Thanks for your replys. I ended up using "Click to DVD" which came installed on my Vaio laptop and it worked fine. I had not been using it due to a problem quite a while ago but this time it worked perfect!

does anyone know if the next version of premiere pro will be compatible with 24p & 60i footage on the same timeline?? Unless i'm missing somthing as of now its not to friendly.

Also, is there a good way to speed up 24footage so it doesnt look like crap? Or is that the 24p curse :D

cheers

How do I turn this feature off in Premiere? Thanks!

Go to Edit>Preferences>General and uncheck "Play work area after rendering previews."

Chris, man you are fast with the answers, you might think that all this stuff is easy, but your help is most apprecitaed. I knew the answer to that one, but you seem to always know the PP stuff fast. Thanks for the quick ones. That kind of stuff can drive a person crazy

Always glad to help!

i would suggest going out to the microsoft wmv-hd website, and taking a look at some of the encoding training materials that they have posted... there is a nice little video clip out there that covers the options with the free wmv encoder, using an avi source file.

Mike,

Been swamped and continually trying to solve the problem. I found out I have a nividia 5200 graphics card. I down loaded the latest driver, no solution.

I down loaded an xp moviemaker file and captured to it from both of my cam corders, no problem.

I deleted my program and reinstalled it, no improvement.

I was wondering if there was an order of process, such as download adobe, then down load the driver.

is the capture card seperate from the graphics card??

I am getting pretty frustrated.

If I could find my old pennicle program I would load it and try it on too.

I am not sure where to go from here!!


Gus

When I go to general, all I see is a check box for in/out points show media offset

Then it has features for pre and post roll and user interface brightness?

I'm running version Adobe Premiere Pro v.7...does this feature only work in 1.5?

I have a Pentium D 3.0ghz with 1024mb DDR2 667mhz.
I have two 300gb SATA drives on a Raid 0.
I also have a 250gb SATA system drive.

Is this a good way to setup a Premiere Pro 1.5 setup?

Also, in the future, I am planning to buy two more 300gb SATA drives and put them in a RAID 0+1 - to mirror the two I have now - thus creating a redundant backup incase of a failiure.

How does this all sound?

I was also wondering if partitioning the system drive into a smaller partition for the system, and a larger partition for something else would be benifficial. I don't need the full 250gb for the system, and it seems like a waste of space. I was thinking of using some of that storage for compleated projects or something. What do you think of this?

Thanks for all your input!

I'm running version Adobe Premiere Pro v.7...does this feature only work in 1.5?
Yes, it looks like that feature was added in Premiere Pro 1.5.

Mine was as simple as I stated above, give a list of your pc/components and software/versions so we may be able to help further.

i just saw a dirtbike commercial for some video game and they had a 3 way vertical split screen. Is there a way to duplicate that effect in pro 1.5?

i used the search and foudn some things but they dont work to good.
when i use the motion and such, it just makes the video image wider or shorter, the key is to have full size video in a smaller vertical box

thanx

It seems you want to use the Garbage Matte effect. Check the tutorial here : http://www.pacific.adobe.com/tips/preppictinpict/main.html and go to page 2.

i figured it out in after effects..thanx guys :D

When you use a picture in picture effect, I sometimes use this over a white background and put a couple of pics on at the same time with a drop shadow, I wanted to know if its possible to put for example a black border around the pictures to help them stand out a bit.
If its possible could someone please point me in the right direction.
Many thanks
Paul

Try the "Clip" effect. The Bevel Edges effect with the Light Color set to black should give a similar result.

Thanks again Christopher,
I'll try it out.
Paul

The bevel edges worked a treat, just what I wanted to do.
Thanks
Paul

... unless you were indeed swapping tapes as you jumped from scene a to scene b??

ummm... in that case there should be a date and time stamp on each clip that's included with the captured dv avi... i'd guess that you'd need a way for the editing program to list 'em by that data? i'm shooting from the hip here, lol!

The above [last] para describes my situation... and yes, to jump to the solution, if I could sort the clips by the time-of-day-stamp, that would work across multiple tapes, except that I don't know how to make PP comply!

To give a real world example consider the following hypothetical situation where I am shooting a music concert.

I keep the tape rolling and recording songs [dance items, in my case] until the time left on the tape will not cover the next song in its entirety. This forces me to switch to a new tape [during the gaps between songs], until the same situation occurs. I can use a new tape, or go back to a previous tape if there is enough room left on it, which results in the songs being in tapes A, B, C, etc.. in non-chronological order.

