What are you thinking about CS6?

[Todd Kopriva]

If anyone has specific questions about Premiere Pro CS6, fire away.

We’ve got a list of what’s new and changed in Premiere Pro CS6 and the new applications in the suite on the Adobe website, including some links to videos going through all of the improvements.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
product manager, professional video software
After Effects team blog
Premiere Pro team blog
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[David Jahns]

Assuming the Transmit (video out to KONA card) works as advertised, I’d say it’s 90% likely we’ll replace all of our FCP 7 systems with CS 6 this year.

(By that, I mean Premiere – we all have CS 5 for Photoshop/After Effects, etc. And most also have Avid on a different boot drive. We’re currently doing about 50/50 Avid-FCP 7)

I’ve heard conflicting things about Speed Grade and the video output. I heard that SG does NOT support Transmit, and therefore the “Grading Application” can’t actually output to a calibrated monitor. If so, that’s ummm… disappointing is about the nicest word for it. Can anyone confirm?

I realize SG was a recent acquisition, and they barely had time to integrate it at all – but the whole idea of Dynamic linking falls apart when to/from SpeedGrade means flattened intermediate renders. Hopefully, that will added before CS 7!

David Jahns
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Joint Editorial
Portland, OR

[Mike Molenda]

I was asked to cut a RED-shot student film that will supposedly be wrapping around the time CS6 is supposedly going to be released. Looking forward to being able to take some R3D for a spin in a low-pressure situation.

[Todd Kopriva]

I’ll see if I can get someone from the SpeedGrade team to address the specific questions about SpeedGrade output to a monitor.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
product manager, professional video software
After Effects team blog
Premiere Pro team blog
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[Herb Sevush]

[Tim Wilson] “I assume that some of you saw the demos at NAB – how did they strike you?”

Incomplete, like all demos. Watching someone use a multi-cam function to cut a live music performance tells me almost nothing I need to know — I am very anxious to get my hands on PPro6 and see if it will work for me.

[Tim Wilson] “I also know that Premiere Pro has been jostling with Avid Media Composer/Symphony for mindshare/marketshare among folks looking for their next landing spot. How are you feeling about that now?”

Leaning to Adobe, but the Symphony crossgrade is also very tempting. I’m not one of those editors who “throws everything in the toolkit.” I’m monogamous when it comes to editing, so that choice is a commitment that I won’t rush.

[Tim Wilson] “I’m looking for the unique combination of insight, expertise, speculation and condescension that only you can provide. “

I hope we can live up to your expectations, you Luddite fanboy.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Chris Harlan]

Thanks! It looks pretty acceptable!

[Jeremy Garchow] “As with Cs 5.5, the mixer only works on a track level, not on a clip level.
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I the tutorial, it seemed he was able to independently adjust clip volume. Did I understand that correctly?

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Chris Harlan] “I the tutorial, it seemed he was able to independently adjust clip volume. Did I understand that correctly?”

You can adjust/keyframe clip levels on the clip, but if you record keyframes through the mixer, or change the mixer level, that is for the whole track.

Clip volume and track volume work independently and you can choose which one to view in the timeline.

[Aindreas Gallagher]

ohhh yaayyyyyyy.

this is what I was waiting to hear. Praise the be to the Gods, I will have my CS6 now please.

https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos
http://www.ogallchoir.net
promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics

[Chris Harlan]

[Herb Sevush] “Leaning to Adobe, but the Symphony crossgrade is also very tempting.”

I’m guessing I will need to straddle them both, though which I will lean to as “mine” I have no idea yet.

[Herb Sevush]

[Chris Harlan] “I’m guessing I will need to straddle them both, though which I will lean to as “mine” I have no idea yet.”

I know what Symphony is and can do, I’m still not sure what PPro is, hence the uncertainty. I’m not a big AE user, I like having Symphony’s CC right in the Ap, but I’m not crazy about Avid’s stodgy timeline style. PPro is much more similar to FC in terms of actual cutting in the timeline, and if they have added the right features, like Legacy’s sync indicator, and if their multi-cam is flexible enough, then they’ve got me. Otherwise I know Avid can handle my workflow, and while I’ve been avoiding them for almost 20 years, if it’s got to be, so be it.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf