Thinking of getting Premiere Pro

[Marcelo Lewin]

I’m new to editing, so can someone explain the difference between online and offline editing?

Marcelo Lewin
marcelo@thedailyfarce.com
https://www.thedailyfarce.com/

[Chad Treanor]

Generally speaking OFFLINE edits tend to be more of a rough cut with proxy files/placeholders of graphics for when they are finished etc. etc. These edits (as far as high end avid’s go) are digitized at a low res. and save time/space/$ for the project to move ahead without that much money going into it.

Then once all the bells and whistles are done rendering and are all the audio is set exactly the way the client wants it thats when the upres happens and all the footage is (ideally) brought in uncompressed and is made into a final master “online” edit.

In reference to film production in the way that Cold Mountain was offlined in one suite and then onlined in another: Many editors use their EDL’s (edit decision lists) like they hold their lungs. Using an EDL is a technical back up or written account of what the edit looks like. Editors most often work with a single source transfer of the film (which doesnt look that great, but its still film). Therefore, the film is transferred once but not at the best quality. Then, they can edit that first transfer of the film on an offline suite at a low res. Later when everything is set and the client is happy- then editors move to the final step which is creating the master. The film should be re-transferred at full quality and adjusted as close to perfect as possible. Then the footage is replaced with re-transferred, better quality, uncompressed video.

everyone is happy with the master and the invoice is in the mail.

hope this helps the whole ‘offline’ / ‘online’ jargon.
chadwik

[Michael Buday]

Premiere Pro is certainly a huge step up from Premiere, but I would agree with those who say that it’s not yet ready to compete with AVID (or FCP). Don’t get me wrong, it does a lot of things really well, but in terms of project and media sharing (absolutely crucial for most network shows today), database and media management (again,, crucial), metadata I/O options and handling, Premiere does not yet measure up: it’s EDL engine is average at best, AAF support is still very primitive – and it doesn’t handle film metadata at all.

I understand that there are a huge number of users who don’t need these capabilities, and for those people Premiere is a great NLE front end to consider, especially when you take into consideration it’s tight integration with Adobe’s other products.

As far as Canopus Edius is concerned, again, does some things really well, but it suffers from even worse media management and is missing many standard features that top editors expect in an NLE. Yes, it’s effects engine is cool in that you can adjust effect parameters WHILE a clip is playing, but that fact that you can only have one sequence per project is a huge oversight and a complete show stopper for anyone who’s serious about having more than one revision of a cut available at a time.

Michael Buday
The Software Grille, Inc.
http://www.swgrille.com

[Marcelo Lewin]

Thanks for the excellent explanation!

Marcelo Lewin
marcelo@thedailyfarce.com
https://www.thedailyfarce.com/