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Kevin Monahan

Hi Cows,
I'm Kevin Monahan and I am the Sr. Content and Community Lead for Premiere Pro and After Effects at Adobe.
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May 25th 2002
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Premier pro 6.0 Keyboard map?
by Jeremy Cole 2 days ago
Anyone know of a keyboard shortcut map for Premier Pro 6.0 that is available The way they present the keybd shortcuts in the app is not user friendly. Looking for something similar to what is in FCP 7
Re: Premier pro 6.0 Keyboard map?
by Kevin Monahan 21 hours ago
We don't have that feature. Feel free to make a request: http: www.adobe.com go wish Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Systems, Inc. Follow Me o
CS6 Multicam audio editing
by Bob Woodhead 2 days ago
Could someone give me an uber-concise tutorial on editing "audio follows video" style in Multicam I've read the docs & I'm still missing something. When I enable AFV, I end up simply cutting the audio
Re: CS6 Multicam audio editing
by Kevin Monahan 21 hours ago
Did you read this page http: helpx.adobe.com content help en premiere-pro using editing-multi-camera-sequences1.html You have to go and enable the audio tracks before editing a multicam sequence. Work
Basic Premiere Question from FCP user
by bruno silva 6 days ago
Two small things that really bother me while I am editing. 1 I cannot find the equivalent of Shift Z in Premiere which resizes the timeline. I am using the FCP keyboard settings and some people told m
Re: Basic Premiere Question from FCP user
by Kevin Monahan 6 days ago
1. If you are using the FCP keyboard shortcuts, simply use Shift+Z as you did in FCP. Works here. 2. If you are using a 2 finger movement for vertical movement in the Timeline, this works as expected
A really smooth jump to PP CS6...
by Armando Ciurana 7 days ago
We are a medium size production and post-production company, We ve been working in Final Cut Studio seats since 2006, and that work very well for us, we have been working with third party software lik
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Re: A really smooth jump to PP CS6...
by James Mortner 5 days ago
Ah ok cool, really looking forward to some drivers for this so I can take it for a spin as well.
OpenCL acceleration on Macbook Pro with Certified card is BAD
by Martin Smith 1 week ago
Very disappointed with this. Basically it makes the computer slower instead of accelerating it. Dropping frames left and right and my laptop is no slouch. It's a lot faster and somewhat more stable wh
Re: OpenCL acceleration on Macbook Pro with Certified card is BAD
by Kevin Monahan 1 week ago
Very subjective, but my MBP is a Corei7, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 330M. With 4K footage, I need to drop resolution to 1 8 for zero dropped frames on playback and for editing. At 1 4, I drop frames too
CS6: Thank you Adobe!
by Stephen Bakopanos 1 week ago
I just finished editing my first project with the CS6 trial and I wanted to say THANKS to the Adobe team for delivering a product that is simple, intuitive, stable and powerful (and adheres to the edi
Re: CS6: Thank you Adobe!
by Cliff Stephenson 1 week ago
I agree. I'm in the middle of a rather large project as well and after weighing the pros and cons (my "brain said no, don't it" but my heart knew the advances in CS6 could really help me out) I decide
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Timeline mouse scrolling in Windows CS6 CAN be set to vertical by default
by Greg Andonian 1 week ago
In the Windows version of PPro CS6, unlike the Mac version, mouse scrolling for the timeline is still horizontal by default, and you have to hold down the CTRL key to get it to change to vertical. I w
Re: Timeline mouse scrolling in Windows CS6 CAN be set to vertical by default
by Kevin Monahan 1 week ago
You can also hold down the Ctrl key when scrolling to scroll vertically. Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Systems, Inc. Follow Me on Twitter!
