Will Adobe Premiere Pro support Olympus E-P1 videos and when?

Question

Premiere Pro does not support Olympus PEN E-P1 videos.
Will this be supported and any indication of when?
Thanks
John

Answer 1

How would appealing to Professionals by excluding windows XP be suicidal?   Assuming the next version takes a year or so; what pro editer will be running a 32 OS a year from now?
I didn't say anything about "professionals" (that's your addition) and I didn't say anything about Windows XP. As far as I'm aware, even Windows 7 will still be available as a 32-bit version. And I would submit that a large percentage--perhaps even a majority, though I have no numbers to back this hunch up--of the installed Premiere Pro user base are not what we would typically classify as "professionals". I quick reading of a cross-section of posts on this very forum should be evidence enough of that. I think the notion of a "video professional" went out the window when desktop video editing software and production equipment became affordable to Every Joe, and I say this as someone who considers himself a "video professional" and tries to make his living as such. The barriers to entry were removed, and for better or worse, Adobe is largely responsible for that--giving Premiere away for free with hardware back in the day, or providing the Creative Suite bundles today, for example. This is why Avid, which was always The Professional's Choice (tm) had to do away with half of their product line and slash the price on their flagship product to an obscenely affordable level. They realized that prestige meant nothing for market share and for profit.
I don't think Adobe necessarily cares too much about being the professional's choice at this stage of the game, at least not with their video editing product. They want to be as much to as many as possible--there is little benefit in being elite, and a move at this time to a solely 64-bit platform is elitist. They are digital media socialists, at least while they're trying to overtake Avid and Apple. I think of Premiere Pro in its present state as sort of a gateway drug--it may be as hardcore as you need to get, or once you get a taste, you need to move on to something a little more powerful. Look at how Premiere now interfaces with Avid (AAF import/export) and FCP (XML import): it's the digital equivalent of passing the dutchie. Once they've got enough loyalists, I do believe you'll see a move to an all 64-bit platform--but not until everyone's feeling reeeeeeeeally gooooooood.
Rats. Now you've got me thinking all seriously about this. Somebody pass the chips.