Adobe Premiere & Premiere Pro discussions from 2006

Jack Major · August 1st, 2006, 02:02 PM

after i render something the titles will spped by too quickly and mess up the audio sync. anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Ervin Farkas · August 1st, 2006, 02:23 PM

Right click on the title in the timeline, then go to speed/duration and set it where you want it. Make sure video and audio are linked.

Jack Major · August 1st, 2006, 02:58 PM

it runs smoothly in the prject window however after i render the titles speed through extremely fast, its weird.

Jon Pavli · August 7th, 2006, 05:34 PM

Hello all,

I have black bars on the left and right of my video (it is caused by Canon's XL1 camera). My question is, how can I get rid of the bars?

I need to give the video to another person to edit and they are complaining that my video has bars on it...what can I do?

Are there any work arounds within Premiere Pro 1.0? I am hoping to correct this in a hurry.

Cheers, Jon

Chris Harris · August 7th, 2006, 06:14 PM

You could either increase the scale until the bars are gone (but lose some picture on the top and bottom), or you could uncheck the "keep aspect ratio" box and stretch the picture to fill the screen.

Jon Pavli · August 7th, 2006, 09:23 PM

Chris,

Thanks for the tip and suggestion...I will see what I can do about the video.

Cheers, Jon

James Lundy · August 8th, 2006, 06:03 AM

Crikey!

My audio mixer has vanished, and won't appear onscreen. This is even after I've clicked on it under the Window menu.

Any suggestions?

James Lundy · August 8th, 2006, 09:36 AM

Never mind I got it back.

I just opened up an old project, and saves it with a new name after importing all the required files. Might not be the best way to do it, but it was the only way that worked.

:)

Jim Lee · August 8th, 2006, 09:49 AM

Hi guys, i've seem to run into a bit of a problem while editing.

When i bring in psd image with transparency into my video, and apply some perspective effect in it, I notice that the perspective animation of the image is noticeably choppy, makes it look like its going at 10 fps, while the other stuff in the video is fine.

This is in the exported DV avi video, not in any compressed format.

Any insights?

Denis Potasnikov · August 9th, 2006, 12:31 AM

I have a project of 75 minutes without much effects or transitions.While burning to DVD, it shows the transcoding error on about 25% of encoding.
A week ago I did the project of 65 minutes and it all went perfect.
Now this error message appears.I also cannot export the projects as a file:"can't complie movie" appears.
But:I split the project into two parts (30 mins and 45 mins) and burned them separately on different one-sided dvd disks. But this is not a solution as it needs to be on one disk as a normal movie.Has anybody had the same problem?

Steven Gotz · August 9th, 2006, 03:08 PM

Next time just go back to the default workspace.

Chris Barcellos · August 13th, 2006, 11:07 AM

I trying to render a Quicktime file from a HDV 1080i project (for posting in DVChallenge). I wanted two levels for my 3 minute film. One about 25 megs and one around 100 mgs. So far, I have rendered and come up with nothing but a 2kb file after a render of a couple of hours. That tells me I am trying to render to something that the QT encoder won't work with. Anybody got some sure fire setting, including what actual encoder to use (Sorenson, Sorenson 3, or what, size, etc.) I do have QuicktimePro, as alternative, but seem to have similar problems. In that case I rendered to an intermediate (Cineform) avi file, and tried export after opening in QT, but it did not work either.

Thanks in advance.

Janice DeMille · August 14th, 2006, 06:34 AM

Hello all, I have a project that was shot in two different formats. One is widescreen and the other standard. When I import the widescreen as standard I lose image quality, ditto when I import as widescreen and then pull it into my standard project. Does anyone have an idea how to keep the picture sharp when doing this? Are there any settings I could use?

thanks

Michael Littlejohn · August 15th, 2006, 05:15 PM

1. In Premiere Pro 1.5, what standard effect looks most like a film look? I can't find it.

2. I was watching ABC World News Tonight and they do a lot of stills, but add just a little bit of motion to the picture to give it a nice effect. I tried using the motion effect in the Fixed Effect Control and it works, but it's just a bit jittery in the preview window. How can I get it seamless and smooth?

Tim Bickford · August 16th, 2006, 08:54 AM

Michael,

To make things a bit smoother try lengthening the time of the still image in your timeline. (i.e. 10 to 15 seconds.). Have your pans move across the entire length of the image. If you have a gradual pan from (say left to right) try stoping the pan a few seconds before the image reaches then end of time. I sometimes start zoomed in - then slowing zoom out. Again... if the image is short on the timeline (i.e. couple of seconds) your pans and zooms are going to be very fast.

Take a look at some of Ken Burns stuff (i.e. Civil War, Baseball). He is the master at working with stills. You will need a higher resolution image to get good quality zooms.

As for the film look... are trying to get finished video of stills to look like old used film (i.e. scrathes and dust) or are you attempting to get a cinematic look?

I am not aware of any way (in P-Pro 1.5) to get the scrathes and dust look unless you use a plugin (i.e. Magic Bullet). Perhaps P-Pro-2.0 has something.

Hope that helps..

