Ive ever done, I closed it and made a new library just for the one video I'm working on and its running like normal. thank you so much, it was driving me nuts! I thought I was about to have to buy a whole new computer!

[@KevinKolbe]

I'm so pumped to hear it helped! Really appreciate you letting me know. Thanks for watching.

[@BrownCandyPaint]

My library is labeled KZbin and I have a bunch of different videos under that as separate events and then projects within that. Are you saying that each new video is a library on its own instead of an event?

[@KevinKolbe]

@@BrownCandyPaint that's how I do it. Are there exceptions? Yes. For example, when I do Amazon videos, I just have one library called Amazon videos, then do different events in there. The reason is most of those are really short and I don't keep them. Hope that helps.

[@KevinKolbe]

@@BrownCandyPaint let me clarify something. I only do different libraries for completely different projects. If I do an interview with someone, that video and any cutdowns of that would be in the same library. Hope that makes sense.

[@BrownCandyPaint]

@@KevinKolbeyes that makes total sense. What I’m getting is that the smaller videos can live in a library. My larger projects and its elements can each be its own library.

[@sd961960]

That was the absolute best tip I have gotten by far… The last one where you mention to delete the generated clips, and check both those check boxes… That fixed everything and made my M1 run the software like it's new again .. Many thanks, you're a genius.

[@KevinKolbe]

So glad to hear it helped! Thanks for letting me know and for watching too!

[@versatilechi]

When I did this … it turned all my footage red then I had to relink The files I’m unsure how this makes it easier ?

[@KunciHidup]

OMG this is my saviour, thank you so much!! You changed my world from dragging to do the editing work to easy peasy!!

[@KevinKolbe]

Super cool. Thanks!

[@LLusion]

fantastic video thank you so much!

[@KevinKolbe]

You're very welcome!

[@planetafaktow]

Thank you

[@KevinKolbe]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@Bardicaggravation]

Your videos are the most helpful on the internet.

[@KevinKolbe]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@scottherriott4828]

Thanks dude...your first suggestion of turning off Background Rendering did the trick. Appreciate it.

[@KevinKolbe]

Nice! Glad it helped. Thanks for sharing and watching too.

[@authorkristinealyse]

so good to hear that you are also on an M1 computer! I've been struggling with FCP that I was considering going back to imovie haha but then I thought I should probably learn this expensive software

[@KevinKolbe]

M1 with optimized Apple programs has definitely helped me.

[@NikkiFarah]

First video I'm watching of yours and "SUCKA" sent me lolll! Immediate subscribe.

[@KevinKolbe]

Appreciate you watching! Thanks

[@RodrigoIglesias]

The first one was the thing that was keeping my Mac dying while editing. Thanks!

[@KevinKolbe]

Glad it helped out. Thanks for watching.

[@HistoryHubOfficial]

Thank you so much sir 🙏🙏 Just saved me hours.

[@KevinKolbe]

Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching too!

[@REYNA444_]

I'm not sure if you mentioned this but viewing it in better performance instead of better quality is what did it for me. But question. Will viewing it in better performance mess with the export? I can't see any noticeable difference but I just wanted your take on it

[@KevinKolbe]

Great tip! I've used that some but not as much as the others. Re: export? Nope not at all. That's strictly a viewing only feature. Thanks for watching.

[@emmastafki8296]

Hello, great video, very helpful, my name is Emma and I am a student filmmaker and I am having problems with fcpx and I don’t really know anyone who knows fcpx, do you have a place where people can ask you questions?

[@KevinKolbe]

Glad you liked the video. I answer as many questions here as I can so ask away.

[@nillytv]

great video but idk how you can edit with back ground rendering turned off. I need the clips to re render after I clip them so I can see the transition.

[@KevinKolbe]

Even before I upgraded to the M1 chip, I had it turned off since it really slowed everything down. Now I'm on a Mac Mini M1 with 16GB RAM and never have an issue. Like any effect I use is immediate.

[@nillytv]

@@KevinKolbe yeah I’m working in animation so I have a lot of cuts and need to see it rendered after each cut. Outside of that this video really helped me get organized! Thanks again!

[@soupisgood44]

Helped a lot! Thank you!

[@KevinKolbe]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@JaysonHolechek]

Helped instantly bro. Thank you!