If I could capture tapes A, B, C etc.. into PP have have the clips listed in chronological order, I would be all set to begin editing. Of course, if this is not possible, my other option is to always use a new tape each time, and never go back to a previously used tape.

While not a big issue, I figured someone here might have figured this out...

In Premire Pro, is there any trick or easy way to adjusting multiple clip volumes so it sounds "even" when played back?

E.g., I know that in Audition, you can push a button and have it automatically adjust the volume of different songs being recorded onto a CD so you don't have to change the playback volume adjustment for each song.

For a given clip, PP allows you to maximize the gain without clipping. However, with multiple clips, I currently use the "manual" approach of looking at the audio VU meter for each clip, and adjusting the clip's volume so they all sound just as loud.

Thanks for any words of advice...

ok, i know about this lots now since i went thorugh this a day ago.
premiere pro 1.0 will work with 24p, just caputre it on the rgualr timeline.
premiere 1.5 has an updatge for 24

if u want to edit both 24 and 60i in pro 1.5, its not going ot happen just yet, but you can edit both in premiere pro 1.0

if u want slo motion-do the after effects trick
just do a search on here and u'll find a link

good luck
Sat

I have used Adobe premiere many times importing still images from my hard drive. I have a new camera (Nikon D70 SLR). Now, I cannot import any stills that were taken by my new camera. Adobe just freezes up and doesn't respond. I can continue to import images taken from my older camera.

The images are about 1.5mb and the dimensions of the images are 3000x2000. Adobe states that it will import images up to 4000x4000.

Can anyone help me with this issue?

mike,

I have a pentium 4 at 2.6 gh ht processor, I have a nividia g force 5200 graphics card. Factory installed video (I have no clue what it actually is) .
Mike

I had put adobe pro on the computer, though I do not think it was the problem. I removed both pro and elements from the c drive. I then put elements back on the computer . I down loaded the latest driver (I wonder if I got it in right?) and still no picture in capture.
I ran movie maker and I do get a picture when capturing with movie maker. I talked to a computer guy and he said it should not be the graphics card if movie maker could run the input video. He suggested that there was an option to shut down the capture preview and that may be the problem. I got home and searched and did find that option but it was ticked to be enabled.

Still searching for a solution.


Gus

I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro 1 and whenever I import this paticular song, it cuts off the last 4 seconds of the song. I checked the song in iTunes and it plays the whole song there. I also figured maybe it would be there when I export the edit but it's not. Anyone know why and how to fix it?

GeForce 5200 has gamma issues. Right-click on your desktop, go to Properties, Settings Tab, Advanced, GeForce 5200 Tab, Color Correction, Drag Gamma slider to 1.00. See if that helps.

Whats the format of the audio, .wav, .mp3?

/Roger

Are the pics .jpg's?

If you have Photoshop, try to convert the images to .PSD or .TGA and try to import the pics.

/Roger

I figured it out. The song ended right after those 2 seconds that were cutting off so I added some blank noise to the end of the song It worked.

A co-worker recently bought a new laptop that has a USB 2.0 input, but no firewire. He has a Panosonic MiniDV camcorder that features a firewire output. How could he capture the footage? He plans to use an inexpensive Adobe application to edit that was purchased for $99. I don't know what the software is. Can you get a version of Premiere for that cheap?

Adobe Premiere Elements is less than $99.

The USB2.0 input may only be for still photos.
Sony cameras can send MPEG1 or MPEG2 over USB, but it's difficult to edit that and the quality is lower. I dont think Panasonic does that.

Probably the best thing to do is to get a PCMCIA (something like that) firewire card for the laptop. Should be under $40USD online (pricewatch.com, newegg.com, pricegrabber, etc.).

Can anyone direct me to a decent tutorial on the Adobe Media Encoder? I always seem to struggle with producting decent output for web distribution. I use the encoder in FCP and 2 minutes of HD video is about 20MB. In AME, it's always 100+ MB.

What settings are you using? Did you try one of the Windows Media HD presets?

By the way, if you install the free QuickTime 7 player for Windows, you can export to H.264. (Be careful when installing QuickTime 7, though, as I'm still not sure if all programs will function okay with it. It would be prudent to set a System Restore point before installing it, should you try that.)

