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Old January 13th, 2009, 09:22 PM   #1
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Giving CS4 Premiere a try, normally use Vegas 8 Pro

I just purchased CS4 Production Premium and will give Premiere a whirl. I've found it extremely stable and fast. I'm looking at CS4 more for PhotoShop, AfterEffects, Flash, Illustrator, and DreamWeaver, but I want to see if I like Premiere as well. I love the idea of them all interfacing with each other in one suite. I've used Vegas for several years now and have really enjoyed it and found it very efficient and stable.

Has anybody competent with Vegas 8 Pro made this transition and have any comments about Premiere's relative pros and cons?
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Old January 14th, 2009, 07:37 PM   #2
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Has anybody competent with Vegas 8 Pro made this transition and have any comments about Premiere's relative pros and cons?
Yes sir! I used to use Vegas Pro 8 (started on v6) and I've switched over to Premiere. I still like Vegas.

If you haven't seen my thread, here's a link to a little video I did comparing Premiere to others like Avid and Vegas.

WHAT I LIKE/DISLIKE ABOUT ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4 (PART 1) Director Paul Del Vecchio’s Homepage

Here's a link to the thread...

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/attend-wo...miere-cs4.html

Be sure to watch BOTH PARTS.

Here's a link to PART 2:

WHAT I LIKE/DISLIKE ABOUT PREMIERE PRO CS4 - PART 2 Director Paul Del Vecchio’s Homepage
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Old January 14th, 2009, 09:18 PM   #3
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Is CS4 PPro similar to FCP in its commands and feel? Someone told me that the two programs are very similar and learning one would help with using the other.
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Old January 14th, 2009, 09:40 PM   #4
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Is CS4 PPro similar to FCP in its commands and feel? Someone told me that the two programs are very similar and learning one would help with using the other.
Definitely not in keyboard shortcuts. For example, "A" is the selection tool (default tool) in FCP, while the same tool in Premiere is "V."

Inserting, overlaying, render previewing, etc are all different keyboard shortcuts. But they are similar in timeline editing. But yes, they are very similar.
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Old January 15th, 2009, 06:08 AM   #5
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Well, I spent the whole evening loading Production Premium (ouch) and now I'm trying to figure out why it only loaded the 32bit version and what to do with the "content" disc that didn't self load onto the HDD. I'm hoping it will get better. Can't wait to jump into AfterEffects and Flash.
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Old January 15th, 2009, 09:11 AM   #6
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I think FC and PP were even designed by the same person. They are very similar in operation, especially now with introduction of multitrack targeting and sync lock editing. Prmeiere is better at handling various formats, FC is better suited for working in professional broadcasting and movie editing - especially when dealing with various FX and audio departments.
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Well, I spent the whole evening loading Production Premium (ouch) and now I'm trying to figure out why it only loaded the 32bit version.
All the apps in the suite except for Photoshop are 32 bit only.
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Old January 15th, 2009, 12:09 PM   #8
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Adam,

Thanks so much, you just saved me several hours of research and uninstalling/installing/tech support. You deserve to take Monday off.
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