Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 simplifies the process of working with video from a tapeless camera. The Adobe Creative Team discusses how the Adobe Premiere Pro workflow varies for the P2, XDCAM, and AVCHD tapeless formats.
A tapeless workflow (also known as a file-based workflow) is simply the process of importing video from a tapeless camera, editing it, and exporting it. Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 makes this process especially easy because, unlike many competing nonlinear editing systems, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 doesn’t require the media from these tapeless formats to be converted. Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 can edit P2, XDCAM, and AVCHD footage natively with no conversions.
Though P2, XDCAM, and AVCHD are all tapeless formats, they do have their differences. Let’s review the basics of each format.