Adobe Premiere 7.0 Professional

by Adobe

Product Features

• video editor production

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B0000AJXWP
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 11, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,866 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #5 in Software > Video & Music > Encoding
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Adobe Premiere Pro software is a revolutionary nonlinear video editing application. Powerful real-time video and audio editing tools give you precise control over virtually every aspect of your production. Built for the exceptional performance of Microsoft Windows XP systems, Adobe Premiere Pro takes video production to an entirely new level.

Real-time editing
Take advantage of a new, real-time editing experience that provides immediate feedback and enables you to edit with amazing speed.

Multiple, nestable timelines
Take advantage of multiple, nestable timelines to experiment more freely and manage complex projects more efficiently.

Advanced color correction
Use color correction tools to adjust hue, saturation, and lightness for highlights, midtones, and shadows; replace a color throughout a clip with a single selection; and more.

Enhanced audio editing
Produce richer, more vibrant audio using sample-level editing, VST filters, track-based effects, and 5.1 surround sound.

Customizable keyboard shortcuts
Customize keyboard shortcuts to fit your editing style. Use default presets, leverage industry-standard shortcuts, or create your own. Export custom sets to share with colleagues.

Scalable editing platform
Work closely with your other video software and hardware tools: Adobe Premiere Pro supports the latest industry standards, including OHCI, ASIO, AAF, and VST.

Standard definition/high definition support
Import, edit, and deliver HD or SD productions using certified OEM hardware with Adobe Premiere Pro. Encode HD Windows Media 9 Series content using the built-in Adobe Media Encoder.

Unprecedented Adobe integration
Enjoy unmatched integration with your favorite Adobe applications, including Adobe After Effects, Adobe Encore DVD, and Adobe Photoshop software.

Third-party hardware support
Enjoy extensive hardware support and an open architecture that let you work with everything from an impressive list of DVCAM gear to the latest video decks and camcorders to third-party hardware, including SD and HD boards.

Windows XP speed advantage
Make the most of multiple processors, advanced multithreading technology, and hyperthreading support on the latest Intel Pentium based Windows XP systems.

Extensive video format support
Import and work with MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DV, AVI, Windows Media 9 Series, and QuickTime formats.

Comprehensive audio format support
Import and work with WAV, WMA, MP3, and AIFF as well as audio-only AVI and QuickTime formats.

Support for leading video media
Produce video and audio content for the leading delivery media: broadcast formats, DV, DVD, CD, VCD, SVCD, and the Web. Output AAF files for sharing with other professional editing systems.

Still-image and sequence file support
Work with AI, AI sequence, PSD, PSD sequence, JPEG, TGA, TGA sequence, TIFF, TIFF sequence, PCX, BMP, and BMP sequence files.

Direct to DVD
Export Adobe Premiere Pro projects directly to DVD for distribution of high-quality MPEG-2 content.

Product Description

Adobe Premiere 7.0 Professional can be registered and upgraded . This is the full retail version not an Educational, NFR, Upgrade or OEM version.

Adobe Premiere 7.0 Professional is a revolutionary nonlinear video editing applications. Powerful real-time video and audio editing tools give you precise control over virtually every aspect of your production. From advanced color correction to 5.1 surround sound mixing, you have the tools you need at your fingertips. Plus, flexible import and export options reduce format constraints. Built for the exceptional performance of Microsoft Windows XP systems, Adobe Premiere Pro takes video production to an entirely new level. Part Number 25520004.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie editor, February 14, 2004

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This review is from: Adobe Premiere 7.0 Professional (CD-ROM)

Adobe Premiere Pro is as sophisticated and advanced software package as any other Adobe project, designed for professional and "prosumer"-level users. You have to go through a certain learning curve, invest hours in learning, but once you are through, you will be fully rewarded by the flexibility of the program and its nearly endless possibilities. A good way to learn is to buy Adobe's book "Premiere Pro classroom in a book", which is essentially a sequence of hands-on lessons which walk you through different features of the program using an extensive set of tutorial movies which come on a disk enclosed with the book.

