The Big Picture

[Tim Kolb]

[Eric Jurgenson] “But we gotta go NOW, baby. Because our Edits and Media100s are dead, and HD is knockin’ on the door, and SD’s got about 2 years to live. So pardon me if I offer up a few lines of encouragement. Besides, I DO think it would be a smart business move for Adobe.”

Eric,

Just so we’re clear, I’m a professional editor myself and I feel your pain. I also don’t have a problem OR an argument with any of the suggestions you, or anyone else has made in this thread. I have no doubt I’d “like” all of these features and could use them easily. I’ve even lobbied hard myself for many of them and will continue to do so.

However, I’m trying to present the idea that if a feature you or anyone else wants doen’t make it in, it’s not because Adobe doesn’t care about it or has made some sort of concious decision to exclude it. There’s just simply so MANY requests that it would be five years before the next update to engineer and test all of them. That is my sole point.

On the “we gotta go NOW baby”… I have two NuBus Media 100s in a closet that can relink media better than PPro 1.5.1… I have conveyed your exact sentiment (if not those exact words) several times in PPro’s existence. I couldn’t agree with your assesment of the state of competition and the industry more…

Basically I think we all agree on what we need in large part. It’s just that I’m somewhat familiar with the earthly constraints on the development process and I’m trying to lay those out as well.

So keep askin’ and I’ll keep adding to my list…I do pass it along to the people who need it.

TimK,

Kolb Syverson Communications,
Creative Cow Host,
2004-2005 NAB Post Production Conference
Premiere Pro Technical Chair,
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net

[Eric Jurgenson]

Thanks, Tim. I believe in the power of the Cow.

[Ramona Howard]

I think you guys are forgetting a little piece of the puzzle. Linux.

I wanted to jump in before the thread died, sorry I’m late to the game, I hardly get time to read the Premiere forum. Let me start by saying I have used Premiere for about 5+ years and have enjoyed the growth.

Adobe products allow us to not fall into the proprietary hardware game, which is always good but do lack some of the tools needed for the high-end side of things. I think we can all agree on this.

Linux has been sneaking up on this industry for years and although I don’t think it will have the power that Apple has on us, it could very well offer the Avid solution that everyone is seeking. More and more apps are introduced yearly and it’s only a matter of time before a great NLE is in the game.

We have been addressing the high-end (Avid user) workflow for several years and RaveHD is meeting the needs of the studios as are many apps on the Linux OS. The OS plays a big role here because it allows us to develop at a much faster rate and offers the stability we can’t get from Windows or having to play the proprietary game with Apple. Now if Adobe were smart, they would port so the real fun could begin. A free stable OS with a world full of developers running Adobe products….did I mention developers.

I’m not a Linux nut, I just understand that the limitations with both Windows and Apple will not get us what we all want or at least not as fast as we want it or at a price we want to pay.

Take a look at products like RaveHD, Graphics Magic, Houdini, Cinepaint, you may be surprised, but it may surprise you even more to see that the cost is the same to do SD and 444 RGB HD on most of these apps.

The pro NLE is just around the corner for this OS and it makes sense to have it come from a company that has the reputation such as Adobe. We have been considering this as our next project since most of the foundation has been layed with RaveHD but more than likely we will just add in timeline support as the first step towards this.

Suggestions are always welcome.

The RaveHD project and products can be found at:
https://www.spectsoft.com/wiki/Website/HomePage

Cheers,
Ramona