Jay Moss
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That’s great. Thanks Michael. The shortcut doesn’t appear when I search for it in the shortcuts window for some reason, thanks for the response 🙂
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Just a quick follow up as I have now found a solution that works for me:
Firstly, I went back to using Avid for new projects! ????
Secondly (as that felt like going back in time, and not in a particularly good way) I’ve discovered that there is a way to roll back premiere project files to be able to use them in earlier versions of premiere again!
My major headache was that I have a large, long running project, which I thought was now locked into using Premiere 2019 and crashing every time the wind changed. However using the following work around I can now use version 2017 which has, so far, been rock solid!
The following link shows the mac method, but the same guy also has a video for PC users and the process is super simple on both systems!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ecJNJsnn8
I had no idea this was possible, hopefully this helps someone ☺
GK
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Upgraded yesterday evening; crashed 4 times so far today. Each time it saves a recovery project but refuses to open it on re-start and it’s always when doing simple things like nudging clips.
I actually had similar issues with the previous version, and only installed this version in the hope the problems had been resolved. Would recommend holding off updating if possible.
(Mac – High Sierra)
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Hi Matthieu,
Glad to hear someone is managing to work mobile with the MacPro; I was beginning to feel crazy for even asking about it!
I must admit I hadn’t considered the lack of speakers : /
I had planned to be mostly using it with headphones when on location. But I could easily add a splitter for a second pair for the director, or a bluetooth soundlink type thing when there are producers/agency present, and that should still keep the overall weight down.
Cheers,
J
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Well, as i mentioned in my original post, I wouldn’t need to carry a monitor for either the laptop or the MacPro, so the difference in portability is considerable in that case. I also mostly cycle to work in my own city, and a laptop/MacPro setup would fit in my pannier bags fine. If I go abroad for a job then the production would source a monitor locally rather than me having to travel with it, so again the iMac would be the more cumbersome option.
iMacs are great in many situations, if i was looking for a new machine purely as a desktop, then I would seriously consider one. But if I want very portable, then the laptop seems to win, or if I want portable and more powerful (plus upgradable) then the MacPro seems to make sense. It’s just a lot more money and I haven’t really heard of anyone using it as a portable option, so I was interested to know if anyone had experiences with it in those conditions.
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Hi Mark,
Portability is a big consideration for me at the moment and I don’t think the iMac is really something i’m prepared to throw in a back pack.
Best,
Jay
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Thanks for the reply Chris.
I’m a commercials editor primarily, so each gig is between 3 and 5 days on average, during which time I don’t need to move my kit about. Even if i’m working on set (which is not very often) It’s not a problem to plug a tower in to a drive/monitor once per day; I’d have to do that with a laptop anyway. As I mentioned: last time I upgraded hardware I just bought both, but i’ve often wondered (now that the MacPro is so small) if I could get by with just one or the other…
I’m trying to weigh the pros and cons of each and my concern is mostly about the actual portability of a MacPro. With the laptop, I only need a client to provide one extra monitor, whereas with the MacPro I would need two. There is probably not much difference between them in terms of physical space required to carry them about (once you discount having to take a monitor with you for the MacPro). The limited connectivity and upgradability of the laptop would mean it would likely need upgrading sooner than a “proper” Mac… but then of course it’s cheaper to begin with.
Decisions decisions…
Best,
J
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I did a bit of testing with Prelude>Premier as a way of building a searchable library of some of archive material. I had really high hopes that it would be a godsend when tagging/sub-clipping large amounts of footage. Unfortunately, in my experience Prelude was buggy and doesn’t integrate particularly well with the search function of Premiere. For example if I made several sub-clips from one long shot, and gave each a separate tag, then sent those sub-clips to Premier and searched for one of those tags; all of the sub-clips (even those that were not tagged with that word) were returned, as they were all part of the same main clip; basically making it useless.
To be honest, Premiere’s logging and tagging functions are fairly robust, and it’s what I have been using with no real problems since I first started using it. Speed would be greatly improved however, with the addition of tag templates, like in Prelude. But I honestly expect that this functionality will be added to Premier in a later version (along with the couple of useful features that make Prelude an interesting idea) and that Prelude will just be faded out. I can’t personally see a reason for it to be a stand alone application at all.
You should of course do some testing and see how you get on with Prelude, but I find that a combination of correctly labeled/organised bins and a coherent system of markers/tags means I can be as organised as I need to be in premiere, even on large projects.
Best,
J