You can control corrections of position, scale, rotation, and perspective, and even choose to have the edges around the corrected frame cropped, or intelligently filled using information in adjacent frames.Īfter Effects CS5.5 adds new camera and lighting effects, with Camera Lens Blur for realistic defocused blur with depth-of-field soft focus and halos, and Inverse-Square 3D light falloff for a more real-world effect.
Premiere Pro and After Effects CS5.5 add new options for working with the latest RED R3D files and RMD metadata, and directly adjusting RED source settings.Īs more footage is shot handheld, from digital SLRs to sports to mobile phones, the new Warp Stabilizer in After Effects 5.5 goes beyond stabilizing just camera position, using advanced Subspace Warp pixel analysis to also correct camera rotation, rolling shutter artifacts, and parallax effects from these imagers. Workflow and ToolsĪdobe was already focused on editing directly in native file formats, without requiring transcoding or rewrapping, including professional video (Sony XDCAM, Panasonic P2, DVCPRO HD), DSLR video, and digital cinema formats. The improvements in CS5.5 Production Premium extend themes that we have seen developing in previous versions of the Creative Suite.
The subscription model provides a way to get started and experiment with these tools, try out more elements of the full suite, satisfy temporary staffing demands, and stay current with the latest versions without additional fees. But now subscription access to the entire Creative Suite Master Collection (Design + Web + Production) is available for $195 a month (or $129 a month with a one year subscription), the Production Premium suite is $129 ($85 a month with a one year subscription), and individual tools like Premiere Pro are $59 ($39) and Photoshop Extended is $75 ($49).
The pricing of CS5.5 components stays the same (Production Premium for $1,699, After Effects for $999, Premiere Pro for $799, plus Audition for $349).
Adobe has also introduced a new subscription model, so you can download and run the tools you want on demand, and pay for them only when you need them. Plus, the new Audition is native on Mac and Windows, with a rebuilt multi-threaded playback engine to import and edit and apply effects in parallel. Audition provides deep support for multi-track recording, nondestructive editing, and mixing (now including native multichannel support for 5.1 sound), plus audio restoration and effects. The new CS5.5 Production Premium steps the core production tools to new 5.5 versions, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder, Device Central, Flash Professional, and Flash Catalyst.ĬS5.5 also adds the full Adobe Audition audio editor into the suite, replacing the simpler Soundbooth tool from CS5.