There must be something special about that files, because other .m2t files lock up Premiere.

The only difference is that they were edited in the KDDI editor that came with the camera to add the overlay text.

Hi Dustin,

Which .m2t file are you referring to? Could you please provide the URL?

Thank you,

- don

The files I downloaded are the ones at http://www.dvinfo.net/jvc/media/ The PaulMogg_GGBridge1.m2t files goes into Premiere just fine. The other ones lock up the system. Maybe I am not waiting long enough, but there is no response and no CPU usage.

Thank you for responding so quickly Dustin.

I do hope that you are having some nice weather in Kaneohe. Certainly a very beautiful place to be!

So you know, it's quite c-o-o-o-l-d where I am here just outside of Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA.

- don

Upgrading to Storm 2 and Premiere Pro
 

Hey guys, for the past year or so I have been using Premiere 6.0 and the Canopus DVStorm 1.5. Premiere seems to do everything I need it to and I like the capablities of the Storm so I thought I'd upgrade to PP and possibly the Storm 2.

Now, I'm confused as to how I should go about this. I'm in the middle of editing a project right now so I'll probably have to wait, but do I need to upgrade the Canopus Storm or will my 1.5 version work with Premiere Pro? Lets say PP doesn't work with Storm 2, and I decide not to get the Storm 2, will I have to go out and get a generic firewire card for capture then? Or will I still be able to use my Storm breakout box to capture?

Is the Storm 2 really even worth it w/ the realtime capabilities and new color correction tools in PP? THe only thing I would seem to miss is the analogue breakout box, which easily allows analogue output as well as preview for my NTSC monitor.

I basically just need some advice on what you guys think I should do in this case. Thanks as always.

actually, disregard this post. I have decided not to go with this upgrade and am buying a G5 instead. :)

Frame Grabs
 

Does anyone have any advice/info on frame grabbers?

I've been using Premiere 6 for several years and finally upgraded to Pro. (Actually, I bought the Collection) Unfortunately, I found out that Pro doesn't support my RedHawk Vision plug-in for 6. (Pics 1.1)

Redhawk has a new grabber (although they say it's not a frame grabber) Paparazzi 2 that ships and stays resident on a USB flash drive for about $400 ($100 rebate for Pics 1.1 owners).

I tried the frame export in Premiere Pro, - just hoping. Pics are no where near the resolution of RedHawk.

Just hoping someone had knowledge of other software or maybe something in Pro or AE6 or maybe even Encore that would get me decent stills from DV.

Thanks

Brad Tyrrell

Premiere Pro?
 

I've just upgraded to Windowx XP and the new Premiere Pro editing system. (I did have Windows 2000 and Premiere 6.5 with Canopus DVStorm, but gave up as DVStorm doesn't work with Premiere Pro, which seems pretty good on it's own).

My question is, has anyone found a good piece of hardware that does actually work with Premiere Pro (perhaps an accelerator card). Any suggestions or comments would be very welcome!

What's P.P ? Also, what kind of compression did you use for your output AVI file?

adobe premiere pro

Static sounds usually means that you are exceeding 0 dB somewhere in the audio chain and what you are hearing is the effect of having flat-topped waveforms.

Try reducing the volume within PP.

Matrox RTXtreme and Canopus Storm 2 both work with Premiere Pro.

Premiere stablizer
 

I am told that Premiere has a add -on program called SteadyMove that stablizes the film footage.
My question, Is there any stand alone program that I can buy that does this, without having to buy Premiere Pro???
Thank you

Have you tried this site?:
http://www.dynapel.com/com/private/sh_overview.htm
Jan

Premiere 6.5 Exporting Options?
 

Dear all,

I am at the stage of exporting my project as a whole and would like to deinterlace the end product, but have a question...

Do I simply choose the "No Fields" option in the rendering settings or do I have to turn the deinterlace ON in the export settings.... Or can I and do I need to use both settings, what's the difference between the two options, would having both settings cancel each other out? Right now it all seems pretty much the same to me, hope you guys can clear this up for me.

