11May Adobe CS5.5 released.
Sure the video is a little cheesy but the new features in CS5.5 look pretty nice. The Warp stabilizer and audio features are the things I’m most interested in trying out. But I’m still not sure If I want to pay the upgrade fee, or hold out for CS6. Every adobe release seems to be the “ultimate” in features, but most of the time I don’t find myself actually needing many of those new upgrades.
I’ve even considered downgrading to Premiere Elements. It seems like most of the time I just need to slice up some clips, do some basic editing, and add some text. I only end up using After Effects 3 or 4 times a month. I wish there was a way that I could rent After Effects for a small fee, like $5 a day, then return it when I’m done. That way I don’t have to spend $400 or $500 on an upgrade every year.
If you’re a student, $400 gets you Premiere Pro, after effects, Audition, Photoshop, and Encore. This is defiantly worth it, but if you’re paying full price, you might want to consider what you really need, versus what you want. Sometimes you can get away with cheap tools if you only need to use them on the weekends.
May 11th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
I saw a post on Lifehacker that talked about renting different Adobe products. The article sited was from macworld.
http://www.macworld.com/article/159138/2011/04/cs55sub.html
Charlie
May 11th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
I just checked in the http://www.adobe.com store. You can choose “Subscription” as an option instead of buying the full or upgrading.
Charlie
March 12th, 2012 at 11:18 pm
I know this post is almost a year old, but I want to ask you a couple of questions related with this post.
Did you downgraded to the Premiere Elements ? I can see the version 10 for less than $100 or bundled with Photoshop Elements for $130
I’m just starting doing motion and like you said, I just need basic stuff like three transition (cut, fade to black and fade to white, add some text, I don’t imagine anything else.
My last question is related with the student/teacher package. My wife is a teacher and shot a video for her program at her school district and I have to edit. I know she qualify to buy the teacher package, but I don’t know if (legally speaking) I can still use it for other projects.
Thank you!