Return-Path: Received: from vms173001pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.1] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4620868 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:34:01 +0100 Received: from new-host-4.home ([unknown] [173.74.114.107]) by vms173001.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LZ300JV1WUSNYOB@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:40:05 -0600 (CST) From: Karl Newman MIME-version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_CA37EC2E-16AC-467A-AB59-78425657BD83" Subject: Re: [AE] F*k You Adobe Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:40:04 -0600 In-reply-to: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-id: <78BA16AB-290C-4086-857F-120418D339DC@verizon.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) --Apple-Mail=_CA37EC2E-16AC-467A-AB59-78425657BD83 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On Feb 8, 2012, at 12:55 PM, James Culbertson wrote: > Is Premiere being used for long-form documentary and Feature work? Sure it is, but then so is Avid, Edius, Final Cut, Lightworks, Smoke, = and I am sure others. Avid and Smoke may have an advantage with large = collaborative groups by design, and I have thrown together multiple = editors using shared storage with a couple of MacBook Pros on location, = but in the end, they are just tools. If I need to edit something on = iMovie to get the project done on time I use iMovie. Everyone of them = have things they do well and things not so well. The question really is = how are you going to be using it, who do you have to share materials = with, what formats do you need to be able to work with, and most = importantly, which are you comfortable with to get the job done. In my own office I end up hopping between Final Cut, Premier, After = Effects, Motion, and Cinema4D, plus other software, pretty much = everyday I am working. It comes down to which tool gets something I want = done the best and the fastest. Karl Newman kwnewman@verizon.net --Apple-Mail=_CA37EC2E-16AC-467A-AB59-78425657BD83 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252
Is Premiere = being used for long-form documentary and Feature = work?

Sure it is, but then so is Avid, = Edius, Final Cut, Lightworks, Smoke, and I am sure others. Avid and = Smoke may have an advantage with large collaborative groups by design, = and I have thrown together multiple editors using shared storage with a = couple of MacBook Pros on location, but in the end, they are just tools. = If I need to edit something on iMovie to get the project done on time I = use iMovie. Everyone of them have things they do well and things not so = well. The question really is how are you going to be using it, who do = you have to share materials with, what formats do you need to be able to = work with, and most importantly, which are you comfortable with to get = the job done.

In my own office I end up hopping = between Final Cut, Premier, After Effects, Motion, and Cinema4D, plus = other software,  pretty much everyday I am working. It comes down = to which tool gets something I want done the best and the = fastest.



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