Adobe Premiere now on Mac

[Steen Dongo]

It seems Adobe will give macusers the ability to edit 4K via a new version of Premiere written from the ground up for the mac !

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/03/premiere/index.php

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[Charles Perkins]

thats cool. being a mac user i've never really played with premier, but i know people who swear by it so it'll be good to look into.

[Steen Dongo]

I tried it in something like '92 and wasn't particularly impressed but I've heard that the new versions are completely different beasts.

Should be interesting to see how it will perform on an Intel Mac with a decent GPU inside..

[Dominique Grenier]

While I'm no Premiere user, I think its a good news, just for the sake of competition.

The more the better and, hopefully, it'll keep Apple and FCP on the edge (not that they're not right now...)

Just my 2¢...

[Robert Sanders]

It's not being written "from the ground up for Mac". Premiere Pro was written using a lot of optimization for Intel processors. Now that Apple has pretty much completed its Intel transition, Apple only needs to compile an OSX version.

If they were offering a universal binary version (for PPC) then they'd have to re-write large parts of the code.

[Sanjin Jukic]

I see possibility that eventually Cineform RAW 4K in the future Adobe Premiere Pro app for the Mac-Intel hardware would compete with the RED's own REDCINE 4K workflow. And a competition is always good. Users can benefit.

[David Newman]

Yes CineForm RAW 4K will be on Premiere Pro Mac, but I don't see it as competition for REDCINE. It is like is After Effects in competition with Final Cut, they are different tools for differing needs and really you want both. REDCINE as described is a first light image developer tool with a number of bells and whistles, Prospect 2K/4K (using CineForm RAW) is an NLE accelerator, making online high-res post more effecient is cost and speed. You will want both.

[Sanjin Jukic]

David, thanks for clearing up the Cineform RAW 4K issue on Premiere Pro Mac.

[Jeremy Hughes]

I love Premiere. I wanted to use Premiere Pro 2.0 on a PC to edit. I like how you can actually edit at 4096x4096. But now I won't be limmited to just use PC programs. And I can use Shake and Motion instead of After Effects for VFX.

[vidalsosa]

This is a welcome development, considering mac users already have access to posting 1080p on fcp. Options galore!

[Luke Flegg]

i know premiere like the back of my hand.. though didn't know much of this mac migration. certainly haven't heard about it facilitating RED

[Gunleik Groven]

David,

Any news on a QT Cineform codec?

Gunleik

[Blaine Golden]

Well, I can't see any reason for me to change from FCP, particularly since I like the FCStudio integration. Anything that increases the competition to stay on top, though, can't be bad.

[Mike Zinner]

I think the most convincing reasons for people using FCP at the moment would be:


Bundle Integration
Cineform Editing Speed and Realtime Effects
4K projects


It really rocks to have your After Effects projects right within Premiere on the timeline - without rendering out - and be able to edit the AE project just with a Control-Click.

Cineform gives you amazing editing speed and with the new 8-cores MacPros - that hopefully come out soon - DVCPRO "proxies" are dead as you can work with the 4K files directly on the timeline in Premiere and in AfterEffects - which is essential for any FX work.


Sure, there will be a new FCP that will also be able to handle 4K and has a good integration with the new "bundle" Apple is working on. Only that no one has seen it or heard about it yet and I'm working with the Adobe Production Bundle since half a year.

So it puts more pressure on Apple to get something decent out there - which is also a good thing :)

[Mike Zinner]

Further - even though it is good news for Mac people - it is even better news for PC people. The more apps running on OSX, the easier it is to switch to Mac :)

[David Newman]

David,

Any news on a QT Cineform codec?

Gunleik

No public anouncements but the QT CineForm codec is now working on both platforms in house.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

IMO, I'm all for Premiere coming (back) to the Mac. I personally use Final Cut, but think the extra competition can only mean more features and faster development for both. I have Adobe Video Collection on my PC systems and use AfterEffects and Encore mostly. AfterEffects is great (the Pro version is a must though if you're working with anything more than DV) and I prefer its type tools to any other compositing app out there. I've also used DFX+ (have that one here) and it's big brother, Fusion, but overall I prefer Shake. As for DVD authoring, Encore falls way short of DVD Studio Pro, IMO. Hopefully the next revision will close the gap or at least come real close to doing so.

Anyway that's my take on all that.... And with Premiere and Encore coming to Mac, that just gives me one more reason to not buy so many Windows boxes in the future.

[Jared VanLeuven]

Adobe had me worried for a while that they might be pulling out of the Mac market (can anyone envision no Photoshop for Mac?). This is tremendous news.

[Joel Kaye]

Adobe had me worried for a while that they might be pulling out of the Mac market (can anyone envision no Photoshop for Mac?). This is tremendous news.

And with the Adobe Video Bundle you get Photoshop along with everything else integrated. Since everyone needs Photoshop that makes their bundle less expensive than FCP with arguably more functionality.

Everyone feels the need for speed - so I'd say that'll be how decisions are made in the future. High quality real time compositing in 4k? MegaMotion? UberAfterEffects? SuperShake?

Will Adobe allow free PC render nodes to work with Mac based After Effects?

I'd say FCP has some serious competition coming it's way.

[Steve Freebairn]

What I'm really hoping for is that Adobe comes out with a Qmaster type program that lets you do really simple network rendering that works on both PC and Mac. I've used Premiere on the PC for the last few years and I am really excited that it is going to the Mac. It really will help out to have the additional competition between Adobe and Apple (although one day they might end up merging to form the world's biggest multimedia software maker).