I tried that but there are still problems. It seems to play in fast forward and the audio is missing?

EDIT: It also imports really fast!?

Well, it works for me... but I did hear others having this complaint and it is usually caused by software problems - most often people who experience this issue, have all sorts of codecs installed on their computer; those codecs start working against each other so you need to unistall them.

I don't have numbers, but from what I remember the conforming speed was nothing out of the ordinary.

Matching Colour For Compositng?
 

I'm working on a little short using a 3-point lighting system, a wide-shot and a cloning composite effect.

I was playing two characters and needed to change wardrobe and makeup drastically for the second. Fired up the lights, recorded the wide angle for the one character, turned off the lights and camera leaving everything in place and went to change. Half an hour later I came back and I think I might have brushed past a barn-door just enough to move it a tad because there is now a slight, slight difference in colour between the two shots and I think it will effect the composite...Is Colour Match in Premiere the only hope I have at trying to match the two?

encoding failed
 

I went back to an old project to fix acouple things. I fixed every thing fine and when i tryed to export it into the file format i have always used, it gives me the error message: encoding failed. I am trying to encode it into wmv9, pretty normal settings, but it seems to happen no matter what settings i use. For now i am just encoding it into avi and then compressing it with sorenson squeeze later, but i would like to be able to do it in one step. Has any one had this problem?

*edit*
I also had this problem one time when i was using a particular audio effect to reduce noise, it would render up untill that point and then give that error message, but this happens as soon as i press ok pretty much, and i dont have any effects on the first clip

pp2 & quadro fx 3500
 

well I kinda started along these lines in the cineform topics but realized my problem is with pp2 as a whole. so installed my new 3500 and cant get pp2 work w/o locking up. I know it has something to do with the nvidia drivers (im using latest whql). I tried the older 84 versions and have exact same problem. pny tech (and cant get them back on the phone) told me to use 77's as they are latest adobe certified drivers. however problem is that the 77's dont support the newer 3500. so I have to use the newer drivers. Ive tried different settings and it seems each change makes something work but something quits working. then I'll make another change and the whole program will lock up opening. All other programs on pc work great, especially AE7. but I do most of my work in PP2. So there's no way I spent $1100 on a card that adobe wont support. So who out there also has a 3500 & how do I make this work with PP2?

TIA

Try this, export again to WMV but turn the audio off during export (not the audio on/off directly on the timeline but during export), just to isolate the issue.

I have run onto this when exporting to WMV when the audio was set to "Windows Media Audio 9.1 Professional". Try just using the standard "Windows Media Audio 9.1" maybe.

thanks, i will try that

Capturing problem with PPro 1.51
 

Hi,

I hope, this is the correct forum for my question, because I'm not quite sure, wether this is a PPro problem or a Win XP problem.

Anyway, here is what's bothering me: I bought a used Canon MV20i just for capturing my XL2 footage. On my laptop everything is fine, however on the desktop PC no frames are captured despite the fact that the camera can be controlled from the PPro Capture window (start, stop, pause, fast forward and fast rewind all work).

On the laptop I run Win XP SP1 and the firewire cable is a 4 pin to 4 pin cable. The desktop PC runs Win XP SP2 and the cable is 4 pin to 6 pin. When I connect the XL2 everything works perfectly on both the laptop and the desktop PC.

Any ideas what could be wrong here are very much appreciated.

after sp2 there is some issues with using ieee-1394. I personally experinced none of those but check this:
http://www.rme-audio.com/english/techinfo/fw800sp2.htm
and
http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/winxp-1394.html

but if You're not sure is it Premiere or OS or Your hardware then try other tool for capturing:
http://windv.mourek.cz/

Thanks for the links, Frank. I will install the firewire patch and report if it works.

Hi,

I installed the WinXP patch but the problem is still the same (WinDV doesn't solve it either).

However, I'm now fairly sure that it's WinXP SP2 that makes the trouble, not PPro.

Any other ideas?

Does the FilmFX plug-in work with Premiere Elements?
 

Any Premiere Elements users here?

Change Color Effect
 

Any response based on experience w/b appreciated.

I'm relatively new to PPro 2.0 and am experimenting with the Change Color Effect. I need to use that effect on multiple colors in one clip. Other than adding the effect multiple times, i.e. once for each color I want to change, is there some way to add the effect only once but have it apply to multiple colors?