[@KevinKolbe]

No problem 👍 Thanks for watching.

[@zorenamills6960]

Super helpful 🎉🎉 Thank You🎉🎉

[@KevinKolbe]

You're so welcome! Thank you for watching.

[@LukesLiife]

Massively thankfully for this video! Thank you 💙

[@KevinKolbe]

You're so welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@NorbertoCruz]

Sweet!!! This advise help me a lot!

[@KevinKolbe]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for letting me know and watching too!

[@Gigmaster]

Good info! Thanks Kevin!

[@KevinKolbe]

You bet!

[@roxyb4936]

If you turn off background rendering when you choose to export does FCP rendering then? I’m very new to FCP.

[@KevinKolbe]

Good question. Yes is the short answer. 😁

[@CrisFerrerYT]

I have my new 2023 MacBook M3 with 48 GB of memory RAM and 1T of space, but my FCP which I transferred from my old mac is working super slow mostly when writing. I followed a couple steps you said, but still slow. If I re-install this software back again will it delete the project I'm working on right now? Thanks

[@KevinKolbe]

Weird. Re: reinstalling, now it shouldn't. Just make sure you have a copy of the library and files handy. You can export the edit list too. I had to do something similar a long time ago but everything came back great.

[@KevinKolbe]

Another thing. If you do that and still have issues, reach out to Apple Support. When I ran into that issue and had to reinstall, Apple walked me through it.

[@connorwhite5169]

I started a project and forgot to import as proxies.... I have already started editing... is there a way I can switch these files to proxies

[@KevinKolbe]

Actually I think you can. Try this: Select the clip or clips, go to the Inspector, select the "i" option for "info", scroll down to Transcode Media. You should get a box that pops up that gives you the option of converting it to Proxy. Haven't tried this but think that might work.

[@NickandAnna]

Just discovered proxy media and it has changed my editing workflow for the better. I'm editing on a less than ideal HDD set up and attempting to dredge through 4k footage was a STRUGGLE. With proxy media, everything is SO fast now.

[@KevinKolbe]

For huge projects it's definitely a time-saver. Thanks for sharing.

[@HalfGuardMedia]

Awesome vid, random question but what transition are you using in this video? I really like it.

[@KevinKolbe]

Appreciate that. For the transitions, I'm combing a background from Envato Elements and an animated title MotionVFX plug-in mFilm Matte.

[@HalfGuardMedia]

@@KevinKolbe Nice ok thank you for getting back to me.

[@OGPRODDY]

this is a good video! appreciate the assistance 🎉

[@KevinKolbe]

Appreciate that. Thank you for watching.

[@Richard_Broom_Photography]

Very useful. Many thanks.

[@KevinKolbe]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@YesYouCANPlayGuitar]

Thanks Kev!

[@KevinKolbe]

NP. Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.

[@Peter-Dirks]

Many thanks for this👍🙂

[@KevinKolbe]

Glad it helped. Thanks for watching!

[@AdamKrajewski80]

Helo what APP you use to clean RAM ??

[@KevinKolbe]

Clean My Mac. Here's my link (affiliate): macpaw.audw.net/NrKoK

[@GOAT_Media]

Thanks for this!

[@KevinKolbe]

Sure thing!

[@versatilechi]

Awesome video thank you 🙏🏾

[@KevinKolbe]

You are so welcome, thanks for watching.

[@augystudio]

I did it all and my fcp is still so laggy. Every time I make a cut and click to reposition the playhead, it lags. My RAM shows green, CPU very low. I don't know what to do :( I have a few hours of footage, and a few clips that last an hour each. Maybe that matters, but how am I supposed to work if I have long clips? Help :(

[@KevinKolbe]

Make sure you've got any program closed you simply don't need. Beyond that, try editing with proxy files. If you're not familiar with that, it creates very low-resolution clips to make editing faster, especially with large files and projects. When finished you export and FCP will convert only what you used to high-rez files.

[@augystudio]

@@KevinKolbe Thank you for answering, I am already working on proxy files. I can try closing Chrome browser and see if that helps. Not sure why that would help if there are no spikes shown on my RAM graph, but worth a try

[@KevinKolbe]

I use Chrome but it is a RAM hog. I edit on a Mac Mini M1. More than enough for FCP and still close anything I don't need simply to give FCP all the power it needs.

