Posted by Frank on 04/29/07 21:06

On 29 Apr 2007 11:02:16 -0400, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Re: Is the Adobe CS3 software optimized for quad core
processors?>,
<ahall@no-spam-panix.com> wrote:

>>>>>> Luis Ortega writes:
>
> Luis> Thanks, Spex,
> Luis> I have made no decision yet and in any case I am waiting until August right
> Luis> before we start school again to make my purchase, whatever that turns out to
> Luis> be.
> Luis> My two choices are:
>
> Luis> 1. Upgrade my PC from my current P4 setup to a Core 2 Quad system (or Core 2
> Luis> Duo if the software can't exploit the quad performance) with new
> Luis> motherboard, 4 gig ram and 512 mb video card, and get the Adobe Video
> Luis> Production CS3 Master collection bundle which includes almost all that I use
> Luis> now but in a CS3 version.
>
> Luis> 2. Buy a Mac Pro desktop with dual 2.66 ghz Zeon processors, 4 gig ram, 512
> Luis> video card option and FCP Studio 2, plus also install Win XP and my current
> Luis> production software and upgrade those to Mac versions as I can afford it. I
> Luis> would eventually like to have my main production software (Photoshop, After
> Luis> Effects Pro, Flash, Premiere Pro) in Mac versions.
>
>Adobe does not make a mac version of Premiere.

Well, they used to years ago, and now that Mr. Jobs has discovered
Intel chips, will once again, as announced back in January.

Adobe - Adobe Press Room: For immediate release
Adobe Production Studio To Be Available for Both Mac and Windows
For immediate release
Adobe's Complete Video Post-Production Suite Goes Cross-Platform
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Jan. 4, 2007
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200701/010407ProductionStudio.html

>
> Luis> Obviously, option 2 is more expensive, but the goal of my research in the
> Luis> next few months is to determine if it's worth it in term of stability and
> Luis> performance, and also feature set comparisons once Premiere Pro CS3
> Luis> information is available. I took a short course in FCP 5 studio so I am
> Luis> familiar now with its main features and am very impressed. It seems to have
> Luis> all of the features that I really like in Premiere Pro plus Avid and a few
> Luis> more, and the studio bundle software is also very impressive.
>
> Luis> I would appreciate anyone's advice on this, and thanks to all for their time
> Luis> and help.
>
>
>
> Luis> "Spex" <No.spam@ta.com> wrote in message
> news> 462b0e1e$0$8713$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
> >> Luis Ortega wrote:
> >>> Are the new and upcoming Adobe CS3 product suites that include Premiere
> >>> Pro, After Effects, Flash, Photoshop Extended, etc., optimized to get
> >>> performance benefits from the Intel quad core cpus?
> >>> If not, would the core 2 duo processors be a better buy for performance
> >>> with these programs?
> >>> Thanks for any advice.
> >> FCP6 is optimised for the 8 core Mac Pro despite what you were told in the
> >> other thread. More cores=more realtime streams and scales almost linearly
> >> with No. of cores. Compressor 3 is completely multi-threaded and again is
> >> optimised for multi core Macs and is 2.5-3x (using same hardware) faster
> >> than Compressor 2.
> >>
> >> The new CS3 packages are not scheduled for release until September is the
> >> last I heard.
> >>
> >> WRT performance you can download a public beta of Premiere CS3 to check
> >> for yourself. FCS2 is not released until the end of May so direct
> >> comparison will not be able to be made until then but I personally am not
> >> expecting any difference between FCP and Premiere based on what I've been
> >> told from someone who attended NAB.
> >>
> >> My experience with Intel Macs and FCS1, Shake and a whole host of
> >> universal binary applications is in marked contrast to Smarty's but then I
> >> am only a freelance compositor working in broadcast and film so what do I
> >> know??
> >>
> >> S

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