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550D/T2i & Premiere Pro
Hey guys, been awhile since I’ve been on these forums. Just picked up a new Canon T2i and really excited about it. I searched the forums on the same topic and saw there were some threads already but nothing really concrete or with a good explanation..So I wanted to ask you all a few questions regarding editing footage from a T2i/550D in Premiere Pro…
First off, I’m running Windows 7 64-bit. Core i7 620m w/ 8gb DDR3. I have used Premiere Pro CS4 for the last year and have enjoyed it. I have access to and can install CS5. My first question is should I? I always usually update to the newest software but how is Premiere CS5? For adobe apps like premiere and photoshop I usually wait till its been out for awhile but I wanted to get some professional opinions… Should I just upgrade to CS5 before I go any further into my projects? Specifically in terms of editing footage from my T2i?
Secondly and most importantly is what is the best way or method of editing footage from my Canon T2i? So far I have just dropped the MOV directly into Premiere and a sequence and it seems ok? It wasn’t until I read these forums where I saw I should be encoding into something different before I drop into PRemiere? Why? Whats the advantage/benefit? Is it not good to edit the raw MOV files it produces in CS4?? I am a really technical person and would like to know the reasons why..
Also what is the preferred preset for 7D/550D footage? HDV? AVCHD? Why? Sorry if these are easy questions, I’ve spent the last year strictly using XDCAM EX and never messed with the other two..
And in lastly, I have been shooting test footage at 720/60p with the plan of slowing it down to 24p in premiere. I was wondering if all I had to do was throw it into a 24p sequence and Premiere does the rest? or do I physically have to adjust the speed/duration (or something else for that matter)of the clip? in this case to 40%? 60 x .4 = 24
Thanks all for your time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Its good to be back!
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I just read up about CS5 today. I’m sorry, I should have done so in greater depth before posting this…
CS5 is the answer to all my questions…Except the timeline preset one?
Does premiere automatically adjust whatever footage you have into whatever the sequence is set at?
For example if I drop my 720/60p footage into a 24p sequence, will premiere do it for me?
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IF you want the clip to be interpreted as a different frame rate than it was shot then you should “modify>interpret” and set the frame rate manually.
Check this video tutorial I made that explains the 550D (T2i) workflow in CS5 and gaining the benefits of over-cranked frame rates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebVQnMmMRVU
– Jon Barrie 🙂
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Hey Jon much thanks for the reply! You are the man. Thanks for clearing up some confusion I had. Solid tutorial man. I love this community!
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YO Jon –
I’m doing another slow-mo edit and its been awhile. I can’t remember if I found out the answer to my few lingering questions. I was hoping you could help me..
OK so all the footage I shot is at 720/60p as usual. I’m doing slow downs to 24p and back to 60 within the same sequence.
here are my questions as they are all related.
What do I set my sequence presets to? 60p or 24p? Remember I’m using both within the same sequence..The slow downs are brief so my logic told me to set the sequence at 60p.
Next, when I export – do I check the same settings as the sequence? so if I used 60p as my sequence preset, do I also use that to export?
A little off topic…when I export, what would happen if I chose a different speed than the footage I was using? For example if I dropped 60fps footage into a timeline, no editing, and exported it with 24p settings, does it have the same effect as time remapping and all those other tricks, etc?
Im really confused with sequence/export settings and if they have to match the clip settings, and if they dont does it matter?
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You want to edit in 24p in this case. As the 24fps from 60p is where you gain extra frames = true slowmotion. The rest of it will be 60p in the 24p timeline and this is how you would export too.
The extra frames are either dropped or you can set the blend frames box upon export in the media encoder settings interface to smooth the frames into each other a little. Might want to run a couple of short tests before the proper editing/exporting goes ahead. 🙂
I usually have a duplicate of any clip i want to make 24p from 60p so when I cut it I am actually going from the true slow to the original 60p playback. Or you can set to 24p then speed up the 24p to match the 60p playback speed, would be 2.5x or 250%.
There will need to be rendering but it should all come together really nice. 🙂
– JB
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Hi Jason
I am new to 550D/T2i and in the same dilemma that you were some time back i.e how to edit the footage on adobe cs5,about presets,compression etc.
Would be of great help if you can elaborate the technicalities right from scratch till the end – by technicalities i mean the approach to import the .mov clips (or compressed clips) and getting the final video out of it. Or you may also redirect me to some link/thread which explains it in detail.
Thanks in anticipation.
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