Cropping your shot
 

I have this idea for a music video and I was wondering if there is a way to crop your shots in Adobe Premier 6.5 or Pro. If there is Holla Holla.

Arigato

Premiere has Crop effects, its normally found in the video effects palette.

I guess it also depends on what you mean by crop. Could you please explain how you imagine the effect?

thanks,

Croping effect
 

I want to shoot something and then cut it in half :)

I can't quite explain it. Are there tools that crop the image?

Something I can use to just cut the clip in half.


Thanks for the reply Ed

Yes!

If you want to cut the image in half and want black at top or bottom then use the clip effect.

If you want half of the image to fill the screen use the crop effect (you will loose resolution).

If you want to squish the image then the transform filter should do the job.

As I said most of these are found in the video effect bin...


Let us know if you need some more advise,

Thanks,

Rock on man. Thanks, I don't usually edit, but my editor is away and I really want to make this video :) Once I'm done I'll drop it by :)

Thanks Again.

Crop in prem pro is different to 6.5.

It's a proper crop in prem pro

In 6.5 crop would only take upto 5% or so off the picture edges, and the picture would expand to fill the screen.

In prem pro, it's a crop where you can basically cut out any rectangular part of the picture. The resulting cropped picture does not expand to fill the screen, but remains it's original size and you can put it over another picture if you wish for a picture in picture effect - the crop now has an automatic keying matte.

Jon

Thanks
 

Thanks for that I don't really use Pro so much I kow it's better but once I get used to something I get used to something if you know what I mean. I figgured if you apply the effect of crop onto the clip more than once you can take off more and more (thats a solution) :)

Thanks again

hi,

i'd like to split the image but how can i remain the full image? if i crop it, it's only the half of it and i would like to split the screen in 2 images.

thanks,

60i to 24p conversion in pro?
 

I see alot of people posting about good 60i to 24p conversions. I was wondering if this is possible in pro, and how to go about doing it. How does it effect the image quality? Any help on this would be appreciated.

John

You can copy the wanted effect from a clip.
Select however many clips on the timeline you want by either shift click, or click drag, or click drag + shift.
This will select any number of clips on a timeline.
You just paste attributes.
As said above, it will add to any effects already on a clip, but IT DOES WORK for any number of selectd clips.

Although, it may be a better idea to use the other method - new sequence, drag the sequence you want and apply the effect that way.

BEWARE - Premire Pro does have memory leakage that can prevent some Canopus effects from completing properly (currently I am aware of Mirror when using Chroma Key). This seems to occur when using the 'main concept' mpeg writers multiple times!

2.35:1 aspect ratio needed. om premier
 

Does anyone have a template for premier pro for a 2.35:1 aspect ratio.. you can email it to me at george@asff.com
Thanks a million..

P.S. or let me know the url of a site that contains this info.

Strange problem from the get-go
 

I'm new, brand new to Premiere Pro. I have books and help cds but can't even get started because of the following problem.

I open Premiere Pro and import a video clip. When I try to play that clip on the Monitor Window only the first frame flashes and then the Monitor Window gives me a black screen. If I continually drag the Monitor Window around, the clip will play. The second I stop dragging it around it freezes on a frame. Pick it up and drag it again and I get video rolling.

I'm raring to go but can't get the first thing going. Oh, also, I can play the same clips in Vegas 5.0 without a problem. This leads to a more fundamental question. . .maybe I should just stick with Vegas?

Help will be GREATLY appreciated.

Randy

Premiere is probably playing the video out (full fps) through firewire.

You should go into the settings and tell Premiere not to, or disconnect your camera/deck.

I don't think that's it. I have no camera connected. Also, my Canopus Storm Bay has a light that monitors when there is input or output. There's no light on.

The strange fact that when I continually drag the monitor window around leads me to think it has something to do with a refresh rate but I'm not sure what.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Timecode Problem
 

For some reason, my PP will not show any even minute timecodes (for example, the count would go from 00;59;29 to 01;00;02.)

This is throughtout the entire duration of the piece and at every minute spot. The "00" frame does not exist on the timeline.

Can anyone tell me why this is happening, and how - and if - I can fix it?

Thanks a lot in advance!

-Rusty-

Whoops, I just figured it out (after several hours).

I had to switch to NON Drop-Frame Timecode. - Thanks anyway for the prospective help.

...It figures, once I finally ask for help, I'd stumble onto the solution...

Full Screen Preview
 

Hi All,

Can i know wats the shortcut key to having a full screen preview on my monitor when I'm viewing video from Adobe Premiere Pro V7.0 for XP?


Thanks
Nina
My Inanimate World

Templates: http://www.geocities.com/robvisuar/calc.htm

Moderator note: this in an old site, see post below for the new location

Hi Nina,

Viewing your video footage at the same resolution of your VGA monitor will not give you a good representation of what the video will look like. It is best to hook a TV upto your computer (there are many ways to do this).

You can expand the video preview monitor and then magnify the screen (right clicking on the video monitor and choosing magnify). But the resolution will be greatly reduced.

We now have a dedicated Premiere forum, so i'll move this into it.

Thanks,

HDR FX1 in PREMIER PRO
 

Have PP updated this for the camera??

16:9 in 4:3 Project
 

This came up a while back and I just got around to trying it to see if letterboxing in post was better than shooting 16:9 and importing into a 4:3 project and letting Premier do the matte.

