So I just downloaded and installed the Sapphire Edge trial based on the recommendation (I'm running CS6 on a Mac Pro with Lion and (pardon me while I yell)...
THEIR TRANSITIONS DON'T WORK AS F******G TRANSITIONS!!!! This is the same problem as Boris, the same problem as Core Melt, the same problem as (seemingly) all of them!!! The transitions actually appear as filters and are applied to the entire clip?!? Now
http://www.filmimpact.net/ has a batch of great transitions that dare to work as actual transitions, but unfortunately, his are free. I'm much more satisfied paying $1500-$2000 and have transitions that are totally useless in my bin unless I somehow rig them to appear as transitions. I watched a YouTube tutorial on how to do a 12 frame swish pan that took 4 minutes to do.
And the idea that an Adobe guy told you to do straight editing in Premiere and move to AE for transitions and such is stupid. Part of the editing process is using transitions from shot to shot to complete the edit. I shouldn't have to fire up After Effects to do a simple 6 frame blur dissolve. I also might have to (I know it sounds crazy) adjust an edit after I've placed a transition on. Yeah, let me fire up AE to create a whole new comp so that my lens flare wipe (which can be easily applied/created in Final Cut 7 for god knows how many years) is even possible.
Please tell me I'm missing something because the plug in situation with Premiere is the dumbest, most useless I've seen in all of my years editing. It's one of the things that makes me most irritated with Premiere, but I don't know if blame lies with Adobe or with the third party guys.
