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PPro CS6 doesn’t Quit normally! Unexpectedly Quits everytime.
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This was my first project on Prem. Just this week. Slowly making switch from FCP to CS6. But want to iron out all the bugs before I completely dedicate my workflow to it.
BTW, Prem is nice. Its like all the good things from FCP and some nice things from AMC. Being a FCP guy that starting using Avid was fine. Its great, but I really like the way Prem is doing things. And with the Premiere Next coming soon, it looks like what FCP 8 should have been! But again, can’t commit until I solve a few things.
Also, looking to get a Deck Link Studio. I would assume it should run fine with the drivers installed but with the whole Hack thing, I’m nervous.
OSX 10.7.5 with a 3.39 Ghz Intel Core i7 on a built up Hackintosh
16 GB of RAM with OSX on SSD, (2) internal HDDs RAID’d 1 for project files and External RAID 5 for all project assets (media, GFX, stills, etc.) -
[Matt Campbell] “Sorry for not mentioning this but the other Hack is not used for post work. It’s used by the IT manager.
I work in advertising as the in-house editor and am a 1 man band, doing it all.”
Ah, well then not sure why they’re forcing you to work on a Hack then. My advice would be to simply switch over to the Windows version of PPro and go from there. It all works the same, no need to force yourself into a Mac just to run the Adobe suite.
Another idea though is to go ahead and install PPro onto that other box and see if it does the same thing when you try to quit.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative MediaFoul Water Fiery Serpent, an original documentary featuring Sigourney Weaver. US & European distribution by American Public Television
MTWD Entertainment – Developing original content for all media.
“This American Land” – our new PBS Series.
“Science Nation” – Three years and counting of Science for the People. -
Its a shame you are having such a challenging experience with your first foray in PrP.
I also edited on Avid (5 years MC and 10 on DS) as well as FCP. PrP and AE have really come into their own the last few years. I have used them on a Mac Pro and recently an HP Z820. Both were rock sold and reliable.
And from what Ive seen of CS7, most loose ends have been addressed by Adobe making this version the best yet.
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
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[Matt Campbell] “This was my first project on Prem. Just this week. Slowly making switch from FCP to CS6. But want to iron out all the bugs before I completely dedicate my workflow to it.”
Using a Hack is definitely not the way to do this, sorry. You need a proper machine running the proper version of the software. An NLE, no matter which brand, is very demanding on your computer configuration and just because your machine “can” run OS X, doesn’t mean it’s going to work with professional software.
Some folks get it to work but I simply don’t understand the appeal. We’re transitioning from Mac Pros to iMacs because the new machines are so fast and they’re simply kicking serious tail with Premiere Pro. It gets even better with Premiere Pro Next.
So if you’re looking to stay Mac but save some money, get the 27″ iMac, load it up with RAM and attach either an AJA or BMD Thunderbolt box and go. Here we run almost 100TB of shared storage to our iMacs via the Small Tree Communications Titanium systems so you can even hang a ton of very fast storage off an iMac now.
Or, if you want to stay the “Hack” route, again, I would just switch that machine over to Windows so long as it’s a properly configured system for Premiere Pro.
Especially since you’re a one man band, you don’t have time to deal with technical issues. Get a configuration set up so it works and you can just create.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative MediaFoul Water Fiery Serpent, an original documentary featuring Sigourney Weaver. US & European distribution by American Public Television
MTWD Entertainment – Developing original content for all media.
“This American Land” – our new PBS Series.
“Science Nation” – Three years and counting of Science for the People. -
Thanks Walter. Greatly appreciate it. I’ve actually looked into iMacs. Not bad at all. And I’ve read just about every article you’ve put out over the years, so I highly respect your knowledge base. Since I am a 1 man band I just need to make sure the set up I go with is not only good for FCP and Premiere, but also for GFX work. With Motion 5 and AE in my workflow, I basically need to have all the areas of post covered.
