Stepping Up to Premiere Pro From 6.5

[diverds 0]

Is anyone else out there frustrated with Adobe for some of the changes in Premiere Pro? I HATE not being able to use A/B editing anymore. Also, the volume ruberbands are gone. Does this mean I have to use keyframes for audio fades now? Seems like both these changes made the program less intuitive. I'm going to stick with it and learn how to use it before I decide for sure, but at this point I think I may end up going back to 6.5. Any comments or words of advice?

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[gmac324 0]

The keyframes thing is the most annoying, there are now no rubberbands for opacity either.

It is actually more user friendly when you get used to it, took me about few hours.

The main advantage of pro is that is actually lets you preview all effects and transitions without rendering, which saves a huge amount of time.

Graeme

[Chrisky 0]

You could do that by "scrubbing" in 6/6.5 too (Alt+Mouse-drag)

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[flypunk 0]

ok you do have the option to use ab or single line editing, I believe it under windows or one of the last two menus, (not at home so cant verify)

as far as the volume, if you expand the volume icon, (do a help seach) you will find that it will plot the volume line for you to edit, or you can use the audio mixer as you go.

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[IGOLOW 0]

It took me a little while to get used to Premier Pro after using older versions for a long time. The learning curve is definitely worth it though. Single track editing is much more powerful than A/B editing which is why all the pros use this method. The audio mixer is the way to go when editing audio. It allows you to mix all of your audio tracks while playing back the video. This is a much easier in my opinion. The main features that make it worth while for me is the tight integration between other Adobe apps. I use Photoshop, After Effects, and Encore DVD and they all work together like a single application. The overall worflow is much improved but does take wome time to get used to.

Stick with it. You won't regret it.

[diverds 0]

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Single track editing is much more powerful than A/B editing

What do you mean by "more powerful"? As far as I can tell you can do all the same things with either method. It just seems easier to me to set up transition overlaps right where you want them at with A/B editing. Premiere Pro does have an A/B type interface in the Effects Control Window for transitions, but it's just not the same as doing it in the timeline.

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