On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 14:41:39 GMT, (lifeson) wrote:

>I really have tried to get the hang of using Premiere 5.1 - but it
>is not nearly as intuitive as 4.2. Also, 4.2 seems to do everything I
>need it to do, and compiles so much faster.
>
>Does anyone else have a similar reaction? Or should I get a book or
>something. Even the "Make Movie" is gone. It took me an hour just to
>figure out how to creat the output video from the timeline.

It is just renamed "Export Movie"...
BTW, I do not like using the dual preview window, but
it can be reduced to a single window, and that one can
then be made full-resolution (and its borders can be
narrowed to save screen space - BTW, 5.1 does lay out
better on dual monitors). Used this way, it operates
much as P-4.2 did, but 5.1 handles sound better (it
is better-represented graphically near the "1-frame"
level, it can handle 12-bit sound well, and it has
all those useful audio filters available). There are
drawbacks with P-5.1 compared with 4.2, but overall,
I can do more more easily with P-5.1 - and once one
knows its bugs-and-workarounds, operation is smooth
with 5.1. I still prefer it to others, since it has
the feature-set I need (the ability to filter,
"rubber-band" adjust, and mix sound easily; the
ability to handle multi-camera edits easily; the
ability to apply and adjust transitions in a direct
and intuitive way; the ability to use variable
video-track filtration with reasonably easy control;
the ability to see all tracks at once, with
transitions and both video-frames and audio-graphics
showing - and I've gotten hooked on the "Navigator"
for quickly moving around in long projects, and for
finding those formerly-troublesome "leftover" frames).
Other programs may work well for others, but there
always seems to be at least one critical feature
missing in other editing programs, for me...