Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 / Reviews
Industry reviews
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Icrontic
"Adobe's new 'rental' model that was introduced with CS 5.5 is a game-changer, and may be the perfect solution in certain situations. If you didn't think you could afford to jump in to Creative Suite before, this may be the chance."
Brian Ambrozy, Icrontic, October 9, 2011
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Icrontic
“For now, if you’re an NVIDIA user, by all means Creative Suite 5.5 is the best version of Creative Suite yet. The performance enhancements and new filters and effects that are possible with CUDA acceleration are truly remarkable.”
Brian Ambrozy, Icrontic, October 9, 2011
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Cyber News & Reviews
"I have to say, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 is a nifty neat professional video editing program for creating fast and efficient tapeless videos."
Howard Berenbon, Cyber News & Reviews, October 3, 2011
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Software Latest
"Premiere Pro CS5.5 is an excellent video editor."
Jonathan Smith, Software Latest, August 23, 2011
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MacDirectory
"Premiere Pro CS5.5 remains an attractive option for editors needing more power, performance and format flexibility (not to mention backward compatibility) than Final Cut can offer. The interface is familiar enough to get an experienced Final Cut or Avid editor started with the basics and, if you're working with a variety of formats (input our output), there are some differences you'll soon appreciate."
Ric Getter, MacDirectory, July 20, 2011
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EventDV Magazine
"By all of these measures, Premiere Pro is a better choice than FCPX."
Jan Ozer, EventDV, July 19, 2011
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Creative Cow
"...I can definitely say that First Contact with Premiere was impressive and compelling. And beyond the application itself, I have a lot more confidence in Adobe's ability to deliver professional solutions than I do Apple's."
Helmut Kobler, Creative Cow, July 2011
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Renderosity
"Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 offers a good set of new features and improvements."
Sergio Rosa, Renderosity, June 13, 2011
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Renderosity
"If you're still using CS4, or even CS3, there's never been a better time to upgrade."
Sergio Rosa, Renderosity, June 13, 2011
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MicroFilmmaker Magazine
"…Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 is the editing software with the most horse-power to get the job done."
Mark Colegrove, MicroFilmmaker Magazine, June 1, 2011
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POST Magazine
“Additional features such as expanded Red workflows, Adobe media encoder enhancements and integration with Adobe CS make this point release really rock solid."
David Basulto, POST Magazine, June, 2011
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POST Magazine
"Adobe, you had me at keyframing in the timeline.”
David Basulto, POST Magazine, June, 2011
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POST Magazine
"Adobe has pumped steroids into the audio fixing abilities”
David Basulto, POST Magazine, June, 2011
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Computer Graphics World
"For video and audio professionals, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium Suite delivers breakthrough performance, workflow improvements, creative innovations, and new audio editing capabilities that build upon the customer momentum Production Premium is experiencing with broadcasters, filmmakers, and video professionals worldwide."
Staff
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Studio Daily
“As a mid-cycle release Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 is not supposed to conjure a whole lot of jumping up and down. If I am jumping up and down a little right now it’s only because I can’t help myself. Please try to be understanding.”
Barry Braverman, Studio Daily, May 18, 2011
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EventDV
"I was absolutely blown away by CS5.5's dramatic and unexpected performance improvements."
Shawn Lam, EventDV, April 10, 2011
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EventDV
“Adobe, with its CS5.5 improvements in speed, postproduction fixes, and real-time creative effects, has done its part to free video editors worldwide from countless hours of isolation from the edit suite.”
Shawn Lam, EventDV, April 10, 2011
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ProVideo Coalition
“Overall it’s a decent release to move from 5.0 to 5.5. I think there’s still some small things that PPro needs to address but they are still moving this product forward.”
Scott Simmons, ProVideo Coalition, April 10, 2011
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Appletell
"...Premiere Pro CS5's 64-bit capabilities and Mercury rendering [...] make this software a serious contender for the high-end user, but even for the indie filmmaker, its ability to work natively with digital HD and DSLR formats make it extremely attractive."
Bill Stiteler, Appletell, December 29, 2010
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Software Latest
"This is what Professional video editors have been waiting for…"
"Adobe's latest CS5 release is putting itself ahead of the game and we recommend this product wholeheartedly as it deserves it's 5* star status."
Chris Watts, Software Latest, September 2010
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BlogCritics
"...With all of the other enhancements like metadata, tapeless workflows, Ultra, searchable webDVDs, and all the little fixes, this upgrade is really a must have..."
