Foreword

When I wrote Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Studio Techniques back in 2006, the landscape of nonlinear editing, not to mention the technology in the film and video business, was nothing like it is today. There were few HD video cameras, formats like DigiBeta and DVCam were still considered standard and acceptable delivery formats, and HDV was a thing. There was little discussion of 4k, and RED was the color of the Adobe logo. It’s amazing to reflect on how much has changed in the last seven years and mostly all for the better and benefit of the users and artists.

Ironically, the end of 2006 marked a major career turning point for me as I partnered with my friends Mike “Mouse” McCoy and Scott Waugh as the CTO and head of postproduction for our ...

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