Yes, you can. Download Adobe Encore DVD to transcode your AVI file to MPEG2.

PPro DVD export
 

What are the best settings to use when exporting direct to DVD with Preimere Pro 1.5. I am exporting 45 minutes clips shot with GL2.
Thank you

Thomas,

I've never used PPro to do DVD, so I might not be able to help you. However, I do a lot of DVD using PPro to create my movie, then use Encore to make the actual DVD. I export to .avi from PPro for two reasons. One is to have an avi copy I can send back to tape for a back-up. Second is to let Encore do tha actual transcoding. I say Encore because I have the Adobe Collection, but you can use any DVD program. I know this doesn't answer your question, but it does show you a different option.

Dan

I use the PPro 1.5 and Encore combo too Thomas. Do you have Encore or another DVD authoring program?

Glow effect in Premiere Pro 1.5
 

I have a title that I would like to put a glow effect on. Is there a way to do that in the title designer in Premiere Pro 1.5? What I mean by glow is an area of color that follows the outside of the title but is feathered so that the farther out from the edge of the title you go the fainter the color is. I hope that makes sense.

Nate

What widescreen format are you using? (letter box or squeeze)

Nate

Hi Nate,

A feature of text within the PPro Title applet called "Outer Stroke" might be what you're asking for. To use it, highlight some text in the Title applet, expand the "Strokes" option, and pick your settings (many to choose from).

Let us know if that isn't what you're looking for.

cross dissolve - video transition
 

just wondering if anyone has had this issue:

on my timeline, when I drag and drop the cross dissolve video transition, sometimes it allows me to place it betweed two clips, and other times I can only place it on the front or back of the clip. any reason for this?

Not enough footage
 

When the transition does not drop evenly onto both of the clips, it means that one of the clips is not supplying enough footage and needs to be trimmed. That is, the footage at the end can either be used for the transition or for viewing but not both. Premiere makes up for the deficiency by repeating frames.

Here is what I am trying to get:
http://zionfilmworks.com/Pictures/DOTH.jpg

Here is the closest I seem to be able to get in Premiere Pro:
http://zionfilmworks.com/Pictures/DOTH%20PP.jpg

A stupid way is to superimpose your title onto itself. Apply gaussian blur (or a faster one) to the bottom.

Nate,

I tried similar to what Glenn mentioned, except using the Shadow feature, and it does work, as would his technique. But it is even simpler than that.

It is just a matter of playing around with the settings in the Titler and getting familiar with them. I did that for a little while this evening and got what I think are pretty decent results using nothing more than the Shadow feature:

http://www.geosynchrony.com/scratchpad.htm

As I note on the web page, the effect is so subtle it doesn't really even show up in IE; you have to view it enlarged in Photoshop or a similar application. Of course, if you wanted it to be less subtle, you could do that. But I wanted to be sure that the smooth, subtle effect you wanted could really be done.

Also, if you want to get fancy, there are plug-ins available that will do moving back-glow, etc. But they cost about $100 each for the various effects.

Of course if you have Photoshop and create your title there you can just apply the "outer glow" blending effect and tweak it to your hearts desire.

Which is "Better"?
 

I've burnt my sequence onto a DVD by using the Encoding Preset: NTSC 4x3 High Quality 7Mb CBR 1 Pass

(i really don't know what the 7Mb CBR 1 Pass really means)

what exactly is CBR or VBR and 1 Pass vs 2 Pass?

also

when I watch the DVD on the TV, it looks good, however on the LCD laptop I can see some of the pixellation shadows during when there is some action or movement - for instance when someone moves there hand or head somewhat rapidly, I can see a faint sort of "trail" left.

any recommendation as to which setting I should put as my custom preset. the 7Mb VBR 2 Pass SurCode for Dolby Digital 5.1 doesn't allow me to record on mine.

What about Progressive 4x3 High Quality 7Mb CBR 1 Pass?

