Adobe Premiere & Premiere Pro discussions from 2005

Jared Thomas · February 19th, 2005, 11:55 PM

Brilliant!!! Pure genius!!....thanks for the help Mr. Graham.

Jared Thomas · February 20th, 2005, 12:24 AM

ok, so i learned that in order to do a pip effect i need to overlay and resize my clips. ok i thought i knew how to resize my clips but evidently, i dont. any thoughts?

David Yuen · February 20th, 2005, 12:35 AM

Video Tidbits

Wrigley Video's Premiere 6.0 tutorial

Graham Hickling · February 20th, 2005, 12:52 AM

In your monitor window left-click once directly on the image. You should see a boundary box with handles appear. Drag the handles like you would in photoshop or any similar app (i.e left-click again and hold down)

Barry Gribble · February 20th, 2005, 05:10 AM

In Premiere Pro at least, you can also open the Effects Control Window and under the "Fixed Effects" section you will see "Motion". This lets you change scale, position and rotation.

John Jay · February 20th, 2005, 09:40 AM

After capturing with PP1.5 it goes through a song and dance routine while the audio is conformed as the footage is automatically imported. I find this unacceptable and wondered if it can be turned off and how?

Rob Lohman · February 20th, 2005, 09:55 AM

If I remember correctly (I'm not using PPro myself) it conforms all
the audio to a higher quality level. This is not something you can
turn off. I was under the impression, however, that it caches the
upsampled audio so it only needs to do this once.

Alan Craven · February 20th, 2005, 11:56 AM

I too can recommend Planet, both for sales and for their training courses.

I have just traded in my old DV500 card for the Matrox RT.X100 with them. I got a free LogicKeyboard for Premiere Pro as part of the deal!

I only had to give them the DV500 card, so I have been able to sell my old Pinnacle and Adobe software, plus the BOB privately.

I got full versions of Premere Pro 1.5, Encore 1.5 and Audition 1.5, complete with printed manuals as part of the package. The Premiere Pro disk is labelled upgrade, but it did not ask for any details of my old Premiere software to install.

Jared Thomas · February 20th, 2005, 01:59 PM

ahh yes, thank you barry....oh and thanks david for those links...i think those will help me in the future. thanks again guys

Thomas Fraser · February 20th, 2005, 08:59 PM

How can I import a DIVX format file into Premiere Pro 1.5?
It says unsupported format, I can not find any info on this subject.
Thank you

Aanarav Sareen · February 20th, 2005, 10:48 PM

The error message states that you do not have the DivX codec installed.

Rob Lohman · February 21st, 2005, 04:18 AM

Can you play the file? If so you have the codec installed. If not,
install it first. If you still can't open the file in PPro it just doesn't
support it.

If so, get www.virtualdub.org and run it. Open your
movie and select under both the video and audio menu full
processing. Then go to file save as and make a new AVI.

If your movie is long the file will be huge, since it saves out as
uncompressed AVI. Just so you know.

It sounds like you are working with a ripped movie. If so, the audio
is probably in VBR MP3 which Virtualdub cannot work with. Get
VirtualdubMod from http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net/.

When loading the file it will ask you if you want to compensate,
choose no. Then follow the instructions above. This should give
you a file with video and audio in sync.

If you don't care about the audio then it doesn't matter.

Mo Zee · February 21st, 2005, 09:27 AM

i have footage shot in 16:9. when i letterboxed it in premiere pro by importing the edited clip in a 4:3 project and scaling down by 75% to letterbox it, the footage looked horrible. edges are jagged? is there a better way to letterbox?

thanks.

Rob Lohman · February 21st, 2005, 10:03 AM

You should import the footage and right-click and select "maintain
aspect ratio", this should automatically letterbox.

Where and how does this footage look horrible? How and on what
are you judging this?

Brandon Greenlee · February 21st, 2005, 02:36 PM

Even with the codecs working properly Premiere always seems to have trouble with DivX files. I eventually gotten everything working except for perfect audio - though sometimes it doesn't mess it up too much.

Best thing to do is what Rob said and use vdub to process it.

February 19th, 2005, 11:55 PM	#376
Jared Thomas Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: texas Posts: 60	Brilliant!!! Pure genius!!....thanks for the help Mr. Graham. __________________ get me another job.

