Perry Cheng
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Have no idea what you are asking. Are you saying what is the best encoding method to get the best results to display on your 42′ LCD TV? It really depends on the encoder, some have better output than others, just like other non HD formats. I personally use H.264, considering excellent compression with great quality. It comes with PPro CS3 under MainConcept codec, if I am not mistaken.
Perry
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I think they are talking about CS4 here.
Perry
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Thanks Mike. I might have to research more into this “text-to-speech” functionality. That might be interesting…
Perry
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Thanks Tim, you are right. I should have posted the title more appropriately. My observation on CS4 so far, at least on this forum, there are hardly any “overjoy” but random posts here and there about CS4. Not many ask any questions. My suspicion was that the “pros” already know and the causual users (like me) don’t care for the new features. CS3 has definitely more enthusiasts than CS4 (just like you said at the beginning of your post) and again, I appreciate your insight. In fact, I am a big fan of the Cows here, I don’t want to offend anyone.
Sincerely,
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Jon,
First off, did my comments or the quote I copied from you seem that offensive? I am not trying to bash Adobe or push any personal agenda. I sincerely am asking for a good reason for “Causual user” like me to upgrade. Like Tim said, there are many different users, I acknowledged that. That is why I am asking those “Causual Users like me” to throw in their opinion of what attracts them to upgrade, not necessary the professionals. DL is nice, I don’t have it. Using multiple Adobe programs and flip back and forth is nice, I can not afford it. Still, I asked, why do you have to render when the preview quality is usually good enough, perhaps just for me, “causual user”… haha…
I just can’t help myself on this forum to notice so much “excitments” around CS4!? I know I am being sarcastic, I am sorry if that offended the Adobe loyalist, oo, that’s me also. Let me state that once more, I sincerely want to find a reason for myself to upgarde. All the public info out there are not attractive to me, I don’t use AVCHD. I don’t know much about the tweaks… I wish I have more info about them. I only know the ability to apply mulitiple effects at once, that might be good, but certainly not worth the upgrade. Honestly, the only thing that somewhat attracted me was OnLocation upgrade! I really hope Adobe has a beta version for people to try… currently the version I have does not agree with my laptop at all, no realtime image is displayed.
Well, thanks for your help, I will reframe myself from posting any new CS4 thoughts from now on. Have a nice day.Perry
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Alan,
25min for 1080×720 quality takes 25hrs sounds about right for your setup. Yes, a Quad will help, perhaps cut that to half? (I have a quad, yes, it still takes 10+ hrs to render 30min stuff sometimes, depends on the # effects applied.Perry
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“There plenty of workflow updates, further speed and workflow enhancements with DLink AE, Encore and PPro. Like Mike said the BG rendering App AME is well worth the upgrade.” – by Jon (in previous posts).
None of these are any attraction for casual users like me. I don’t use DLink, AE… BG rendering? Why do I need to render anything nowadays? Don’t we simply do the cuts and when done, render it out? Do you actual render while working on the timeline?
Perry
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How preview while capturing HD? Any news on that?
Perry
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I have been there a few times, these “workflow changes” do not attract me at all. Personally, I think some should have been intermediate upgrades, perhaps even free. Such as inability to apply effects to multiple clips, which if I am not mistaken, was in previous versions.
Perry
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One more, which I think is very very important:
Able to preview HD while capturing!
Perry