Probably going to have to deal with the Hack for while, as I haven’t worked on Windows for about 15 yrs. Again, I like the iMacs but expandability seems rough. Having to get a Thunderbot chasis for I/O card and external storage seems pricey. But then again, so is a juiced up Mac Pro. Hmmm!
thx again.
OSX 10.7.5 with a 3.39 Ghz Intel Core i7 on a built up Hackintosh
16 GB of RAM with OSX on SSD, (2) internal HDDs RAID’d 1 for project files and External RAID 5 for all project assets (media, GFX, stills, etc.) -
[Matt Campbell] “Since I am a 1 man band I just need to make sure the set up I go with is not only good for FCP and Premiere, but also for GFX work. With Motion 5 and AE in my workflow, I basically need to have all the areas of post covered.”
We run our Mac Pros with dual Startup Drives. One with Snow Leopard and FCP 7 as that is EXTREMELY stable. And the second with Lion and the Adobe suites which is extremely stable. Since FCP 7 was so stable on Snow Leopard we didn’t see any reason to move it forward to Lion so we took advantage of the extra drive slots and added another 1TB drive for Lion.
[Matt Campbell] “Again, I like the iMacs but expandability seems rough. Having to get a Thunderbot chasis for I/O card and external storage seems pricey. But then again, so is a juiced up Mac Pro. Hmmm!”
You don’t need an I/O card for a Thunderbolt Chassis. AJA IoXT or the BMD UltraStudio I/O devices are all you need. The IoXT is essentially a Kona 3G in a box.
The current 12 Core Mac Pro full configured with RAM is very pricey, hence our decision to go iMac. Although we do have on Dell 8 core machine with 48GB RAM also running the Adobe suite and that has opened my eyes to adding more Windows machines moving forward. Once inside the app, it’s all about the same.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative MediaFoul Water Fiery Serpent, an original documentary featuring Sigourney Weaver. US & European distribution by American Public Television
MTWD Entertainment – Developing original content for all media.
“This American Land” – our new PBS Series.
“Science Nation” – Three years and counting of Science for the People. -
We run our Mac Pros with dual Startup Drives. One with Snow Leopard and FCP 7 as that is EXTREMELY stable. And the second with Lion and the Adobe suites which is extremely stable. Since FCP 7 was so stable on Snow Leopard we didn’t see any reason to move it forward to Lion so we took advantage of the extra drive slots and added another 1TB drive for Lion.
I was wondering if this might be part of the issue I’m having. Everything is currently running of a SSD drive running 10.7.5. Should I partition that drive or buy a 2nd and copy your method of dual boot systems? Also, running Motion 5, which is slick, so that with FCS 2 could be conflicting. The FCS 2 apps were moved to a Final Cut Studio folder when MOTN 5 was installed.
Just seems like a bunch of things could be going on. MOTN 5, FCS 2, CS6 and a bunch of other apps might just be butting heads. Along with the Hack set up. And not to mention the AMD 4870 GFX card isn’t technically support by Premiere either. Could be any # of things I guess.
Anyway, our plan is blow the machine away and start fresh, but wanted to see if I would benefit from the dual boot set up?
OSX 10.7.5 with a 3.39 Ghz Intel Core i7 on a built up Hackintosh
16 GB of RAM with OSX on SSD, (2) internal HDDs RAID’d 1 for project files and External RAID 5 for all project assets (media, GFX, stills, etc.) -
Just to let you know, I have the same issue on a decent spec MacBook Pro
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Also, I have a “real” mac and have the same issue.
I do love how some people get scared of Hackentosh computers. Like just because a factory in China made a “real” Mac its somehow flawless. All machines have flaws.
Anyway, same stupid issue. you quit, then it crashes. Premiere is wicked buggy on a Mac (and its a brand new 2015 iMac top line specs clean install). might be time to go back to William Gates. Where it’s ok to build your own box.
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