The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recommends that Windows users remove Apple Quicktime after two new bugs were discovered in the software. Bugs? No problem. Won't Apple patch its product? According to TrendMicro - Nope.
Unfortunately, a number of video software tools use the Quicktime codec. Here's Adobe's contradictory response.
“native decoding of many .mov formats is available today (including uncompressed, DV, IMX, MPEG2, XDCAM, h264, JPEG, DNxHD, DNxHR, ProRes, AVCI and Cineform)”...
“Unfortunately, there are some codecs which remain dependent on QuickTime being installed on Windows, most notably Apple ProRes. We…have no estimated timeframe for native decode currently.”
Adobe isn't alone in it's misguided reliance on Quicktime for Windows. For instance, a number of Blackmagic Design products rely on Quicktime. Speaking from experience, Blackmagic's Intensity Shuttle is little more than a plastic door stop without it.
Here's a short video from Aanarav Sareen of Creative Cow on optimizing your computer for video editing. The video includes info on keeping your registry clean, eliminating background processes while editing, and defragmenting your hard drives.
These tasks may seem tedious (and they are!) But keeping your edit system up to snuff will save many headaches and delays when you're trying to complete a project.
While this isn't a shortcut specifically for Adobe Premiere Pro, it does apply to every version of Windows since 3.1.
By holding down the "ALT" key and pressing "TAB", you can automatically switch to other open programs on your Windows computer. If you have several open at the same time, repeatedly pressing the "TAB" key will allow you to cycle to the program you wish to switch to.
This comes in very handy when for example, you need to quickly switch between Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition.
