On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:35:27 GMT, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Neuman - Ruether) wrote:

>Premiere 6 just arrived on my porch (ordered through Adobe's
>web site as an upgrade). More later, after I've had time to
>look it over a bit (hopefully with more +'s than -'s, and no
>"gotcha-glitches", like the first version of Premiere 5,
>which was useless until 5.1 arrived...).

After a VERY brief checkout this afternoon.....

Minuses:
- Couldn't import a P-5 project without problems.
- Crashed once (Win2k) while playing with filters.
- Still no soft-edged wipes ala MSPro (and few
additions to the transition list from P-5).
- Sizing of preview window is odd, and, as with
P-5, it ducks under the timeline window when it
is used, making single-monitor use with a full
resolution preview window a pain. (Not a P-6
problem, but a Matrox G-400 card will not do
hardware overlay with Raptor no matter what
drivers we tried [in Win98 or Win2K] - though
the software overlay is almost as good, and
doesn't require the camcorder or D->A/A->D box
to work). As before, two monitors are almost
a must-have for efficient screen layout.
- Audio and video tracks are linked by default,
so selecting one selects the other, making
deleting one or the other, but not both,
awkward - a menu must be opened and a selection
made to do this formerly simple thing.
- The numbering of audio and video tracks is
still silly: V1a=A1, V1b=A2 instead of A1b - but
you can still rename audio tracks to make them
easier to associate with the video tracks.
- The audio mixer did not work in my set-up.

Pluses:
- The audio waveform image is improved, and
it can be made black (and it is now centered,
making visual judging of clipping easier) - and
it can be disabled for large timescale values
to speed screen redraw.
- There are more and better audio filters, and
a pan "rubber band" has been added.
- The organization of filters, effects, and
transitions is more logical, and the controls
are sometimes better (though removing a filter
takes a moment to figure out the first time...;-).
- Keyframing is done on the timeline in a very
intuitive way that is simpler than in P-5.
- Plugins from other programs can be used.

Altogether, P-6 appears to be well worth the
$149 upgrade price, but I will wait until I
have finished current projects on my main
editing computer before installing it there...