Promise With Adobe Premiere Pro on Thunderbolt Macs

PROMISE Technology Inc. is working with Adobe to improve the workflow of creative professionals.

By interfacing Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 software with the newly-introduced PROMISE Pegasus series of storage with Intel Thunderbolt Technology, users benefit from performance as they edit video.

Recently, PROMISE demonstrated the Pegasus R6 connected to a MacBook running four streams of 10-bit uncompressed video using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, Adobe’s video editing software along with Adobe After Effects(R) CS5.5 software for visual effects.

Professionals benefit from performance on workstations and laptops; streamlined collaboration; and boosted productivity with an efficient, robust, cross-platform editing workflow.

Benefits of using PROMISE Pegasus
with Thunderbolt and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5

• Improved Workflow Efficiency – Spend less time waiting for load time, more time on actual work;
• Real time Editing – World’s first solution allows editing and playback in real time of uncompressed video (10-bit, 2K) on MacBook Pro & iMacs using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects;
• Performance – Full length HD movies can be copied in seconds from one Pegasus to another or to the SAN with SANLink. This is important for video projects being filmed/edited on multiple sites; and,
• Expansion – Daisy chaining allows for up to 72TB with Pegasus.

"We are dedicated to helping our customers create, deliver and optimize content," said Bill Roberts, director of product management for professional video and audio at Adobe. "With PROMISE’s Pegasus storage series along with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, our customers can experience improved workflow efficiency and breakthrough performance."

"Adobe and PROMISE are driving innovation in the area of digital publishing," said Alice Chang, CMO, PROMISE Technology. "With the introduction of Pegasus, creative professionals can radically improve the speed at which they work. With Adobe we are delivering stunning performance improvements that are keeping pace with the exciting advances the media and entertainment industry are experiencing."

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 Highlights Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 software enables faster editing with native format support.

Users experience performance on workstations and laptops, streamlined collaboration and increased productivity with an efficient, robust, cross-platform editing workflow.

PROMISE Pegasus Highlights

• Performance, Flexibility for Mac Professionals and Artists – With over 800 MB/s of performance, amateur professionals, audio engineers, photographers and video post production engineers benefit from the performance of Pegasus with Thunderbolt Technology;
• Easy to Use and Manage – Pegasus comes preconfigured out of the box for fast, easy set-up to store music, photos, videos and documents or ingest and edit production video. Managing Pegasus is effortless with a new made for Mac OS X management software;
• Storage for the Digital Home – With two channels of bi-directional 10 Gb/s performance, Thunderbolt Technology enables backups to happen while editing of videos or playlists is taking place. Pegasus provides storage space and fast performance;
• Quiet and Eco-Smart; and,
• RoHS Compliant – Pegasus is eco-friendly, keeping harmful lead out of the environment and delicate ecosystems.