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I just received news that the Adobe CS 5.5 Production Premium suite is 53% off (link).
It loos like the end of the CS5.5 life-cycle is near, despite the fact that previous rumors and the NAB show in April would make a May 2012 release more credible.
Adobe hasn’t said much about After Effects or Premiere CS6 yet, but they have released a blog post about the top feature requests for CS6 in the field of interest online section.
As Jeff Riegel put it: “I don’t think anyone can make any future buying decision on a blog post (and an upgrade that addressed all 16 of these requests would be beyond huge) but it seems likely that this is more than a subtle hint at what we might expect out of AE CS6.”
Top 16 After Effects feature requests:
• import of AAF files• keyboard shortcut editor [hopefully better than the one in Premiere Pro]• Vector Paint effect• grouping layers in the Timeline panel [Yes please!]• variable-width mask feather• saving projects backward so that they can be opened by a previous version of After Effects• scopes (waveform and vector) [should be there already]• better handling of image sequences• extrusion of vector graphics• GPU/CUDA acceleration [double Yes please! Mercury engine in AE]• scaling: better algorithms and ability to choose• nodal compositing [To really play with the big boys]• custom zoom values• import of 3D objects• After Effects for Linux• bones and inverse kinematics within Puppet effect
Adobe has recently also shown off some new features for Photoshop CS6 including “Content Aware Move”:
Now the final question that remains to be asked is: Will CS6 be cheaper if you buy the discounted CS5.5 with a later upgrade to CS6?
Links:Adobe Production Premium Suite CS5.5 (mac) $799Adobe Production Premium Suite CS5.5 (pc) $799
Premiere standalone is also off:Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (mac) $525Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (win) $525
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Sebastian Wöber is a director and DP, studied at Filmacademy Vienna and is passionate about harnessing the potential of filmmaking tech to create powerful cinematic work with limited resources. He is currently teaching film at Andrews University in the US.