Premiere cs6 audio sync
by Steve Grimes 1 week ago
Is there still no way to have premiere automatically sync video to a separate recorded high quality audio track inside of premiere with the new release of cs6 I figured this was no brainer feature #1,
Re: Premiere cs6 audio sync
by Kevin Monahan 1 week ago
Sorry, there is no automatic audio video synching function in Premiere Pro CS6. You can sync audio and video together in a plug-in available for Premiere Pro CS6 called, "Plural Eyes." http: www.singu
CS6 big dissappointment
by Erik Mickelson 1 week ago
I just did a test between vanilla Boris Continuum key and CS6 native hardware accelerated MPE authorized...Ultra Key. Boris key ripped through the render in 4 minutes. Ultra key still was not done aft
Re: CS6 big dissappointment
by Nevin Styre 1 week ago
It's my understanding that Mercury optimized effects are only accelerated by the GPU when you playback in realtime without rendering. When you go for the render the effect is actually handled by the C
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CS6 now available (Creative Cloud May 11th)
by Steve Connor 1 week ago
Just noticed that the CS6 suite is now available and the Creative Cloud will launch this Friday Steve Connor "FCPX Professional" Adrenalin Television
Re: CS6 now available (Creative Cloud May 11th)
by Gordon Modin 1 week ago
I've been playing with Premiere CS6 for over a month and it gave me that same feeling Final Cut 7 did when it was released. Your eyes will pop out the first time you launch it. This is truly the Final
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CS6 timeline scroll up/down?
by Erik Mickelson 1 week ago
Anyone find a way to scroll up and down (not side to side) in the timeline Answer: yes! Finally scroll up down like FCP! CrippleBook Pro 2.3Ghz i7, 16GB ram, Lion 10.7.3, FCPStudio 3, QT 7
Re: CS6 timeline scroll up/down?
by Kevin Monahan 1 week ago
Thanks Jon. Will update the Windows behavior in the new docs. Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Systems, Inc. Follow Me on Twitter!
What are you thinking about CS6?
by Tim Wilson 2 weeks ago
One of the memes here is that Adobe Premiere is for many people the FCP 8 they'd been waiting for. I know that the release is around the corner - are you camping out in line already I assume that some
Re: What are you thinking about CS6?
by David Lawrence 2 weeks ago
I downloaded the trial yesterday via a link in the RedUser forum and played with it all afternoon and evening. Mind. Blown. Believe the hype, the Conan boys are right. It really is Adobe's Final Cut P
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2 million new adobe PPro seats
by Richard Cardonna 2 weeks ago
http: tv.adobe.com watch industry-trends adobes-vision-for-professional-video #spa Ric
Re: 2 million new adobe PPro seats
by David McGavran 2 weeks ago
What he was telling you was essentially true. Speedgrade joined the products in September and this released was focued on making it part of the Adobe family. We have a rigid but viable solution to mov
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Kevin Monahan liked this 2 weeks ago
A feature request I just made for CS 6.5 that I think could really speed things up
by Greg Andonian 3 weeks ago
Now that the major issues in PPro CS5.5 are being tackled in 6 and we're at the beginning of the development cycle again, I figured now would be a good time to start making requests for 6.5. I just di
Re: A feature request I just made for CS 6.5 that I think could really speed things up
by Tom Daigon 3 weeks ago
If you want Adobe to be aware of your request, please make it here. https: www.adobe.com cfusion mmform index.cfm name=wishform Tom Daigon PrP After Effects Editor www.hdshotsandcuts.com Mac Pro 3,1 8
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The Fog Thickens
by Andrew Richards 4 weeks ago
So all the cats are out of their bags. Smoke's new UI and new price, CS6 in all its glory with OpenCL buds appearing next to the CUDA flowers, Avid doubling down on discounts with the Symphony crossgr
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Re: The Fog Thickens
by Kevin Monahan 4 weeks ago
Andrew Richards "Terence Curren said he tried to line up someone, anyone, using Premiere Pro for film or TV work to come to this year's pre-NAB Editor's Lounge. But he said he couldn't, even after ca
ATI Radeon Cards (some) now work on Mac Pros?
by Jim Wiseman 4 weeks ago
Lots of talk from NAB this morning about some AMD cards now working w OpenCL and 6.0. I'm currently using a GTX-285 Nvidia which works fine under CUDA, but have my ATI Radeon 5870 1 GB on the shelf as
Re: ATI Radeon Cards (some) now work on Mac Pros?
by Kevin Monahan 4 weeks ago
Sorry, MacBook Pros only. Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Systems, Inc. Follow Me on Twitter!
