16” MBP Premiere Pro Video Editors, Get In Here!!

[AHuber55]

Hey guys! Appreciate you dropping in.

Quick backstory, I am the head of marketing for my company and as such I do a fair bit of video editing.

I use Premiere Pro for my editing software.

I built a custom PC about a year ago to handle whatever footage gets sent my way.
AMD 3900x
2060 Super
Dedicated m.2 editing drive
64gb of RAM

The editing is great. I can breeze through 4K footage no problem and the export times are fantastic.

However, I have to use Windows, which is HORRID. After a recent fiasco in which my computer would brick constantly due to a graphic card driver update I have learned that the best way to operate Windows is just to never update anything ever.

That being said, with the new M chips on the way I was curious who out there is editing solely on a 16 MBP on Premiere Pro? What limitations have you run into if any? Do you have to do proxies at all?

I know FCP is meant to run on MacOS and would obviously work better but there are certain things I do in Premiere that I’m not sure I would be able to do in FCP

 

[rawweb]

I use a 2.4 i9, 64GB ram, 5600M 16" everyday in Adobe Premiere Pro (among other video apps), primarily for 4k video editing. This thing is no slouch and can do anything I throw at it, including some pretty extensive After Effects work. The 5600m is an insanely powerful graphics card with 8gb of HBM2. It's so fricken great, I stopped using my Vega 56 eGPU to clean up my desk. This replaced a fully spec'd 12-core trash can Mac Pro for me and has been truly amazing. At a prior gig I had a 2019 Mac Pro and honestly can say this MacBook is where it's at. That said, Apple Silicone 16" may be around the corner, so...there's that to consider. The 16" I picked up in December was from the refurbished store and I absolutely wouldn't buy one 'new' knowing what we know about Apple Silicone now.

 

[Kung gu]

I would wait for a M1 powered 16". Most likely coming in Q3 2021

 

[AHuber55]

I use a 2.4 i9, 64GB ram, 5600M 16" everyday in Adobe Premiere Pro (among other video apps), primarily for 4k video editing. This thing is no slouch and can do anything I throw at it, including some pretty extensive After Effects work. The 5600m is an insanely powerful graphics card with 8gb of HBM2. It's so fricken great, I stopped using my Vega 56 eGPU to clean up my desk. This replaced a fully spec'd 12-core trash can Mac Pro for me and has been truly amazing. At a prior gig I had a 2019 Mac Pro and honestly can say this MacBook is where it's at. That said, Apple Silicone 16" may be around the corner, so...there's that to consider. The 16" I picked up in December was from the refurbished store and I absolutely wouldn't buy one 'new' knowing what we know about Apple Silicone now.

I know it sounds insane but the thought process would be in the absolute worst case scenario of this wretched PC I would order a top spec 16” now (very similar to the one you have) and then as soon as the new ones come out, sell it and buy that.

I would lose a minimal amount of money on it.

 

[AHuber55]

I would wait for a M1 powered 16". Most likely coming in Q3 2021

Worst case scenario would be that I would order a top spec one now, upgrade when the new ones come out.

I don’t see it happening but it’s definitely on my radar.

 

[AHuber55]

I use a 2.4 i9, 64GB ram, 5600M 16" everyday in Adobe Premiere Pro (among other video apps), primarily for 4k video editing. This thing is no slouch and can do anything I throw at it, including some pretty extensive After Effects work. The 5600m is an insanely powerful graphics card with 8gb of HBM2. It's so fricken great, I stopped using my Vega 56 eGPU to clean up my desk. This replaced a fully spec'd 12-core trash can Mac Pro for me and has been truly amazing. At a prior gig I had a 2019 Mac Pro and honestly can say this MacBook is where it's at. That said, Apple Silicone 16" may be around the corner, so...there's that to consider. The 16" I picked up in December was from the refurbished store and I absolutely wouldn't buy one 'new' knowing what we know about Apple Silicone now.

Do you have to do proxies at all?

What is your usual project size (mins/gb) and what’s the export times on it?

 

[rawweb]

Do you have to do proxies at all?

What is your usual project size (mins/gb) and what’s the export times on it?

I never work with proxies...I like to see my footage as it's intended. I typically edit on fast media and with full resolution, sometimes reducing to 1/2 if heavy red giant effects or something. I'm all over the place on project sizes...30-60 second spots to 12 minute long interview segments.