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what to do after capturing footage as DV?
OK, I have tons of tapes I am capturing as DV files utilizing a program called WinDV 1.2.3. This program seems to work the best for capturing a full tape even with breaks in between scenes. I have tried using Premiere Pro to do the capturing, but it seems to freeze up my pc.
Anyways, so I capture this typically 2 hour vhs tapes as a DV AVI file. What I now want to do is “cut the swill” out of the footage. Take out all the stuff I do not want. I am not doing full on editing to these clips…yet, I just want to take the junk out I do not need to free up space etc and use that finished file at a later date to edit, put on dvd, etc.
My question is, what do I export the file as out of Premiere Pro once I trim the fat of the file. Is it safe to just save out as DV again, or will that degrade the quality?
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4 Replies
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I think you are going at it the wrong way. What you want is subclips. Mark you in and out in the source window then right clip and choose make subclip (or assign a shortcut).
That will not create new files, but instead create virtual clip in your project panel. I would organize those in separate folder so that you can distinguish between actual footage and new clips.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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I import as Microsoft DV and Export as Microsoft DV and there is no generation loss. Of course I am exporting out to DV tape.
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I am just trying to be cautious…I have TONS of tapes that I have already captured, now I need to do the 2nd step , trim the fat. I would hate to have gone through ALL my tapes , and learn that I exported wrong out of Premiere!
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Exporting out to DV shouldn’t be a problem. But why don’t you export a 30 second test clip, and then re-import like you are planning, and check the results?
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