Pro vs. older versions?

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:48 pm

I'm just curious, what's the difference between "Pro" versions of Adobe products and older versions (i.e. Adobe Premiere/After Effects 7.0 Pro vs. Adobe Premiere/After Effects 6.5). The consensus, at least from what I've read around the forums, seems to be that Pro versions are worse. Why, and what eactly are the differences?

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:20 pm

Isn't it pro 1.0 and 7.0 was just the inappropriately named hacked version torrented online?

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:22 pm

Premiere Pro = has more features, prettier interface, export doesn't work right
Old Premiere = Faster, easier to do some basic functions.

Thats a very very basic explanation, from my opinion.

As far as after effects goes, every version gets better, IMO.

Up In Flamez · Post by **Up In Flamez** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:39 pm

i didn't premiere pro 7.0 was a hacked version, i just thought that a lot of people got confused when it went from 6.5 to 1.0 so some people renamed it 7.0?

anyway, premiere pro is a real time editor so u dont always have to render, it does have some nice new features like sequences, but i prefer the 6.X series. Also pro does a look a bit more complicated in some parts than 6.X

Inuyasha the 3rd · Post by **Inuyasha the 3rd** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:22 am

In my opinion, I like Premiere Pro 2.0. Pro 1.x sucks. I like pro because it has a better interface. I didn't like Premiere 6.5 tho.

But I will admit that the export system sucks. But that's what Debugmode Frameserver is there for.

BauziOLD · Post by **BauziOLD** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:32 am

I hated the interface of 6.x
I didn´t worked with it until I got 1.5 Pro (and I still work with it).

An other question:
I was working with the pretty cool FXhome Effects Lab Pro Trial and I never worked or "saw" After Effects.
Are the effects in both programms nearly the same? Can AE more with effects? what is better?

Get the trial:
www.fxhome.com

I know, that Effects Lab is only for effects and AE also for editing (even if it is recommend to do the pure edits in Premiere).
Also the price for Effects Lab DV (not pro) is under 100$, so it is "easier" to purchase.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:16 am

Premiere Pro (please, don't ever call it Premiere 7.0) expresses coordinates for all effects that need them in terms of pixels, rather than the somewhat arbitrary-feeling coordinates the older versions had for their Motion settings (remember those?). This just might be its biggest plus.

It also allows you to put video transitions on ANY track, not just Video 1, though this means that you don't get the whole "A/B" style for Video 1 anymore.

It also has the Garbage Matte, rather than the cheap box with handles in the Transparency settings of the older versions.

As for negatives: You can't change any of the basic project settings once your project is created (though you can import a project into a new one with different settings), and -- this is probably the most annoying part -- Premiere Pro will only render preview files for sections it doesn't think it can play back in realtime (white mattes in higher video tracks at 0% opacity are a good way of forcing it to preview).

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:22 pm

Scintilla wrote:Premiere Pro (please, don't ever call it Premiere 7.0)

Yeah sorry, I've seen it called both 7.0 and Pro 1.x; I wasn't sure which one was correct :/

Scintilla wrote:It also allows you to put video transitions on ANY track, not just Video 1, though this means that you don't get the whole "A/B" style for Video 1 anymore.

On a side note, I've always wondered what A/B editing is.

NarutoxFlame · Post by **NarutoxFlame** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:20 pm

i dont like premiere pro 1, i just import a small clip and it starts not responding(and i even have a 3.5 ghz processor and radeon vid card)

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:05 pm

NarutoxFlame wrote:i dont like premiere pro 1, i just import a small clip and it starts not responding(and i even have a 3.5 ghz processor and radeon vid card)

1. Video card has nothing to do with it
2. Prescotts suck
3. Before you go blaming Premiere, tell us what format/codec was the clip?