On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 08:30:51 -0700, "Donald Haas - OMS Media" wrote:

>I was given a copy of 5 to try out.

With no book, I assume....;-)

>While it reminds me more of Movieshop 4 which i love, it seems they took
>some things out.
>
>is the Volume control bar removed in Premiere 5 ?

No - look at the box to the left of the video/audio tracks, hit the "twirler" there for the track of interest, and it opens up.

>All i found was a Gain control and that was a constant number.

Type in anything you want, or hit "normalize" to max the
volume with the highest peak just at clipping (the box will tell you at what gain this occurs...). Be careful not to
exceed this level without first lowering local peaks
manually with the "rubber band" (kind of a "gain ride" to
increase to overall level without clipping...). You can also
use the "compressor" filter...

>there is a
>crossfad[e] tool...but how do you know what it does.

Try it...! ;-)

>The new filters are nice..and they are trying to copy some offline machines
>with there interface...but why did they take this one feature away.
> Or did they..and i cant find it

It's there... Now, if only Adobe had left the "always on
top" possibility for the preview window, and had figured
out how to make ALL the rendered previews stay reliably...!
(Dual monitors solves the first problem, but the second
is a real pain!!!)