February 20th, 2005, 12:24 AM	#377
Jared Thomas Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: texas Posts: 60	boy is my face red ok, so i learned that in order to do a pip effect i need to overlay and resize my clips. ok i thought i knew how to resize my clips but evidently, i dont. any thoughts? __________________ get me another job.

February 20th, 2005, 12:35 AM	#378
David Yuen Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 185	Some tutorials Video Tidbits Wrigley Video's Premiere 6.0 tutorial

February 20th, 2005, 05:10 AM	#380
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	In Premiere Pro at least, you can also open the Effects Control Window and under the "Fixed Effects" section you will see "Motion". This lets you change scale, position and rotation. __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB

February 20th, 2005, 09:40 AM	#381
John Jay Major Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: US & THEM Posts: 827	disabling import after capture? After capturing with PP1.5 it goes through a song and dance routine while the audio is conformed as the footage is automatically imported. I find this unacceptable and wondered if it can be turned off and how? __________________ John Jay Beware *PLUGGER-BYTES*

February 20th, 2005, 12:52 AM	#379
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	In your monitor window left-click once directly on the image. You should see a boundary box with handles appear. Drag the handles like you would in photoshop or any similar app (i.e left-click again and hold down)

February 20th, 2005, 09:55 AM	#382
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	If I remember correctly (I'm not using PPro myself) it conforms all the audio to a higher quality level. This is not something you can turn off. I was under the impression, however, that it caches the upsampled audio so it only needs to do this once. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 20th, 2005, 11:56 AM	#383
Alan Craven Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: York, England Posts: 518	I too can recommend Planet, both for sales and for their training courses. I have just traded in my old DV500 card for the Matrox RT.X100 with them. I got a free LogicKeyboard for Premiere Pro as part of the deal! I only had to give them the DV500 card, so I have been able to sell my old Pinnacle and Adobe software, plus the BOB privately. I got full versions of Premere Pro 1.5, Encore 1.5 and Audition 1.5, complete with printed manuals as part of the package. The Premiere Pro disk is labelled upgrade, but it did not ask for any details of my old Premiere software to install.

February 20th, 2005, 01:59 PM	#384
Jared Thomas Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: texas Posts: 60	ahh yes, thank you barry....oh and thanks david for those links...i think those will help me in the future. thanks again guys __________________ get me another job.

February 20th, 2005, 08:59 PM	#385
Thomas Fraser Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada Posts: 70	Import DIVX to PPro How can I import a DIVX format file into Premiere Pro 1.5? It says unsupported format, I can not find any info on this subject. Thank you __________________ Thanks for your help everyone.

February 20th, 2005, 10:48 PM	#386
Aanarav Sareen Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NJ, US Posts: 183	The error message states that you do not have the DivX codec installed. __________________ http://www.sareen.tv

February 21st, 2005, 04:18 AM	#387
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Can you play the file? If so you have the codec installed. If not, install it first. If you still can't open the file in PPro it just doesn't support it. If so, get www.virtualdub.org and run it. Open your movie and select under both the video and audio menu full processing. Then go to file save as and make a new AVI. If your movie is long the file will be huge, since it saves out as uncompressed AVI. Just so you know. It sounds like you are working with a ripped movie. If so, the audio is probably in VBR MP3 which Virtualdub cannot work with. Get VirtualdubMod from http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net/. When loading the file it will ask you if you want to compensate, choose no. Then follow the instructions above. This should give you a file with video and audio in sync. If you don't care about the audio then it doesn't matter. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 21st, 2005, 09:27 AM	#388
Mo Zee Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: manila, philippines Posts: 102	letterbox 16:9 premiere pro? i have footage shot in 16:9. when i letterboxed it in premiere pro by importing the edited clip in a 4:3 project and scaling down by 75% to letterbox it, the footage looked horrible. edges are jagged? is there a better way to letterbox? thanks.

February 21st, 2005, 10:03 AM	#389
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	You should import the footage and right-click and select "maintain aspect ratio", this should automatically letterbox. Where and how does this footage look horrible? How and on what are you judging this? __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 21st, 2005, 02:36 PM	#390
Brandon Greenlee Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North Alabama Posts: 242	Even with the codecs working properly Premiere always seems to have trouble with DivX files. I eventually gotten everything working except for perfect audio - though sometimes it doesn't mess it up too much. Best thing to do is what Rob said and use vdub to process it. __________________ Brandon Greenlee