Should I upgrade to Premiere CS6 before Adobe drops the boom on us?

Much as I initially disliked FCP X, they have updated it even more than CC......and never charged anything for the updates.
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Yeah, but...it's FCP X. And you have to use a Mac. Neither of those are any good, so it's a moot point.
 
Jim Simon said:
Premiere Pro allows the import of any clips you like, you don't have to import them all.
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To import footage from a P2 card, as far as I know you have to copy ALL the contents onto your HD and then import the clips into Premiere. If there's an alternative I would love to know about it.


Yeah, but...it's FCP X. And you have to use a Mac. Neither of those are any good, so it's a moot point.

I'm pretty sure I speak for the moderators when I say, "Let's not go there!"
 
Adobe has stated previously they will ensure backwards compatibility for 3 versions on CC.

The trouble is "legacy" projects that fall outside the above nominated timespan. This is the sleeper issue with 'Adobe cloud" not a piddly monthly subscription.

To the O.P. be warned, currently I've moved over to "Mavericks' and noticed that it appears I cannot update CS6 AE to handle the new O.S. But if I join 'the cloud' I can. So in effect Adobe already have "dropped the boom" on CS6 (certainly in respect to AE).

Also functionality between Premier and Speedgrade is craptacular in CS6. it has improved in CC. But is it as good as Davinci ?.....nope.

IMO. What is improving all the time is FCPX. Currently FCPX / Da Vinci workflows kill Adobe workflows. So as this NLE improves the need for Premier diminishes.

Now if can I just figure out what to about AE the killer app. I will be right.
 
chromeboy007 said:
Operational expense is 100% tax deductible while capital purchases need to be depreciated over time. I know I'm in Canada and you are in NY state but I would think we have similar tax laws regarding business expenses.

And that's the only contribution I have with this subscription vs ownership modal argument haha!
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Well that is not true, at least not in the US. Here software
qualifies for a section 179 deduction which let's you deduct
the entire cost without depreciating. So again, no tax advantage
for CC.
 
Well that is not true, at least not in the US. Here software
qualifies for a section 179 deduction which let's you deduct
the entire cost without depreciating. So again, no tax advantage
for CC.​
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What if its a "subscription" such as subscribing to a trade magazine or a cable service for proffesional use.? ie business.

What if its "rent" for business purposes?

You dont own it..so its not a depreciating item....what else is it in regards to tax inthe U.S?


 
Shooter said:


What if its a "subscription" such as subscribing to a trade magazine or a cable service for proffesional use.? ie business.

What if its "rent" for business purposes?

You dont own it..so its not a depreciating item....what else is it in regards to tax inthe U.S?
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You misunderstand me. Sure you can write off
rental costs or subscriptions. What I was saying is
that you can also write off the entire cost of a 'traditional'
cost of buying software (such as CS6) with no
depreciation, by using the section 179 expense.
So just like a 'subscription' you can write off the
full cost right away, no advantage to the subscription
way. I was responding to a poster who claimed
'capital expenses' such as buying software the
traditional 'non rental' way, meant you had to
depreciate them over a period of years, and that is
not true in the US.
 
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mcgeedigital said:
It is not "inferior" as the current Premiere/Speedgrade "workflow" is unusable and finicky.
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I haven't had any issues. I've been running the latest CC since June and started using Direct Link as soon as it was available. These are long form, 30 min + projects and I jump back and forth all the time. I love the integration!
 
mcgeedigital said:
the current Premiere/Speedgrade "workflow" is unusable and finicky.
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Really? How so?

On Windows, I haven't found that to be the case. It's worked brilliantly for me since it came out, even on longer 90 minute projects. In fact it works so well, and makes color correction so easy, I've even taken to going back to 'redo' some older projects that went out before Direct Link was available, and the results are improved.
 
Surf it Mike said:
I would've thought that "capability" is part of workflow.
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I think capability can influence work flow, but is not part of it.

For example, Scenarist is far more capable than Encore for disk authoring, but Scenarist does not allow the Dynamic Link from PP, whereas Encore does. If you need (or even just want) to use Scenarist, you will not be able to take advantage of the DL work flow, you will have to export assets out of PP.

So while Scenarist may be the more capable program, it requires the more 'difficult' work flow.
 
I Purchased CS55 in 2011. It's served me well.

I upgraded (online purchase/download from Adobe) to CS6 today - I urgently needed a high quality image stabilizer (I don't have AE), the CS6 warp stabilizer does the job nicely plus I've got improvements all round to my existing workflow as a bonus. Upgrade price acceptable, 1/4 the price of the full software and in the same ball park as other third party pro stabilizer plug-ins. I'm pleased and happy with the upgrade, everything seems faster, enhanced and all my existing projects load straight in. Nice one Adobe. I'm using Windows 8.1


I'm fully aware of CC but holding off until I see what the Blackmagic URSA + free Pro Davinci Resolve 11 combo brings to the table later this month. Reports are that DR11 is now a kick ass non subscription NLE, in addition to being the industry standard color corrector.
 
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