Adobe Premiere & Premiere Pro discussions from 2006

Dave Clough · March 3rd, 2006, 02:56 AM

Thanks for the information provide there. I don't suppose anyone knows whether Premier has an alternative to Sony Vegas' Chroma Blur filter do they?
I need to purchase a video-editing tool very soon and need to make sure I've done my research and get the right tool for the job!

Paul Gallagher · March 4th, 2006, 03:55 AM

I have recently got Premiere Pro 2 and I am using it in the Pal format. Each time on the timeline when I mark an in (i) and out point (o) then hit the # key to delete this selction it always leaves a gap on about 5-7 frames everytime, is this a fault in the new software or do I have to change a setting somewhere?

Any help would be great as this is more than frustrating.

Paul

Dan Malana · March 13th, 2006, 09:24 AM

I'm required to deliver a file in mpeg2 format with these specs:
Specifications for sending Video/Audio files to FastChannel Network
via FTP
1. Video: 18Mbs, MPEG 2 Program Stream, 4:2:2, 9 frame
GOP, 29.97 FPS, 4 by 3 Aspect Ratio, 720 x 512 (recommended)

Audio: MPEG-1 Layer 2, 2 Channels, 48 KHz, 20 bit, 384 Kbps
(recommended)

2. 3 seconds Bars and Tone

3. 3 to 10 seconds of slate

4. Acceptable video and audio quality:

Ø Average digital audio levels must range between
-17dBfs and -20dBfs (Analog: 0dB @ +4 dBm ref).

Ø Digital audio levels should peak between -10dBfs and
-12dBfs (Analog: no higher than +3), with a maximum of three peaks per
second.

Ø Setup level should equal 7.5 IRE.

Ø Luminance levels should not exceed 100 IRE.
Ø Chroma levels should not exceed 120 IRE.

5. The name of the file needs to include the ISCI code.

6. If any of these requirements aren't met, the file
could be rejected.

My question is how do I set the requested GOP? I see in the GOP settings M frames and N frames, Closed GOP every:, and Automatic GOP placement. I don't understand how to set a GOP of 9. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.

Dan

Dale Lundy · March 14th, 2006, 10:13 PM

I just got a DVX100B and I was trying to capture the tape to my hard drive for editing. I was able to control it and do a movie capture while it was playing, but couldn't seem to make a batch capture work. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Dale

Carlos Manuel · March 20th, 2006, 12:13 PM

Hi folks,

Is there anyone that still uses the Targa ?

I have 2 or 3 questions, to the users.

Please answer here or write me directly.

Many thanks
Camafe

Ben Mclaughlin · March 20th, 2006, 09:30 PM

when capturing does anyone know whether its better to have this
option selected? what does it actually do?

Chris Vaglio · March 23rd, 2006, 04:46 PM

Does anyone own the BigFX Film FX plug in? It worked great in 1.5 but now I can't get it to load in PP2, in fact PP2 won't even load with it, I have to take out of the Plug-In's folder to get PP2 to work...please help because this Plug In rules, but BigFX doesn't seem to respond to my desperate e-mails for help.

Thanks all

Chris Vaglio

Graham Hickling · March 26th, 2006, 11:53 AM

Can someone suggest what is presently the most efficient way to get avisynth .avs scripts into PremierePro2.0?

I've kinda lost track of the various wrappers and whatnot that are floating around the web.

Thanks

Jeremiah Rickert · March 27th, 2006, 03:18 PM

Hey all...

I recently edited a wedding video that I shot with 2 cameras. I put the video footage on A and B and use dissolves to go back and forth. I've noticed that when going from A to B, that a black bar will appear at the top of the footage, and when I got back from B to A, the black bar stays, and is joined by black bars on the sides of the image as well.

Any ideas? Cams are the same resolution and same aspect ratio...

Jeremiah

EDIT: When I get home tonight, I'll post a clip if that will help. These black bars don't show up on a tube TV because of overscan, but when I put them onto my DLP TV, you can see the black bars appear on every transition.

Kevin Janisch · March 27th, 2006, 06:28 PM

I just purchased PPro 2 Saturday (3-25-06) bc I was at a loss with "Premiere has failed to return the video frame" errors with 1.51 (Yes, I did every imaginable fix, even reinstalled XP with SP1a, not SP2).

Anyhow, I have 2hrs and 2minutes in the timeline with PPro 2. I put that sequence into a main render out sequence (nested), apply auto levels, etc. I go to out put MPEG2 DVD files and as soon as I hit save, it just sits there, forever, no status window, nothing. I reboot, and test doing a DV AVI on a short 8sec portion of it, same problem, nothing, it never even creates the file name (checked windows explorer), no render status window, nothing. It's crunching away bc I'm using a cacheman (a ram monitor) and it shows 1GB of my 2GB of ram being utilized, but Premiere is unresponsive and won't even show up on screen.

