Summary: Adobe challenges the proprietary
NLE systems by tightening the integration among its production-oriented
programs and adding support for the latest HD standards.
Target APPS:
Video production, DVD production, audio production
What It Costs You:
$1,699 Premium; $1,199 Standard
What’s Cool:
You can work directly with After Effects compositions in Premiere Pro
or Encore without having to save or render first; the new interface
makes it easy to create application- or project-specific workspaces;
export to Flash Video files; broadly based HD video support, including
native HDV editing; 32-bit audio support throughout the applications.
What’s Missing:
Current users of After Effects, Premiere Pro, Audition and Encore will have to relearn the interface.
RATINGS: Products are rated for features, performance, ease of
use and overall value on a scale from LAME, OK, SOLID, SWEET to HOT.
Specs
1.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor, Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
with Service Pack 2, 512 MB of RAM (1 GB required for running multiple
applications or using Adobe Dynamic Link; 2 GB required for HDV and
HD), 21 GB of available hard-disk space for installation (additional 10
GB recommended for After Effects disk caching)
Smart Advice
The Dynamic Link will improve your productivity as well as your creative options, since you no longer have to render before moving between the various programs.
With the bundle, it’s easy to overlook the impressive improvements made to Premiere. Native HDV, 2K and 4K resolution support and 3:2 pulldown conversions are just a few of those top-shelf features.
Premiere Pro and After Effects Just Got Better and Work Better Together
By David English
April 1, 2006 Source: Studio Monthly
If you work in video production, you probably have an assortment of
software you’ve hobbled together. In a perfect world, your programs
would have a similar interface and operate the same way for similar
tasks. In the real world, you choose whichever program you can find for
whatever you need to do and assume everything will somehow work
together. It’s a practical approach based on the realization that
"integrated" and "streamlined" software rarely makes the job any easier.
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