[Derek Andonian]

…a review found that no-charge software updates should have been accounted for as post-contract customer support revenue.

Meanwhile, Adobe looks on and says to themselves, “See, if Avid had gone to a subscription cloud model, they’d be able to crank out updates as often as they want and they wouldn’t be in this mess”

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Derek Andonian]

[Chris Harlan] 6 was, I think, a bigger step. 7 is more of a really nice polish.

I thought the same thing, until I saw 7 in action for an hour and a half.

A lot of the changes they made in 7 are small, but they’re very significant. And some of them actually are pretty significant- like the changes to the timeline and the project browsing. When you put them all together they add up to an enormous improvement to the efficiency of the overall workflow. Seeing that demo made me think that a project could be finished in 7 at least 40% faster than it could in 6.

It’s just an awful crying shame that the next Premiere has such a huge dark cloud hanging over it now. Because it really is amazing.

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Derek Andonian]

[Steve Connor] Adobe have fumbled the ball at the 10 yard line (is that a correct US Football analogy?)

It certainly feels that way right now, but considering the new versions aren’t available yet, and considering the comments I’ve seen here I think a better football analogy would be that Adobe still has the ball, but it’s now 3rd and 15 because they were overconfident on second down and they dropped back deep to do a acreen pass- but then got sacked and lost a ton of yards.

I say that because, judging by the comments from Adobe reps here, it seems like there is a lot going on behind the scenes to address the criticisms of the cloud model. (of course, this stuff SHOULD have been talked about BEFORE they made the announcement- but it’s good to see it being talked about…) Things like long-term file access, tiered pricing plans, longer pre-paid plans and even long-term buyouts all seem to be getting some degree of attention behind the scenes. So it is possible that when the new versions actually ship, there could be changes to Creative Cloud that will put out at least some of the firestorm.

So, Adobe still has the ball, for now. But First down is a mile away and they may have to settle for a long field goal. With the wind blowing toward them.

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Derek Andonian]

[Todd Kopriva] We are looking into having longer periods available for prepayment.

That’s good to know…

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Derek Andonian]

[Kevin Monahan] No, all Creative Cloud pricing for advanced purchasing is limited to one year.

Major bummer… If I was able to pay in advance and not worry about it for three years (about the time I’d be thinking about paying for an upgrade anyway), I would start to feel a lot better about this.

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Derek Andonian]

[Ilya Osovets] fingers crossed for CS7

The next version (CC) looks really great, if you don’t mind paying Adobe every month to use it

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Derek Andonian]

[Aindreas Gallagher] adobe hits back with a strong PR push.

Oh, MAN- that was great! 😀

“Even CIRCLES are more round than they were in CS6”

HAHAHA!!!

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Derek Andonian]

I watched the video on the page that Aindreas linked to, and one part really struck me- one of the guys in it said that “the only limit is your internet connection”.

LAME…. 😛

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Derek Andonian]

[Frank Gothmann] XML import only, but AAF worked fine for me.

That’s cool… My main concern is getting into After Effects, since I still have CS5, but I see I can also use AAF- so hopefully that will work OK.

I checked out the Edius website, and one thing I saw that I really liked, is it can do real-time frame rate conversions?? That sounded really nice.

I downloaded the trial for it, but I haven’t installed it yet. I’m going to wait on that and the Media Composer trial that I downloaded until Premiere Pro CC gets here. That way I can do a very thorough head-to-head comparison between those three and also Lightworks, and do some exhaustive testing on interoperability between the newcomers and After Effects, and also between Premiere Pro CC and the other NLEs- to see how well they would work as a safety net if I did start to use Premiere and then lost access to it.

My main focus in the meantime is to become a competent Lightworks editor. Either way I go, I think it will be good to know Lightworks since it’s either free or really cheap, and seems quite capable.

I’ll probably upgrade Lightworks to the pro version around the time I start the trials for the other three. That way I’ll have the full version to use in my evaluations when I do my NLE Royal Rumble.

Yes, The NLE Royal Rumble… See it here, next month- LIVE on Pay Per Edit. 😉

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Derek Andonian]

[Frank Gothmann] Edius cuts Prores, DnxHd or any other QT flavour like butter. Actually, it handles pretty much anything and doesn’t bog down. And yes, it has AAF in and out. It also imports FCP 7 xml.

Actually, that sounds pretty sweet! I may have to check out the trial…

Can it also EXPORT an XML? or just import?

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“Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”