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All Adobe software is now too expensive, The creative suite is ludicrously overpriced. I am looking at all the alternatives, Adobe don't have a monopoly on good products. They have treated customers shabbily.

Agree 100%.  Well, except switching to FCP.  I'll be 100% honest.  I STILL prefer to cut in media composer, PPro is still the most robust software package for most of today's edit needs.  It's not the best.  But it's the one that meets the most needs of the most kinds of productions, and unless a workflow never changes from project to project, I have to concede it's the best option.  But, realistically, Adobe should not get complacent here.  Adobe is the industry standard across a bunch of industries and swaths of industry, but that doesn't mean they're the favorite.  I've been using Adobe products since 1995, and they've usually served me well.  I also used Media Composer for a good 10 years and prefer its intuitive workflow for editing.  And I used FCP, not because I wanted to, but because some post houses are FCP houses.  At this point, while I have preferences, those don't drive my decision in software use.  It's all logis

Surprised this has not ben picked up in the PR forums, or did I miss it? Saw a post on a non-Adobe site, but see now that this blog entry was posted in August:Adobe Video and Audio Apps: Upcoming Changes to OS Support | Adobe Blog

Hi,I'm using Adobe Premiere 12.1.2 for a project which requires video capture. Adobe Premiere creates .mov files when using the video capture feature. Upon finishing the video capture, I am prompted to name the file and a .mov file is created. As far as I can tell there is no way to choose a different file format. For shorter files, everything plays fine. For longer files (approx 120 minutes or so), it imports audio only. No video. I've found a workaround by installing an older version (12.0.1) but I am prompted with this message upon launch:"32-bit QuickTime support endingSupport for import/export of legacy 32-bit QuickTime media will be discontinued in a future version of Premiere Pro. Transcode to a non-legacy format to continue using the media in Premiere Pro after legacy support has ended."I'm all for moving on if you don't want to support QuickTime, but why does Adobe Premiere create these files during video capture without leaving an option to create a more compatible file forma

Adobe has got to go, they cannot keep up with the times... too busy making new programs that no one asked for. Funny how Premiere alleges to be able to edit anything, until it can't... then the community professionals come out with the cult of hidden knowledge of what codecs and containers actually work with Premiere, then when you try those it still doesn't work.Have you tried DaVinci Resolve?It... what's the word I'm looking for...ah yes, it WORKS!

What are some good Premiere Pro Alternatives since Premiere has turned into total garbage?I'm a very angry user who's been trying to get this damn program to stop crashing for what seems like months now ... I'm fed up!

https://forums.adobe.com/people/R+Neil+Haugen  schriebI understand the frustration. I'm a user like yourself and have needed to stay on an earlier build for several months til a fix came out myself.Hi Neil,it would be a start, if ADOBE at the IBC not only oneGLAMOR party celebrates,but with dennen,who pay for your licenseslet's talk about the last —and if you want to change that,speakModerator Warning: Please do not use profanity in our forum. We have minors reading here. You've been warned several times before. This forum is for troubleshooting not rants.

THANK YOU ALL FOR POSTING...I've been saying all this on here for weeks, Adobe loves to sweep it under the rug.One ACP told me it's normal for software to update and then not work as well as it used to on the same thing because it the software improved... which doesn't make sense in any way shape or form.Adobe doesn't test it's products and doesn't care because it has our money...I recommend taking these issues to the BBB :Adobe Systems, Inc. | Better Business Bureau® Profile

This is probably one stupidest advise I ever heard.

Not sure if I can sell it and would probably need to check it out with Adobe, this lot cost me a lot of money CS4 - 5.5 and 6 upgrade and I'd like to get something back (now retired).

Why my internet explorer cannot play flash video?

After using Audition 6 for years, finally broke down and gave Audition CC a try.It just isn't worth what Adobe is asking for it.I won't try and debate you out of it.  Clearly your market research shows enough people are willing to pay it.  I mean, not only did I think it was overpriced before, but now you had the audacity (get it? "Audacity"?  The free sound editor) to actually raise the price even more.Oh well. I have money burning in my pocket and am more than willing to pay a subscription for it.  I do with Microsoft Office, which seems to manage a year's worth of sub for $70, not the $239.88 you're asking.But you're going to have do to a lot better than $19.99/month.  Especially considering that once I let the subscription lapse, I lose access to all my work structures.  (Movie Magix keeps the software running after the subscription lapses, you just don't get updates anymore.)Clearly, some people feel that price is worth it.  I won't try to talk t

