Re: Premiere Pro CS 6.0: First Impressions

The gotcha is going to 32-bit codecs, not all exporting.

Think of it this way.

OTHER NLEs Import tax. Have to convert everything and then wait to convert to edit (or take huge hit in background). Final export faster, but took a MUCH bigger hit on storage and time up front.

Adobe Premiere Pro has virtually no import time and much after performance. You can stick with 64-bit formats, or easily take what you save on hard drive space and get a hardware deck for real-time output.

From start to finish, Adobe Premiere Pro is MUCh faster. You just are noticing on export, but need to remember where'd you'd be on another NLE that makes all that transcoding happen up front. I only see a hit on certain formats, mainly Quicktime codecs.

Richard M. Harrington, PMP

Author: From Still to Motion, Video Made on a Mac, Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Studio On the Spot and Motion Graphics with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Studio Techniques