I've changed one color with the effect, but when I slick the eyedropper to select another color to change, the color of my first change seems to revert back to the original "bad" color. Can't figure out if I'm doing something wrong, or if it's a limitation of the app.

Should I just add the effect once for each color, and leave it at that?

Haven't found anything in either Help or "The PPro 2.0 Bible" published by Wiley.

Input appreciated.

From what I know, one effect for each colour.

Export to MPEG2-DVD gets m2v files?
 

Need some help here--
I have been working on a video backpacking project that I cannot get correctly encoded. I use Premiere Pro 1.5, and set the file up as a MPEG2-DVD file. I set it for 7mb vbr 2 pass, and when the encoding ids done, I end up with a m2v file that contains the video only, and a wav file for the audio only. I cannot successfully import either into Roxio Easy Media 8 to make my final DVD.
I have no such problems exporting as a sraight MPEG2 file. I only have problems when attempting to output as a MPEG2-DVD. That's when I get the m2v files. Presets do not seem to affect that, that is all presets under MPEG2-DVD will encode as m2v. ASm I doing something fundamentally wrong here?
Any help or comments wouild sure be appreciated. my goal nmow is to get the highest quality output for playback on a variety of DVD playback machines.
Thanks!

In 1.5, when you transcode and select mpeg for DVD, it will render separate files for video and audio, unless you opt for "DVD" in the Multiplex menu when you are selecting to transcode on export to your mpeg file.

playing a clip and having it freeze for dramatic effect...
 

in pp2 how do I play like a 6 sec clip in slow mo and have the scene freeze at the end for another couple seconds?

Make a copy of the slow-mo file, place it right after the slow-mo file, right click on the copied file, select frame hold, set frame hold to hold on last frame.
I think :)

Per "PPro 2.0 Bible"...
 

You can freeze on either an in-point, out-point, or a marked point.

1) select/left-click the clip
2) if you want to freeze on something OTHER THAN an in or out point, set unnumbered marker in Source Monitor
3) Choose Clip/Video Options/Frame Hold (that opens the Frame Hold Options dialog)
4) from that, choose either in-point, out-point, or Marker 0.
5) Click the Hold On check box
6) to prevent keyframe effects form being viewed, click Hold Filters check box.
7) To remove effects of deinterlacing, click the Deinterlace check box.

Chris,
Thanks for the fast response!
I set it for DVD on the Multiplexing and problem solved. Thanks again, really appreciated.

Internal HD monitoring?
 

I'm looking at a monitoring solution for offlining a very-low-budget feature, shot in HDV 720@24p. My concerns are soft focus and framing, and a good viewing experience for me and the director.

It seems to me that the best choice is a high-rez LCD, now that you can get nice ones for $300. Any serious HD monitor, consumer plasma screen or projector would cost way more, and from looking at specs, the latter two don't even have true HD resolutions.

Since the project is 1280x720, could I enjoy an up-rezed full-screen display and still judge focus properly? Can I monitor directly from the computer with PPro? Does it support a full-screen mode at all?

Premiere thinks 4:3 footage is 16:9
 

I'm wanting to make sure that working 4:3 footage in a 16:9 project will work before I get started. Can someone tell me how Premiere tells 4:3 footage from 16:9? How does that work?

This is in regards to this post:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=74777

I'm doing everything in SD. Thanks for any help!

Hi,

You have the "Interpret footage" option in Video menu, or available via right-click. There you can set the pixel aspect ratio.

The problem with 4x3 footage in 16x9 project is that you have to upscale it in the timeline to match 16x9 resolution (roughly 720->1024 pixels). This will decrease the quality.

Thanks Bart, will check that out. It seems to work ok except that Premiere seems to have confused some footage's aspect ratio.

I'm not too concerned about the res; I'm not going to stretch the 4:3, I just want it to play properly on a 16:9 TV without having to take the tv out of 16:9.

Making DV look more like film
 

Hello - I was wondering if anyone had tips or methods in making DV footage look less like DV and more like film. For the most part, I'm looking to add grain, make it look worse than it currently is, but in a stylish way - more analog, less digital - kind of like an old 8mm film. Suggestions would be great. I use adobe premier pro 2.0 and don't use after effects, so I'm mainly looking for methods that involve changing settings within premier.

thanks!

There's a whole forum on that topic, right here, with 7000+ posts!

Not all involving Premiere, admittedly, but the search box is your friend...

