Adobe After Effects Cs6 10.10 Update To Adobes

Adobe After Effects Cs6 10.10 Update To Adobes

And this update to Adobes consumer video-editing software is even less jingly than the image-editing package when it comes to new bells and whistles.

But this does represent Adobes first 64-bit port of the package--Windows only, unfortunately--which is an essential step for future development of the product.

Adobe has beefed up the Organizer a bit to improve its video support, since its now serving Premiere Elements as well as Photoshop Elements.

It allows for hierarchical tagging, as well as Smart Tags, which can automatically classify your media as high, medium or low quality, as well as tag what it thinks is in focus, low contrast, blurred, and so on.

Running the Auto Analyzer to get the video tagged can take a while, though.

And Im still unhappy with the way Adobe handles AVCHD import; it tries and fails to process all the ancillary files that are part of the directory structure, and doesnt give you the option to copy the entire file structure wholesale so that it can be played back or just burned as if its a disc.

And if youre planning on burning AVCHD discs, keep in mind that the software doesnt yet support version 2.0 of the spec which allows for 108030p.

It uses a traditional video-editing interface, with both timeline and scene editing views.

Theres a bit of a learning curve to understanding even the basics for simple effects and transitions, but its no worse--and no better--than most other video-editing software when it comes to ease of use.

Adobe has added a new Three-Way Color Corrector, which splits corrections for highlights, midtones, and shadows.

While useful, I wish it had a way to do coarse changes on all three channels at once, then unlock them to fine-tune them individually.

It also adds Auto Tone and Vibrance--both handy for automatic corrections--which should be familiar to Photoshop users.

Its easy to use, but can be annoying: if you try to use a photo thats the wrong dimensions for the movie--and many photos are --it just tells you the image is too big.

There really needs to be a dialog that pops up and allows you to resize or crop the photo.

Users of previous versions running 64-bit Windows should probably upgrade for the better memory management.

If youre looking for a first video-editing package, Premiere Elements will have all the features you need, but expect to spend some time learning the ropes.

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