Premiere to drop Mac support

Tirephus · Post by **Tirephus** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 1:46 pm

Premiere drops Mac Support

So what does this mean for the AMV community?

Tash · Post by **Tash** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 2:11 pm

then use final cut pro

rhkaloge · Post by **rhkaloge** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 2:16 pm

Is this actually gonna affect anyone here? I've asked one or two questions about FCP, and gotten mostly "never used it" responces. Plus, most of the guides and software on this site are PC-centric. For me, it just makes the choice between the two easier when I upgrade

Skippy

Red Wolf · Post by **Red Wolf** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:38 pm

No Adobe Premiere on the Mac really isn't going to be a big deal for the Mac video community, let alone the AMV community. If a Mac user isn't already using Final Cut Express or Pro then now is a great time to move (and Apple marketing agrees with me

Adobe dropped Premiere support because Apple produces Final Cut, they said as much. Why? Because Final Cut *on the Mac, no flames please* is a hell of a lot better than Premiere and Adobe simply doesn't want to support the even smaller market share they now have. When you through in the fanatical following Apple gets for its products you really can't blame Adobe.

Anything you did or would do in Premiere can easily be done, if not topped, in either Final Cut Express for half the price of Preimere 6.5 or Final Cut Pro 4 for the same price as Adobe Premiere Pro is going to cost. Mac users have iMovie 3, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro 4. We'll manage

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:45 pm

But us PC users have to just stand by and be jealous :p

Tirephus · Post by **Tirephus** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 6:24 pm

Who here has used both for AMV's? Which one is better and why?

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 6:38 pm

I think PCs are best for AMV and amateur work.

If you're doing pro stuff. Then I think you're probably best shelling out the money for the advanced equipment. Like the extravagant real-time cards and FCP, dual G5s. Not many people though have that kind of money to throw away on a hobbie that you get no revenue from.

In the amaztuer scene, I would go PC. A Mac running Premiere vs a PC running Premiere, the PC is going to be better. Also there are a host of free video tools and codecs for the PC.

~klinky

Red Wolf · Post by **Red Wolf** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 7:46 pm

klinky wrote:I think PCs are best for AMV and amateur work.

If you're doing pro stuff. Then I think you're probably best shelling out the money for the advanced equipment. Like the extravagant real-time cards and FCP, dual G5s. Not many people though have that kind of money to throw away on a hobbie that you get no revenue from.

In the amaztuer scene, I would go PC. A Mac running Premiere vs a PC running Premiere, the PC is going to be better. Also there are a host of free video tools and codecs for the PC.

~klinky

The Mac has the best free video editing program founded anywhere so don't discount a Mac for AMV and hobby level video. Ever Mac sold, both pro and consumer level, can start video editing in 5 minutes out of the box. Premiere on the Mac sucked, hence why it got dropped. Final Cut Express is perfect for the advance AMV editing and costs half as much. PCs do have the advantage when it comes to codecs but we're working on that

If you want to choose a platform for your AMV editing here's the best advise. Don't. If you have a PC then go for Premiere. If you have a Mac get started with iMovie and work your way up to Final Cut Express. This is a hobby, not a start up business. Start with what you have and what you know best. Troubleshooting a video problem on a platform you only use for video editing sucks.

ongakuka · Post by **ongakuka** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 2:51 pm

Tirephus wrote:Premiere drops Mac Support

So what does this mean for the AMV community?

Not a lot..

JMO, and pretty much the same as everyone else I think, Premiere is being dropped for Mac because it can no longer compete with FCP/E, and Adobe knows this. If there was bad blood between Apple and Adobe, they would be canceling AFX as well, because most of After Effects can be done with FCP.

It's a $ saving cut, that's about it.

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