Adobe Premiere = hassle!

Seriously, Adobe, sort it out. This is easily the least user-friendly of all your products, and that is saying something! It won't even let you open it until you give the file you plan to make a location and name. WTF? I just wanted to play about a bit, and see the menus. It was the first time I opened the damn thing, and I know you can see that kind of information. Why not offer me some kind of tour on my first open, or at the very least give me a 'Tip of the day'? Sheesh.

Having overcome this hurdle, I have to say that I am not that impressed. Sure, it's Adobe, and no doubt there is some nice stuff tucked away in there. But, to all intents and purposes, Premiere is Windows Movie Maker in a business suit. And, since most of the students already have Movie Maker, it would probably have made sense to mention to us that we could edit our movies with that. The obsession with Adobe is somewhat worrying. I GET that we will need to be au fait with more industry-standard software, and I GET that they can offer a lot more flexibility than the standard Microsoft stuff, but personally I feel that people learn more when forced to overcome limitations than they ever do when being handed a massive sandbox. Add to this the consideration that we either get the Adobe stuff for 30 days, or pay a fortune for them, whereas there is an abundance of free software available, and it all adds up to a bit of a pain in the bum. </rant>