Derek Andonian
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There’s nothing wrong with analogies. Sometimes they’re a very good way to get a point across more clearly.
Just because one person doesn’t like them, shouldn’t mean that others have to stop using them.
That’s like telling someone not to buy a truck from Ford simply because you prefer Chevy. 😉
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You should hold off on this a little longer if you can… Premiere Pro CS6 will very likely be announced next month at NAB
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The first Premiere Pro does NOT support EDL, so you’re out of luck there. About the only way you’re going to make this work is by exporting to new video clips- maybe one for each distinct segment of your project- and bring those into 7.
If it’s at all possible, you’re better off finishing this in CS5, especially if you’re using HD of any sort. 7 is incredibly limited as far as format support and export options(no HDV or AVCHD, for example.)
Out of curiosity, what is the final destination of this video?
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Along with the previously mentioned two-year cycle between major upgrades, remember that CS5 was announced at NAB 2010- and CS5.5 was announced there a year later. So all signs point to an NAB 2012 announcement for CS6.
I think this release has the potential to be a game-changer. Adobe has said that they want Premiere Pro to be the workhorse of the industry, and they’ve been getting a lot of good feedback and requests from the FCP refugees that will help them move in that direction if they’re listening to it and taking it seriously. The acquisition of Iridas makes me think that they are…
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You may want to hold off on your new Adobe purchase. CS6 is just around the corner
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I strongly recommend you hold off on your migration a little loner- The next version of Premiere Pro will be announced at NAB in mid-April, and it will likely make your decision a lot easier.
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It sounds to me like you exported right from Premiere instead of the Media Encoder. If you do that you won’t be able to minimize it. If you hit the “queue” button next to “export”, you’ll launch the media encoder.
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[Kevin Patrick]
“Perhaps I missed the point to your post. Are you concerned that Apple might drop the existing firewire capture capability that FCP X currently has? Making it much more difficult to capture your old analog stuff?
I don’t think you have anything to worry about. Apple would never drop something like that. It’s too important, to too many of their customers. Just imagine if they did. You’d be hosed.
Surely Apple would never do such a thing.”
While I agree that firewire isn’t going away anytime soon, I wouldn’t be surprised if it did come to an abrupt, unwelcome end at some point, and much sooner than a lot of people would like.
If you don’t believe that, just read that same quote above and replace firewire with Final Cut Pro 7 projects:
“Perhaps I missed the point to your post. Are you concerned that Apple might drop FCP7 project support entirely when FCPX comes out? Making it much more difficult to work with your old edited stuff?
I don’t think you have anything to worry about. Apple would never drop something like that. It’s too important, to too many of their customers. Just imagine if they did. You’d be hosed.
Surely Apple would never do such a thing.”
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“THAT’S our fail-safe point. 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.” -
I totally agree with this- I’ve been using Premiere since version 5 (Premiere 5, not Premiere Pro 5), and the transitions have basically stayed the same all this time. (although, dip to black and dip to white were nice additions).
This is one area that really needs a facelift…
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“THAT’S our fail-safe point. 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.” -
So for my quad i7 with HT I should have 32 gigs of ram? Wow, I’m not sure my system can go up that high. I thought I was doing good with 18. (I was thinking of bumping it up to 24, though, to help with the situations where PPro and AE are open at the same time for a dynamic link…)
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“THAT’S our fail-safe point. 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.”