Summary
Mac users, Premiere is back, and it’s now available for both Mac and PC users, as Premiere Pro CS3. This isn’t that old crash-prone and worn-out Mac Premiere from days gone by, but a completely re-written, supercharged version that might surprise you.
Target Apps
Video editing for any project on Mac or PC, from prosumer to broadcast and film projects, short or long form.
What it Costs You
$799 for Mac or PC version; Upgrades from any version of Premiere are $299.
What's Cool
Premiere Pro CS3 now runs on Intel-based Macs as well as PCs, and it’s completely re-written and ready to interact with other Adobe apps in ways that Mac users haven’t seen before.
What's Missing
No DVCPRO HD or AVCHD format support out of the box (but available through third parties), Mac versions of Premiere Pro and Encore are Intel-only with no universal binary support, Mac version has no AIFF audio file import or export
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Smart Advice
If you like using Clip Notes to send a rough cut to clients with previous versions of Premiere Pro, you can continue to do so in CS3. Clip Notes is back with a certain clean interface and clip markers that get instantly translated from client e-mails onto your timeline.
Adobe calls its clip bins "Project Panels." Now you can create and have multiple bins, or panels, open at the same time, not just within the same panel. This is a much more comfortable— and easier — way to edit.
Windows:
- Intel Pentium 4 (2GHz processor for DV; 3.4GHz processor for HDV), Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon (dual 2.8GHz processors for HD), or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor; SSE2-enabled processor required for AMD systems
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions)
- 1GB of RAM for DV; 2GB of RAM for HDV and HD
- 10GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
- Dedicated 7,200 RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred
- 1280x1024 monitor resolution with 32-bit video card; Adobe recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback
- Microsoft DirectX or ASIO compatible sound card
- DVD-ROM drive
Macintosh:
- Multicore Intel processor (Adobe OnLocation CS3 is a Windows app that may be used on Macintosh using Boot Camp and Windows, sold separately)
- Mac OS X v.10.4.9
- 1GB of RAM for DV; 2GB of RAM for HDV and HD
- 10GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
- Dedicated 7,200 RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred
- 1,280x960 monitor resolution with 32-bit video card; Adobe recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback
- Core Audio compatible sound card
- DVD-ROM drive
Mac users, Premiere is back. But this isn’t that old crash-prone and worn-out Mac Premiere from days gone by. This is now Premiere Pro CS3, a completely re-written and supercharged video editing software app that might surprise you. Because the software won’t be shipping until sometime in Q3 of this year, we tested a feature-complete beta version of Premiere Pro on both Mac OS X and Windows XP, and were impressed with its powerful feature set and easy-to-use interface.
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With Adobe Clip Notes, you can export a video sequence as an Adobe PDF file with embedded or streamed video and E-mail it to your client for approval. They can view it with Adobe Reader, enter their comments, and E-mail it back.
Time Remapping
Time Remapping lets you precisely slow down or speed up a clip on the timeline by adding a keyframe. Then you can finely adjust the effect with the blue handles you see here, and by adding more keyframes for variable speed effects
Encore
Once you’re done creating menus in Encore, you can export your content to DVD, Blu-ray, or even create an entire Flash SWF file that can be used on a Flash Web site. Getting the files to Encore is easy — select Export to Encore in Premiere Pro, and it opens in Encore, complete with chapter markers you’ve set in Premiere Pro.
Premiere Pro Mac and PC comparison screen shots
Most of the effort in this revision cycle of Premiere Pro was consumed by porting the app to the Mac, and Adobe’s done a remarkable job. It’s almost impossible to tell which OS you’re using unless you look at the title bar at the top. Here you see the Mac and PC versions compared side-by-side in their Standard configuration. There are four workspace presets included, and the ability to create and save your own custom setups as well.
Comments (1) for "Adobe Premiere Pro CS3"
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at first i was excited to see time remapping in premiere, but then i discovered that you can't time remap the audio. when you use this function in afx, the audio stays in sync (which makes for a very cool effect on ramped slo-mos) why must adobe taunt me like this? i almost didn't have to go into afx for my slo-mo clips, but to me if the audio isn't being remapped then the tool is useless.
Posted by derek on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 @ 10:56 PM
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