After reading some posts on this (and some other boards) I have noticed quite a lot of negatives said about Adobe Premier Pro. So my question is simple: Is it really that bad? The thing is I own a PC so I'm limited to Premier Pro or Avid. However I have been forced down the Premier Pro route because of two things: price and also Spec. My CPU doesnt quite meet the minimum specifications to run Avid (my CPU's spec is AMD Athlon 64 processor 3400+, 2.20 GHZ, 1.00 GB RAM) but will handle Premier fine (at least thats what the manufacturers recommendations say).
I am saving for the Premier video package (with After Effects and the DVD maker etc) which will cost about ?1500. With this kit (and my camera, which is a DVX100A) will it be possible to produce a decent looking independent movie?
Thanks
Lee
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So my question is simple: Is it really that bad?
Probably not. I haven't used Premiere for a few versions, but IMHO it mostly suffered from featuritis: they seemed to put more effort into adding new features than debugging them, and they'd happily change the entire user interface between versions, causing real pain when you upgraded.
Let's put it this way: I have a friend who used to make broadcast TV documentaries using Premiere... but as soon as he got a contract for an entire documentary series, he bought Avid :).
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With this kit (and my camera, which is a DVX100A) will it be possible to produce a decent looking independent movie?
Yes.
The editing software doesn?t determine the end project.
It?s the skill and talent of the people involved that make a decent looking independent movie. After reading some posts on this (and some other boards) I have noticed quite a lot of movie makers asking about cameras and software. The bottom line is a good movie maker can use ANY camera and ANY editing software to make a decent looking movie.
Imagine giving Kubrick or Spielberg or (fill in the blank with your favorite director) a one chip $200 camera and the free iMovie editing software....
If you have a great script, good actors, perfect sound, good lighting and a good directors eye and style then the editing software you use won?t make a bit of difference to the people watching your movie.
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I've used Premiere Pro quite a bit for various things and I think the current version (1.5) is fine for general editing requirements.
Although Premiere Pro is sometimes refered to as "Premiere 7", it's actually a completely new product. After Premiere 6 was released, Apple hit the market with Final Cut and set a new bar for PC (in the "personal computer" sense!) editing. Adobe released there was a market for a Final-Cut-a-like for Windows, as Apple was never going to release Final Cut for that platform, so they basically wrote Premiere Pro from scratch with the functionality of Final Cut Pro in mind.
Avid is definitely a better choice, but if as you say there are spec/price problems with that, then Premiere Pro will be suitable for general needs.
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