Yes I am using the QT7 Pro product. I have tried a number of different presets...

I don't have any HD video handy that I could use to experiment myself, but I would think you should be able to get results similar to what you get out of Final Cut Pro.

I use the encoder in FCP and 2 minutes of HD video is about 20MB. In AME, it's always 100+ MB.
Are you trying to encode from HD to HD? Or do you want to go from HD resolution to something smaller (i.e., 320x240)?

At the risk of sounding redundant, did you try one of the Windows Media 9 presets? That would be the quickest and easiest way to get a streaming video that is high quality with the smallest file size. If you tried only the QuickTime presets, then that would be your problem. The default QuickTime presets in the Adobe Media Encoder are not good.

The other option would be to note the settings that the Final Cut Pro compressor uses when exporting a QuickTime file, and then use the same settings in the Adobe Media Encoder to export a QuickTime file. My guess is that when exporting from FCP the compressor might be using the H.264 codec. You can use this codec when exporting from Premiere Pro, since you have QuickTime 7 installed (H.264 will be listed as one of the codec choices when you choose QuickTime as the export format in the Adobe Media Encoder).

You will have to experiment with the bit rate in Adobe Media Encoder, as when encoding to QuickTime it is very inaccurate. You have to set it much lower than the readout would indicate. I'm afraid you will just have to find the bit rate you want by trial and error (encode a QuickTime file, open it in QuickTime and go to Window>Show Movie Info to see the actual encoded bit rate.) Note that the bit rate is displayed in this window is in kilobytes (KB), not kilobits (kb). The bit rate slider in Adobe Media Encoder may say that the QuickTime file's bit rate is 300Kb/s when in reality it is 2400kb/s (3040kb/s with audio), a true example from a test I just performed.

you can pick up firewire cards for $12 or less, try www.computergeeks.com, look for a green lite special.

Great! Thanks a lot guys.

Sorry for the dramatical thread name, but I would really like some help =)

I recently made the wonderful choice of purchasing an XL2, PAL version (I live in Europe). I film in 16:9, 25progressive scan, and with a custom preset in the camera. It looks fantastic =)

However, my huge problem right now is something as simple, yet crucial, as the capturing of the DV material from the band in the camera!

I have a pinnacle .. something... card for DV capture. I connect the camera to the cpu and start capturing in Premiere. Obviously I have the project settings set to DV PAL - widescreen 48 khz.... but after a few seconds (sometimes more than a few seconds) it stops capturing and it says "unknown recorder error". I tried to put the preview off, and it worked a bit longer at first, but still does the same thing in the end. VERY frustrating.

I tried to capture in ... well... just the standard windows movie maker, really. It worked, but once I imported the video file to Premiere, it shrunk. Or didn't work at all. What I mean by "shrunk" is that originally the length of the clip was something like 20 minutes, but premiere only played 2.40 minutes or something like that... couldnt get the rest. It even claimed that the clip wasnt longer than that. It worked perfectly to just click the file and play it though, so why won't it work in Premiere? Also, It seemed I could capture smaller segments of the video material, in moviemaker, and then it worked in Premiere all of a sudden... Weird!

I noticed that in the capture screen, I couldn't specify the camera, although there were a few options, that mentioned several cameras... the closest I could get was XL1S, but XL2 wasnt to be found...

Is there perhaps another capture program that I can use? Is it a setting problem? Is it a camera setting problem?

I would adore anyone who could help me solve this =)

Thanks in advance! Bah, thanks anyway for this lovely community =)

/ Best regards


Andreas Rylander

Vovin Studios

I'm not that familier with the XL, but if it has any auto detect settings on it turn them off. That's what the problem was with my Z1.

Andreas, if your computer has a standard firewire port, try capturing through that rather than your Pinnacle. If it works then, you'll at least know it is an issue with the Pinnacle card. Otherwise, you'll have to give the details of your Pinnacle set up and someone who uses the same card may be able to help.

Since you're also having problems with capture using Windows Movie Maker, I doubt it is a Premiere problem. But just in case, what version of Premiere are you using? Version 6.5 and earlier were pretty flakey for me, but the PPro capture window has worked well. True that the XL2 is not listed in the Device Control Options dialog, but you can just pick a generic Canon option and it should work ok, at least in PPro. Really doesn't matter.

Let us know how it goes.

