Premiere Pro CS5 and Boris products

[Bob Cole]

[Peter Corbett] “CS4 was a disaster but this time Adobe have truly produced something great.”

Peter, by “CS5” do you mean specifically Premiere? If you endorse it, I might give it a try. Are you saying “PP CS5 yes, PP CS4 no?”

As for the questions about plug-ins and their compatibility with the latest releases, I view Andy’s post with mixed feelings. Over on the FCP forum, some of the most respected experts advocated NOT upgrading to the latest FC Studio for a considerable time – let everybody else iron out the kinks. My own frustration: because I use a lot of 3rd party software (mainly for After Effects), keeping track of compatibility issues is very time-consuming. (Will the new upgrade on Filter X cause problems, because I am/am not on CS5?)

I think Andy’s decision to cool his jets on the upgrade is wise. I am waiting to upgrade to CS5, not just to make sure CS5 works, but that everything else works as well. I am willing to wait. But I wish that Trapcode, Boris, etc. would all work on automation, the same way that Windows or OSX will periodically suggest installing an update.

My non-scientific impression is that Boris and other vendors have improved the update/upgrade process significantly, and I would ALWAYS definitely prefer that a company wait to release software only when it is ready for prime time, i.e. ME.

Bob C

[Peter Corbett]

Hi Bob,

Yes, I’m saying skip CS4 and go to CS5. Sometimes I have to reboot the Mac when switching from PPro to FCP. I think that is becasue of the AJA driver. (The image to external SDI appears upside down!)

There is the issuse of having multiple versions of plugins. I use Magic Bullet on both Win7 and OSX, plus I have Boris Comtinuum for Mac.

I’m atually starting all new jobs on CS5 and fisnishing the older jobs on FCP. I use the Aja Kona LHe in the Mac Pro and a Blacjmagic HD Extreme in the PC. The AJA seems to work better in the Mac. And the Aja beta drivers for CS5/Mac are very solid.

My basic overview: CS5 is faster to operate (in a keyboard/mouse sense) than Final Cut Pro. And the Titler is ten years ahead of FCP.

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