So there I was, testing Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4)’s AVCHD compatibility. I created a simple project, about 4 minutes long, two picture-in-picture overlays with simple rotation and color correction. I had two eight-core systems: the Windows workstation, a 2.83GHz HP xw6600 running Windows XP (32-bit version) with 3GB of RAM, and a 3.2GHz Mac running OS X version 10.5.5 …

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OK, I'm guessing that you don't come here for tips on cross-platform editing between Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro Windows, but here's a piece of news you may find useful. By way of background, one frustration I've always had with the Final Cut