Well, actually no - I dont have problems capturing using movie maker. The problem comes when I import that video file into Premiere. I am perfectly capable of capturing with moviemaker, but its using that file in premiere that presents the problem; it gets shortened down in length, if even working at all.


Andreas, if your computer has a standard firewire port, try capturing through that rather than your Pinnacle. If it works then, you'll at least know it is an issue with the Pinnacle card. Otherwise, you'll have to give the details of your Pinnacle set up and someone who uses the same card may be able to help.

Since you're also having problems with capture using Windows Movie Maker, I doubt it is a Premiere problem. But just in case, what version of Premiere are you using? Version 6.5 and earlier were pretty flakey for me, but the PPro capture window has worked well. True that the XL2 is not listed in the Device Control Options dialog, but you can just pick a generic Canon option and it should work ok, at least in PPro. Really doesn't matter.

Let us know how it goes.

Hi Andreas,

I had a similar problem to you. in the fact that when I captured material with premiere or another program, when I imported it in the video length was around 2mins 30secs or so. This got my so fustrated. I think that there is a thread about it somewhere in the DVinfo vaults, try the search.

In the end, in order to completely rectify the situation I had to re-install Premiere, if my memory serves me right. .. Now where is that thread...

I was using Premiere 6.5 on a Pinnacle DV500 capture card I beleive at the time.

Can you please clarify what version etc of software you are using a long with what hardware you have?

Cheers,

Finally, a beam of light =)

It seems you and I share the same hardware setup as far as the capture card goes... I do have a pinnacle card with a standard port for DV, though i dont remember if it was called 500 or not, but its probably the same card. It usually works well, but apparently not with premiere. I have Premiere Pro 1.5 - but if you say reinstalling it will solve the issue, then I certainly will try it =)

Thanks =)

But please - if anyone has further ideas or comments, do not hesitate to share them =)


Hi Andreas,

I had a similar problem to you. in the fact that when I captured material with premiere or another program, when I imported it in the video length was around 2mins 30secs or so. This got my so fustrated. I think that there is a thread about it somewhere in the DVinfo vaults, try the search.

In the end, in order to completely rectify the situation I had to re-install Premiere, if my memory serves me right. .. Now where is that thread...

I was using Premiere 6.5 on a Pinnacle DV500 capture card I beleive at the time.

Can you please clarify what version etc of software you are using a long with what hardware you have?

Cheers,

Here's the thread with my problem over 2 years ago...

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=12880

Good luck,

I would have to agree with Noah. CPU Speed, Physical Memory and Drive
transfer speeds would greatly determine overall rendering performance. I use Premiere 1.5 and have noticed no performance increase since my upgrade from a GeForce Ti 4600 to a GeForce GT 6800 128Mb 256Bit. Gaming, 3D Rendering, different story. I have wondered though, would there be any performance increase/benefit over normal CPU etc if an app like Premiere was developed to support rendering via GPU??

I would do a search but that feature isn't working right now so I'll just ask.... I want to make some of my videos viewable on the web and would like to export them as a wmv. However, it's only exporting the whole project, not just the work area I have selected..... am I missing something?

Hi does anyone know is there a way in Premiere 6 or 6.5 to restore the audio portion of a clip to the corresponding piece of video on the time line?

To further explain I have a time line which is fairly messy - all the clips are originally joint video/audio but for one reason or another the audio portions of alot of them were deleted - so I'm wondering is there a command or method to make them re-appear synched in position with their corresponding video portion?

thanks

Scot

Not instantly.

What you could do is create two new video tracks and one new audio, copy the video that's missing audio and paste another directly above it. Expand the copied track on the left so you recover all the way to the beginning of the clip. Then grab the same clip from your clip folder and put a new one on the 2nd video track. Sync it up to the clip below it.

If you cut it to the same lengths as your original clip (the one missing audio), you'll have the audio back. You can then delete the original clip and the copied one, place the new clip in its spot and delete the extra tracks.

Let me know if this didn't make sense.

im trying to do the camera shake effect thats included in the package but it keeps screwing up.... it keeps shaking the footage too much and i just dont know how to set it up.
first, the default setting puts the picture in the top left hand corner...wtf???

i dont know how to get that effect to work properly, so it stays in the tv safe area but does the shake..kinda like in fight club and in the rammstein video du hast when the lead singer hits the camera it it has the shake.
help
thanx