So one of us (guess who?) is currently editing a feature documentary using Adobe Premiere Pro. We’ve both used Premiere for many different projects, but when it comes to bigger projects we prefer Avid Media Composer. However, this project has already been in the works for over a year using Premiere.
Premiere is great. It’s versatile, it does pretty much everything you need, and it comes with the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. If you’re like us you already have one because you use Photoshop, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, etc, etc, etc. That means its “free” and it also offers seamless integration with all the Creative Cloud apps like After Effects. So there are many good reasons to choose Premiere for your film.
But, let’s be honest, for a professional editor, Premiere Pro can be a bit of a challenge. Especially if you are used to using Avid Media Composer, which was truly created for professional editing. In the next series of blog posts, we’re going to write some short articles about editing a giant project with tons of footage in Premiere.
Because the truth is, we know Premiere just well enough to be dangerous. But over the next few months, we’re going to get to know it inside and out.
