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Adobe PP cs3 to cs5 or CS6
Adobe is saying that I either upgrade before the end of the year or lose my chance.
I use a Canon HV40 and cut mostly home video, and performances.While that’s not particularly challenging stuff, I do use many facets of the CS3
What I’m I gaining by upgrading, and does anyone have a preference over CS6 and CS5.5 ???
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It depends. For example CS3 had better slow motion feature than any other version, i miss it very much as I haven´t obtained similar slow motions in any of the newer versions. I really liked very much CS3, but… Can´t take advantage of 64 bit OS so you can´t use more than 3 gb ram (in pc world). 64 bit versions (CS5, 5.5. and CS6) have improved render engine (Mercury playback engine) and many other things like newer sequence presets, more export formats, warp stabilizer (CS6) and so on.
But my feeling is that every new version comes out, it has some improvements but loose some features in the way between that where working fine and people was used to work with. Personally i don´t like very much changes made in CS6, edit icon changes in timeline, new monitors, etc… Basically i mean the interface stuff and some other things i find completely useless. My thought is that Adobe guys have made all this changes only thinking in making it easyer for people moving from FCP or other NLEs, but not in Premiere Pro veterans (like me) who liked the “face” and icon world of Premiere and the way it worked always.If it´s useful for you, i haven´t updated to CS6. I´m working with CS5.5, and still have my CS3 installed on a WindowsXP drive, which i still use sometimes. I think i´ll wait for a long time to upgrade to cs6 as it has nothing attractive to offer me that i find really useful(except Warp Stabilizer, but i have it in After Effects CS5.5, so i really don´t mind).
Finally my advice is that if you are comfortable using CS3 for the work you make, don´t really need to upgrade. You´ll have more performance in 64 bit versions, but need more machine, ram, graphics card, etc… so you´ll have to think about not only upgrading Premiere, but perhaps your system too, and if you´re working fine with what you have, why change?Regards
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appreciate the detailed response.
Yes, it does seem that software mfg find a way to come up with a new version, that ends up being mostly bloat where too oftenIn this case, I’m still on a 32 bit platform, and not exactly planning on building a new computer quite yet. Heck, I don’t even own a flat screen TV. HA ! And YES…..I”m still using Windows XP, or I’d probably have ventured away from Adobe Premiere altogether by now.
Not that I’m rolling in the bucks, but I see this as an opportunity to buy either 5.5 or 6.0 and stash it in the closet until I build the next gen computer.
Really love the kids computer that uses the Sandy Bridge I3 core. Annoyingly, it blows away my top chip from the prior chipset from Intel, and it loads Win 7 in a flash…..but I digress
My last concern now is that if I don’t go and upgrade all the way to CS6, I won’t be able to upgrade again….staying at 5.5 might work better for me as an actual software, but could leave me wasting a lot of dollars to rejoin the pack in some later version that they won’t make an allowance for if I stay at 5.5
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So you´ve answered yoursel pretty clear: do the upgrade to CS6 now and stash it in the closet until you really need it or until you upgrade your system. Meanwhile, keep on working with the version that really fits your actual editing needs if you´re not planning a system or OS upgrade.
Regards
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[dean katz] “My last concern now is that if I don’t go and upgrade all the way to CS6, I won’t be able to upgrade again….staying at 5.5 might work better for me as an actual software, but could leave me wasting a lot of dollars to rejoin the pack in some later version that they won’t make an allowance for if I stay at 5.5”
I’m a recent adopter of Premiere, but I think CS6 is far and beyond an improvement over CS5.5. I wouldn’t go back.
Uninterrupted playback, adjustment layers, JKL trimming, the Warp Stabilizer, better multicam, a cleaner UI, hover scrub, improved video I/O, and a whole lot more:
https://blogs.adobe.com/premierepro/2012/04/premiere-pro-cs6-whats-new-and-changed.htmlOf course, you will need a new system. Premiere Pro CS6 requires a 64-bit system.
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wow…..really appreciate that tid bit…..
64 bit as system requirements really changes a lot at my endwould’ve been completely overwhelmed during installation to find that out belatedly
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