So, in the first few posts I’ve been nice to Premiere, the new software is generally getting a more positive attitude just because it’s “the new thing” and new things are exciting. It’s time now, after a few days to talk about a few things that could be enhanced, from the point of view of and old FCP user.
- Quicktime paramerters. In the render settings you can select which compressor (codec) you want to use but not all parameters are always accessible. For example, for the Photo JPEG codec you can’t set the quality slider in Premiere.
- Lack of the “E” command. In FCP you can set the position of the CTI (current time indicator), click at the end of a clip and press “E” to trim the length to the clip down to where the CTI is. Very useful, could not find it in Premiere. Maybe somebody can find out if there is such command and post here.
- Lack of blend modes. This kinda surprising given that blend modes are such a huge part of working with Adobe apps like Photoshop or After Effects. Could not find them in Premiere. None. Except for some effects. But they are not available for just video clips. Of course this could be easily done by using Dynamic Link but c’mon, this should be in the NLE as well.
On the other hand I had Premiere running on my MacBookPro for 3 days without quitting it and it’s rock solid. And this is the 3.0.0 Try out version, before the current updates and not updated for Leopard. Quite impressive. More later.
Hello, make sure you look into Keyboard customization of Premiere. The app offers SO much more that is seen by a quick look. For example rippling only the target track, applying effects to multiple selected clips on timeline.. these functions are almost impossible to see and aren`t covered in most tutorials.
Hey Jiri. Yes, I looked at the keyboard customization and in fact it’s very good. I’ll take a look at the commands that you mentioned. Thanks for the suggestion.
The blend modes in Premier Pro are hidden in an old effect called calculations. All the blend modes that you woudl expext are here. While the process is klunky at best it does provide them within Premier dating all the way back to atleast Premier Pro 1.0, which I have on a machine.
Thanks Jake, hopefully Adobe will integrate them a-la After Effects in the future. Much appreciated