Adobe announces Premiere 6.5

DuoEnigma · Post by **DuoEnigma** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 12:57 pm

(Jul. 22, 2002) -- Adobe has officially announced Premiere 6.5, the latest generation of the company's non-linear editing suite. Version 6.5 adds scads of new features, including software real-time previews and new titling functionality. It also adds enhanced support for preparing content for DVDs and marks the first version that will run natively in Mac OS X.

It's no secret that Adobe has acquired DVD technologies and is in the process of developing its own DVD authoring package. In the meantime, the path for DVD authoring has diverged somewhat along platform lines. The new version for Windows includes Adobe MPEG Encoder and integration with DVDit! LE, which ships on the Windows CD. The Mac version does not include the Adobe MPEG Encoder but does offer integration with Apple's DVD Studio Pro and iDVD for those who have these programs.

In terms of new audio features, the versions for Mac and Windows also differ. The Mac version gains real-time two-track audio processing vis a vis TC Works Spark LE, which is included on the Mac CD. It also includes support for VST and ASIO. In the Windows version, Premiere 6.5 includes three DirectX audio plugins, also from TC Works. They include EQ, dynamics and reverb. The Mac and Windows versions both include an updated version of SmartSound Quicktracks. Using the SmartSound Maestro, Premiere allows you to set the length of each track, the tempo and the style. It includes 11 new source tracks for a total of 27.

But the two big, new features in Premiere 6.5 are real-time previews and a new title designer. I had a chance to see the real-time capabilities in action on a variety of video tracks with effects and transitions, including picture in picture, dissolves and the like. Everything in Premiere 6.5 can be previewed in real time, including third-party effects filters. Premiere uses automatic degradation of the image and frame rate to ensure that the preview plays back in real time. (Optionally, effects can also be rendered for full-quality previews.) The real-time preview functionality is software-based and scales up as processing power increases.

For titling, Adobe has added its new Adobe Title Designer, which behaves like an application within an application. Choosing a titling function calls up a new window showing the current frame and allowing the user to create a variety of title effects, including preset upper and lower thirds, frames and stylized text. The templates also include still, roll and crawl presets. Text files can also be imported, and textures can be mapped onto text. The Title Designer then outputs a single title layer to the timeline, which can be edited later as well.

Version 6.5 also includes five new After Effects plugins (for a total of more than 30) and 90 Adobe fonts. The new plugins include Blend, Channel Blur, Directional Blur, Ramp and Lightning.

Premiere 6.5 is expected to ship in the third quarter for $549. Upgrades will run $149, and there will also be cross-platform upgrades available. A move from Premiere LE to Premiere 6.5 will run $249. The new Digital Video Collection will now include Premiere 6.5, bringing the entire collection into the native Mac OS X realm. It includes Premiere, Photoshop 7. Illustrator 10 and After Effects 5.5. It will run $1,199 to $1,999, depending on whether you purchase the standard bundle or Production Bundle. For more information, visit http://www.adobe.com.

Red Wolf · Post by **Red Wolf** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 3:31 pm

I'll get version 7 if and when they finally add MPEG-2 encoding and decide that they really want to compete with Final Cut Pro.

Garylisk · Post by **Garylisk** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:37 pm

Real time previews sound pretty sweet.

DuoEnigma · Post by **DuoEnigma** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:02 pm

what do they mean by real time previews? i am new to all this

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 12:00 am

Looks interesting...

~klinky

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 12:18 am

(Jul. 22, 2002) -- Adobe has officially announced Premiere 6.5,...the two big, new features in Premiere 6.5 are real-time previews and a new title designer....

It's about time. They're only two years behind the rest of the market in this.

For those who actually pay for the software they use, keep an eye on buy.com later this year. I bought the last Premiere upgrade from them for about $130 (w/ no shipping charges). That'll save you around 15%, more if you count sales tax.

Adobe's v6.5 new-features list is here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/newfeatures.html

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klinky · Post by **klinky** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 12:44 am

One of my favorite features :

More than 90 high-quality Adobe PostScript® fonts (a US$2,300 value) selected especially for use in video productions, and also available for use in other applications.

$2300 on fonts.... FONTS!!!!!!! Who in the hell is going to want to spend $2300 on FONTS!

Crazy

~klinky

ShonenDizzyCow · Post by **ShonenDizzyCow** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 3:06 am

Ooohhh real time previews...let's see how well my computer copes. (even with the auto quality compensation).

And yaay, new title tools! Maybe the titles in my videos will stop sucking now.

zalas · Post by **zalas** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 8:39 am

I wonder if they fixed that huge gigantic bug known as "let's eat up all of the computer's memory"

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 10:42 am

zalas wrote:I wonder if they fixed that huge gigantic bug known as "let's eat up all of the computer's memory"

That's not a bug, it's a feature included to allow you to do something called "edit video."

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