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proper sequence codec, automatic?
i shoot with a Sony NX-5, which records in the AVCHD codec. when creating a new timeline, i see what appear to be 2 good options:
1 – creating a new sequence by NewItem/Sequence, then choose AVCHD/1080i/60i, which works great;
2- drag a clip to the timeline where there are no sequences and let it create it’s own sequence settings. When it does, it creates a sequence whose “editing mode” is “AVC-intra 100 1080i”
i don’t see any difference between the two, but i suppose it best to go with what it creates automatically? any thoughts would be helpful. thanks!
thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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Sometimes I use prelude to tanscode footage into an intraframe codec. It seems to help if I have lots of footage to go through.
In all cases, though, once in Premiere (CS6 for me), I right click the footage, and I Create New Sequence from Footage.
As for me, I hate rendering in the timeline. Anytime, I see a Red render bar, it bugs me. So I try to keep the footage as un-rendered as possible. There are four states in the timeline:
Red: the timeline needs to render
Yellow: the timeline does not need to render, but the timeline is under some heavy processing, so either take down the playback resolution or beef up the system.
None: all is great in the world.
Green: the timeline is reading render files.
I have to say also that Smart Rendering is pretty cool. It means that once you render the timeline and create the render files, PP keeps track of them to cut down on further rendering times and on export times.
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Hi Tad,
If you let Adobe choose the sequence, it will choose the first option from the list, alphabetically, that matches the frame size, frame rate, aspect ratio, and field order of your clips. Nothing else really matters, as long as those 4 parameters are good.
So while you might feel more comfortable using a preset more appropriately labeled “AVCHD” there is no harm in using another preset so long as the specs line up with the footage.
If your clips are 1920×1080, 29.97, upper field first for instance, and the sequence matches, good to go then! But as long as you’re comfortable in choosing your own sequence and you know it matches, then do it that way. Being an experienced editor and bit of a control freak as well, I usually choose my own Sequence preset, but that’s just me.
On a similar note, how do you import your clips? Best to copy all folders from SD card directly to hard drive, no changes, then use “Media Browser” within Premiere rather than “File > Import”, as the Browser method will properly handle spanned clips and other nice things for you and generally provide a better experience.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers -
Thanks, guys. And good tip on the Media Browser. I haven’t tried it that way yet, always command-I.
thanks for helping out a bonehead!
__________________________FCS3 / Adobe CC
3.33 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro
24GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5870
…and a few TeraBytes o’ storage
(then it’s on to PetaBytes, ExaBytes and MosquitoBytes!)
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