Frame Hold
 

for the life of me i cant figure out how to get one frame to lengthen to where it holds that one frame for mutiple seconds. ive tried to right click the fram and select frame hold and then select hold on...but when i lengthen the frame it hold the frame at the first of the clip where i lengthened it to....does that make sense??....im sure its really easy, but im just getting frustrated. any help would deffinitley be appreciated. thanks so much.

I'm sure there is a better way to do it, but I usually export the frame (File/Export/Frame) as a BMP and insert the still for whatever duration I need. Just cut the main video clip at that point, push out the end, insert your still and put it all back together.

I'm with Joshua,

Simply export a frame from the point in your movie, then import it and put it in the position you want on your timeline. Remember to deinterlace or use flicker removal. Otherwise you'll get 2 fields flashing on your screen at the same time - and that don't look to good.

Cheers,

I've run into the same problem and it's a major pain in the butt. I believe I have solved most of that problem by allowing more "preroll" and "postroll" for each shot I capture. If needed, go back and recapture the clips with a little added footage on each end, if that makes sense.

Hi Joe,

VBR: Variable Bit Rate. i.e. that bit rate will vary depending on what the picture is made off. Setting this value to say 7Mb, that will be the highest bitrate but can vary to any value below this. i.e. if there is a lot of black or dark areas then the bit rate will drop. Ideal for saving space on your DVD.

CBR: Constant Bit Rate. This is where the Bit Rate stays at a constant value. i.e. if this is set to 7Mb then the video will always be 7Mb no matter if there is a lot of black or dark areas. This can take up more space on the disk.

7Mb basically refers to quality. The lower this value is, then the lower the picture quality will be, but you'll be able to fit a lot more on a disk. setting this value higher inreases picture quality but will take up more space on a disk.

Pass (1+2): I think this refers to the number of times the encoder will analyze the clips before encoding.

Your TV and LCD screens view pictures in completely different ways. So I would not be to concerned. If you intend for it to be viewed on your PC screen then you might want to play around with the field settings.

I hope this helps a little,

Unfortunately the same thing happened to me on assignment in Africa last month. I can't reshoot the footage! I did learn a way to prevent it from happening again. Simply run the camera with the Manual Adjustment switch set at the Hold position while having at least two manual settings set to your liking. (I set Gain and Shutter Speed.) The Backlight and Spotlight buttons can not be accidentally turned on using this setting.

If that confuses the heck out of you, I'm sorry. Not very good at explaining.

ok cool, thanks guys.

Tyge
Thanks for your suggestion. You did great explaining. I understood completely. I did reshoot the scene and it turned out much better.

Thanks again
Harry

Trim to the desired frame
 

In case it still bothers you, you need to trim the front end of the clip to the point at which you want the frame to hold. You'll have to zoom in to maximum to make sure it's at the right frame.

Then do what you did with the right-click.

There are a couple ways to trim - you can adjust the start of the clip or you can razor it right at the frame.

One consideration is: do you have enough footage to stretch it out to the desired length? If not, you can adjust the duration by "slowing" it down (keyboard shortcut "x").

That's a dead easy effect to do in Photoshop (if you have it). It's using the Outer Glow dynamic effect.

*edit, doh, just saw the other post

Capture audio2 12 bit in Pro
 

I have yet to capture the second track Audio2 handle connections from the XL1 when in 12 bit mode in Premiere Pro.
Has anyone done this with PPro?
I know scenealyzer will do this, but it would be nice to keep this project intact in Premiere for archive purposes.

Premiere can only capture one set of audio tracks at a time. If you need the other two you will have to change the audio capture setting to the others and recapture everything again.

Exactly. Have you tried this in PPro? There doesn't seem to be a custom setting for 12 bit audio2 source when attempting to capture.

Simple solution: Purchase Scenalyzer Live (about $30 or so)

With Scenalyzer Live you can capture Video + Stereo 1 into an AVI file while simultaneously capturing Stereo 2 into a separate WAV file. One pass capture via firewire for BOTH files.

