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Switch to DaVinci Resolve Pro. $300 and lifetime upgrades (Editing, Audio, Graphics, and Color all in one program). Me and my other video colleagues are making the switch as soon as our annual adobe subscription expires. Or if you buy any of Black Magic's cameras...they throw in Davinci Pro for free. Only thing I would consider paying monthly for or purchasing is Lightroom.

Is anybody else working with Resolve 15 for a professional level NLE and Color Grading (which now also includes Fusion AND Fairlight) as a replacement for Pr, Ae, Au, and the now defunct Sg, i.e.,  the "Creative Cloud" monthly subscription? There is a free version of the above which limits mostly collaboration in team environments, and the full studio version is a perpetual license (one time charge) of $299. Black Magic has purposely avoided the 'subscription model' that Adobe has gone all in on. I refuse to rent my SW, so Adobe has left me (at least) no choice but to look for alternatives to replace my perpetual CS6 Master Collection.Hard core Adobe fanboys need not respond to this post. I'm looking for honest feedback from working professionals (if there are any who frequent this forum). I come here because Adobe isn't mentioned very often on professional film post forums (except for the occasional Ae comment). Oh, and Blackmagic just introduced a newly designed and engineered R

Just another Adobe issue I guess. There are so many. It hasn't always been this way. 

Dear Adobe,I don't know how your quality control works but it's literally everything new that's being added doesn't work on launch and serveral version updates after still nobody takes time to fix it.I reported a bug in lumetri with non 16:9 ratio sequences where changing whites or black would cause glitches.It took you guys aparently a whole year to acknowledge (yes you blamed nvidia at first) it was your fault and finally fixed it with v13.Now there's the comparison view. This bad boy is totally broken on launch and still doesn't work as intended.With just two lumetri layers it already can't handle anything and turns black.Turning off and on the lumetri layers fixes it but don't think about scrubbing again, it'll throw you back to black.Ok just single frame comparison no funky stuff then? Oh wait the comparison view doesn't even show the image correctly.Below is the comparison view with the exact same frame both left and right.The actual view is darker than the reference frame. Who c

I have done some recent tests, comparing multicam video playback performance in Adobe Premiere Pro to Apple Final Cut Pro X. I thought this could be of interest for more people, and I really wonder what Adobe has to say about this. This is not a scientific test by any means, but I have tried my best to visualize the differences to maybe help explain why there is such a big performance difference. Take it for what it's worth.As I say in my final notes, the inefficiencies in resource usage/management in Premiere Pro appears to be a problem in general for video playback performance, which becomes very noticeable when adding additional streams of video. The extremely aggressive/excessive pre-fetching is certainly not working in favour of Premiere Pro, especially when playing video via TCP/IP from a NAS. To make sure storage wasn't a bottleneck, i tested using internal 4TB flash storage for the media files, as you can see below.It seems like Adobe is asking for data faster than actually nee

DaVinci Resolve...there's the fix.

You know darn well no one here is asking the difference between a save function and a save-as function.  You're deliberately deflecting because Adobe has no interest in fixing this problem which clearly has been going on for YEARS. 

This is the most unstable monthly contract software I've ever had the misfortune of purchasing.  If I thought they'd honor it, I'd ask for a refund.

Adobe's solution to customers having this problem appears to be:1) Ignore it2) Go on Forums every 6 months to give non-advice and suggest uploading a log of some kind3) Keep taking your money

So, I must be one of the 5 people that actually use this great product. Shame. I have written whole feature screenplays and TV shows in this program and I actually love it and use it more than any of your other products - even though I also work as a professional editor and compositor (I used to use After Effects and Premiere all the time) but, since Black Magic Design has encroached significantly on Adobe and Apple turf with Davinci Resolve, I have had little use for the entire CC suite - except for Adobe Story.Has it not occurred to anyone at Adobe that integration of production pipelines (including photo editorial, animation, and commercials) begins with the word - with story ideas written in some fashion that gets the idea across - and that idea is carried through the entirety of a creative endeavors realization by a written script of some kind? The idea that you would abandon this amazing product is quite shocking and short-sighted - especially when it offers insight and intellige

Hi, is this still ongoing! I would suggest you switch over to Da Vinci Resolve, it's reliable and has no 'monthly rental' fees.

Kevin - I think what everyone is saying is that Adobe would be far better served qualifying a driver version and delivering it with the software - which is what Avid do. In fact make it a pre-requisite on installation. Once that version is qualified you don't touch it until the next release of the software and the next driver qualification. From a user perspective the problem is Adobe does no driver qualification on a video product that depends on it. Or if they do it is not common knowledge and it is not communicated well.

The playback engine needs some love from Adobe asap.Resolve uses the GPU for decoding and offers significantly better H.264 playback performance over Adobe software.Even that needs proxies at 4K.Proxies are the solution for H.264 media.  Accept that gentleman, and you can get to work.

