499 $ to edit HD formats with Premiere Pro CS4

[Turmap]

We know that Premiere Pro CS4 does not support XDCAM and AVCHD formats because, unlike most professional video editing softwares, it doesn’t export them (you have to buy very expansive Mainconcept plug-in to do it).

This problem is increased by another one, which is even worse : unlike for example Edius Pro and Final Cut Pro, which include for free essentials intra-frame editing codecs (Canopus HQ for Edius and ProRes for Final Cut…) to correctly edit HD videos (XDCAM, HDV, AVCHD…), Premiere Pro CS4 does not : in order to edit HD videos with Premiere Pro CS4 (except P2 from Panasonic which is supported by Premiere), no choice but to buy Cineform codec whose price is 499 $ minimum ( http://estore.cineform.com/index.aspx ) !!

It was important to communicate this information which shows Premiere Pro CS4 only supports non-HD formats (+ P2 from Panasonic), because it is not said at all on Premiere Pro CS4 documentation.

[filmboss80]

Here we go again. You already started this subject thread once:

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic372701.html

Your questions were answered (perhaps not to your satisfaction); your misguided conclusions about Premiere CS4 were straightened out (we thought); and we tried endless explanations to get the concept through your skull -- but to no avail, apparently.

I don't know what else you want us to do for you. Perhaps nothing. Perhaps you are just obsessed with slamming Premiere. Whatever the case, this is getting VERY tiring.

Countless others edit HD in CS4 all the time with no problems. Did it occur to you that the issue may be with the user, and not the software?

[lordsmurf]

CS4 edits HD formats just fine.
If you want to do some uncommon export feature, use software for that task.

[fitch.j]

Here we go again. You already started this subject thread once:

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic372701.html

Your questions were answered (perhaps not to your satisfaction); your misguided conclusions about Premiere CS4 were straightened out (we thought); and we tried endless explanations to get the concept through your skull -- but to no avail, apparently.

I don't know what else you want us to do for you. Perhaps nothing. Perhaps you are just obsessed with slamming Premiere. Whatever the case, this is getting VERY tiring.

Countless others edit HD in CS4 all the time with no problems. Did it occur to you that the issue may be with the user, and not the software?

Quoted for emphasis!

[Baldrick]

One similar topic is enough . http://forum.videohelp.com/topic372701.html