Adobe Premiere & Premiere Pro discussions from 2005

Yegor Sak · October 22nd, 2005, 05:08 PM

Im having a very difficult time previewing my project in the sequence monitor. It runs at about 0.5fps and Its quite useless. I cannot tell what the hell is going on, especially with very short cuts.

I run 3ghz hyperthreaded P4
2GB ram
ATI 9700pro (all in wonder)
Videos run off 1 HD, program installed on another.

How can I minimize this lag? When I started, without any cuts, it ran pretty well, but now I might as well turn it off.

I use Pro 1.5

Graham Risdon · October 23rd, 2005, 06:16 AM

Hi All
I've been using Prem 6.5 with a DVstorm2 card (All PAL) for a couple of years and am pleased with the results. I'd like to upgrade to PPro 1.5 but the support for the Storm is limited (non-existent!) as Canopus now have Edius. The most important thing for me is that everything is realtime on the Storm (except credit rolls and some mulri-PIPs).
It seems the only hardware manufacturer supporting PP properly is Matrox (I've looked at the RT-X100, but Axio is way too expensive!). Does anyone have any better solutions? Ideally I'd like the solution to be HD-upgradable in the future.
Many thanks

Colvin Eccleston · October 24th, 2005, 01:07 AM

I only know of 1 person using edius for hdv and he got POd with the crashes and moved to sony vegas. PPro is a lot better than 6.5 and very capable of hdv work with cineform's aspectHD. Just use a modern graphics card and it is quick enough. Don't expect to find any affordable solutions at the moment for RT effects on HD.

Anthony Milic · October 24th, 2005, 04:56 AM

Hi there, I wonder if anyone might shed some light on this here lil' problem I'm having.
I've edited a clip of a friends graduation.
Everything seems fine. I play it through, all goes well.
I render. That's fine.
I export to DVD. Then play the dvd, and it starts beautifully, then for some reason, in the same place, a couple of minutes into it, the sound stops.
Now I thought perhaps I'd somehow 'flipped a switch' on that particualar sound portion, .. so re-imported the clip from original. Again, it plays fine, until exported to DVD, and sound just mutes at the same point again - for the duration of the clip.
Apart from wasting DVD's.. this is really frustrating!
Exporting to AVI is fine.. it plays all sound.
Using Premiere pro CS. or 1.5.. something there.

Any ideas?

Aaarrgh..

Anthony Milic · October 24th, 2005, 09:21 PM

Moderators, feel free to delete this post.

Harry Lender · October 25th, 2005, 10:55 AM

I'm trying to do the Wrigley "pip" with fuzzy edges in PPRO 1.5. I can do it in Premiere 6.5. However when I try it in PPRO I can't get the picture to appear though the fuzzy matte JPG. I've tried applying the track matte filter to the picture below the matte and telling it which track to use but with no luck. I've tried all ways I can think of with no luck. Whats the right combination to get it to work. Any help would be appreciated.

Harry

Karl J Martin · October 25th, 2005, 05:51 PM

So I want to set up a project at my own custom resolution, but when I click the "custom" projects settings tab, the resolution boxes are grayed-out and I can't enter the desired resolution.

???

How do I get premiere pro to let me define a custom resolution?

Christopher Lefchik · October 25th, 2005, 06:04 PM

Change the "Editing Mode" from "DV Playback" to "Video for Windows." You will then be able to enter a custom resolution.

Karl J Martin · October 26th, 2005, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopher Lefchik

Change the "Editing Mode" from "DV Playback" to "Video for Windows." You will then be able to enter a custom resolution.

Thanks!!!!

Jan Kivisaar · October 26th, 2005, 03:13 PM

Hello,

After some searching, both here at the forum and through Google (what else? :-)), it seems I still have the same problem.

When capturing in Premiere (I use the Pro 7.0 version), I can tick the "Scene Detect" box. But that only seem to work when there is an actual gap in the timecode. What if I want it to create new scenes/clips whenever there is a scene change - e.g. goes from one clip inside the house to another clip outside? In other words: Optical scene detection.