CS6 mercury playback for iMac?
by Dan Roesch 1 month ago
This is from the CS6 info: Mobile Mac workflows can take advantage of GPU-accelerated performance thanks to new support for AMD Radeon HD 6750M and AMD Radeon HD 6770M graphics cards with a minimum of
Re: CS6 mercury playback for iMac?
by Kevin Monahan 4 weeks ago
Eben Abbaan "Effects are not, really. But I am curious whether a CUDA-enabled card will improve responsiveness in the timeline... J-K-L shuttling scrubing, etc..." No. RAM and CPUs are more responsib
I'm at the editing software crossroads. Advice?
by Paz Derien 4 weeks ago
Hi, I just started a new job. In my previous job, we'd been using FCP and we just stuck with FCP 7. Now, at my new job, I am responsible for choosing the editing software, and I've learned today that
Re: I'm at the editing software crossroads. Advice?
by Kevin Monahan 4 weeks ago
Garrett Gibbons "I'm glad that PPro is stable for you. You're the first I've heard of that hasn't complained about the app crashing several times per hour. I have 4 GB RAM per core on a 4-core machin
Blog: NAB 2012 Notes and Musings from Day One
by walter biscardi 4 weeks ago
Some quick notes from a very VERY long day, need to get some rest so I can repeat this all again tomorrow. Some of this is third hand as I spent the day working with the fine folks from the Small Tree
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Kevin Monahan liked this 4 weeks ago
Does Premiere CS6 still require separate a/v source and destination track selectors be set to same track?
by Shayne Weyker 1 month ago
I recall this was one of Walt Biscardi's big gotchas with PPro and I didn't like it either. It caused overwrite insert edits with audio or video unintentionally missing or in the wrong track sometimes
Re: Does Premiere CS6 still require separate a/v source and destination track selectors be set to same track?
by Owen Wexler 1 month ago
Yes, it's still the same. No, I believe it shouldn't change. Even though it can be annoying at times. Here's my logic: Firstly, having source and target track patch panels was an Avid thing originally
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Kevin Monahan liked this 4 weeks ago
It's all over!
by Ron Pestes 1 month ago
It's the bottom of the inning and a new face steps to the plate. This is the first apperance for CS 6 and we don't know what to expect. Final Cut Pro X is on the mound and he goes into his stretch and
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Re: It's all over!
by Kevin Monahan 4 weeks ago
Hope to meet you guys tomorrow morning at the booth! Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Systems, Inc. Follow Me on Twitter!
Questions for CS6
by Dennis Radeke 1 month ago
Hi all, I'm very busy prepping for NAB and hope to see some of you there. That said, I always enjoy supporting this community and so... While I expect that many of the questions that might be asked, I
Re: Questions for CS6
by Kevin Monahan 1 month ago
Michael Aranyshev "How do I select clips to merge without resorting to mouse What is a keyboard shortcut for "Merge Clips" Will it always add "- Merged" to my clip names How can I control what Bin do
Blog: Whoa Nellie - CS6 announced - SPEEDGRADE added to suite but there is more ( did I mention the Canon C500?)
by gary adcock 1 month ago
Well Gee. So yesterday added even more surprises. Adobe announces CS6 Suite with huge updates to Premier Pro and AE, adds New Apps in Prelude and Speedgrade http: bit.ly HDejo0 I have to say after tes
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AE CS6 has been announced!!!
by Roland R. Kahlenberg 1 month ago
More info on the following links - http: success.adobe.com en na programs events 1203_16108_nab.html Chris Meyer http: provideocoalition.com index.php cmg_keyframes story after_effects_cs6_preview Joh
Re: AE CS6 has been announced!!!