Do any forum users or Adobe staff know if Premier Pro is going to be optimised or upgraded to match or better the rendering and export performance of Apple's final Cut?From all reviews I have seen, it seems Premier Pro is way behind in this area and is considerably slower. As I understand it, given the same hardware, Final Cut is much faster as it has been optimised. As CS is one of the leading software packages for creatives, I am surprised that this performance issue has not been addressed by Adobe by now. Maybe it is more difficult than appears but I would still like to know what, if anything, is being done or planned to close the gap.I would have thought this is really important to most editors and Adobe would be trying to achieve the best performance and be the class leader.Thank You

Contact the Better Business Bureau and complainAdobe Systems, Inc. | Better Business Bureau® Profile The first Adobe staff member I got in contact with over my escalation shrugged me off and told me to contact the regular support (????)It's ok though, I can keep writing in complaints...

I'm so sorry,You're going to hate Premiere.It will give you problems you never imagined you would have while editing.

Red Frames on a Proxy?????Wow!!! Hope I never see that (and know I will be seeing it by this weekend)Can't wait for Adobe to act like red frames on a proxy they created isn't their problem, just like every other problem their software has.

Da vinci resolve 15.

Ask for your rental money back. Put it towards owning a fully functioning editing program. Nothing worse than a monopoly.

We had a 100% Functional PIPELINE making high quality videos for over a Decade using your suite..Now I'm dealing with a major blow to my services because of your severe lack of testing software prior to launching.I just lost $40k on a project due to your incompetent version of the latest PREMIERE constantly crashing and for random reasons only to be assured from your TECH SUPPORT "It's not a problem.."  Guess what? When you miss a deadline.. Clients Don't care - They just demand RESULTS.Hundreds of Projects I have delivered and this is the first time this has happened due to overly abundant bugs. At this point, I would rather deal with my EX wife than to OPEN a new PROJECT in PREMIERE.. or even just gamble in Vegas at a high stakes table.. The work around's from Tech Support in your India offices are pathetic and just more band-aids on top of more Band-aids..Reluctantly - I am forced to find MORE RELIABLE Editing software after being a PREM user for nearly 20+ years..that's right.

Sadly, Adobe talks professional, but delivers consumer. That’s why many in the industry stick with other accepted pro solutions. If Adobe could just grasp how much they are losing both in both revenue and goodwill and took action, they could take over the world...

Welcome to Premiere CC, the most crash-prone application since the 1980s.

After Effects doesn't work no matter what.The people working on it have no clue what they are doing, and never will.and the support on this forum only will tell you how to work around Adobe's problems then treat you like you're stupid for not knowing the program doesn't work the way you expect it to, and treat you like you're out of line for expecting the software you pay monthly for to work.There is billions of dollars to be made by whomever can just release a software suite that works.. Adobe just can't make the cut.

All CS4 and CS5 users. All of a sudden are you having activation issues even though you been using CS5 or CS4 for years. Via your Adobe account they are causing the new activation errors on your PC so you will change to the Creative Cloud rent by the month for the rest of your life version of your suite. Fortunately for all of us this is being investigated by the government.,

Mod Notes: Branched. Re: the Unofficial Troubleshooting GuideThanks for writing this Jim, it's very thorough and useful.What I'm about to say isn't aimed at you, but at Adobe.----I think it's a massive shame that this guide needs to be written. All the fixes you list are work-arounds to faults in Adobe's software. The problems aren't aren't caused by users making mistakes or not understanding things, they're down to bugs in the (expensive) Adobe product.Adobe themselves could never write this guide, because it would have to start with, "We know our software is very buggy and often crashes. We're not going to fix it, but here are some ways to minimise the pain we're causing you..."

I made this video showcasing the truth about Adobe Premiere Pro, it is ridiculous that still in 2018 Adobe fails to utilize more of the GPU performance to offload from the CPU.  In Davinci Resolve I can have 2 Titan X running in SLI and it will crush everything I throw at it.  Heck even with just 1 Titan X playback is ridiculously smooth. Why can't we get that exact same performance?  However, if you're using a Mac, it's not all that bad.  Now before you say oh your PC is configured wrong or I'm doing something wrong, watch the video, I sent this to Puget Systems, who were the ones that built my PC, they have thousands of hours of experience building top of the line PC's EXCLUSIVELY for Adobe Premiere, just visit their website and see the hours of data they have.So when they tell me they ran tests on the files I sent them and the iMac Pro still beat their top spec system, they've confirmed it's bad optimization on software.  Also, read all of the comments from