Tom Testi, BlogCritics, 06/11/2010
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HD4PC
"While all of the Adobe applications have been updated in CS5, clearly Premiere Pro is the centerpiece of this release."
Mike McCarthy, HD4PC, 06/03/2010
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Mac|Life
"Premiere is clearly geared toward high-end prosumers and stacks up nicely against Final Cut Pro in that setting."
Roberto Baldwin, Mac|Life, 07/2010
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POST Magazine
"Rendering my timeline for final output was much faster than before. The Mercury playback engine works hand-in-hand with Nvidia CUDA technology in a few choice Nvidia cards (*GPUs) to solve many complex computational problems in a fraction of the time a CPU would take to perform the same task."
Tor Rolf Johansen, POST Magazine, 04/12/2010
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Studio Daily
"Premiere Pro's been drastically improved, to such a profound extent that it could save you dozens of hours on every project you produce."
"Jaw agape, I'm positively astonished with this technology, remarking multiple times, “Mercury, where you been all my life?"
Charlie White, Studio Daily, 04/12/2010
Awards
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MicroFilmmaker Magazine
Award: 9.5 out of 10 rating
Product: Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5.5
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MicroFilmmaker Magazine
Award: Award of Superiority
Product: Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5.5
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Appletell
Award: 5 out of 5 rating
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Software Latest
Award: 5 out of 5 rating
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DV Magazine
Award: Black Diamond Award - 4.5 out of 5 rating
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DV Magazine
Award: DV Excellence Award
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MicroFilmmaker Magazine
Award: Award of Superiority
Product: Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5.5
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MicroFilmmaker Magazine
Award: 9.5 out of 10 rating
Product: Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5.5
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Mac|Life
Award: 4 out of 5 “Great” rating
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Award Award of Superiority
Product: Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS4
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MicroFilmmaker Magazine
Award: 9.6 out of 10 Rating
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
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Studio/monthly
Award: Overall "Sweet" Rating
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
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Filmmaking Central
Award: 5 out of 5 rating
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
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Macworld
Award: 4 out of 5 rating
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
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DVD Association
Award: DVDA Innovator Award
Product: Adobe Encore® CS3
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PC Magazine
Award: 4.5 Stars Rating
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
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PC Magazine
Award: Editors' Choice Award
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
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Macworld
Award: 4 out of 5 rating
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
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PCWorld.com
Award: PCW 85 "Very Good" rating
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
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Videomaker
Award: Best Audio Editing Software
Product: Adobe Audition
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PC World
Award: 2004 World Class Award
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro
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Video Systems
Award: Vanguard Award
Product: Adobe Premiere Pro
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Videomaker
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Macworld
Award: Editors' Choice Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 6.0
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CNET
Award: Editors' Choice Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 6.0
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Digital Focus recognizes Adobe Premiere at NAB
Award: Excellence in Imaging
Product: Adobe Premiere 6.0
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Animation Magazine
Award: Top Ten Awards
Product: Adobe Premiere 6.0
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AV Multimedia Producer
Award: Platinum Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 6.0
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TV Technology
Award: Star 2001 Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 6.0
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MacUser Magazine
Award: MacUser Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 6.0
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CNET
Award: Editors' Choice Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 5.0
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AV Video and Multimedia Producer
Award: 1999 Platinum Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 5.0
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PC Computing
Award: PC Computing MVP Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 5.0
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Presentations Magazine
Award: 1998 Standing Ovation Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 5.0
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Film & Video Magazine
Award: 1997 Most Widely Used Post-Production Software
Product: Adobe Premiere 5.0
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Advanstar Digital Media Group
Award: Prime Time Product Award
Product: Adobe Premiere 5.0
Customer testimonials
"The best thing about Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, besides that it has some cool new features, is the very simple fact that the harder I hammer on it while cutting — and I move at the speed of light — it never slows down or gets behind me. That's a tool I can get addicted to."—Obin Olson, Daytime Emmy-nominated feature director and editor
