Comments on PPRO CS3

[Peter Corbett]

Are you looking at supporting JPEG2000 files from the Grass Valley Infinity when it comes out, Marcus? I assume they will be in a MXF wrapper. Perhaps you could talk to the Grass people at NAB?

Peter

Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au

[Alex Hawkins]

I’ve read everything I can and while all the new stuff does seem great I haven’t read anything about some basic editing issues.

So, can you now:

Copy, Paste and Save transitions.

Determine a start point and duration on whatever your default transition is each time you apply it.

Batch recapture just the timeline with whatever handles you choose.

Adjust audio keyframing while replaying the timeline.

Cut clips on highlighted tracks only.

Scroll clips, enter in/out points and/or duration in the project window.

Import timelines and project bins only.

Thanks. My $0.02.

Alex Hawkins
Canberra, Australia

[Tim Mirande]

Hello Aanarav,

Thanks for the response.

“From my Acrobat 8 Pro experience, I would say that the trial is valid for 60 days. Other than that, you’ll have to pay the usage and subscription fees. However, don’t quote me on that 😉 I’ll try to get official info for you, if interested.”

No need to get the official response. I’m going to order the Production Premium upgrade regardless of the amount of time for Connect. I hope they give us a bit more than 60 days though – you can just go on their site and get a 30 day free trial without purchasing anything. No big deal either way.

Tim

Anything worth doing is worth over-doing!

[Baz Leffler]

Seeing as Premiere Pro CS3 is a version leap (2.0 to 3.0) rather than a dot leap (1.5 to 2.0) I would expect far more new stuff/fixes than what we got with PPro 2.0. Well lets just say I am really really wishing! PPro 2.0 had plenty of bugs and ‘oversights’ but still was a great version (when compared to previous versions).

My only wish is that they took on the plethora of bug reports I and many others submitted over the 14 months so far. The first thing I will do when I get the beta version is go straight to those problem area’s and test them; and then if they have been fixed I will go invest in the upgrades (multiple in my circumstance).

But, IMHO, Adobe are pushing their product line in any direction other than for professional broadcast production. While it can be done (and I am using it for that so don’t flame me) it can be done easier using the competitions product. But they have got to chase the bucks and there isn’t a lot of money in television production at the moment.

One thing that does intrigue me though… maybe I have been out of the loop for a while but…. how do you easily use the ‘on location’ facility when firewire cables are so damn short? Don’t you want to work away from the camera/talent? Sure I know you can get extra long firewire cables plugged into repeater hubs plugged into extra long firewire cables etc but maybe there is money to be made out of firewire/balun converters?

[Vince Becquiot]

You can buy a 10 feet Firewire, which would do for most semi static shots.

I mostly use DV Rack for monitoring post compression, which no other monitor will give you.
Depending on the camera used, I will take a composite, or component out of the camera and use and A/D converter to my laptop.

I think the recording capability should only be used as a backup, since crashes do happen. A mixer is also often needed on location, and those A/D converters often don’t have great audio inputs. It still is a great tool for instant shot review and basic monitoring.

Vince

[Marcus Van bavel]

I wasn’t planning on that but I’ll check into it. Doesn’t grass valley
have their OWN editing system– EDIUS?

[Steve Mac kenzie]

Did they fix the memory issues…. The toolset seems nice but what happens if your project is 100Mb? I hope that they took this and other bugs into account and fixed them. Someone has got to know….

Thank You for your input!

[Peter Corbett]

[Marcus van Bavel] “Name: Marcus van Bavel
Date: Mar 29, 2007 at 11:09:40 pm
Subject: Re: Comments on PPRO CS3

I wasn’t planning on that but I’ll check into it. Doesn’t grass valley
have their OWN editing system– EDIUS?”

Edius… not for me. Too out there on it’s own, lack of plug-in support, too expensive, too niche, too… well you get the picture. If you could have a look at Infinity, any info would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Peter

Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au

[Steven L. gotz]

The problem is that the current info is all based on a beta trial. During trials, the speed is often compromised due to diagnotic software code being left in the program until it gets to public beta.

Be patient. More info will follow.

Steven
https://www.stevengotz.com

[Antoine B]

The lack of a proper Render Queue drives me crazy!
Here we are looking at getting FCP – check out the Compressor part of the bundle: it has a proper encoding setup!
Guys at Adobe you must think harder about how you develop your products compared to the competition. I love Adobe’s stuff but I feel CS3 has been pushed on every product without enough time spent researching what to implement!!! Disappointing!