Life without walls: Open workflows with Avid and Apple
Experience a post-production pipeline without obstacles. Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium software gives editors tight integration among components that help Apple Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer users continue and finish their projects with Creative Suite 4.
Apple Final Cut Pro interoperability
Learn the basics of bringing a Final Cut Pro project into Adobe Premiere® Pro CS4 and access components of Production Premium such as Adobe After Effects® and Encore®.
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Avid Media Composer interoperability
Learn how to leverage the new roundtrip editing capabilities in Adobe Premiere Pro to natively edit Avid media.
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Import your footage into Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
Using the free Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 4.1 update, Apple and Avid editors can import projects in the following ways:
Apple Final Cut editors
Use Final Cut Pro XML interchange to transfer projects directly from Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere Pro without conversion or rerendering, preserving commonly used effects and transitions.
Avid Media Composer editors
Import Avid projects without having to recapture media files thanks to interoperability with Avid Media Composer. Interchange AAF project file information for both Mac OS and Windows® with other applications in the production workflow. You can also import and export CMX3600 format Edit Decision Lists (EDLs). Additionally, export your audio in Open Media Framework (OMF) format for interchange with audio workstations. Then, import the final audio back into Adobe Premiere Pro and use new direct audio channel routing to preserve the final mix.
After you import your projects into Adobe Premiere Pro, experience the power of an open workflow with Production Premium:
Eliminate intermediate rendering with Dynamic Link
Get tighter-than-ever integration when moving assets among After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Encore CS4, and Soundbooth CS4, saving invaluable time that would otherwise be spent in intermediate rendering.
Edit faster and make your video searchable online
Experience the power of Speech Search in Adobe Premiere Pro to find the right spot in your footage fast — without tedious scrubbing. Instead, let Speech Search generate a transcript of recorded dialogue, and then quickly navigate to key words and phrases.
Speech Search also enables your video to be searched online.
Take advantage of expanded delivery options
Deliver project output virtually anywhere, including by exporting through Adobe Encore CS4 to Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and the web. Develop mobile content and then use Adobe Device Central CS4 to preview and test it on an extensive selection of devices under a variety of simulated real-life conditions.
Use the Adobe Flash Media Server family of products to develop new revenue sources based on more secure streaming or protected download delivery.
For Final Cut Pro users
There are a lot of advantages to using Adobe Premiere Pro alongside Final Cut Pro.
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Adobe Premiere Pro (PDF, 2.0M)
Learn how to use Adobe Premiere Pro with this reference guide (PDF, 1.5M)
How to import a Final Cut Pro project
Dave Helmly gives a short overview on 64-bit advantages and how to import your Final Cut Pro projects into Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Create and Burn Blu-ray Discs Using Adobe Encore
Great Encoding Options for Output to Blu-ray Discs and Flash SWF Files Using Adobe Encore
Adding Production Premium to your Final Cut Workflow
Benchmarking research
Benchmarking data from Pfeiffer Consulting shows how Creative Suite 4 Production Premium increases productivity in the production workflow.
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CS4 Production Premium trial
Order a trial DVD of Production Premium or download individual trials of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or Adobe Soundbooth®.
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Download Adobe Premiere Pro 4.1
If you already own Adobe Premiere Pro, experience the power of interoperability with Apple and Avid by downloading the Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 4.1 update.
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