Adobe Premiere Is Going Exclusively 64 Bit With CS5

[D-Vince]

It’s common knowledge among post-production pros that 64-bit operating systems are the best choice for top-of-the-line performance, especially when producing HD or higher-resolution content. After 3 versions of simultaneous 64 bit and 32 bit support for After Effects and Premiere Pro, we wanted to let you know today that CS4 will be the last version of Adobe’s leading video applications to support 32 bit operating systems.

The majority of video professionals have already transitioned to 64-bit capable systems, including Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, or 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. Almost all Intel-based Macs are 64-bit friendly, and if you bought your PC after 2005, chances are it’s capable of running a 64-bit operating system (if it’s not already!).

New Macs run 64-bit directly; if you are buying a new PC, make sure to choose the Windows 7 64-bit version. You’ll see up to 200% performance gains on CS4 Production Premium immediately, and you’ll avoid having to upgrade the OS later.

By focusing exclusively on 64-bit operating systems and native 64-bit support for After Effects and Premiere Pro, we’ll be able to offer even better performance and large project stability for the industry by building on the support we have delivered for the last several development cycles.
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[Sola]

I'm looking to upgrade in a little while. I hope to buy a new notebook with Win7, fully going 64bit now. That's when I can consider getting this.

How familiar are you with editing on a 64bit environment?

[D-Vince]

Originally Posted by Sola

I'm looking to upgrade in a little while. I hope to buy a new notebook with Win7, fully going 64bit now. That's when I can consider getting this.

How familiar are you with editing on a 64bit environment?

Not tried it yet. Even though i have a lappie running on 64 bit win 7, i am still on win XP 32 bit with my nle.64 bit video editing is still unknown land to me.

BTW, Avid has finally buried Liquid and gave us registered liquidists an offer that is hard to refuse, an upgrade to Media Composer 4 with all the additional bells and whistle softwares at a tempting price of 500 dollars. I am seriously thinking of jumping onboard, but then i would have to get a full 64bit NLE system to run it on, not to talk of new learning time.

[Sola]

Why do those things cost so much, and then they go obsolete in another year? Liquid never did fully catch on.

I have WinXP and Vista, but both in 32bits environments. I'll see what extras Adobe will be adding to CS5 though before considering an upgrade.

I'm shooting a project next month (script in final stages). Will cut it on my Vista/CS3