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And the verdict is…
I just have to star off by saying that I love using Adobe’s software for video productiom; however, this release of the Production Studio has been a large disapointment. I am just finishing up my first and last job with the Production Studio due to the fact that I have not had this much trouble since I used Premiere 6.0.
Subclips do not work with large source files. So I had to go back and recreate all my subclips with clip instances. Kinda a pain, but I was willing to work around subclips for the time being.
Working in the source window is just plain slower in PPRO 2.0. If you bring in a 80 minute clip in the source window there is serios lag in scrubbing the CTI and setting In and Out Points.
PPPRO 1.5 has crashed on me maybe 5 times since I bought it (when it first came out). PPRO 2.0 has crashed 5 times just on this project alone. (Yes, it is a clean install of the OS and Studio) PPRO 2.0 crashes the most when I use the + and – with a number value in the timeline to move the CTI forward or backwards. All the tracks become locked (with the lock icon) and then I get the message that PPRO has crashed.
Tried to use the Dynamic Link. Cool idea, but still needs some work. I imported a RPF image sequence with an alpha channel into AE and used DL to bring the clip into PPRO and the clip was not correct. The alpha channel was correct on the sides of the screen, but drastically wrong in the middle. Okay, maybe I can’t use DL with RPF files…I still remained hopefull.
The last straw…I finally exported my final video (2 hours). In order to get the data rate correct, I exported and avi file so Encore could pick the correct rate so it would fit on the DVD. After Encore encoded the file, Encore displays a message that it is importing the transcoded file. However, it never finishes. Encore just keeps reading the file over and over again and is never successful.
Sad to say, but I am very dissapointed with the studio. I had such high hopes for it. I hope that others are not having the same luck that I had. I returned my copy of the studio in hopes that the next version will be better for me. Back to Video Collection 2.5.
I looked at other options for editing because this experience reminds me of Premiere 6.0, but I am so used to Adobe’s workflow that there is no other choice for me.
Okay, the Catharsis is over.
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Kevin:
I am sad to say, I agree. The very first time I used PP 2.0, I imported an mpeg file (PP 2.0 was a straight upgrade {production studio} from purchased version of 1.5 — no trial version involved) with the intention of quickly exporting it to .avi movie, then bringing that into project and dropping onto timeline. The mpeg file did not even show in the monitor window when I dropped it on the timeline and scrubbed. NO solution yet. I had to use my trusted Ulead Vid. Studio to do the conversion. This always worked fine with 1.5.
With Encore, I got all kinds of weird error messages when creating a menu and trying to preview the menu with the project I had going on. Not a pretty experience.
BTW, my install went deceivingly flawlessly, too.
I will let Adobe hear about this soon. Perhaps that is the best path to take, as opposed to venting here…Or, I could change to apple final cut production studio software??…It’s just so difficult to start all over with new system and software.
Very disappointed and concerned,
egb
“deja vu all over again” — Yogi Berra
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Hi,
I just tried this on my 2.0 the same way: import mpeg-file, export to avi and reimport – playback on TL just fine. Could be related to the type of file maybe?
/Ulf – Denmark
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