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=34

I can't seem to find any relevant info at that link you gave... thanks anyways. anyone have any other ideas? Keep in mind, the footage i'm using is run of the mill 29.97 fps DV AVI.

quicktime import ??
 

will premiere import quicktime files??

Yes, but it likely won't edit in real time.

Take a look at the forum that you were referred to. It has TONS of tips with how to do each of those things in different threads.

I've solved the "Adobe Premiere Pro failed to return a video frame. Cancelling the operation." by using an apect ratio and res that it can handle. For example, I would get the error when trying to export odd resolutions (360x240). I doubt this helps but at least your are not alone, lol

small black bars
 

i am having a problem with premiere. I am currently using version 6 (i also have pro but just needed to do some quick cuts) and there seems to be a very small black bar on each side of the frame when i export.
They're not huge pillar style bars, just tiny almost unnoticable bars.
it is annoying me to my limit and i cant figure out how to fix it.
does anyone have any experience with this?
my fury is building! thanks!

What is you computer conf? I have experienced similar problems with Athlon XP 3000, Soltek Mainboard and 1 GB of RAM. Can be RAM issue.

Try closing premiere, opening it again and rendering from the start - this might free some memory.

Hi jason,

This is just the way vidoe is!

What you are probably seeing is the blanking area. When viewed on a normal tv you will not see it.

To get rid of it you need to apply the crop tool from the effects menu, and slightly adjust the settings, then re-render and export.

Cheers,

Loading Problem in Preimiere Pro
 

Hi everyone,

I am in trouble, help!

I have a photomontage of 500 pictures due by tonight, of which I am almost finished with it. As I was working in a sequences, it froze. It does that once in a while, all I have to do is reboot. This time when I opened the project again it did not want to load. The little window where it shows the progress of loading, it just sits there towards the end of it. I have already rebooted a couple times and keeps on doing the same thing, "What can possibly be wrong"? Is the file corruped now and have lost all my work?

Help!!!

Severo

Video card to use with Premiere?
 

I want to drive my 2 flat panel displays but have Premiere output broadcast video to a 3rd monitor (a calibrated NTSC broadcast display). What video cards are available to facilitate this?

Thanks!

I do heart my Matrox Parhelia APV-E :-)

ati & nvidia both are ok. I think, they haven't manufactured model which can't meet so low requirements for years. Just avoid S3. I have it in my laptop. So i have to disable all hardware accellerations to work with AP without seeing blue wallpapers.

Jerkiness and PPro 2 - strange
 

Hi Guys(and gals) - Sorry for bringing this up again, but I do really hate stuff that I don't understand.

I've been running Vegas and Premiere since 2001 - So I have some experience. Today I have an AMD XP2 64 4600+ machine with 4gb memory, sata2 drives, Geforce 7800 GT gfx card and a low latency ASIO Sound blaster card - a rather nice and powerful computer(paired with a 24" LCD). It runs a freshly installed Win XP SP2 with all updates and latest drivers.

Still I get jerkiness when playing back clips in PPro 2.0. It doesn't matter if I have any effects or transitions going on. When I re-start PPro the next time it is as fluid as ever...until the next time it "jerks up". Vegas never ever does this, it works 100% all the time. Same for After Effects. Only PPro, I have experienced this more or less since Premiere 6.5(changing computers 3-4 times until now).

So what bothers me are:

1. Not being able to pinpoint the culprit
2. It is intermittent
3. I've seen it more or less since Premiere 6.5 using different computers/camcorders(today I have a Canon XM2 PAL)

I start all projects using the PAL template. When I play a clip in reverse(using the J key) - it is always fluid - and the when I play using the "L" key it jerks(sometimes).

The only clues I have are:

1. I have always had Nvidia based GFX cards - may there be some problems there? My card is on the Adobe OK list

2. It "feels" like an interlace related problem - but then, why only sometimes? If I play the same clip 10 times, restarting PPro 2 between every play - It will jerk and behave strange maybe 2 times.

To avoid problems I always close all other apps than PPro and I also unplug USB/Firewire devices.

I always capture using Scenalyzer, could this be a prob?

All ideas and thoughts are mostly welcome!

// Lazze \\

I have a Radion X850 now. It has 2 DV outs and an S-video out. Can I use the S-video out for the NTSC monitor? If so, how will Premiere know that it is supposed to use the S-video output for final image review?