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Michael OKeefe
July 15th, 2005, 05:32 PM
Does anyone know if it is possible to use Adobe premiere (either 6 or Pro) on the Mac platform?

Boyd Ostroff
July 15th, 2005, 05:56 PM
Maybe after they introduce the Intel based macs in a year or two :-)

I can't imagine that it would run under Virtual PC now. Actually there was Premiere 6 for Macintosh. I first learned video editing with Premiere on a Power Mac 8100 in 1995. At that time I believe it was a Mac-only program in fact. But Adobe dropped support for the Mac with version 6 a number of years ago. Believe me, you would not want that version today (it ran under System 9).

I upgraded my old version to 6 and used it for one project. I was not very happy with it - buggy and slow with an awkward user interface. About that same time FCP 3 was released so I switched. Doing some housecleaning a year or so ago I threw away my old premiere disks. Sorry, I think you'll need a PC if you want to run Premiere.

K. Forman
July 15th, 2005, 06:22 PM
I learned Premiere on a Mac... What an experience that was for me! I think Pro is when Adobe stopped working with Mac systems. Ver 6 should work fine, but I can't say how it will work with OS10

Christopher Lefchik
July 18th, 2005, 01:45 PM
I believe Premiere 6.5 was also released for the Mac platform, as an OS X program.

Michael OKeefe
July 21st, 2005, 03:38 PM
thank you for all the responses.

Glenn Chan
July 21st, 2005, 09:16 PM
If you have Adobe Premiere, you might be able to take advantage of a deal where you upgrade to FCE for a very low price.