Making work-area preview renders nevertheless remains a vital option for complex effects.
However, compared with 6.5 running on the same machine, Pro didn’t seem to hit the stammering point as soon or as frequently as its predecessor. As one would expect, the stammering of previews increased with the number and complexity of effects added to a clip. In practice, the real-time previewing of effects in Pro performed similarly to that of Premiere 6.5, but more efficiently. Similarly, the "Track Forward" tool (remember the two arrows pointing right?) is gone and you can shift-click with the regular track select tool (single arrow) to select all clips to the right of the clip clicked. You can click-drag across clips to highlight all of them. There is no longer a separate "Marquee" tool and multiple clip selection is done with the normal selection tool. The "Navigator" as a separate tool and window is gone.
Monitor and timeline windows now have bars that one simply pulls left or right to zoom in or out. Monitor windows now have a thumbwheel-style jog-shuttle controls. The keyboard is completely customizable, however, so you can revert to earlier (or simply different) keystrokes. There are new buttons and a few changes in keyboard shortcuts that you’ll have to learn. Not only does this give you an unlimited number of video tracks (nested timeline, within nested timeline, and so on), but it dramatically reduces timeline clutter and makes your projects more manageable. This allows you to create elaborate sequences and then insert ("nest") them into the main timeline. Each timeline is a "Sequence" and shows up as a tab in the main timeline window or as a separate timeline in a window of its own.
Premiere Pro now uses multiple timelines within the same project. You cannot place transitions between tracks. To edit a transition, just double-click it. You can now place a transition in any track by overlapping clips within that track and dropping a transition onto the overlap. The most obvious change in Premiere’s interface is the elimination of the archaic Video 1A, Video 1B and Transition tracks. The product retained a nimble feel throughout our test drives. We especially noticed this for simple project previews, where we’ve learned to ignore fractional delays between pounding the Enter key and when the timeline cursor actually started to move in previous versions. Effects, previews, renderings and screen redraws all seemed to snap. The installation did not remove or replace previous versions of Premiere already installed on these machines.Įverything seemed to run quicker, on both machines, in Pro than in 6.5.
We test drove Pro on two machines: an HP xw4000 (P4 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM) and a Compaq Presario 8000T (P4 2.2GHz, 1GB RAM). They have taken pains to turn our learning curves into motion paths.
In addition to providing a new manual and comprehensive Help, the company has posted written and video tutorials on their support site. Boris FX) may not integrate with the new Premiere. Unfortunately, your old plug-in effects app (e.g.
from Canopus, Matrox and Pinnacle) must get the latest drivers to use Premiere Pro. Owners of real-time hardware rendering cards (e.g.
If you are a Windows 2000-based Premiere user, a decision to stick with Premiere into this upgrade means upgrading your OS, which can potentially lead to other hardware and software upgrades. Premiere Pro was written for Windows XP only, leaving Apple’s own Final Cut Pro for the Mac. The aggressive price point is amazing, considering that this is a complete solution for professionals (thus the new "Pro" surname). The program has been re-written from the ground up and bundled with After Effects (compositing) and Encore (DVD authoring) in the Adobe Digital Video Collection ($999).
Adobe engineers starting working on Premiere Pro a couple of years ago.