How do you enable hardware acceleration in Premiere Pro and what prerequisites exist?

How do you enable hardware acceleration in Premiere Pro and what prerequisites exist?

• A. Enable Mercury Playback Engine Software Only in Project Settings; requires no GPU.
• B. Enable Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration in Project Settings > General; requires a compatible GPU and drivers.
• C. Hardware acceleration is automatic and cannot be configured.
• D. Enable CUDA only; does not require drivers.

Answer: (B)

Hardware acceleration relies on the GPU to speed up playback, effects, and rendering through the Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration. To turn it on, go to Project Settings > General and choose Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (the exact label may show CUDA, OpenCL, or Metal depending on your system). Prerequisites are a compatible GPU and up-to-date drivers. If Premiere can’t use GPU acceleration, it’s usually because the GPU isn’t supported or its drivers are out of date; in that case, updating the drivers or using a supported GPU will enable acceleration. Remember, you can’t rely on hardware acceleration if you’re using a configuration that only offers the Software Only renderer.

Hardware acceleration relies on the GPU to speed up playback, effects, and rendering through the Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration. To turn it on, go to Project Settings > General and choose Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (the exact label may show CUDA, OpenCL, or Metal depending on your system).

Prerequisites are a compatible GPU and up-to-date drivers. If Premiere can’t use GPU acceleration, it’s usually because the GPU isn’t supported or its drivers are out of date; in that case, updating the drivers or using a supported GPU will enable acceleration. Remember, you can’t rely on hardware acceleration if you’re using a configuration that only offers the Software Only renderer.