Without a doubt, I'm convinced that shooting in 4:3 works best for me and adding in a simple Canopus region filter for the letterbox or even importing a matte done in photoshop over the final project works best and fastest...

But my question is (and I'm not sure if this will get an answer here or in a Canopus forum) why the heck would a 16:9 project imported into Premier in a 4:3 project hang the realtime of my canopus setup and cause a time line stop or out of frame error?

When I play back that 16:9 now in the 4:3 my system will play about 3 seconds of the file then pop up with a frame loss error. Canopus users will understand... but curious to know why, doesn't make sense... I can play back any 4:3 or 16:9 footage when they are imported into the proper project so why not now?

miguel

adobe have worked on a plugin to support the format. Apparently it works... but im still waiting for its release before i can test it..

im also waiting for matrox and canopus to come out with their response to the new PCI Express mobos and gfx cards....

not a good time to be buying a PC editing suite.. too much activity with new formats im afraid..

Hi Ed,

Saw your reply. But wat i like to do is to have it full screen on my monitor. Like watching video with windows media player? You can have it on full screen preview.

It seems that premiere doesn't allow me to drag the preview monitor to the same size as my monitor screen. I know that i can magnify it, but the screen size does not increase simulatneously.


Talking about TV output,I do realise monitors aren't the same as TV but my card doesnt' suport video output so there goes...


Hope someone can help.
thanks
Nina

I take it that you are using a DV camera to capture/ export? If so simply leave the camera attached, and switched on while editing. Then make sure in preferences that you have set the playback settings to use DV camera/ firewire. Hook up a TV to the analogue outputs of your DV camera. Switch the TV to its AV input channel, and then you should see a preview of your timeline on your TV. easy...

If you need to know specifics please let us know.

Thanks,

Thank you!!....

Before editing a new movie, start up premiere......choose NEW, then you will have lots of options where you can decide the resolution of your proyect. Import your video sample. Doesn't fit, huh? well, go back to you menu and choose properties for the composition and resize it. YOu can also look for info about yje ovie you want to import, write these down on paper. Then choose new, and type these dimensions over into the box.

Good luck

import 16:9 to yoru proyect> render movie> choose 4:3 pulldown.

video has interlaced-kind-of-visual problems when imported in premiere
 

HI

I started premiere with the same setting as used in the video I imported. The video has no visual problems whatsoever. Evrything is clean and great. Then I import it and then I see interlaced-kind-of visual problems...straight edges around fast moving objects. That is weird. I haven't appplied any effects in adobe and still adobe gives a not-true representation of the imported video. Weird.

video: 25 fps, 48 kz , 90 min

any tips?

thanks for the info. I understand that an imported file in pc will always LOOK interlaced and edgy. SO ow to the profesionals make a video with their xl2 or pd150? They use pc's as well, don't they? SO they will also see interlaced artifacts whatever video you import (24, pal or 30 fps).

Where did you get the video? From the Internet? You wrote "import" and not "capture".

What kind of video is it. PPro does not take well to MPEG video.

Exporting Timecode
 

Hi, Folks...

I'm having a problem exporting my timecode along with the timeline out of Premiere Pro to my Canon ZR40.

When I export, the camera ignores the timeline's timecode and starts fresh from 0. Is there a way to send the timecode out or am I just out of luck here?

Thanks a lot in advance.

-Rusty-

Actually, that is my old site, the new link should be:

www.visuar.com/letterbox/calc.htm

They have been AVI video. I've tried both AVI that I have captured and stock AVI videos. Thanks for the info that Premiere Pro doesn't take well to MPEG video. Though that's not the problem in this case, it's still useful information.

Perhaps it is the DirectX causing a problem. Premiere Pro uses an overlay to show the video in the monitor window.

Try turning down your hardware acceleration one step. You should find the setting in the troubleshooting section of the advanced settings of the screen properties.

Unless you have a Rolls Royce set up with memory and dual processing power, the video will not play back at full speed and resolution. I have Adobe Video Collection Pro and I get pristine results when I author to DVD via MPEG2. So try going to DVD and check your results there, just to be sure.

I think that is the camera's choice, although I'm not quite sure.
Double check your camera/premiere settings and manuals to see
if it is an option somewhere. Otherwise I don't know. The general
idea is that DV timecode is not very robust, so I wouldn't be
surprised if it did it this way.

Strange Sound Drop duting playback
 

I am having a strange problem. While playing back content in the timeline I keep getting ever 10 seconds or so a 2-3 second audio drop. where no sound is heard.. its extreamly annoying to say the least.. The video is fine.. but the audio keeps on stoping.


The maching is brand new with running Premiere 1.5 and a Canopus DV storm 2 Pro board. Running the latest Windows XP with Service pack 2.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Rob... I took your advice and pored over the manuals and all online info I could find on camera & software. - I believe you are right; it just ain't gonna happen. :-)

Oh well, I've got a plan "B" to try, so I think that's next.

Thanks!

Thanks, again. But this didn't change things. It remains that if I drag the Monitor Window around I get video; the second I stop, freeze frame. If I don't drag it around then the first frame only is shown and then I get a black screen.

Interlacing
 

I'm assuming this is something done in Premiere. I've never had the problem before, but fast motion is causing the lines to appear quite badly on my low-light footage. How do I de-interlace the footage? Does it have to be done with the camera, or are my suspicions correct that it's somehow done in exporting?

I'd love to know, I hate those lines :)