Re: CS6 is released - so what now?

[Bill Davis] "Not sure I understand the analogy Oliver.
While iMovie files can feed X, I can't imagine the business .....
.....Isn't Prelude mostly a reflection of Adobe's current orientation where ..
...but are NOT marketed to be the single solution as a standalone?"

I'm simply saying iMovie could in fact function as such. FCP X is already more than most non-editing-savvy clients/producers/journalists can cope with. Not saying it would be the way Apple chooses to approach it, but I do know they've been told by a few broadcast networks that a tool like iMovie does have a place in their operation for reporter-level video jockeys.

As far as Prelude, Adobe will in fact sell it as a standalone product to enterprises on volume licenses. Quite frankly it makes no sense to me to have it only in the suite. If you have Premiere, why wouldn't you just start there? Especially since you can't break up the apps in the bundle and do individual installations of isolated apps on various machines. Seems like Prelude would be better as a free app, or one that a customer could freely install on any machine, or a cheap standalone app offered via the web or even the App Store.

- Oliver

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