Thanks for your time...

regards,

Daniel

Thanks Adrian,
 

Thanks Adrian, having just done away with the DVStorm, I'm a bit reluctant to go for a DVStorm2. I was thinking more of a graphics card, though I suppose I would have to go for a dedicated editing card again...

I am having problems exproting with premire 6.0 please help..thanks
 

I just got a new computer for editing.I has 1gb or ram 2 120 gb hard drives, widows xp pro, and i am curently using premire 6.0 because it is what i use at work for wedding video and everything work fine there.Now my video card has like s-videoinputs and stuff i dont know if this matters but i only use firewire. and it imports fine with no problems at all but when the camera is hookes up for play back as like a moniter or for exporting it has bearly any adio and its all grey with little specs of video if you can help me i'd much appreciate it.if it helps my camera is a sony vx2000 and all of this works at my work so its either the program or the computer..thanks

A couple of things you could consider;

The first one is try connecting with a different firwire cable. Does the camera have to have DV input activated? In Premiere are you editing in DV mode? Have you got the latest Premiere update 6.01 from http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=42&platform=Windows

Hope this helps.
Jack

The only importance is the finished quality of the video outputed to the camcorder. What it looks like as it happens is of no real importance. When you export to tape is the finished product O.K.? Run some footage through and see what it looks like when it is done exporting by hooking up to the TV or a monitor and look at the tape.
KennJ

it wont let my export to tape at all and i've tried 2 different firewiresand they both work on other computers and such and my camera eports atwork on the computer so it either has to be the video card or the program...i will try th eveerything you you both said and get back to you thanks very much

What is the hardware you are using. i.e. firewire card with s-videos whats the Make, and model number?

You might want to upgrade to v6.02 or even v6.5.

Make sure that you are running DV though out. To check this use the settings viewer in the project menu.

Make sure that your DV device control in Premiere is set to sony, with model number vx2000 or generic.

Thanks,

Ed

I wanna say it was a radeon all in wonder card or something like that..thanks

i have premiere pro with a canopus dv raptor rt2 card and i honestly can't see the need for it.

just premiere pro by itself seems fine.

i called canopus tech support to see if maybe i hadn't installed or properly used the various canopus plug-in's but they weren't very useful.

matthew

Are you tring to export a still from the movie? If so, Premire should
be able to do that at full resolution. Or do you want a screengrab
from Premiere self (the application)?

The most important rule is see what works for you. I think the
option when exporting is just to let the playback application
know what format it should expect. I'm not sure if it actually
de-interlaces the footage.

Just experiment with the different settings. When playing back
the footage on your computer you should easily see if it is
de-interlaced or not.

Also resolutions below the half of full resolution don't need
de-interlacing.

Actually, since I needed some decent stills right away and I was familiar with Pics 1.1, I went ahead and bought Paparazzi 2.

It's actually a pretty good program. Comes on a Usb flash drive and stays there. It's not really a frame grabber I'm told, as it takes several frames, compares them, and creates an image from the result. Pretty good at getting rid of video noise and "jaggies". It's not a miracle worker (which is of course what I wanted), but it allows me to get decent 5x7's from video (8x10's if you stand back a bit).

Paparrazi is comparable to Pics 1.1, same technology, only it's a stand alone instead of a Premiere plug-in. It also compensates for "square" pixels (1.1 didn't and I had to resize in Photoshop) and outputs a constant 160 ppi regardless of size (1.1 was 72 but at 20 some odd inches it worked.)

It's a lot faster to use than other things I tried, I was just hoping to spend less money.

Premiere exports full resolution, I just needed better.

Brad

premier pro acting not like a pro
 

I Just got Premier pro a few weeks ago. And I have to say its an amazing program, but today it started kind of skipping just a tad bit. I have a very fast computer? does anyone know what it could be? It only skips sometimes.

