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Prelude to Premiere CS6
I didn’t see a Prelude forum, so I figured this might be the next best place.
I’m trying out Prelude CS6 and want to use it take clips from a 64GB SDHC card and place them into new folders, currently my folders consist of lots of files and I want to sort them and get rid of some of them.
After selecting clips to ingest and selecting the checkbox to Transfer Clips to Destination, and choosing a new Primary Destination, and checking the Verify checkbox based on size:
1.) Is any compression being add to the transferred clips?
2.) The resulting file in the new folder is a single AVCHD file, regardless if I choose to transfer a single file or multiple. Why is this?
3.) Is the idea that I now use Media Browser in Premiere CS6 to ingest this new AVCHD file for editing?Thanks in advance.
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1.) depends on how you’ve setup Prelude to ingest. It can transcode your footage to a different format if you desire.
2.) others can correct me, but I thought that Prelude will “stitch” together multiple files into one when ingesting certain formats that span multiple files. So if you’ve shot a 2 hour event and there’s 5 files from the camera Prelude will create just 1. I’m assuming this based off my experience with MXF files from the C300 where it does something similar.
3.) yes use PPro for editing. Prelude allows you to do rough editing if you want. In fact, unless you’re adding metadata to your files, transcoding footage, or wanting to rough cuts you can probably just to into PPro straight away and start editing. If you’re worried about data copy there’s plenty of programs on the market that can facilitate that transfer.Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
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1.) I was just confused by the single file because the standard AVCHD folder structure that comes when you copy footage from an SD card was not part of what Prelude created.
2.) Where is the metadata added to the files used? Lightroom? I would very much like to find a way to tag all of my large videos for easy accessibility later.
3.) “If you’re worried about data copy there’s plenty of programs on the market that can facilitate that transfer.” What did you mean by “data copy”?
4.) I have a large folder full of hundreds of clips, and I only need a handful. After transferring the handful out using Prelude and into a new AVCHD file, is it safe to delete the original AVCHD folder? Is that the idea of what Prelude does?
Thanks!
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[stan welks] “Where is the metadata added to the files used? Lightroom?”
It depends on your workflow. Some use it for offline/online, others use it as they pass the footage down to colorists, others use it for review, etc. Metadata is just information about your footage, and that can be any number of things – time of day, f/stop, interview questions, etc. Your workflow and needs would determine what data you’d want to create and input.
[stan welks] “I would very much like to find a way to tag all of my large videos for easy accessibility later.”
This sounds like your talking about a MAM program – Media Asset Management. Prelude and Premiere are not MAM’s. For that type of solution you’d need to look at eMAM, CatDV, Cantemo, etc.
[stan welks] “What did you mean by “data copy””
If you’re worried about getting data off your SD/CF cards there are plenty of programs that can do that for you – Shotput Pro, BulletProof, etc. Now Prelude does do this too. I’m trying to say you need to switch just letting you know about other options out there.[stan welks] “Prelude and into a new AVCHD file, is it safe to delete the original AVCHD folder? Is that the idea of what Prelude does?”
Prelude is a pre-editing and logging tool. You may want to look around the web and watch some tutorials for Prelude and how it’s used. Adobe has some great tools and tutorials to help you get familiar with Prelude: https://tv.adobe.com/product/prelude/Or a simple Google search with unearth mountains of data for you to enjoy: https://lmgtfy.com/?q=adobe+tv+prelude+cs6
Hope that helps!
Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
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1. Do you know if the metadata that Prelude creates is universal? If I leave the CS/CC world, will the metadata be read by other applications?
2. Any idea if the new AVCHD file that Prelude creates when transferring files can be read by other programs, such as FCPX?
Thanks for your help!
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[stan welks] “If I leave the CS/CC world, will the metadata be read by other applications?”
No. Adobe’s metadata information is proprietary to them. Anything buried within the clip itself will transfer from app to app. But information created in Adobe’s universe stays in that universe (same as any other vendor).
[stan welks] “Any idea if the new AVCHD file that Prelude creates when transferring files can be read by other programs, such as FCPX?”
Yes, AVCHD files will go into FCPX. Typically most X users will transcode that to ProRes(LT) for smoother editing, color grading, etc. A process that FCPX can do “in the background” while you work. For more information on that check out the FCPX forums here on the Cow, as they’ll have firsthand knowledge than some of us Adobe people. 🙂
Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost
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