by Kevin Monahan 1 month ago
I hear you. No release is perfect, though. We're working hard to give you top requested features in the past, and moving forward. Since it is a top feature, you can bet it'll probably be in a future r
Premiere Pro CS6 – Trim Tools
by David Lawrence 1 month ago
Looking good! http: www.retooled.net p=302 _______________________ David Lawrence art media design research propaganda.com publicmattersgroup.com facebook.com dlawrence twitter.com dhl
Re: Premiere Pro CS6 – Trim Tools
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 month ago
hey - I was only trying to sound reasonable.. :) and I'm a slob of an editor anyway, its definitely got enough going on for me.. http: vimeo.com user1590967 videos www.ogallchoir.net promo producer ed
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Leaping from CS2 to CS6
by David Sapadin 1 month ago
Hi: I have Production Studio CS2 and was able to buy a wonderful Total Training package to go with it (way back when). The Total Training includes beginner and advanced training for all the software i
Re: Leaping from CS2 to CS6
by Ann Bens 1 month ago
Check Adobe's upgrade policy. If you wait until CS6 has been released you will not be able to upgrade from CS2 to CS6. You will have to pay the full wax. You need to upgrade to CS5.5 very soon and get
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Some pre NAB CS6 info including Speedgrade integration
by Michael Gissing 1 month ago
This just turned up. It is the first pre NAB leak that talks about Speedgrade integration that I have seen. Plus there are a whole lot of videos about other CS6 features. http: success.adobe.com en na
Re: Some pre NAB CS6 info including Speedgrade integration
by Kevin Monahan 1 month ago
It's only the first tutorial, many are coming. Multicam features include: Easier to set up multicam sequence, and unlimited angles (based on your system). You do need the Multicam monitor up when edit
Full new features list for PrPro CS6
by David Cherniack 1 month ago
http: success.adobe.com assets en downloads guides Pr_CS6_WN_Reveal.pdf All of them are great. My personal favorite is the CUDA (and openCL) real time (after background analysis) Warp stabilization. H
Re: Full new features list for PrPro CS6
by Kevin Monahan 1 month ago
Jeremy Garchow "The hover scrubbing is awesome. You can even mark in and out on the thumbnails." However, you can't mark in and out while hover scrubbing. You have to click on the thumbnail first, an
Blog: Premiere Pro - open clips from the Project Panel in the Source Monitor using keyboard shortcuts
by Michael Hancock 1 month ago
Figured this one out the other day - selecting a file in the Project Panel and opening it in the Source Monitor, using only the keyboard. Pretty basic, right Well, not with the default layout in Premi
Re: Blog: Premiere Pro - open clips from the Project Panel in the Source Monitor using keyboard shortcuts
by Kevin Monahan 1 month ago
Very cool! Thanks for posting this. Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Systems, Inc. Follow Me on Twitter!
Can't get some shortcut keys to keep working, esp, "next and previous edit"
by luke christopher 3 months ago
I'm ready to jump ship but I'm having a really annoying key mapping issue. I can't for the life of me get the "next edit" keys to be the same as FCP and continue working. I see the default is "page up
Re: Can't get some shortcut keys to keep working, esp, "next and previous edit"
by Kevin Monahan 3 months ago
If you don't start with the FCP shortcuts and are making your own (sounds like you are). Be sure to go into the Keyboard Shortcuts panel and make sure that "Panels" is selected in the drop down menu.
Article: Bill Roberts, Director of Video Product Management, Adobe Systems & Adobe's Past, Present & Future
by Debra Kaufman 3 months ago
Adobe Premiere Pro Bill Roberts, Director of Video Product Management, Adobe Systems & Adobe's Past, Present & Future Bill Roberts, Director of Video Product Management, Adobe Systems talks about Pre
@Abraham Richman
by Kevin Monahan 3 months ago
You can always make a feature request for something like that. Go here: http: www.adobe.com go wish Fairly soon, you'll have the Adobe Creative Cloud offering, which may be easier for you to afford. K
Article: Boris RED: A Wealth of Transitions to the Premiere Pro Table
by Tom Daigon 3 months ago
Boris FX Boris RED: A Wealth of Transitions to the Premiere Pro Table Tom Daigon, an editor with over thirty years of experience, has discovered a wide range of creative options for Premiere Pro in B
Re: Boris RED: A Wealth of Transitions to the Premiere Pro Table
by Kevin Monahan 3 months ago
Thanks for the review Tom. If anyone wants to make feature requests, go here: http: www.adobe.com go wish Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Syst
CS5.5 multi cam editing codec
by Alan Stephens 4 months ago
I have 8 30 minute tv shows comming up using 4 cameras. Last time IO edited on the timeline and it took 4-5 hours to cut them together. I have determned the best solution is multicam edit then go back
Re: CS5.5 multi cam editing codec
by Kevin Monahan 3 months ago
Some improvements have been made to Premiere Pro CS5.5 since it was launched. Are you running the most current version If not, go to Help Updates. Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe Af
placeholder / proxy (low resolution footage) like in After effect CS5?
