It is rendering audio effect, be patient.

Easier method is to apply the EQ effect to a track, this way you avoid nested sequences and unnecessary rendering.

NeroDigital MPEG-4 H.264 export now available directly from the timeline!
 

So, I'm nearing the end of a reinstall of Windows and my apps after a hard drive failure. I edited a short project the other day, and went to export it, and what should I see but an entry for “NeroDigital” right above the Adobe Media Encoder option in the Export menu. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you can now export directly to MPEG-4/H.264 straight from the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline! No need to go through the Adobe Media Encoder and use the buggy QuickTime export (and be restricted to the .mov container). The NeroDigital export plugin looks to be very configurable, and includes handy presets for iPod and PSP/Memory Stick.

Note that I am using Premiere Pro 2.0 and the latest edition of Nero 7 as of this writing (v7.5.9.0A). If you don't have Nero I am sure you will not have this export option.

Does this work in After Effects too?

I'm afraid I don't see NeroDigital listed in the After Effects export menu. There is an MPEG-4 option which uses the QuickTime rendering engine.

If you wanted to export an After Effects timeline using NeroDigital, and you have the Production Studio, you could always use the Dynamic Link feature to embed the AE timeline directly in a Premiere Pro timeline. I've used this on one of my projects so far (not to render to NeroDigital - yet), and it's pretty slick.

Rendered Preview Files Not Working
 

I've been working on a clients project using their computer and I took the hard drive home to work on my personal computer. In the preferences, I set the Preview files to go into the same folder as the project. If I open the Preview files directory, I can see the preview files that I rendered. So far, so good.

When I returned to the clients computer and opened up the project file, the rendered preview files are no longer linked, meaning that I'd have to re-render to see the clip previews. This is a bad thing as the files are pretty long, requiring a fair amount of time for rendering.

Am I not understanding how this is supposed to work? How can I re-link my clips to their appropriate preview files?

Premiere pro 2 missing frames
 

Hi all can anybody help with this
I am completely bald as I have pulled out all my hair. I am capturing from my Sony a1u to premiere pro 2 creating a series of single avis which are 60 mins long, when I put the Avi on the timeline and go to the end of the timeline there is a discrepancy of 10 secs: the timecode on the camera is 10 secs different if I look at 30 mins along the timeline I am 5 secs out it appears to lose 1 frame every 360 frames, the camera is pal I have it set recording at 25fps and the settings on PP2 for capture are the same 25fps in pal. I have shot HDV footage tho am capturing in DV as I need to travel and HDV is to many gigs I was hoping to edit a rough cut in DV then recapture in HDV for final edit I AM STUCK
any wisdom about this that could be forthcoming would be cherished and your place in nirvana assured in my eyes
Here's hoping
Chris

Do you get an error message (where is file xyz?) when you open the project? If so, just point to the location of the file.

Nope, it was as though I hadn't rendered the files at all. Re-connecting the media would have been the way to go, definitely.

Adobe tech support
 

Hi all, any body use Adobe's expert support? I have a contract and have been having a hard time getting through for about a month now or longer. I did get to talk to a customer support person and they told me that the contract I have for $300.00 a year is going to $1600.00 a year if I want to renue. Well anyway I dont think I will be able to swing that, so is there any other tech support programs that you know about? Mine covers their video production bundle and it is nice to be able to call and get help when time is critical. Although I dont know if I will be able to afford that convenience. Thanks again TAG

Slow Playback on Capture
 

I have a friend who has a Sony TRV-950 who uses P.P. 7.0 to edit. Just recently he has started to encounter problems when he captures with his TRV-950. As soon as the computer tells the camera to play, the playback speed decreases (you can hear the audio drop to a lower speed) and everything is slow and jagged.

The tapes play fine when not connected to the camera, and the footage was shot with the same camera. When you click to actually record, a message comes up and says the connection to the device was lost. He can capture using the camera and Windows Movie Maker just fine, only P.P. gives him problems.

Any Suggestions? Thanks.

I think you're right in giving up the service, especially if it's going up to that price. I've got to admit thought that I don't have it, and would probably never use it.

My opinion is that its not worth it, even at $300. First of all, 90% of the problems that I've encountered are computer/video-tech related, not Editing Suite. If you have a techie-friend you can call, or you're a tech-person like myself, you've got most of those covered. Also, there's of course these forums, and lots of other places you can find online to find answers, if you do a bit of looking.

Even for quicker questions ("how-do-I.....") it's probably simpler to find it online (I don't even know if they answer those sort of questions...... do they?)

Sorry for not answering your question, I don't know any other services. But I'd probably find them a waste of money anyway! If you can't find anything to your liking, I'll offer to help you out, for free ;)

If you didn't get the "find media" dialog box when opening the project, then it is very strange. You should have.

If for some reason premiere can't see the rendered files, then you can try and go to preferences and look under scrach disks for rendered files directory, but it this doesn't help, then nothing will, I'm affraid.

Which workflow
 

i have 60 jpegs that are 2272x1704 pixels and what i plan to do is to create a photo montage. so which workflow makes more sense and what would you reccomend? and also i wan the picture to be 720x576 and i'll be working in pal if that matters and the final output is just for the internet but i have the compression covered.

also some of the jpegs need to be rotated so that they are the right way up.

im using:

premeire 1.5
AE7
photoshop cs2

workflow 1:

import jpegs into AE(comp settings 720x576, 5secs, 1frame)> rescale and rotate if nessecary> out put as avi no compression then import to prem and edit.

or.

Workflow 2:

import jpegs in to photoshop auto resize them> import jpegs that need to be rotated into AE then rotate> import everthing into prem and edit export etc.

So what would you do and how would you do it. can i shorten the time its going to take me or anything you think i should be doing differently, all commenst and suggestions welcome. also if you have any questions just ask.

Thanks in advance!

Why wouldn't you just do the rotation in Photoshop, too? I don't see the need for AE for this project.

My God
 

Why didnt i think of that? haha thats for pointing out the obvious! well ive certainly been wasting my time! thanks for that! i definatly did not get common sense for christmas! thanks!

Hey, sometimes we all need a little slap in the face. ;-) I often find myself making things more complicated than they are!

Hi Chris, thanks for the offer. They do answer the how do I... questions and it isnt a problem with the software not working properly, its just I cant figure how to get things to happen. Right now I am dealing with Encore not accepting a wav file and we tried everything and now we are to the point of uninstalling Encore and re installing to fix the problem. Well that isnt in the help file so it is nice to call and get some imput. Although lately its been taking up to 2 hrs for them to answer the phone. This problem seems to be a software problem but usually my questions are how do I make a tilted picture in picture. Well the answer was to use After Effects. So in the time it would of taken me to try a couple of different options it was nice to call and ask. But im not sure it will happen at $1600. Anyway thanks for the reply. See you around. TAG

Does SD need PPro 2
 

I have PPro 1.5 and will be using SD on Canon GL2 for a long time, I have no intentions of going to a HD camera. Is there any reason for me to upgrade to Premiere Pro 2 ?

2.0 has some extra features (multicam editing for example, better sound handling, etc) but nothing essential. Actually you can even do HD on 1.5 by downloading the free upgrade to 1.5.1 from Adobe.

Seems to me that the interface does a little more, though I actually only use 1.5 for a very short period, jumping 6.5 to Pro 2.0.

I think you can set up multiple monitors better and easier, actually have monitor dedicated to preview, the multicamera edit is great, and frankly, you keep up with the current technology by future upgrades to the program better than you might with 1.5. If you are a dedicated Premiere user, I think it is worth it.