1.5 stills trouble

[Aanarav Sareen]

1. The green/black stills issue is a known issue with version 1.5 Premiere Pro 2.0 eliminates this issue. However, if you reduce the dimensions of the stills, it will no longer be a problem in 1.5.

2. If you have Premiere Pro 2.0, I would install it. Remember, it doesn’t install it over 1.5, so you can have both 1.5 as well as 2.0 installed on the same system. However, before you open your project in 2.0, make a copy of it, just in case.

[Troy Murison]

Thank you so much for your quick response!

My stills aren’t that large (964 x 640) and are only about 400k each.
I’m suprised it’s a memory thing, although I do have a TON of stills,
but not that many (150-ish) in my main timeline.

I will install 2.0 and continue with a copy of my project file.

Thanks again!!!

Troy Murison
Seattle, WA

[Aanarav Sareen]

Troy,
Install the Premiere Pro 2.0 update and open up a copy of the project in 2.0 to see if the problem exists. If not, then you are all set. If

Aanarav Sareen
premiere@asvideoproductions.com

[Troy Murison]

Thanks, I did that last night. However, the 1.5 project is COMPLETELY unstable in
2.0. Crashes almost immediately. So I figured I would just export a EDL from the 1.5
project and ‘manually’ re-conform my main cut. But 1.5 won’t export a EDL from that
project. I even tried just one clip in a new timeline as a test. No good. It just gives
a generic ‘EDL encountered problems with the clips’ sort of error w/o any clues. 2.0 will
export the same clips as a EDL okay. Also tried to export AAF from 1.5 but it appears
that it MUST be trying to export the entire project and all it’s sequences instead of
just my main sequence (judging by how long it was taking to do either it or my test
sequence of one clip). Also very annoying that I can’t export a AAF without media
embedded. That’s true of 2.0 too as far as I can tell. So right now, I’m kinda
screwed. I WAS planning to either continue in 2.0 or bail to FCP if only I could get
ANY kind a metadata out of my original project. I did also try earlier auto-save
versions of the 1.5 project just to rule out some wierd project file corruption, but
with the same results.

I think I will go back to the 1.5 project and delete everything except the
main sequence and try a AAF of that, but I’m out of good ideas after that. I guess
there’s no reason I can’t continue to edit in 1.5 as long as I don’t try to re-resize
or modify the clips and just finish somewhere else IF I could only get the sequence
metadata out….

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

-Troy Murison
Seattle, WA

[Labrisher]

https://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Why_are_my_stills_showing_up_as_black_or_green.3F

Take a look at this post. I’ve tried the black video “fix” but with erratic success. I eventually reduced the size of my stills and broke up the one large project into several smaller ones (each was a distinct leg of a trip.) However, this latter suggestion may not be suitable for your needs.

Cheers

[Troy Murison]

Thanks for the link. I found out a lot about this issue last night. Breaking it
up isn’t exactly practical for this project, but technique noted for later projects
if I choose to do them in PPro at all.

I can accept that there was a bug (Adobe must have know for a long time though,
right?) but I wish there were a few more fixes available between realeases for
this type of thing. What happened to the days of “1.5.1c”? So I can deal for now
IF I could just get the metadata out of my project and into the new project…

What I’m finding is frustration with not only 1.5 but 2.0 in media managment and
exporting/moving metadata around. After all, that’s all this program or any other
editing program does at the most basic level. But if you can’t access that data
in ways to help you out, then my time spent to date has been mostly a waste.

I am realizing that if I had started in 2.0 to begin with I would be a much happier
camper and the problem that’s forcing me now to 2.0 wouldn’t have happened. But
that wasn’t an option, so here I am. It’s just revealing other issues with PPro
for me.

Thanks again to all who have helped!!

-Troy Murison
Seattle, WA

[Labrisher]

This is a complete shot in the dark, but it may be worth a try. On the ASSUMPTION that fewer sequences mean less burden on memory requirement (hence avoiding the green/black screen effect) – and I don’t know that this is the case, I might hastely add – why not create 7 appropriately labeled Bins, move your stills to their corresponding Bins, then delete the subtimelines (sequences).

As far as I can tell, edits and effects that you may have applied to the clips in the subtimeline will remain in the master timeline after you delete the subtimeline (assuming you copied them from the subtimeline, as you say you do). The separate Bins also serves to sort your stills, and you can view their content in icon view, or in the Source window where you can edit before bringing to master timeline, as was the function of the subtimelines.

Try it and see — BUT ON A COPY OF YOUR PROJECT, naturally. And let us know if this works.

Cheers

[Troy Murison]

Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll give it a try. It will be a little bit of a
hastle in this project as to really see what each sequence looks like, we need
to see it in motion as the stills were shot in sequence with the intent of being
a intervalometer-type effect. So looking at 5 different sequence of, say, 50 stills
for each setup and choosing the right one or combination of several to make a
keeper is much easier if done in the timeline and already ‘pre’-sized/rendered.

The bin idea is good though, and I’ll try it. And, you’re right, less sequences
does help. I eliminated all but my main sequence and the opening/closing/saving
of the project file sped-up considerably. Still didn’t help in successfully getting
the metadata out (the AAF of just that timeline took about 2 hours to build and I
gave up on 2.0 importing it after about 2 hours). I think I can rebuild the project
in about 6, so what’s 4 wasted hours… I had to try it…

Thanks again to everyone for responding!

-Troy Murison
Seattle, WA