Still Photos + adobe premiere pro cs3 at DVinfo.net

Josh Chan · May 11th, 2010, 05:51 PM

hi all

working on a [project currently in premiere. i added 9-10 still photos all ranging in resolution (some larger then 1920 x 1080 others smaller). i also have an animation i created in AE on top of the photos and video. however, occasionally the photos will just turn into a blank screen (black screen) and sometimes it will work. the video seems to cosistantly work, but not the photos. i cant render the video out either.

your help would be appreciated

Josh Chan · May 11th, 2010, 05:56 PM

one more quick thing to add, i've added motion to the photos. dont know if that matters

Josh Chan · May 11th, 2010, 06:12 PM

does the photo dpi affect anything?

thinking out loud haha

Adam Gold · May 11th, 2010, 09:23 PM

Premiere CS3 just hates photos, especially if they are larger than 1920 x 1080. And the more you add the more unstable it becomes. Also, it seems to tolerate PNGs better than JPGs.

So don't make them any larger than necessary and try to convert to PNGs if you can before importing.

Brian Barkley · May 12th, 2010, 07:24 AM

Here are a few rules for photos:

- Longest side of photo should be less than 4,000 pixels
- Portrait photos always work, no problem
- Landscape photos should be exactly 16 X 9 prior to importing into PP hard drive folder
- Use .5625 and 1.777 formulas to insure landscape photos are 16 X 9
- I always use JPEG file format

Good Luck!!

Brian Barkley · May 12th, 2010, 07:27 AM

Here are a few rules for photos:

- Longest side of photo should be less than 4,000 pixels
- Portrait photos always work, no problem
- Landscape photos should be exactly 16 X 9 prior to importing into PP hard drive folder
- Use .5625 and 1.777 formulas to insure landscape photos are 16 X 9
- Photo can be larger than 1080 X 1920 as long as you use the above forumlas
- I always use JPEG file format

Good Luck!!

Josh Chan · May 12th, 2010, 11:31 AM

thanks so much guys! what we ended up doing, dont know if it actually worked or it was a matter of luck was we dropped the dpi 72 and it seemed a little more stable?... in any case we rendered the proj out.

thanks for all the advice and i'll keep it in mind for the next proj

Ann Bens · May 12th, 2010, 04:33 PM

Dpi has no relevance to video.
Dropping the dpi in PS just means you made the image smaller, you reduced the image size.
Black images usually means the images are too big.

May 11th, 2010, 05:51 PM	#1
Josh Chan Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 31	Still Photos + adobe premiere pro cs3 hi all working on a [project currently in premiere. i added 9-10 still photos all ranging in resolution (some larger then 1920 x 1080 others smaller). i also have an animation i created in AE on top of the photos and video. however, occasionally the photos will just turn into a blank screen (black screen) and sometimes it will work. the video seems to cosistantly work, but not the photos. i cant render the video out either. your help would be appreciated

May 11th, 2010, 09:23 PM	#4
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	Premiere CS3 just hates photos, especially if they are larger than 1920 x 1080. And the more you add the more unstable it becomes. Also, it seems to tolerate PNGs better than JPGs. So don't make them any larger than necessary and try to convert to PNGs if you can before importing. __________________ "It can only be attributable to human error... This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error."

May 11th, 2010, 05:56 PM	#2
Josh Chan Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 31	one more quick thing to add, i've added motion to the photos. dont know if that matters

May 11th, 2010, 06:12 PM	#3
Josh Chan Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 31	does the photo dpi affect anything? thinking out loud haha

May 12th, 2010, 07:24 AM	#5
Brian Barkley Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 233	Here are a few rules for photos: - Longest side of photo should be less than 4,000 pixels - Portrait photos always work, no problem - Landscape photos should be exactly 16 X 9 prior to importing into PP hard drive folder - Use .5625 and 1.777 formulas to insure landscape photos are 16 X 9 - I always use JPEG file format Good Luck!!

May 12th, 2010, 07:27 AM	#6
Brian Barkley Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 233	Here are a few rules for photos: - Longest side of photo should be less than 4,000 pixels - Portrait photos always work, no problem - Landscape photos should be exactly 16 X 9 prior to importing into PP hard drive folder - Use .5625 and 1.777 formulas to insure landscape photos are 16 X 9 - Photo can be larger than 1080 X 1920 as long as you use the above forumlas - I always use JPEG file format Good Luck!!

May 12th, 2010, 11:31 AM	#7
Josh Chan Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 31	thanks so much guys! what we ended up doing, dont know if it actually worked or it was a matter of luck was we dropped the dpi 72 and it seemed a little more stable?... in any case we rendered the proj out. thanks for all the advice and i'll keep it in mind for the next proj

May 12th, 2010, 04:33 PM	#8
Ann Bens Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 710	Dpi has no relevance to video. Dropping the dpi in PS just means you made the image smaller, you reduced the image size. Black images usually means the images are too big.