I go into the embedded sequence source, redo the test and all is well with the DV AVI, renders out, no problem. I apply all filters (auto levels) a pain to apply to each clip. Render out via Media Encoder, and it seems to be behaving normally. Conclusion, there is a problem with long nested sequences. Wow, I upgraded to get around 1 problem just to inherit more of them. I've already submitted a bug report. Beware.

Kevin

Graham Hickling · March 31st, 2006, 03:20 AM

Jeez guys .... no-one has any thoughts on this?

Well anyway, PremiereAVSPlugin is working fine for me with Premiere Pro 2.0

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=105017

Herman Chen · April 1st, 2006, 03:33 PM

I have a question. It may be stupid or even unsolvable but I'm sure there's something out there.

If I import, say....50 still images into Premiere. and then when I drag them onto the track, they all usually have a default length of 5 seconds on it. So is there a way to change that default length?

Mike Teutsch · April 1st, 2006, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herman Chen

I have a question. It may be stupid or even unsolvable but I'm sure there's something out there.

If I import, say....50 still images into Premiere. and then when I drag them onto the track, they all usually have a default length of 5 seconds on it. So is there a way to change that default length?

Herman,

Before importing the stills, go to "EDIT" then "Preferences" then "Still image." It has a default setting of 150 frames, which is 5 seconds at 30 frames per second. Change that to what you want it to be.

Good Luck----Mike

Chris Barcellos · April 2nd, 2006, 05:56 PM

I opened a Premiere Pro 2.0 project in Standard 4:3 DV project. The capture is from my FX1 hdv tape, but downcoverted in the camera for a normal DV capture. This is an edit for my project in the DV Challenge from this forum. The capture works fine, every thing seems to have the right aspect in editing. I then save it out to a new 4:3, using the DV format and selecting .9 pixel aspect.

When I play with Windows Media Player, everything gets flattened into a very wide screen--- except at the transitions, where things come out in the right aspect.

Can anybody tell me what I doing wrong ?

Bob Hart · April 2nd, 2006, 07:16 PM

I have experienced this also.

I suspect Media Player detects some coding which carries over from the original camera footage and remains embedded which says it is a widescreen image and automatically flattens the image to suit the playback. If the image has been flattened or matte letterboxed, the new image gets flattened as well. If you play back in Quicktime player, it does not seem to happen.

There will be better brains than mine to comment, with hopefully a simple solution, so don't take too much notice of my comments.

March 4th, 2006, 03:55 AM	#32
Paul Gallagher Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Omagh Posts: 306	Deleting between in and out points in PP2 I have recently got Premiere Pro 2 and I am using it in the Pal format. Each time on the timeline when I mark an in (i) and out point (o) then hit the # key to delete this selction it always leaves a gap on about 5-7 frames everytime, is this a fault in the new software or do I have to change a setting somewhere? Any help would be great as this is more than frustrating. Paul

March 13th, 2006, 09:24 AM	#33
Dan Malana Tourist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: virginia beach, va Posts: 1	Adobe Premiere Pro and GOP settings I'm required to deliver a file in mpeg2 format with these specs: Specifications for sending Video/Audio files to FastChannel Network via FTP 1. Video: 18Mbs, MPEG 2 Program Stream, 4:2:2, 9 frame GOP, 29.97 FPS, 4 by 3 Aspect Ratio, 720 x 512 (recommended) Audio: MPEG-1 Layer 2, 2 Channels, 48 KHz, 20 bit, 384 Kbps (recommended) 2. 3 seconds Bars and Tone 3. 3 to 10 seconds of slate 4. Acceptable video and audio quality: Ø Average digital audio levels must range between -17dBfs and -20dBfs (Analog: 0dB @ +4 dBm ref). Ø Digital audio levels should peak between -10dBfs and -12dBfs (Analog: no higher than +3), with a maximum of three peaks per second. Ø Setup level should equal 7.5 IRE. Ø Luminance levels should not exceed 100 IRE. Ø Chroma levels should not exceed 120 IRE. 5. The name of the file needs to include the ISCI code. 6. If any of these requirements aren't met, the file could be rejected. My question is how do I set the requested GOP? I see in the GOP settings M frames and N frames, Closed GOP every:, and Automatic GOP placement. I don't understand how to set a GOP of 9. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance. Dan

March 14th, 2006, 10:13 PM	#34
Dale Lundy Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 31	Capture DVX100B in Premiere 6.5 I just got a DVX100B and I was trying to capture the tape to my hard drive for editing. I was able to control it and do a movie capture while it was playing, but couldn't seem to make a batch capture work. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Dale

March 20th, 2006, 12:13 PM	#35
Carlos Manuel Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 76	Users of TARGA 3000 + Premiere 6.5 Hi folks, Is there anyone that still uses the Targa ? I have 2 or 3 questions, to the users. Please answer here or write me directly. Many thanks Camafe

March 20th, 2006, 09:30 PM	#36
Ben Mclaughlin Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 27	maximum bit rate depth?? when capturing does anyone know whether its better to have this option selected? what does it actually do?

