I hate Premiere Pro!

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:48 pm

Juat got a new pc with XP Pro, and installed Premier Pro, played around with it, and I can safely say I hate it!

It's too cluttered, and not as user-friendly as 6.5 in my opinion, it actually seems to have an arrogant and pompous interface!

Reverting to 6.5 now!

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:32 pm

I know what you are feeling. But in honest truth, I like Pro better in many ways. It takes more than just a few playing arounds to get used to it. It is an entire different program, not just the next version. Plus you cannot safely say anything after only spending a mere hour with it...

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:38 pm

What differences do you find that really sets it apart from 6.5?

Maybe Sequences but that's the only real useful thing I found!

Is there a list of new features for Pro and 6.5 somewhere? (the Adobe site only has a comparison chart between Pro 1.0 and 1.5

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:41 pm

Keying is the biggest change, and it makes things much easier in the aspect of compositing.

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:21 pm

Yeah, but I have AE for that

I just really did not like the whole single track/cluttered interface/dual monitor view.

There was no Real Time Preview option either, so it always had to render a preview when I pressed Enter, also the one monitor played my video very weirdly, it was sped up and skipping yet the sound was normal.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:24 pm

You overlooked the obvious. Premiere Pro is all realtime editing, unlike previous.

Sounds to me like you configured your movie settings wrong!

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:39 am

What movie settings would you recommend?

How long did it take you to learn and get used to Premier Pro (had you used earlier versions before it?)

Do you use Single/Dual monitors? On Premiere 6.5 I have one permanent preview monitor and a source monitor to set my in and out points only when I double click on a clip in my BIN and then close it afterwards.

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:40 am

I love pro, it took me half an hour to learn and get used to. Mabye less.

Raptor · Post by **Raptor** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:22 am

A/B editing is easily simulated using multiple tracks, while I still use 6.0 for editing news since the LSX Mpeg codec doesn't work well in pro on my system, the keyframing in pro alone is wortht he effort to put into it....

Mushiman · Post by **Mushiman** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:15 am

Welcome to the club, it's a true fact that 99% of people who have been shown how to use Sony Vegas 5, preferred it over Premiere Pro.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:02 am

Well, if they liked Premiere Pro better, they would be using that instead now, wouldn't they?

State the basis of this fact!

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:56 am

What's so great about the keyframing? I don't have a problem with 6.5s

Hartf-Film · Post by **Hartf-Film** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:35 pm

THats why I'm using Final Cut Express. If u get a mac, get Final Cut Express or Final Cut Pro HD , I'm also gonna get soundtrack and motion soon

. Actually I have enough for soundtrack but just not motion. I have Ã‚Â£180. I think I will get Soundtrack first

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:46 pm

Keyframing is everything vamp!! You got to be kidding me if 6.5s dosn't have it!

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:56 pm

It does have it, that's why I'm saying it's not a problem.

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:57 pm

Good.

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:41 pm

Alright.

Nomaden · Post by **Nomaden** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:50 pm

I've tried everything from iMovie to Windows movie maker to premiere pro, and I actually think it's best to edit movies in Final Cut Pro HD, but that's just me

Raptor · Post by **Raptor** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:04 pm

Vamp wrote:It does have it, that's why I'm saying it's not a problem.

Haven't seen the 6.5 interface, but I assume it is very similar to 6.0, the keyframing in Pro with each effect having it's own timeline( much like AE I feel ) allows you to set the keyframes for an effect while seeing where the kepframes for other effects are located. Saves a lot of time and guesswork with keyframing multiple effects.

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:19 pm

I'll give Pro another chance if I can just find out how to stop that preview problem! It just skips and returns to video frames when I press Play on the preview monitor but the sound plays fine.

I don't have RT preview problems with 6.5 now that I have a 3400+ 64-bit and a gig of ram.

U.S.Amateurfilmaker · Post by **U.S.Amateurfilmaker** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 8:06 pm

If you end up hating Pro, you could always try vegas 5

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 8:16 pm

Nah! If I can't get this RT preview problem sorted (Only for the previewing, not when I'm watching source video)

Than it's back to 6.5!

Hartf-Film · Post by **Hartf-Film** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:24 pm

U can try pinnacle Liquid Edition

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:47 pm

Just Premiere for me thanks

If I can sort out this preview prob, I'll make a proper effort with Pro, but I don't want to have to go through all the trouble of sorting out a hard problem.

U.S.Amateurfilmaker · Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:42 pm

Ah, it seems that Adobe has the world in it's claws, but I'm not gonna fault you for personal preference. lol