Is there a way to achieve that in Premiere or do I have to buy a program like Scenalyzer? Another couple of dollars, when I thought Premiere could fix such a "simple" thing... I do believe Pinnacle offers that option.

Kind regards,

Jan Kivisaar
Sweden

Spike Spiegel · October 26th, 2005, 04:20 PM

Is it possible record a VO directly on the track? I tried adobe's help files, but i didn't get anything. I know final cut pro has this feature, its very nice, but does premiere? Please let me know how to use it, m uchly appreciated!!

Christopher Lefchik · October 26th, 2005, 06:41 PM

You're welcome!

Patrick Smith · October 26th, 2005, 08:29 PM

I made a promotional video for a friend not to long ago for his web site. But now he needs it to be put onto a CD so he can distubute it @ a huge car show/event this up coming week in Vegas... he leaves tommorrow afternoon...

my problem is that when i export "movie" the file size is 736 MB. too big to put onto a cd...

I recently fiqured out the export : movie : then going to settings...

I was wondering what is a a good setting for size, quality, % etc etc so that my file will still look very sharp, while staying under 700mb!!!

please help me out asap!!!

Rik Sanchez · October 26th, 2005, 08:38 PM

Patrick,
how long is your video and what size and file format will you compress it down to. Are you exporting it out of Premiere? Have you tried compressing the exported file with a compression software like Sorenson Squeeze or Media Cleaner.

I've exported my short promo clips out of my NLE at 320 X 240 DV and then I take that file and compress it down with Sorenson Squeeze, I get it down to a 512K stream quicktime movie. the quality is decent and it comes out to about 1 meg per minute.

Patrick Smith · October 26th, 2005, 08:57 PM

nah. i using preimere. thats all i have access to @ the time... the movie is about 4:00mins long

October 22nd, 2005, 05:08 PM	#1711
Yegor Sak Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 76	Sequence Monitor Lag Im having a very difficult time previewing my project in the sequence monitor. It runs at about 0.5fps and Its quite useless. I cannot tell what the hell is going on, especially with very short cuts. I run 3ghz hyperthreaded P4 2GB ram ATI 9700pro (all in wonder) Videos run off 1 HD, program installed on another. How can I minimize this lag? When I started, without any cuts, it ran pretty well, but now I might as well turn it off. I use Pro 1.5 __________________ PlanetBoredom.net

October 23rd, 2005, 06:16 AM	#1712
Graham Risdon Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 192	Premiere 6.5 to Pro worries Hi All I've been using Prem 6.5 with a DVstorm2 card (All PAL) for a couple of years and am pleased with the results. I'd like to upgrade to PPro 1.5 but the support for the Storm is limited (non-existent!) as Canopus now have Edius. The most important thing for me is that everything is realtime on the Storm (except credit rolls and some mulri-PIPs). It seems the only hardware manufacturer supporting PP properly is Matrox (I've looked at the RT-X100, but Axio is way too expensive!). Does anyone have any better solutions? Ideally I'd like the solution to be HD-upgradable in the future. Many thanks

October 24th, 2005, 04:56 AM	#1714
Anthony Milic Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 103	Sound just stops a few minutes in (once exported to DVD) Hi there, I wonder if anyone might shed some light on this here lil' problem I'm having. I've edited a clip of a friends graduation. Everything seems fine. I play it through, all goes well. I render. That's fine. I export to DVD. Then play the dvd, and it starts beautifully, then for some reason, in the same place, a couple of minutes into it, the sound stops. Now I thought perhaps I'd somehow 'flipped a switch' on that particualar sound portion, .. so re-imported the clip from original. Again, it plays fine, until exported to DVD, and sound just mutes at the same point again - for the duration of the clip. Apart from wasting DVD's.. this is really frustrating! Exporting to AVI is fine.. it plays all sound. Using Premiere pro CS. or 1.5.. something there. Any ideas? Aaarrgh..

