Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Good program but bad help files, will not read canon .avi files, August 6, 2009
By
V. Swope (East Lansing, MI)
My rating of 3, as opposed to 4 stars or better, is mostly based on the help menu. Unless you are connected to high speed internet the help files are useless. For a $700 program I want to able to access decent help files whether I am on a plane, vacation, whatever. Also this program does not read simple .avi files like those produced by consumer cameras, even though windows media player and most other free programs read these video files just fine. Premiere elements will also read those files. I expected that Premiere Pro, which costs 5x as much, should be able to do as much and more than premiere elements.
I agree with the other posters that the options to work with other Adobe programs through dynamic link is very nice. If you are in to editing and want to step it up a notch, you will like this program.
Great Product - Bad info on this page though!, July 7, 2009
By
Kevin R. Alexander (Shreveport, LA)
I love Premiere Pro CS4... I have it as part of my Production Premium package. But the info on this page is MISLEADING! Currently Premiere does NOT support AVC-Intra natively. I'm looking into buying Panasonic's new HPX-300 which supports AVC-Intra, and unfortunately although it is listed in Premiere's options the program can't actually import any AVC-Intra files. I spoke with someone today from Adobe who confirmed this and said that they will have a beta codec available this fall.
The pinnacle of video editing, March 8, 2009
By
Bob (Chicago, IL, USA)
I started several years ago doing simple stuff with windows movie maker, then moved up to cyberlink power director for a couple years before taking the leap and buying the adobe production suite. I can't say enough about how great this program is, especially after coming from cheaper programs that have many limitations. I am not a professional producer but I do like videos I make to look sharp and professional, and adobe premiere has been perfect for me. It does take some time to learn all the ins and outs of the program which is made easy by lynda.com videos. The potential for media collaboration with after effects, soundbooth, and other adobe programs seems limitless and I am now focusing on learning how to enhance my videos by utilizing these various programs.
for example, I recently made a promotional video for an organization that i am a part of. I created custom background music in soundbooth using its resource center. I created the organizations logo in Illustrator, imported it into After Effects where i animated it and added some dramatic effects, and then i imported it into my timeline on premiere.
I have spent some time messing around with final cut pro and my experience is that they provide the same editing resources but premiere just seems much more intuitive. Maybe for professional editors who relish in technical complexity final cut makes the most sense, but for the discerning hobbyist or prosumer, premiere pro is definitely the way to go
in response to the other 2 posts. i have used the scene detection in premiere's capture software and it works great as long as you do not have any breaks in the timecode.
and oh yea...macs are overrated
Kicks Butt!, January 14, 2009
By
Siskok (USA)
MAC users might experience HDV preview problems while capturing or scene detection issues. That's a minor inconvenience for what you get overall (you can monitor the video being captured on your camera or deck).
Overall, Premiere Pro has come a LONG WAY! I edit on a PC (I know MAC rules! Anyway...) Old Premiere 6.5 and older were buggy and lackluster. CS4 however is indeed a professional tool that kicks butt. I left Premiere 6.5 for AVID Xpress Pro. I never thought I would return to Premiere, but after experience the cool features like dynamic link, OnLocation, speech search, better metadata features, I said later AVID.
Premiere Pro CS4 is great. I can do EVERYTHING with it I did with AVID, but better. Wish I had the Production premium CS4 years ago. It would have saved me a lot of time and would have made my workflow much more enjoyable.
Premiere Pro CS4 can hang with the big boys now. I have the entire Master Creative Suite. I am a very happy camper.
Highly recommend for all editors who do serious time painstaking work. This will only make your life sooo much easier. At least on a PC anyway. I have not use it on a MAC. I know Mac rules! Whatever... :)
Behind the times, January 14, 2009
By
Michael Simpson (Leesburg VA)
No scene detect for HDV. No Video review during capture.
Even Little $40 apps give you these options. Dont waste your money there are much better options available.
