Which preset for a 720 x 576 project ?
 

Hi,
I'm going to be using Premiere Pro CS4 Mac to edit video using files from a HD3 sports camera with a CS580 bullet cam.
The files output by the camera are 720 x 576 PAL, H.264, AAC, in MOV format. Being new to Premiere Pro, I'm not sure which preset I should select when creating a new project.
Any clue ?
Thanks.

I'm away from by Adobe system at present, but there are several PAL setups in the project setup window, surely one of them would be the right frame size and rate. You can do the "interpret footage" function to conform footage also. I can't recall if APP will recognize H.264 and AAC Quicktime natively, you may find it necessary to transcode to dv-avi, maybe not...I don't have access to PAL footage to check for you, but when you start a new project the options window will list what's available...hmmm, looks like I'm not being much help here...Battle Vaughan/miamiherald.com video team

(at home) There is a standard 720x576 pal setup which you will see when you open a new project. I think the question will be if APP will handle the h264/aac combination in a quicktime file...

You may be better off when first converting the material to DV AVI type2 and then importing into PP. Your material is a beast to edit.

Hi guys,
Thanks for your take on this. Actually, my main problem so far was to get the clips to output properly from PP4 without being stretched.
I found out my file have a 768 x 576 image crammed into a 720 x 576 file container, hence the distortion on output. The picture appeared OK in PP4, because of the corrected aspect ratio (w/h) preview. But the final output was stretched. Dealing with the h.264 and AAC compressions + QuickTime file format in PP4 was not an issue, though.
I found a workaround by correcting the w/h setting of the original clips in QuickTime Pro before importing into PP4. This should do the trick.
In fact, chosing the import preset in PP4 was the least of my problems...
I'll come back if things don't go the way I hope.
Edw.