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Very interesting. Does anyone know a release date for CS4? Or is there a rough estimate?

I read that CS4 is due within a month or so.

Hi,

AVCHD will be in CS4, right?

That is what they are saying.

Well if it is included lets be careful about whether it is full editing of native AVCHD files as they come from the cameras, or, is transcoding to another format required before editing.

Well if it is included lets be careful about whether it is full editing of native AVCHD files as they come from the cameras, or, is transcoding to another format required before editing.

I would hope its full support for that and m2t. Would save 10 minutes or so on some of my longer takes from my nNovia.

It is true, Premiere Pro CS4 does support avchd native editing. no more transcoding. I am note sure how much processor power one will need, but my source has been testing the cs4 suite for a month and using it with footage from a canon hf100 and told me that transcoding is no longer needed. Of course we need to see it all for our selves, and then see if its worth switching over to. (I'm currently a FCP editor). - andy

Hi,

I'm guessing it will take a lot of processing power. AVCHD is a bugger of an CODEC to wiggle around. It's likely that there will be a transcoded file, too, similar to the conformed files of old. It might even be an improvement.

Plan on at least 4 cores and a ton of memory to be able to get any kind of responsive native AVCHD editing.

Big Adobe announcements 9/23 about CS4. Canp;t say anything more til then.

Gary

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