So, I ran into some good fortune and was given a copy of Adobe Master Collection CS5.5
First off, the full version of photoshop is great, have always used the elements versions in the past.
Secondly, the integration between products is great too, you can manipulate photoshop docs in premiere or after effect etc.
Third, Audition is great, hand down a winner over Sound Forge.
But........
Getting this done in Premiere is another story. I don't know if I am just too used to Vegas, the layout etc but most of why I do seem tedious at times in Premiere.
Small things I can't live without
"U" to ungroup the "G" to group. Have not figured out how to do this easily yet. Use it all the time with second audio clips.
Increasing the zoom by rolling the mouse wheel, have to drag a slider in Pre. It works but not as accurately.
The instant cross fade by dragging two clips over one another and the easy fade in and fade out. Can be done in Pre but takes 20-30 seconds per clip, as opposed to 3 seconds in Vegas.
Pan and crop, as odd as it seemed in the beginning I am completely hooked on it. So easy once you get your arms around it. While there is pan and crop in Pre, crop is an effect and pan takes a little getting used to.
The timeline in Pre, for whatever reason, is harder to read too. Mot sure why.
Now for the cool things in Premiere Pro CS5.5
The media encoder is a separate program. While editing you have the ability to open project A, work on it as you need to, then "queue" the render to the media encoder, at that time you can also queue other output formats for the same project.
Now here is the cool part, you can open another project, do what you need to and then queue the render.
Then when all is said and done you can fire off the renders and let them go through the night or however needed.
There is also a watch feature, it will watch a folder and if a new file arrives in the folder it will render it according to the settings for that folder, nice when you are rendering from Vegas etc.
Also there is render options not available to vegas. Some that I have been getting to with 2 steps, vegas -> handbrake etc.
Lastly, the slow motion is much smoother than in Vegas. Not sure the details why but it looks way better and there is no 4X or /4 limit.
So with all that, I get discouraged when working on something complex Premiere and actually gave up on a project over the weekend and did it in vegas instead. I think it is all about practice.
I will probably end us easing into Pre, but there are things Vegas does very well, I will just probably not upgrade to V11 or higher, at least not for a while.
First off, the full version of photoshop is great, have always used the elements versions in the past.
Secondly, the integration between products is great too, you can manipulate photoshop docs in premiere or after effect etc.
Third, Audition is great, hand down a winner over Sound Forge.
But........
Getting this done in Premiere is another story. I don't know if I am just too used to Vegas, the layout etc but most of why I do seem tedious at times in Premiere.
Small things I can't live without
"U" to ungroup the "G" to group. Have not figured out how to do this easily yet. Use it all the time with second audio clips.
Increasing the zoom by rolling the mouse wheel, have to drag a slider in Pre. It works but not as accurately.
The instant cross fade by dragging two clips over one another and the easy fade in and fade out. Can be done in Pre but takes 20-30 seconds per clip, as opposed to 3 seconds in Vegas.
Pan and crop, as odd as it seemed in the beginning I am completely hooked on it. So easy once you get your arms around it. While there is pan and crop in Pre, crop is an effect and pan takes a little getting used to.
The timeline in Pre, for whatever reason, is harder to read too. Mot sure why.
Now for the cool things in Premiere Pro CS5.5
The media encoder is a separate program. While editing you have the ability to open project A, work on it as you need to, then "queue" the render to the media encoder, at that time you can also queue other output formats for the same project.
Now here is the cool part, you can open another project, do what you need to and then queue the render.
Then when all is said and done you can fire off the renders and let them go through the night or however needed.
There is also a watch feature, it will watch a folder and if a new file arrives in the folder it will render it according to the settings for that folder, nice when you are rendering from Vegas etc.
Also there is render options not available to vegas. Some that I have been getting to with 2 steps, vegas -> handbrake etc.
Lastly, the slow motion is much smoother than in Vegas. Not sure the details why but it looks way better and there is no 4X or /4 limit.
So with all that, I get discouraged when working on something complex Premiere and actually gave up on a project over the weekend and did it in vegas instead. I think it is all about practice.
I will probably end us easing into Pre, but there are things Vegas does very well, I will just probably not upgrade to V11 or higher, at least not for a while.