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Had high hopes, wanted to switch from FCP, but still falls short on key features

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:

 

  1. there is no "reveal in bin/project" command for a clip loaded in Source Monitor
  2. 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.)
  3. there is no way to see Video & Audio Waveform at the same time, in sync, in the Source Monitor (or in a separate window.)
  4. there is no shortcut for "Jump ahead 1 second" -- only 5 frames; useless for me.
  5. the "match frame" command only goes from Program to Source, not the other way around.
  6. there is no shortcut to change the Transition Alignment ("start on edit", "end on edit", "center on edit")
  7. there is no shortcut for "Dip to Black", only "Dip to White" (!!!!) Really?!?!
  8. there is no shortcut to alter transition duration; you have to go into the Effect panel.
  9. 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?
  10. 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.
  11. there is no way to "page" through the timeline (like PageUp/PageDown in FCP)
  12. 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!


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