Yeah…that .mov issue is a pain. I’ve considered moving but If I had to go back to old projects for whatever reason I would need premiere. What would you use to replace After Effects? Or would DiVinci cover compositing also?Sent from Mail for Windows 10

you never never never NEVER update any Adobe product and expect it to work! That's not how Adobe works, their updated products are only ever worse, 1000 times worse, or completely and utterly unusable. What you'll need to do it install an older version of the software, try 2017.

I have been using premiere for 14 years. It seems like multiple times a year I have crashes, at least since the CC. Today I had another. More so, it locks up. I just noticed there's another update. But, the update is hanging up too. EVERYTHING ELSE ON MY COMPUTER IS RUNNING PERFECT. There is no reason why I shouldn't be able to just do all the basic editing I've been doing for over a decade without having the program lockup. I lost some really nice cuts this morning. It just hangs there like it's done before. I open task manager and all my resources are not even being used.Here's a screen shot of my task manager next to adobe locked up on a spot where a low resolution video was inserted into the timeline. It locked up after I clicked on the project panel to bring in more media. So I force close premiere and reopen it. I bring in the new media but only the audio will drag into the timeline! So, I look to see if there's updates because recently there was an update and after that some is

I think I’m going to leave Adobe also. I’ve wasted a lot of money to be dealing with issues like this and to have no help or solution from Adobe is just unprofessional and ridiculous. I would rather spend my money one time with a software that updates properl.

If you watch any Amazon commercial, when the person says "Alexa", the Echo doesn't react to it. Other commercials also keep the activation keyword from starting.More over, I've started to notice some news shows also skirting a response from Echo when Alexa is said. At first I thought it was a database somewhere that wouldn't allow, but the blue light doesn't even activate to send data.  There has to be an audio fix that allows the Echo or Fire device from activating. Does anyone know how they do it?

Y'know, I really wish the high school kids had chosen an application like Apple Motion to make their lame-ass visualizers and YouTube intros.  Life around here would be a lot simpler and mush less tedious.Besides, you buy Motion just once and you're done.  You don't have to pay rent on it every month.

I'm searching for something that moves along really quickly, that gives a sense of having to rush quickly.I have some example songs, and I'd use these, but I can't seem to get a license for either of them. One of them is a remix of an existing song so I doubtI could for that one.   For the video/animation I'm trying to make, it would most likely require music like this. Any help would be appreciated.Mosaïque by Rébecca Missillier | Free Listening on SoundCloud【FREE DL】The Jazz Police - ULTRA SUPER EDM REMIX by namiheitai | Free Listening on SoundCloud«Prestissimo!» by Rébecca Missillier | Free Listening on SoundCloud

I can handle some crashing, a sudden shut down, once, twice, even three times, four times, but ALL the time EVERY time after every update?!!!!!I am a  post-production talent and it's my job to deal with stress concerning deadlines but to add Adobe to the disadvantages, that is enough!From Titling errors, to morph cut errors, to "exporting" errors, trying to figure out why, going back to the original files, looking up the glitch, I mean come on!!!!  If there is anyone out there who gets me, have you tried HitFilm Pro? Is it as good as Premiere Pro and After Effects combined? What other software apps could I dive in and get the ocean of plugs I have for Pr and Ae?Guess I should stop teaching Adobe at uni and paying to Adobe every f%$#@ month.Cheers guys!Joe

The latest update for Premiere/AE/ et al has caused non-stop delays. Projects are unlinking media constantly. Nothing will render. When I try to close my Premiere projects, I get the circle of death AND NO CHANGES ARE SAVED. I can't render anything (render bar sits there at 5% - all night), I can't edit previously working just fine projects - nothing. I have cleared the cache, cleared memory, rebooted, saved projects under new names - all the usual excuse Adobe programmers give for NOT DOING THEIR JOB. I need to bill Adobe for all my lost time. Who do I send the invoice to? I. Have. Had. It. I'm buying FCP and any other program that is NOT Adobe.

Absolutely ridiculous to have to waste so much time troubleshooting problems with software we pay a perpetual subscription for. Completely unacceptable. Surprised no one has ever pointed out how buggy this software is. I will be producing a video to detail all of the issues so that people can make an informed decision when signing up for what is otherwise a great program. I just wish I knew how buggy it was.

I have the same problem and posted all the crash logs to Adobe since 3 weeks, but nothing happens. Now I try Resolve, because the work with PPro is not possible.

When I start Premiere Pro, I really enjoy the two separate start menu pop ups.  This second one is a vast improvement in slowing me down over just one like before.  I find if I am presented with more than two choices I get scared and confused.  I like how redundant and remedial it feels.  I before I could never find the "file" dropdown and would just stare at the interface for hours wondering what to do.  Now I feel so cuddled that I just want to give Adobe my bank info and let them have it all.  Here's hoping the trend towards a less professional product continues to the point where the shows edit themselves and I can just play minesweeper all day.What do you think?