Understood with regard to scenealyzer and it's capabilities. The reason for not wishing to use a 3rd party capture is to maintain the integrity of the backup and long term storage of an offline file and use the source tape as a part of that equation.
So, my appeal is still the same. And as mentioned by Hart this is perhaps possible in PPro.
Has anyone captured the second audio track in 12 bit mode in PPro?
Hart?
Thanks ...

I was looking for the setting in PPPro 1.5 and for the life of me I can't seem to find the setting now. I know I have done this in the past but that might have been an older version of Premiere but in the help section of PPro there was this note:

"Note: Although the DV format can record two independent stereo audio pairs, you cannot capture the Stereo 2 pair in Windows."

Sorry if I mislead anyone but I thought I remembered doing it in the past before finding Scenealyzer since I wanted to capture everything in one pass.

Thanks for the investigative work. I ended up using old premiere with the old realtime board and this worked out ok. It means an extra psq file for backup, but restoration of the project remains intact.
Nice work Hart.

Premiere Pro 1.5 crash without error message
 

Has anyone else experienced Premiere Pro 1.5 just quitting and disappearing with no error messages?

The last time this happened, I had just rendered a complex 30 minute program. I clicked on the timeline and suddenly no more Premiere Pro! I haven't seen a pattern except to say it usually happens during final editing or rendering of a project - and of course when there is a deadline due :)

On restarting PPro there were no messages but most of the 'render bar' on the timeline was red again - all the new rendering was suddenly 'lost'. The XP system (512 MB RAM, 2 hard drives each with 20 GB free) and other applications appear to have no problems.

Anyone have an idea about this?

Thanks, Ken W.

You may find the glow effect that you want is already available in a Style Library (a preset within Title Designer). Look at Tim Kolb's Premiere Pro Style library. For info & free download, see this page: http://www.stevengotz.com/premierepro.htm

White flash transition
 

I know Vegas has a white flash transition but do not see one in Premeire Pro.

Is there an easy way to create one of these or some type of plug in?

Yep, Premiere has a White flash transition.

I believe its called Addictive Dissolve.

Hope this helps,

Hi Ken,

Obvoiously Premiere should not be crashing out. But I guess theres a few things you can try.

Upgrade to version 1.5.1 it has a few bug fixes which might help the situation.

Try rendering a little bit at a time to see if it helps i.e render every 5 minute chunk rather than the whole 30mins.

Make sure that no programs are running in the background, or that you have any screensavers set that might interupt the rendering.

You could also check event viewer to see if there are any message that might relate to a hardware or software problem.

Does it always stop/ crash at the same place? If so there might be a possibilty that its having trouble render a certain effect you have created?

Hope this helps,

I had the same problem with Prem 6, but it wasn't the program... the motherboard was the culprit. It seems there was a setting in the softmenu I needed to tweek. Once I changed that setting, the problem dissapeared.

In PPro, there is no white flash per se, Additive Dissolve does not do this naturally.

You need to go to File->new->color matte, and select white. Then you just insert that matte on the timeline, change its length, and use whatever dissolve transitions you want on its ends.

That's useful to know.
BTW Maybe Premiere's Additive Dissolve can be quite addictive to some :)
Sorry, I couldn't resist that one!

Best Progressive DVD workflow from 24p footage?
 

Hi folks,
Long time member of this time. I have lurked now and then, however, now I need your help.

I own a DVX100 (the original, not "A") and never shot in the 24pa/advanced mode before. I am going to be shooting a 10 minute educational video that will be outputted to Progressive DVD and shown on a HI-DEF widescreen plasma (Link to model).

I need to know the best workflow for an awesome final product. I am editing on Adobe Premiere 1.5 and have access to Adobe Encore if needed. What preset should I use for outputting to a progressive DVD in Premiere or Encore? What settings should I use in the camera's scene file for a great final product? Lastly, I am having a 3d animator create a 3d animation for the video, are there any known issues with inputting animations into 24pa footage? If so, what should I tell the animator to export his file as?

Thanks for any help!