[@augystudio]

@@KevinKolbe I've been working with closed Chrome since yesterday and it still lags. I have a ton of free RAM still. The lag happens always when I make a cut and click to move the playhead a bit before the cut. The playback itself, when it already plays, is fine. It's not unworkable but pretty annoying and slows me down

[@augystudio]

@@KevinKolbe I think I know now what happened. I was editing from external SSD, which was working with zero problems before. But when I started editing bigger videos, I filled up the SSD with more files, and apparently SSDs work slower when they don't have at least 25% storage free. Now I'm working on another external SSD that has over half of storage free, and editing in FCP works smoothly, on original/optimized files even! And with chrome open with multiple tabs

[@kipling1957]

Thanks for these tips, and all good stuff. My issue is more basic. Having just finally upgraded to a silicon MacBook Pro M2 I was expecting it to rip through exporting/encoding to HD video, which is all I use. Well it is quite a bit faster than my 2018 MBP. But the system only uses about 10% of my available CPU. Is that normal? Are there any setting I should check?

[@KevinKolbe]

Thanks for watching and good question. Both of my Macs are M1 chips and both are really fast. Most of my editing is on my Mac Mini M1 and has been good enough I didn't upgrade (yet) to the M2. One reason is I've heard it's not that much faster...some but not overly noticeable. I'd reach out to Apple and see if they have any more ideas.

[@AdamKrajewski80]

Hello, I have next question for You. How many plugin, effect, transition i can put to FCP ?? I think to many also can slow down program ?? Or This is not a problem ??

[@KevinKolbe]

Really good question. I'm not sure there's a limit. I have a bunch and haven't ever seen it slow my Mac down.

[@jimg3640]

Thank you!

[@KevinKolbe]

You're so welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@notorious.nip.888]

You would think with the m1’s and m2’s out in the market you wouldn’t have to worry about this but….do we need a m10 in 15 years time to never worry about this

[@KevinKolbe]

Ha...good point. My M1 definitely runs better than the older ones but yeah, I hear ya.

[@chaserock4675]

Thanks!!

[@KevinKolbe]

You're welcome.

[@austin_penn]

thank you so much

[@KevinKolbe]

You're welcome!

[@KevinKolbe]

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[@rakshilady]

I'm an author who does a LOT of stories and videos for my books. Are you saying I should have a different library for every one of those stories/reels/videos?? I've done hundreds of videos. Should I have hundreds of libraries?

[@KevinKolbe]

I create a new library for every video unless I'm doing variations of something. Having one massive library with a ton of files will slow down FCP, possibly your computer too. Another downside, that one library gets corrupt, you're screwed.

[@BrownCandyPaint]

@@KevinKolbe This advice may help me tremendously. Its so difficult to know what the libraries, events, projects are even supposed to be for for optimal performance

[@KevinKolbe]

@@BrownCandyPaint Glad it helped. Personally I wish it was a tad easier with different names but the more you do it the easier it will get to remember.

[@KevinKolbe]

More things you can do with Final Cut Pro: kzbin.info/aero/PLMbt3nj33n2EyVQdgkTb1VGXbV1PHgBPr

[@iamTridipta]

Fantastic

[@KevinKolbe]

Thank you so much 😀

[@eucrcandfpv]

Thanks for the tips... I have a M1 Max 32Gb Mem. I have just started editing a movie and after just a few effects, it now skips and says some frames are missed.. I have tried just about everything including what you said in this video, also bought the mac clean too... But still this issue persists. I was under the assumption that this was one of the best for editing... Is there another way to get the play back to at least show me what I have done? thanks for the help.

[@KevinKolbe]

Try editing with Proxy files. I've done that on a couple of big edits and it was a huge difference in performance.

[@eucrcandfpv]

@@KevinKolbe yeah, I did, put it way down to 12% its skipping and saying it missed some frames... must be my system, I may have to reinstall FC Thanks for the info.

[@maskedman]

I have got the exact same setup and mine lags as hell too on edits larger than 10mins 4k 60fps. I was under the assumption that 32gb would be more than enough. Since I have seen some of my friends do their edit on 8gb ones.

[@notorious.nip.888]

Guy with a lot of common sense like ur tips

[@KevinKolbe]

Appreciate that. Thanks for watching!