Re: Questions for CS6

[Michael Gissing] "Denis, has machine controlled been worked on. Walter Biscardi reported playing out to tape with machine control felt slugish in CS5.5.

I am interested in an integrated finishing system with grading but I must have timecode accurate playout to HDCam. I note that Tangent Wave is supported. Please let me know when video tutorials on Speedgrade are available."

Tape control has been in the hands of our third party manufacturers for some time (CS5). Since RS422 control requires hardware, we made the decision to give that work to companies like AJA, Blackmagic and Matrox some time ago.

We understand the importance of deck control both capture and export and we are working VERY closely with our hardware vendors to ensure that we have reliable solutions for our users.

With CS6 we have made the first step on making monitoring completely seemless. For example, you won't see an AJA folder in Premiere Pro any longer unless they have specific codecs or things outside of Adobe codec/sequences. This means that your RED sequence should just play out of Premiere Pro + AJA (or BMD or Matrox, etc.) without thinking about it. Longer term, we would like to extend that transparency to other aspects like capture and export. Of course, that's the future and obviously, things change.

Bottom line - it depends on your hardware i/o partner and their commitment to deck control.

re: Walter - We of course respect Walter's opinion and input and we have worked with him during the CS6 cycle and hope to continue that. Each user has different needs and wants. For Walter at this time, deck control are higher up than we were able to deliver this go around. We view this feature as a priority.

Lastly, Tangent Wave I think is supported by SpeedGrade, not Premiere Pro. I can double check on this.