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Stay with CS2 or upgrade to CS4?
Hello,
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Three years ago, I bought a high-end laptop to do some video editing at various clients’ locations. I used CS2 and things worked out fairly well.
Over the course of time, I found myself doing much more writing and producing than editing so I didn’t bother upgrading to CS3.
Next year, it appears that I’ll be doing more video editing on location again. The laptop is configured how it is configured and according to the manufacturer, nothing can really be upgraded. It is not quite up to CS4 requirements, but it is close.
So my question is, is it better to upgrade to CS4 to take advantage of the improvements Adobe has made over the years, or is it better to stick with CS2 until I replace the laptop with a more robust one?
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7 Replies
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I would recomend anyone pay money for cs4 until there’s a major update. There are more than a few features in CS2 that aren’t CS4 (no AAF export, no more one click still export, 24p and pa extra steps to name a few of the top of my head)
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I concur, I paid for CS4 and literally cannot use it because of the features that were removed (no more rendering h264 content optimized for streaming).
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I have three Premiere’s and have found CC2 the more stable of all.
I like though the slow motion of CC3. Very, very smooth and the choice to hide the red line (clips that needs rendering).
Otherwise, CC2 and CC3 are the same for my editing style.I thought CC4 was being more revolutionary, though it came with some features that was long waiting (applied multi-effects to a bunch of clips) BUT… still I miss a lot of features that an OLD Screenplay from Applied magic have.
Also hope to have more digital/transitions effects ala Vidionics switcher/Video Toaster.
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Hello Christopher,
CS4 still supports H.264 content optimized for rendering(exactly the same behaviour as that in CS3). Is there something spoecifc related to H.264 streaimg that you were able to do in CS3 but not in CS4?
Regards,
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Abhinav,
CS3 can render Quicktime movies (H264 compression) for streaming. Specifically the main advantage that I see when I use the “For Streaming Server” option in CS3 is that my videos do not exceed the bitrate that I set.
In CS4 the max bitrate setting does not work for H264, VBR content.
Furthermore, CS3 makes audio and video hinting tracks.
Here’s a note that I got from adobe:
Hello Chris,
Thank you for contacting Adobe® Web Support for assistance with Adobe
Premiere® Pro CS4I understand that you want to know if Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 can export using H.264 as streaming media.
Windows Media is the only option for streaming media in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. This can be accessed in the Format box. There are no other options for streaming media. You may have to seek third party software to achieve these means.
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Another missing feature that I noticed is no more 1 click export to Adobe Encore & Burn. In CS4 when you export to encore, you still have to go through a tedious process of making a project.
Previous versions would actually burn the DVD for you.
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There are more missing features than new features.
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