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Hello friends,
I am trying to find out if I could run Adobe Premiere Pro on a cloud based machine (E.g. Amazon EC2 etc).
Because the product is part of creative cloud suite, most of the search results are misleading due to the use of the word "cloud" in differing contexts. Some deeper discussions are ruined because Adobe themselves use AWS for delivering their suite to everyone.
My use case is simple: I have a completely scriptable, predefined workflow (can be done in ExtendScript). When my product framework receives special requests I have to cut a movie in an automated manner and send the result to the end user - a short movie with different inputs. For this, I would like to instantiate the PP in a cloud machine and run the session and then quit once I am done. If this works, I will have to have several licenses and machines happening in parallel. My alternative is to create this whole editing session in a linux script with FFMPEG and ImageMagick, I want to explore if it is possible with Adobe Premiere Pro. Running from a cloud based machine is important to me because I don't want to struggle with the maintenance of the infrastructure myself.
Thanks for your advice,
N
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hi,
no, you need a computer with a full windows (7 or better) or mac (10.10 or better) computer.
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Thanks for quick response, but what do you mean by computer? Can it be a windows machine on AWS?
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Look on the desk in front of you... you are using a computer... you may install programs on that computer (if it meets the requirements)
I have no idea what you mean by AWS, so you need to spell out the initials
Creative Cloud is a marketing term... computer programs must be installed on a desktop computer, not a cloud computer
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Thank you for your response! It showed me how I would sound to the other side, if I were wrong and arrogant at the same time. If you have no idea about something, there is not urgent need to comment on it. It's a forum and someone else who has the necessary knowledge would comment on it.
So you still think computer sits on your desk. The times have changed my friend. Computers these days can sit in your pocket or in a data center far far away from your desk. And if you read my question carefully, you would know that I had difficulty making the search engine differentiate between the "cloud" in adobe product name and the "cloud" in cloud computing. Creative cloud is not entirely a marketing term. Adobe uses AWS and Azure to deliver their SAAS. (google them when you get out of your well. - it's fun).
Best,
N
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John, I applaud you.
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Thanks 🙂
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Why would you even respond if you have no clue 'what AWS is. its an Amazon Web service. but you couldve googled something and learned something new.
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you can use any web service you like, but you still need a full os (win 7/sp 1 or better mac 10.11 or better for the latest premier pro) to install and use adobe programs, including premiere pro (with the exception of the mobile apps). you can then store/share your production files using aws, onedrive, dropbox, adobe's cloud service or any other web service.
eg, you cannot install premiere pro on a chromebook, ipad/iphone, android phone, windows phone etc.
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I was very apprehensive about this after a long chat with the Adobe support and despite their claims that it would not work, it did work. You can install Adobe CC on a machine on the cloud. Of course you will be limited about sound etc, as expected.
Cheers,
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Hola, estoy intentando algo así, como hizo con la parte de la tarjeta gráfica???
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Not sure why John T Smith even reply when he doesn't even have a clue what he's talking about. Still feeling so confident with his reply hahaha. Ever hear of Virtual Machines, John?
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I tried this out on an EC2 machine with Windows server 2016 in t2 large configuration. It works well so far.
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Thanks for your word.
I am interested in using AWS based premiere and S3 while editing. I hope to edit on EC2 and use S3 for fast share the project. Your guide helpful to me to start my trying.
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What's the cost like? Hourly, Monthly.
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Adobe have no hourly pricing for Premiere Pro (wherever it runs). If you want a monthly subscription you can cancel without penalty, that's about $30 per month. If you're asking about AWS pricing, it depends on the power and availability of the virtual machine, where in the world it is, and where in the world you are. Check AWS support. I have no knowledge of making AWS and CC work together.
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Hi. Sorry to revive such an old discussion but I would be really interested to know how much this is costing you per month?
Putting Adobe CC onto a VM in the cloud would releive my reliance of both macOS & Windows. Which would be awesome.
I've looked at pricing on Google Cloud Console, Azure and AWS and it seems pretty hefty, so I'd be interested in knowing some real usage/pricing.
P.S kudos for keeping your cool with people that didn't understand the topic 🙄
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Have you seen Vagon? It is approx $7/month. Apparently this is a great cloud-based computer option and also frees up your OS so that you can keep working on other projects beyond Adobe and use Adobe in Vagon. Since Adobe and Apple and other big names often encourage proprietary components, I am weary about trying something like this. But it is enticing.
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I hadn't heard of vagon. I've looked at their web site; it's long on gloss but vague on technical detail. But then, it is trying to sell to creative people. I would like to know how it works with Creative Cloud licensing. I should point out, though, that $8 per month is the cost to hold your account and files. To actually run anything with a GPU at vagon costs $1 to $9 per hour.
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This discussion started a few years back. I just heard about cloud computing and would love to do it with Premiere Pro to save thousands of $ for a computer. So my question: Has anyone experienced working with Premiere Pro on Cloud Computing (by Azure)?
Thx! F