Tim

August 1st, 2006, 02:02 PM	#316
Jack Major Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Laguna Beach, California Posts: 61	Titles speed by too quickly after i render something the titles will spped by too quickly and mess up the audio sync. anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

August 1st, 2006, 02:23 PM	#317
Ervin Farkas Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta/USA Posts: 2,515	Right click on the title in the timeline, then go to speed/duration and set it where you want it. Make sure video and audio are linked. __________________ Ervin Farkas www.AtlantaLegalVideo.com

August 7th, 2006, 05:34 PM	#319
Jon Pavli Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 81	Black Bars on left/right video Hello all, I have black bars on the left and right of my video (it is caused by Canon's XL1 camera). My question is, how can I get rid of the bars? I need to give the video to another person to edit and they are complaining that my video has bars on it...what can I do? Are there any work arounds within Premiere Pro 1.0? I am hoping to correct this in a hurry. Cheers, Jon

August 8th, 2006, 06:03 AM	#322
James Lundy Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Lothian - Bonnie Scotland Posts: 51	Where's my audio monitor? Crikey! My audio mixer has vanished, and won't appear onscreen. This is even after I've clicked on it under the Window menu. Any suggestions?

August 8th, 2006, 09:49 AM	#324
Jim Lee New Boot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 13	Perspective get choppy Hi guys, i've seem to run into a bit of a problem while editing. When i bring in psd image with transparency into my video, and apply some perspective effect in it, I notice that the perspective animation of the image is noticeably choppy, makes it look like its going at 10 fps, while the other stuff in the video is fine. This is in the exported DV avi video, not in any compressed format. Any insights?

August 1st, 2006, 02:58 PM	#318
Jack Major Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Laguna Beach, California Posts: 61	it runs smoothly in the prject window however after i render the titles speed through extremely fast, its weird.

August 7th, 2006, 06:14 PM	#320
Chris Harris Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 487	You could either increase the scale until the bars are gone (but lose some picture on the top and bottom), or you could uncheck the "keep aspect ratio" box and stretch the picture to fill the screen.

August 7th, 2006, 09:23 PM	#321
Jon Pavli Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 81	Chris, Thanks for the tip and suggestion...I will see what I can do about the video. Cheers, Jon

August 8th, 2006, 09:36 AM	#323
James Lundy Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Lothian - Bonnie Scotland Posts: 51	Never mind I got it back. I just opened up an old project, and saves it with a new name after importing all the required files. Might not be the best way to do it, but it was the only way that worked. :)

August 9th, 2006, 12:31 AM	#325
Denis Potasnikov Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 26	Transcoding Error message or Can't Compile Movie message I have a project of 75 minutes without much effects or transitions.While burning to DVD, it shows the transcoding error on about 25% of encoding. A week ago I did the project of 65 minutes and it all went perfect. Now this error message appears.I also cannot export the projects as a file:"can't complie movie" appears. But:I split the project into two parts (30 mins and 45 mins) and burned them separately on different one-sided dvd disks. But this is not a solution as it needs to be on one disk as a normal movie.Has anybody had the same problem?

August 9th, 2006, 03:08 PM	#326
Steven Gotz Trustee Join Date: May 2002 Location: Clermont, FL Posts: 1,520	Next time just go back to the default workspace. __________________ Steven Gotz http://www.stevengotz.com

August 13th, 2006, 11:07 AM	#327
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Quicktime Output from I trying to render a Quicktime file from a HDV 1080i project (for posting in DVChallenge). I wanted two levels for my 3 minute film. One about 25 megs and one around 100 mgs. So far, I have rendered and come up with nothing but a 2kb file after a render of a couple of hours. That tells me I am trying to render to something that the QT encoder won't work with. Anybody got some sure fire setting, including what actual encoder to use (Sorenson, Sorenson 3, or what, size, etc.) I do have QuicktimePro, as alternative, but seem to have similar problems. In that case I rendered to an intermediate (Cineform) avi file, and tried export after opening in QT, but it did not work either. Thanks in advance. __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

August 14th, 2006, 06:34 AM	#328
Janice DeMille Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nebo, NC Posts: 111	Widescreen to standard conversion Hello all, I have a project that was shot in two different formats. One is widescreen and the other standard. When I import the widescreen as standard I lose image quality, ditto when I import as widescreen and then pull it into my standard project. Does anyone have an idea how to keep the picture sharp when doing this? Are there any settings I could use? thanks

August 15th, 2006, 05:15 PM	#329
Michael Littlejohn New Boot Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 20	Getting movement on stills and a film look? 1. In Premiere Pro 1.5, what standard effect looks most like a film look? I can't find it. 2. I was watching ABC World News Tonight and they do a lot of stills, but add just a little bit of motion to the picture to give it a nice effect. I tried using the motion effect in the Fixed Effect Control and it works, but it's just a bit jittery in the preview window. How can I get it seamless and smooth?

August 16th, 2006, 08:54 AM	#330
Tim Bickford Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 448	Michael, To make things a bit smoother try lengthening the time of the still image in your timeline. (i.e. 10 to 15 seconds.). Have your pans move across the entire length of the image. If you have a gradual pan from (say left to right) try stoping the pan a few seconds before the image reaches then end of time. I sometimes start zoomed in - then slowing zoom out. Again... if the image is short on the timeline (i.e. couple of seconds) your pans and zooms are going to be very fast. Take a look at some of Ken Burns stuff (i.e. Civil War, Baseball). He is the master at working with stills. You will need a higher resolution image to get good quality zooms. As for the film look... are trying to get finished video of stills to look like old used film (i.e. scrathes and dust) or are you attempting to get a cinematic look? I am not aware of any way (in P-Pro 1.5) to get the scrathes and dust look unless you use a plugin (i.e. Magic Bullet). Perhaps P-Pro-2.0 has something. Hope that helps.. Tim __________________ Tim Bickford