The biggest treat for this observer in the new Adobe CS3 announcements is the continued refinement of Premiere Pro and After Effects. You Tube video artists already have the more then versatile Adobe Premiere Elements. But the semi to pro video crews have a lot to like in the new dynamic duo for video production. Here are a few of my favorite features.
Continued improvement in Premiere Pro’s editing workflow:
I am not sure how much of the timeline interface is “borrowed” from Premiere Elements, but the new clip replacement with squish and retained video attributes are some of the features that will make video creative life more enjoyable. The overall look and feel of the video editing space is like Adobe lightroom – more refined.
New speed and slowdown motion controls:
Having to do speed ups and slow motion sequences has meant lots of clip out extra work. No more. The new speed motion controls promise more direct edits of subclips – and time saved. Now I will have a choice of when to cut and enhance and when to edit within.
After Effects compositing and animation improvements.
For some reason the basic compositing and animation tools in After Effects have been kept in libraries and sort of on the sidelines. Not anymore. Main window compositions and animations with imports and exports to Adobe graphic tools are the new order of the day. And with the Brainstorm tool ideas for how to approach animations and effects, designers can get quick look see for different approaches to a task. This is almost as nice as the Puppet tool for character animation/completion.
After Effects output to many devices just gets better.
After Effects, plus Encore have always had good output options and that just improves with each new edition. Some of the new previewing and editing features for output to mobile phones are outstanding. Also the ability to choose among many different video formats, both Adobe and a wide range of codec platforms including 3rd party plugins is very nice.
So along with Fireworks, the “greatest improvement” in the CS3 demo, the other big surprise to this reviewer was how much new and helpful is in the video duo – Premiere Pro and After Effects.
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