Upgrade to Premiere CS3? at DVinfo.net

Hernan Vilchez · July 22nd, 2007, 01:33 PM

I currently work HDV with Premiere Pro 2 and AspectHD 5. I have a dual core AMD opteron 280 (just bought a second one), 2 GbRAM (ill add 2 more g), Nvidia Quadro FX1500, windows XP SP2 (and different scratch disks). Mostly edit events and docus.

Now i find it not so easy, some problems previewing (sometimes i push play in the timeline and just freezes there, specially in long clips) and exporting (the heavy "error compiling movie" that drives me crazy)

So, will the update to CS3 solve all the problems?

Or should i swith to Vegas or Avid and start from zero, but sure?

Please some advice from someone happy (or not) with the update.

Thanks!!

Ben Winter · July 22nd, 2007, 10:26 PM

I've gotten those errors from the very start of Adobe's Ppro. CS3 has seemed to fix these problems or at least limit them...most of the time however it's actually Cineform's problem. I've wanted to switch to Avid or Vegas for a while but never liked trying to get used to a different interface than the one I've been working with for so long.

Btw we have almost the exact same setups. So far, so good with CS3. Give it a try.

Steven Gotz · July 23rd, 2007, 07:13 AM

A lot of memory issues were dealt with in CS3. Give it a try. I have had no problems I couldn't solve.

There are some files to change out in After Effects, and there is a little thing you have to do to get Flash output. But it all works.

Tim Kolb · July 23rd, 2007, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben Winter

I've gotten those errors from the very start of Adobe's Ppro. CS3 has seemed to fix these problems or at least limit them...most of the time however it's actually Cineform's problem.

Do you work with CineForm?

Brad Tyrrell · July 24th, 2007, 06:55 AM

PP2 didn't like Cineform much. Grab a handle on a video effect, - crash!

CS3 is happy. (So far)

I'm grumbling about the shortcut problem, but Steven Gotz may have come up with a solution. Will know later.

Tim Kolb · July 24th, 2007, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Tyrrell

PP2 didn't like Cineform much. Grab a handle on a video effect, - crash!

CS3 is happy. (So far)

Did you contact CineForm tech support? I run it as my staple app (Prospect 2K) and it liked CS2 just fine for me...

Brad Tyrrell · July 24th, 2007, 08:43 AM

Yeah, and threaded with David Newman. Kinda ended up with a couple of shrugs. Never-the-less, CS3 works fine so I'm OK.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=91007

July 22nd, 2007, 01:33 PM	#1
Hernan Vilchez Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 135	Upgrade to Premiere CS3? I currently work HDV with Premiere Pro 2 and AspectHD 5. I have a dual core AMD opteron 280 (just bought a second one), 2 GbRAM (ill add 2 more g), Nvidia Quadro FX1500, windows XP SP2 (and different scratch disks). Mostly edit events and docus. Now i find it not so easy, some problems previewing (sometimes i push play in the timeline and just freezes there, specially in long clips) and exporting (the heavy "error compiling movie" that drives me crazy) So, will the update to CS3 solve all the problems? Or should i swith to Vegas or Avid and start from zero, but sure? Please some advice from someone happy (or not) with the update. Thanks!!

July 22nd, 2007, 10:26 PM	#2
Ben Winter Trustee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 1,675 Images: 1	I've gotten those errors from the very start of Adobe's Ppro. CS3 has seemed to fix these problems or at least limit them...most of the time however it's actually Cineform's problem. I've wanted to switch to Avid or Vegas for a while but never liked trying to get used to a different interface than the one I've been working with for so long. Btw we have almost the exact same setups. So far, so good with CS3. Give it a try. __________________ BenWinter.com

July 23rd, 2007, 07:13 AM	#3
Steven Gotz Trustee Join Date: May 2002 Location: Clermont, FL Posts: 1,520	A lot of memory issues were dealt with in CS3. Give it a try. I have had no problems I couldn't solve. There are some files to change out in After Effects, and there is a little thing you have to do to get Flash output. But it all works. __________________ Steven Gotz http://www.stevengotz.com

July 24th, 2007, 06:55 AM	#5
Brad Tyrrell Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Morristown, New Jersey Posts: 249	PP2 didn't like Cineform much. Grab a handle on a video effect, - crash! CS3 is happy. (So far) I'm grumbling about the shortcut problem, but Steven Gotz may have come up with a solution. Will know later.

July 24th, 2007, 08:43 AM	#7
Brad Tyrrell Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Morristown, New Jersey Posts: 249	Yeah, and threaded with David Newman. Kinda ended up with a couple of shrugs. Never-the-less, CS3 works fine so I'm OK. http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=91007