CS6 DVD authoring: Markers from PP, Transcode in AE? at DVinfo.net

Andrew J Morin · June 23rd, 2012, 11:20 PM

New upgradee to CS6, here. In the CS4 world, I always used AE to downsample HD footage for SD playback. Best quality result, to my eye. Never really messed with DVD production or delivery, strictly hobby stuff.

But now I've shot a paying gig, a first for me, and I'd like to deliver DVD's with the best downsampling I can manage from within Adobe. So I edit in Premiere, make a DVD marker at each cut (dance show, 3-4 minute takes) for my chapter points, boom. Goes into Encore like it should, but I don't think I want Encore/Ppro to do the transcode/downsample. But in AE, where I can control the resolution change, and I can see the DVD marks, I cannot export a file with the marks to Encore...?

So that's 2 questions:

1. Am I fretting the downsample for no reason? Does CS6 do a better job with that than versions past? Is there any developing concensus for 'best practice' on that?
and/or
2. Is there a way to carry my chapter marks from Ppro, through AE and into Encore?

June 23rd, 2012, 11:20 PM	#1
Andrew J Morin Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 140	CS6 DVD authoring: Markers from PP, Transcode in AE? New upgradee to CS6, here. In the CS4 world, I always used AE to downsample HD footage for SD playback. Best quality result, to my eye. Never really messed with DVD production or delivery, strictly hobby stuff. But now I've shot a paying gig, a first for me, and I'd like to deliver DVD's with the best downsampling I can manage from within Adobe. So I edit in Premiere, make a DVD marker at each cut (dance show, 3-4 minute takes) for my chapter points, boom. Goes into Encore like it should, but I don't think I want Encore/Ppro to do the transcode/downsample. But in AE, where I can control the resolution change, and I can see the DVD marks, I cannot export a file with the marks to Encore...? So that's 2 questions: 1. Am I fretting the downsample for no reason? Does CS6 do a better job with that than versions past? Is there any developing concensus for 'best practice' on that? and/or 2. Is there a way to carry my chapter marks from Ppro, through AE and into Encore?