We were hoping to switch all our edit seats (20-50) from FCP to Premiere Pro, since FCP has been abandoned as a pro platform.
We had high hopes for CS6, but, from what I can tell, it is still missing some key functionality, rendering it unusable for us.
Maybe someone (Adobe employee?) can correct me, but it seems that:
- there is no "reveal in bin/project" command for a clip loaded in Source Monitor
- you cannot display several timecodes at once, either in the TC window, or as an overlay. I need to see TC from all video and audio tracks at once. (Info window shows it, but takes up too much room; not practical.)
- there is no way to see Video & Audio Waveform at the same time, in sync, in the Source Monitor (or in a separate window.)
- there is no shortcut for "Jump ahead 1 second" -- only 5 frames; useless for me.
- the "match frame" command only goes from Program to Source, not the other way around.
- there is no shortcut to change the Transition Alignment ("start on edit", "end on edit", "center on edit")
- there is no shortcut for "Dip to Black", only "Dip to White" (!!!!) Really?!?!
- there is no shortcut to alter transition duration; you have to go into the Effect panel.
- I cannot figure out how to perform simple trims from the keyboard, without going into the Trim Window ... how to select a cut and simply roll it back/forth 1 frame?
- Bug? If I toggle audio scrubbing, it doesn't "take" until I either hit "play" or move around timeline with the mouse -- the "skip 5 frames" functions ignore the toggle.
- there is no way to "page" through the timeline (like PageUp/PageDown in FCP)
- Fast-forward/Reverse is limited to about 5x normal speed ... too slow for us. Need at least 10-20x (FCP does 30x I believe)
We absolutely need these features to do our work in a timely manner; they have existed in Avid and FCP for at least 10 years. I'm amazed.
Maybe CS7....? We'll probably have to switch to Avid...
I really, really wanted to love CS6. It's super fast, and integration with After Effects is fantastic ... but need to be able to basic editing without using mouse constantly!