• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Workflow for converting NTSC to PAL with Premiere/AME

  Posted by Mike Tomei on July 13, 2010 at 6:58 pm

  Hi everyone,

  After searching the forums, I see that to convert NTSC to PAL for standard def DVD, most recommend using Canopus Procoder software for the MPEG2 encoding, or using a hardware based solution. I don’t have the money for those options, so I was hoping you could clear up something for me. Which of these options is best?:

  Option #1: import the NTSC footage into Premiere and edit on a NTSC timeline with settings matching the original footage. Then use Adobe Media Encoder to encode a PAL format MPEG2 file for the standard def DVD.

  Option #2: import the NTSC footage into Premiere and edit on a timeline set up with PAL resolution and framerate settings, and simply scale up the NTSC footage to match the larger PAL resolution. Then use Adobe Media Encoder to encode a PAL format MPEG2 file for the standard def DVD.

  Thanks for the help!!

  Mike

  Intel i7-930 2.8GHz
  12 GB RAM
  1 GB VRAM
  Adobe CS 5

  Eric Jurgenson replied 15 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Eric Jurgenson

  July 14, 2010 at 3:20 pm

  After Effects will do a better job than Premiere for this (if you have it). Better scaling, and smoother frame interpolation.

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