March 3rd, 2006, 02:56 AM	#31
Dave Clough Tourist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 3	Thanks for the information provide there. I don't suppose anyone knows whether Premier has an alternative to Sony Vegas' Chroma Blur filter do they? I need to purchase a video-editing tool very soon and need to make sure I've done my research and get the right tool for the job!

March 23rd, 2006, 04:46 PM	#37
Chris Vaglio Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rockaway, NJ Posts: 29	Film FX and PP2 HELPME Does anyone own the BigFX Film FX plug in? It worked great in 1.5 but now I can't get it to load in PP2, in fact PP2 won't even load with it, I have to take out of the Plug-In's folder to get PP2 to work...please help because this Plug In rules, but BigFX doesn't seem to respond to my desperate e-mails for help. Thanks all Chris Vaglio __________________ Sincerely, Chris Vaglio Director/Producer/Editor Grey Sky Films www.greyskyfilms.com

March 26th, 2006, 11:53 AM	#38
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	Avisynth scripts and Premiere Pro 2 Can someone suggest what is presently the most efficient way to get avisynth .avs scripts into PremierePro2.0? I've kinda lost track of the various wrappers and whatnot that are floating around the web. Thanks

March 27th, 2006, 03:18 PM	#39
Jeremiah Rickert Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 494	Prem. 6.5 Transitions Question... Hey all... I recently edited a wedding video that I shot with 2 cameras. I put the video footage on A and B and use dissolves to go back and forth. I've noticed that when going from A to B, that a black bar will appear at the top of the footage, and when I got back from B to A, the black bar stays, and is joined by black bars on the sides of the image as well. Any ideas? Cams are the same resolution and same aspect ratio... Jeremiah EDIT: When I get home tonight, I'll post a clip if that will help. These black bars don't show up on a tube TV because of overscan, but when I put them onto my DLP TV, you can see the black bars appear on every transition. Last edited by Jeremiah Rickert; March 27th, 2006 at 07:43 PM.

March 27th, 2006, 06:28 PM	#40
Kevin Janisch Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 406	PPro 2 Long Nested Sequences will not Render out! Beware! I just purchased PPro 2 Saturday (3-25-06) bc I was at a loss with "Premiere has failed to return the video frame" errors with 1.51 (Yes, I did every imaginable fix, even reinstalled XP with SP1a, not SP2). Anyhow, I have 2hrs and 2minutes in the timeline with PPro 2. I put that sequence into a main render out sequence (nested), apply auto levels, etc. I go to out put MPEG2 DVD files and as soon as I hit save, it just sits there, forever, no status window, nothing. I reboot, and test doing a DV AVI on a short 8sec portion of it, same problem, nothing, it never even creates the file name (checked windows explorer), no render status window, nothing. It's crunching away bc I'm using a cacheman (a ram monitor) and it shows 1GB of my 2GB of ram being utilized, but Premiere is unresponsive and won't even show up on screen. I go into the embedded sequence source, redo the test and all is well with the DV AVI, renders out, no problem. I apply all filters (auto levels) a pain to apply to each clip. Render out via Media Encoder, and it seems to be behaving normally. Conclusion, there is a problem with long nested sequences. Wow, I upgraded to get around 1 problem just to inherit more of them. I've already submitted a bug report. Beware. Kevin

March 31st, 2006, 03:20 AM	#41
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	Jeez guys .... no-one has any thoughts on this? Well anyway, PremiereAVSPlugin is working fine for me with Premiere Pro 2.0 http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=105017

April 1st, 2006, 03:33 PM	#42
Herman Chen New Boot Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 23	still images on seq. track I have a question. It may be stupid or even unsolvable but I'm sure there's something out there. If I import, say....50 still images into Premiere. and then when I drag them onto the track, they all usually have a default length of 5 seconds on it. So is there a way to change that default length?

April 2nd, 2006, 05:56 PM	#44
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	HDV Downcoverted FRom FX1 in Premiere Pro 2.0 I opened a Premiere Pro 2.0 project in Standard 4:3 DV project. The capture is from my FX1 hdv tape, but downcoverted in the camera for a normal DV capture. This is an edit for my project in the DV Challenge from this forum. The capture works fine, every thing seems to have the right aspect in editing. I then save it out to a new 4:3, using the DV format and selecting .9 pixel aspect. When I play with Windows Media Player, everything gets flattened into a very wide screen--- except at the transitions, where things come out in the right aspect. Can anybody tell me what I doing wrong ? __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

April 2nd, 2006, 07:16 PM	#45
Bob Hart Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PERTH. W.A. AUSTRALIA. Posts: 4,476	I have experienced this also. I suspect Media Player detects some coding which carries over from the original camera footage and remains embedded which says it is a widescreen image and automatically flattens the image to suit the playback. If the image has been flattened or matte letterboxed, the new image gets flattened as well. If you play back in Quicktime player, it does not seem to happen. There will be better brains than mine to comment, with hopefully a simple solution, so don't take too much notice of my comments.