“I’m working on a documentary film, “Snow Guardians,” that focuses on the life and work of ski patrol and search and rescue teams working to keep winter sports enthusiasts safe. We chose Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 as our NLE because it can ingest media from nearly any camera, in nearly any format, allowing a number of collaborators to work on the film without the need to have everyone shooting the same format. Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 saved us hours upon hours of time by enabling us to work in a variety of native formats with no transcoding. And Adobe Dynamic Link lets us automatically update stabilization, color correction, and effects accomplished in Adobe After Effects CS5.5 on the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline — a huge time-saver!”—Jim Geduldick, Filmmaker, Visual Effects Artist, Editor
"Native 64-bit processing in Adobe After Effects CS5 and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 can dramatically enhance a video production class. Specifically, 64-bit enables faster editing workflows, better special effects, and easier HD filmmaking — this means students can increase their productivity, creativity, and overall quality of their work."—Kevin McMahon, graphic design and video production teacher, Bellarmine College Preparatory
"I have used everything from Avid and Final Cut Pro to LightWorks and Edit and Fast—and my tool of choice by far is Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium including Adobe Premiere Pro. The integration among Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and Encore is a huge time saver — and Adobe solutions are a joy to work with."—Jarle Leirpoll, independent filmmaker & videographerl
"I was among the first Final Cut Pro users ever, but my Final Cut Pro days are over. Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 is stellar because it offers the 64-bit Mercury Playback Engine, giving me the ability to work in real time with 4K RED files — I literally couldn’t pay enough money for that. I’ve used a dozen different nonlinear editors and know of none that compare to the capabilities and streamlined workflow Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 offers today."—Tim Walton, documentary filmmaker and editor, KVIE, Sacramento, California PBS affiliate
"Now that Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 is hardware-accelerated using the Mercury Playback Engine, our testing shows that the speed of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 is impressive when compared to Final Cut Pro. Because time is money in wedding videography, we are looking at switching to an all Adobe workflow full time once Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium ships."—Alex Tomek, owner, Lumitone
"In Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, dragging footage to the Timeline panel to create a New Sequence will help students avoid making sequences with incorrect settings. This will be a big time saver for when teachers are reviewing student projects."—Debbie Keller, business education teacher, Northside Independent School District — Earl Warren High School
"The unique ability to import and export Final Cut Pro projects into and out of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 has made the transition to Adobe even easier."—Evan Butson, managing director, TDE Post
"This is something we would never have been able to accomplish had it not been for the native DSLR support in both Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects CS5,” says Butson. “It is just one more example of the breakthroughs we can achieve by working with Adobe’s video tools."—Evan Butson, managing director, TDE Post
"The expanded support for tapeless workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 lets us import nearly any kind of footage immediately so we can get right to work creating cutting-edge digital video content."—Mike Kureth, flash developer, The Visionaire Group
"I was among the first Final Cut Pro users in Northern California, but my Final Cut Pro days are over. Because it is inherently a QuickTime editor, Final Cut doesn’t support a full-fledged RED 4K workflow. On the other hand, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 and the other components of Creative Suite 5 preserve all of the glorious 4K quality and metadata the RED ONE camera delivers—all in a workflow that blows me away with its integration."—Tim Walton, filmmaker, White Rabbit Productions
"The image quality with the RED ONE camera is stunning, and I didn’t want to lose that. I had the opportunity to test Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, and I took it. Working with Creative Suite 5, including Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, I can preserve all the 4K quality and work with all the metadata from RED so I have a lot more control. Then for further finessing, I can take the files into Adobe After Effects CS5 and work on them natively from there with full 64-bit speed."—Tim Walton, filmmaker, White Rabbit Productions
"It’s almost magical to be able to tweak something in After Effects CS5 and tab back to the timeline in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 to see how it looks. Other software packages don’t come close to measuring up in the area of integration. Adobe software gives you the ability to seamlessly go back and forth among the applications without intermediate rendering—the workflow is genuinely unique in the industry and it lets me work faster and with fewer creative interruptions."—Tim Walton, filmmaker, White Rabbit Productions
"The Mercury Playback Engine is stellar because it gives me the ability to work real time with the 4K RED files — I literally couldn’t pay enough money for that. I’ve used a dozen different nonlinear editors and know of none that compare to the capabilities and streamlined workflow Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 offers today."—Tim Walton, filmmaker, White Rabbit Productions
"The ability to apply filters and adjustment layers to video in Photoshop CS5 Extended saves a lot of steps and is a great way to add subtle effects quickly. For the splash page of the website, I was able to take a shot of a skier hiking up a mountain at Squaw Valley with the sun behind him and add a lens flare effect in Photoshop CS5. The process is very fast — and, the minute I’m done I can easily incorporate the files into my Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 projects."—Tim Walton, filmmaker, White Rabbit Productions
Resources |
- Mercury Playback Engine
- Native tapeless workflows
- Open workflows with other NLEs
- Capture and edit options
- Supported video formats
- RED support
- Stereoscopic 3D production
- Blu-ray technology
- Authoring discs and web DVDs
- Hardware compatibility
- Extensibility (Partner resources)
- Speech analysis models
- Plug-ins
- Broadcasting solutions
- Digital video and audio blog
