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How can I edit and export 48fps footage in Premiere CS4
I have some 48FPS footage and I need to edit then export it. Unfortunately sequences can’t be made at 48fps, the closest I can get is 30 or 50. That simply won’t do, it must be 48FPS. What can I do to make Premiere CS4 take it?
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Question I have is…what delivery format accepts 48fps? Not BluRay…not DVD…not TV…not the web. Thus far the only delivery method that does 48fps is theatrical projection for THE HOBBIT.
So what’s your reasoning for wanting to work and delivery 48fps?
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you could do it in after effects
– Pete
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It’s quite simple in CS6, though be prepared for a few quirks. (Timecode doesn’t work at all for example.)
Just create a sequence and drop a 48fps clip into it. Premiere will ask if you want to change the sequence settings to match, and bingo, a 48Fps sequence.
If, like me, your footage was shot at 48fps but the camera doesn’t support 48 as a project timebase (resulting in shots that naturally play back in slo-mo, just interpret the footage as 48fps first before dropping it in the empty sequence.
Rending will have to be done with AfterEffects as Premiere doesn’t support rendering to 48fps.
Just import the Premiere Pro project into AfterEffects and then add the sequence to the render queue.
JM
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The footage was shot using the phantom. It will be displayed using a projector with 48fps capabilities.
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I need the final product to be a quicktime file. After Effects will let me export in quicktime, but the file is huge and won’t play smoothly on a computer monitor. If AE is the only way to go, how can I get AE to compress quicktime files in order to make them viewable?
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[Noland Orozaco] ” After Effects will let me export in quicktime, but the file is huge and won’t play smoothly on a computer monitor.”
The file is as huge as the format you’re rendering it to. What are the delivery specs for your final output?
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Which codec(s) did you use? Try exporting QuickTime H.264 with a key frame every 1 frame. QT will have an easier time playing the movie if it is encoded with all I-frames.
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[Noland Orozaco] “I need the final product to be a quicktime file”
Unfortunately that’s about as descriptive as saying “I need a package delivered to New York City”.
Quicktime is a container format, which can hold many codecs which often have many levels of compression.
That said, the reason that the files are so large and won’t play is probably because AE defaults to Animation as the codec, which is lossless and when applied to video results in files which are practically uncompressed. Understandably, these files do not play well.
H.264 or ProRes (or DNxHD) are probably your best bet but the choice depends on what you’re delivering to. You should ask your client/whomever is being given this file what codec they want. If all they say is “Quicktime” then clearly they don’t know all that much about codecs, in which case you should tell us what this file is being used for and then we can advise you on codecs and the settings for said codecs.
JM
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i cant help but wonder why you dont just do it at 50 fps and interpret the extra 2 frames…. its not like anyones going to see the difference
– Pete
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I should have been more clear. The client wants H.264 quicktime files at 48fps 1080p. In AE I was inadvertently using Animation codec quicktime files leading to uncompressed/unplayable files.
Unfortunately, After Effects can only export H.264 in 30 or 50 frames as well. I’m attaching a screenshot so you can see the menu. Is there any way to make premiere or ae render out quicktime h.264 at 48fps at 1080p.
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