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Need council before making purchase
I’m a serious amateur – not a professional. I’ve been using the Matrox RTX100 with Premiere Pro 1.5. It’s worked well except for frequent system lock ups.
I’m considering upgrading to either the new Adobe Creative Suite with Premiere Pro 2.0 or switching to Avid Liquid Pro. The limited review at this point have not helped since they are mostly generated by persons involved with one company or the other and reflect that bias – very little real comparison.
If someone could answer two questions for me, it would be extremely helpful in making my decision:
1. If I go with the Adobe suite (Premiere Pro 2.0), what do I give up by no opting for the Avid Liqud Pro system?
2. If I go with the Avid Liqud Pro, what do I give up by no opting for the Adobe suite with Premiere Pro 2.0 system?
One final related question – If opt to get the Avid Liquid Pro system, can I run it on the same system with my Premiere 1.5?
Thanks in advance for any answers and suggestions anyone knowledgeable of the two systems might be able to share before I make my purchase.
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Both are great products. However, you’re comparing a software SUITE to a software product…not exactly the most realistic request. Feature for features, both are great products.
1. You will lose the fact that you can do everything in one piece of software, as the Adobe bundle is made up of numerous pieces of software, whereas Liquid allows you to do everything in one piece of software…in one interface. Liquid allows you to do a lot, but it’s limited in that it’s an all-in-one piece of software, as opposed to being dedicated applications, which offers more power.
2. You will lose all the incredible power of the various Adobe applications, many of them industry-standard’s (such as Photoshop, After Effects, etc.). You will have to learn these different apps if you want to use them all.
If you want the sheer power of being able to do whatever you want, go with Adobe’s Production Suite. If you want everything in one piece of software, with pre-built (though tweakable and keyframeable) effects and parameters, go with Liquid Pro. Liquid’s cheaper, too. Again, it all depends on your needs/wants.
I’ve heard you can run Premiere Pro 2 and Liquid on the same machine, but I can’t confirm it. Drop Avid or Adobe an email and see if you can get a response with a for-sure answer in it. Otherwise, look for a dealer that sells both Adobe products and Liquid and ask them about it. You might try B&H Photo and Video in NYC to start, or Videoguys (The Electronic Mailbox) in New York State for help. Heck, go to Videoguys’ website: https://www.videoguys.com It’s FILLED with great information, reviews, and much more.
Take care.
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Did you know about the promotional upgrade? It is a really cool offer for Adobe Premiere owners. Looks like until March 24th you can get Avid Liquid Pro for the same upgrade price as Avid customers and there is a $200 mail in rebate as well ( US only). Pretty nice way to round out your editing tools.
https://www.avid.com/promos/liquidRebate/index.asp
Marianna
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