I've been using this program for a couple of months, and had very positive experience. The program is very stable, has a logical and convenient interface, can render edits in real time, and allows to make as sophisticated edits as one can imagine. In fact, I cannot think about a single feature which is not included in Premiere. One can capture videos from a DV camcorder from Premiere, edit them in any way, add transitions, analyze the color balance of the movie, correct contrast, brightness, color balance, mix or record sound (5.1 surround can be edited, but a plugin to encode it in dolby digital format is included as a demo version only, one has to buy a full version for extra money; with regular stereo sound there are no problems), and export the edited footage in a variety of formats for DVD or internet. There is an extensive selection of audio and video filters and plugins, a title generator, and a means to generate effects such as split screen, moving logos, etc.

Adobe has a 30-day trial version of Premiere on its web site. The difference between the full and the trial version is that the trial version does not include Media Encoder (i.e., the edited file can be saved only as AVI or exported back to a DV tape) and, I think, has some limitations in audio editing. I highly recommend everyone shopping for a video editor to download the trial version, get a good book on Premiere, and make an educated decision on how good this program is.

I also tried several other products, such as Sony Vegas and Ulead Video Studio. Vegas, in my opinion, has less capabilities (e.g., does not support multiple/embedded timelines (sequences)), has somewhat counterintuitive interface (which for instance applies to what happens when you left-click or right-click somewhere in the timeline - although at first glance its user interface appears to be more friendly), and is much slower on the rendering/encoding stage. Ulead is infamous for its instability (see Amazon reviews); in my case, it crashed 15 seconds after I started the program, after which I decided that I better try something else. In contrast, Premiere has been very stable and did not crash a single time on me.

In my opinion, it is the best product on the consumer market in the price range under a thousand dollars, and I can highly recommend it to those who look for a high-end video editor with a wide range of capabilities. (Of course, a very basic editing can be done even with Windows Movie Maker, which comes free with Windows XP).

Note that Adobe Video Collection, which includes Premiere, Encore, Audition, and After Effects, is a full video editing suite which offers much more for almost the same money than the Premiere alone.

Premiere Pro is available only for Windows, Mac is no longer supported.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From a Complete Editting Newbie, June 30, 2004

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Scott Docherty "Scottybhoy1977" (Glasgow, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Premiere 7.0 Professional (CD-ROM)

I'm fairly computer literate, and bought this software following a friend's recommendation.

I did so about a month after buying my first camcorder, a DV one to be precise. So I think you can take it as read that I knew pretty much nothing going into this - hey, I like flashing the cash!

To be brutally honest, when I first got started with PremierPro I found it pretty daunting, given the sheer volume of possibility it conveys. After a few tips from my friend however I began to experiment once I'd mastered the basics.

I tell you now - if you have a DV camera and make home movies, BUY THIS SOFTWARE!! Never again will your relatives & friends yawn at the bad shots, poor sound quality, bare monotony and dullness of the usual family video.

This software makes me look like I know what I'm doing. I made the mistake when I first used my new camera by making use of the cool effects on it, but realised quickly that there was no need, because I could simply add them later with PremierPro.

To those above who mentioned having difficulty using this, put the manual aside and just experiment! Drag & drop and right-click your way to editting heaven.

I strongly recommend this product to anyone interested in making home movies, not just the Danny Boyles of this world (who used this software to make 28 Days Later!).

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not too steep of a learning curve..., April 29, 2004

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Nathan Hukill (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Premiere 7.0 Professional (CD-ROM)

I was surprised to read that a few reviewers had trouble learning this software.
It is true that the user guide is a 330-page monster that serves better as a reference than a tutorial, but with just a little experimentation, I discovered many advanced tricks and put them to use in my first sequence. I was able to create a 14-minute sequence with voice and music-over effects, including 80 individual scenes, and completed this project within six hours of installing the software without any previous experience with the product.
I found the software to be quite intuitive and I'm enjoying learning a bit more with each project. The most challenging part of learning Premiere Pro 7.0 has been managing the export options, which is not covered in great detail in the user guide. The difference, however, is huge. My project was 3 gigs as a movie and only 120 megs as a MPEG-1 VCD. My computer had trouble handling the larger file, but did fine with the MPEG.
Be sure that your system is sufficiently powerful to handle the software (the minimums stated may be too low for many functions). Overall - I confidently recommend this software.

I hope this is helpful.