That completely depends on a LOT of things, like:

1) your computer spec (including harddisks & operating system)

2) fragmentation of your drives

3) type of footage

4) filters, transitions etc. you are using

5) other programs running (like virus scanners!! or a virus)

6) output device your using (monitor or firewire out for example)

7) camera connected or not

8) project settings

etc. etc.

Best thing to do is to keep what you captured the same though out the post production process. i.e. if you captured using upper fields make sure you export using upper fields. To find out what settings you are using you can use the settings viewer, I think found in the project menu? make sure all settings are the same through out.

Cheers,

Ed

ok i was just messing with it again, these are the problems that I'm getting. I can play everything in premier 6.5 PERFECT on my computer and going to another monitor. premier pro plays in my computer good, but when i export to tape on 2 different cameras it like skips sometimes. so it's not my export card, because it works in 6.5, and its not my camera, becuase i have 2 different cameras. I have TONS of space in my harddrive that i store all footage on. I ran a defragmentation today. I scan for viruses a minute ago. WHAT CAN IT BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm getting very pissed off.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH and my COMPUTER IS BIG BLINING. with a 220g hd and a 80g hd p4 and p5
WHOEVERY FIGURES THIS ONE OUT IS THE F...ING MAN

ok you have a big HD, this doesn't really effect it that much....but what CPU speed and type. you runing? how much ram? what OS you running

Premier Pro Insert problem
 

Started a project based on a dv capture that went fine. There is audio and video throughout the entire capture. The video and audio play back fine throughout the entire capture. I created a sequence by making clips from the capture. The first three were inserted into the timeline, both audio and video tracks, with no problem. The fourth, after setting in and out points, the "Insert" command will only take the audio, no video. Yes, I have the button set to the "take video and audio" position, and the video track is not locked. The problem persists whether the clip I am trying to insert is 5 seconds or 30 seconds. I don't think I'm doing anything differently than for the first three clips, which took both video and audio. What could be causing this?
I'm a new user of this program so I apologize if I'm missing something obvious. Thank you for any help!
Len

are you using a third party capture board or the 1394 port on a motherboard?

if you reboot and start a new project and try to work with the same files does that make any difference?

i had a project that just got hosed and starting with a fresh one fixed everything.

matthew

mike, your prob. is nothing but a power sharing porblem. Premier Pro depends on processor's power, it eats up lots of CPU's power, coz of it's real time processing capabilities. Previous vertions of Premier used to depend on the Video i/o card. But Pro version doesn't. So, while doing print to tape you need to cut of some power. Disable "full screen preview" on the computer monitor. Then go for print to tape. Your problem should not be there anymore.

THANKS A LOT. What about when i'm watching it on my TV and editing?? That helps thought, thanks. I'll try it out.

Help with pictures in Premiere 6.5
 

Hey all. I am trying to have an image appear during a TV short I have to do and I'm having trouble making my icon have a transparent background around the edges of it's round shape in Premiere. I always just have the picture on a white background so that when I try to have the picture appear, it's got a big white box around it. I've tried cutting out the background in Adobe Photoshop but it reverts back to a white background when I save. What do I do?

Bryan,

Save the photoshop file as a PSD, make sure that the white area is transparent.

Import the PSD into Premiere, it will ask whether you want to import a single layer or merge the image. (If the image is just one layer, select that layer).

Drag it onto the timeline in any track above video track 2. Right click on the picture in the timeline and select video options, then select trasparency. From the drop down menu select Alpha channel.

Hope this helps,

Ed

Ed - that was it! Thanks so much. My only problem now is that I'm having trouble getting rid of all the white around a dark red colored button. I did the magic eraser tool and it leaves a good deal of little white jaggies all around the button edges. I tried carefully taking them out with the background eraser tool but it's not cooperating..... Any suggestions? Thanks again!

How to swap channels in Premiere Pro.
 

Hi all.

Going through the Premiere Pro manual, it says that one of the audio effects you can apply is "swap channels".
Using the audio mixer, I can get to the dropdown menu with all the audio effects except "swap channels".

Can any of you point the way?

Best regards,
Arnaldo