October 25th, 2005, 10:55 AM	#1716
Harry Lender Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St Charles, Mo Posts: 261	How to apply the track matte filter in PPRO 1.5 I'm trying to do the Wrigley "pip" with fuzzy edges in PPRO 1.5. I can do it in Premiere 6.5. However when I try it in PPRO I can't get the picture to appear though the fuzzy matte JPG. I've tried applying the track matte filter to the picture below the matte and telling it which track to use but with no luck. I've tried all ways I can think of with no luck. Whats the right combination to get it to work. Any help would be appreciated. Harry

October 25th, 2005, 05:51 PM	#1717
Karl J Martin Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 33	Setting Resolution in Premiere Pro? So I want to set up a project at my own custom resolution, but when I click the "custom" projects settings tab, the resolution boxes are grayed-out and I can't enter the desired resolution. ??? How do I get premiere pro to let me define a custom resolution?

October 24th, 2005, 01:07 AM	#1713
Colvin Eccleston Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 93	I only know of 1 person using edius for hdv and he got POd with the crashes and moved to sony vegas. PPro is a lot better than 6.5 and very capable of hdv work with cineform's aspectHD. Just use a modern graphics card and it is quick enough. Don't expect to find any affordable solutions at the moment for RT effects on HD.

October 24th, 2005, 09:21 PM	#1715
Anthony Milic Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 103	Moderators, feel free to delete this post.

October 25th, 2005, 06:04 PM	#1718
Christopher Lefchik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: US Posts: 1,152	Change the "Editing Mode" from "DV Playback" to "Video for Windows." You will then be able to enter a custom resolution.

October 26th, 2005, 03:13 PM	#1720
Jan Kivisaar New Boot Join Date: May 2005 Location: Astorp, Sweden Posts: 9	Optical scene detection Hello, After some searching, both here at the forum and through Google (what else? :-)), it seems I still have the same problem. When capturing in Premiere (I use the Pro 7.0 version), I can tick the "Scene Detect" box. But that only seem to work when there is an actual gap in the timecode. What if I want it to create new scenes/clips whenever there is a scene change - e.g. goes from one clip inside the house to another clip outside? In other words: Optical scene detection. Is there a way to achieve that in Premiere or do I have to buy a program like Scenalyzer? Another couple of dollars, when I thought Premiere could fix such a "simple" thing... I do believe Pinnacle offers that option. Kind regards, Jan Kivisaar Sweden

October 26th, 2005, 04:20 PM	#1721
Spike Spiegel Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 429	voice over? Is it possible record a VO directly on the track? I tried adobe's help files, but i didn't get anything. I know final cut pro has this feature, its very nice, but does premiere? Please let me know how to use it, m uchly appreciated!!

October 26th, 2005, 06:41 PM	#1722
Christopher Lefchik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: US Posts: 1,152	You're welcome!

October 26th, 2005, 08:29 PM	#1723
Patrick Smith Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 208	Need quick help!!! asap! must be finished tonight I made a promotional video for a friend not to long ago for his web site. But now he needs it to be put onto a CD so he can distubute it @ a huge car show/event this up coming week in Vegas... he leaves tommorrow afternoon... my problem is that when i export "movie" the file size is 736 MB. too big to put onto a cd... I recently fiqured out the export : movie : then going to settings... I was wondering what is a a good setting for size, quality, % etc etc so that my file will still look very sharp, while staying under 700mb!!! please help me out asap!!! __________________ patricksmith04@hotmail.com

October 26th, 2005, 08:38 PM	#1724
Rik Sanchez ChorizoSmells Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Osaka, Japan Posts: 424	Patrick, how long is your video and what size and file format will you compress it down to. Are you exporting it out of Premiere? Have you tried compressing the exported file with a compression software like Sorenson Squeeze or Media Cleaner. I've exported my short promo clips out of my NLE at 320 X 240 DV and then I take that file and compress it down with Sorenson Squeeze, I get it down to a 512K stream quicktime movie. the quality is decent and it comes out to about 1 meg per minute. __________________ ChorizoSmells Video Barrio Tamatsukuri, Osaka, JAPAN

October 26th, 2005, 08:57 PM	#1725
Patrick Smith Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 208	nah. i using preimere. thats all i have access to @ the time... the movie is about 4:00mins long __________________ patricksmith04@hotmail.com