Adobe Offer...

[Mathieu Ghekiere]

I've seen this link:

http://www.dvinfo.net/news/adobe-announces-switcher-program-for-video-professionals.html

Difficult to decide. I still think it's a pretty expensive suite, and some things annoy me in Premiere Pro.
But they have incredible RED-Support and it's a very powerful suite (Photoshop, After FX, Encore, ...) and with the release of FCP X, I'm having my doubts.
RED is probably going to support FCP X in the near future, but still, Adobe has it NOW and is active here. I'm going to buy a RED camera (Scarlet or Epic-S) in the future probably, so tempting offer.

Very good move of Adobe, though!

EDIT: I was very tempted untill I visited the Belgium Store... It's 1900 euros new, without VAT. That works out to 2700 dollars at current exchange rate, making it a full 1000 dollars more expensive then the American Store (a what? 60 procent difference?). Can someone of Adobe explain this, because I can't justify it at these prices... (for me personally)
I don't mind paying local taxes and everything (even on a download-only) but... this? It's a big dumper on my enthousiasm of this offer.

 

[Alexander Ibrahim]

I got the Production Premium.

I am using the 30 day trial while I am waiting for my box to arrive.

So far I am very pleased with Premiere Pro. There are interface details I dislike ... but its pretty good, and awesome technology.

After Effects ... is well ... After Effects. I'm not a fan, but it has a powerful toolset. It's SLOW but its definitely worth having.

Photoshop and Illustrator rock as always.

I haven't really tried the rest yet.

The main thing of concern to me as an FCP editor, Color user and soon to be Resolve user is that XML import/export works like a charm.

So ... its highly recommended.

If I understand the Adobe deal, you'd be paying 950 Euros ... then again I don't see any promotion information on that site for FCP switchers.

Check your local vendors ... or at least other EU vendors. I found a better deal than Adobe is offering directly through a reseller.

 

[Joe Carney]

Adobe is offering the sale price for those who have Adobe legacy apps like AE (back to version 7). Check the web site to see if you qualify. I'm getting it. Too good to pass up.

 

[Mathieu Ghekiere]

Can anyone answer these questions:

- will a USA license work in Europe?

- Where can you buy the software retail in NY, and are you able to use the promotion there too?

Thanks and kind regards,

 

[Matthias Hutter]

I can recommend B&H photo/video. I'm not sure if the promotion works there, though.
Edit: promotion available.

 

[Mathieu Ghekiere]

Thanks Matthias!

 

[Steve Dent]

I got the Production Premium.
After Effects ... is well ... After Effects. I'm not a fan, but it has a powerful toolset. It's SLOW but its definitely worth having.

It would be nice to see them bring the same magic to after effects that they brought to Prem Pro 5.5. IE, make it much snappier and interactivier to work with, even if that means a render at the end of the project (a la Flame). Use the old GPU to preview most effects in realtime and make the interface work with more responsiveness. If they did that, their suite would be nigh on unbeatable, and it's pretty nice as is.