by thomas vailly 3 months ago
Hello, My graphic card is handeling CUDA but not enought memory for Mercury. So playback is really bad, so bad I cannot work! On After effect I'm a used to use placeholder proxy to work and then rende
Re: placeholder / proxy (low resolution footage) like in After effect CS5?
by Kevin Monahan 3 months ago
Before we "go there" what are the specs of the system Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Systems, Inc. Follow Me on Twitter!
copy In & Out from sequence to another sequence
by Patrick Wright 4 months ago
I'm day 3 cutting a feature doc in Premiere Pro. I've been a FCP cutter since day one. In FCP when I watch down a shoot I load all the material into a timeline so I can feel the event as it was shot.
Re: copy In & Out from sequence to another sequence
by Kevin Monahan 3 months ago
Press M for matchframe. It's the equivalent of pressing the F key in FCP. Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Systems, Inc. Follow Me on Twitter!
Organizing and archiving Adobe Premiere Clips
by Ted Helms 3 months ago
I'm working on a project involving a very gifted and talkative African Grey parrot. Part of this involves many many hours of footage recorded that will probably be thrown away. The bird knows well ove
Re: Organizing and archiving Adobe Premiere Clips
by Kevin Monahan 3 months ago
A lot of people are transcoding to one of the DNxHD codecs from Avid for intra-frame codec editing. They're free. Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Ad
From Mac to PC or vice versa
by cem yildirim 3 months ago
Hi.... Can a Premiere Pro project created on a Mac ( with consolidated media) open on a PC or vice versa like a Photoshop file can Thanks. www.cemyildirim.i8.com
Re: From Mac to PC or vice versa
by Kevin Monahan 3 months ago
Yes, but you'll need both Mac and PC licenses to do that. Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Systems, Inc. Follow Me on Twitter!
Final Cut not reading correct Timecode using footage from Media Encoder
by Brian J. Smith 4 months ago
After spending the majority of my day searching for a solution to this problem, I am hoping someone on the COW will be able to steer us in the right direction. I have also posted this in the AME forum
Re: Final Cut not reading correct Timecode using footage from Media Encoder
by Kevin Monahan 3 months ago
This doesn't sound right. I'll forward this post to the AME team. Thanks for reporting on it and thanks to Jon for the fix. Kevin Monahan Sr. Content and Community Lead Adobe After Effects Adobe Premi
Trying to replicate text animations easily, is this even possible!?
by joseph kitchin 4 months ago
http: www.youtube.com watch v=3EksWu4VuFE#t=7m9s i tried to make something like this work in sony vegas for hours, it REFUSES to cooperate, constantly forcing text to replace other text instead of fad
Re: Trying to replicate text animations easily, is this even possible!?
by Kevin Monahan 4 months ago
Yes, you can try the text animation examples in Help: http: help.adobe.com en_US aftereffects cs using WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7caba.html As far as creating a text animation the same lengt
Article: Real World Editing: From Avid to FCP and Back Again
by Mark Raudonis 4 months ago
Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Real World Editing: From Avid to FCP and Back Again The inside story of reality TV giants Bunim Murray Productions, and their trip from Avid Media Composer to Apple Fina
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Re: Real World Editing: From Avid to FCP and Back Again
by Kevin Monahan 4 months ago
Shane Ross "Premiere is actually worse than FCP when it comes to multiple editor workflows and offline online editing. BMP has very specific needs, and those include converting the footage to a low d
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