Premiere Pro: No More Compromises
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Then, when you're completely done with your editing and rendering, hit Export to DVD and Premiere will compress your timeline's contents and place the entire production on a DVD complete with chapter markers wherever you had markers on your timeline. It's not going to do any fancy authoring, but if you just want to get your edited work over to a DVD that will play when it's inserted without any muss or fuss, this is the way to go. It's a super feature that I think will see a lot of action, especially for pros who want to dash off a quick approval copy for a client, or for home video users who just want to watch their production on the home DVD player instead of the computer.
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Summing up, I think Premiere Pro is a tremendous improvement on a software package that I already liked in its somewhat-flawed version 6.5. But this new iteration adds rock-solid stability, pro features and so many usability enhancements that I can't recommend it enough. And let's not forget the hardware support Premiere enjoys that's also being brought to bear on this new version. By the time you read this, Canopus and Matrox will probably have their hardware drivers ready for Premiere Pro support, so you'll have even more real time functionality, including Print to DV in real time with the Matrox RT.X100 and Canopus DV Storm 2 hardware accelerators. And, even without hardware assistance, underneath, the software's been completely re-worked to take advantage of today's technology. Too bad Adobe had to dump the Mac version of Premiere, though, an understandable decision since it seemed most Mac users had defected to Final Cut Pro anyway. But this new version will give those who are thinking of going with Final Cut Pro, Pinnacle Edition or Vegas, pause. It's a worthy alternative, and can do a lot of things they can't. But then, they can also do things that Premiere Pro can't. Even so, Premiere Pro is a remarkable achievement by Adobe -- perhaps the best software developer in the world -- and this all-new nonlinear editing software receives the highest recommendation I can give it.
Want to know more? For an comprehensive DMN interview with Premiere Pro Group Product Manager Richard Townhill, click here.
Digital Media Net Executive Producer Charlie White has been writing about new media and digital video since it was the laughingstock of the television industry. A technology journalist and columnist since 1994, White is also an Emmy-winning producer, video editor, broadcast industry consultant and shot-calling television director who has worked in broadcasting since 1974. Talk back -- Send Chazz a note at cwhite@digitalmedianet.com.Read Charlie White's editorials by clicking here.
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