create a “sudden flash” effect

[Mike Velte]

Flash like a photog flash??
One frame of pure white overlaid above your video track. Change the opacity to about 70%.

[Vin2000]

this may be a dumb question, but how can i create a frame of pure white? should i just import a white jpeg from photoshop or is there an easier way to do it on pp2?

thanks,

vin.

[Chris Coulson]

I think it’s something like New>Colour Matte, the same way you’d do New>Sequence

[Mike Velte]

File>New>Color Matte…

[Vin2000]

thanks guys,

i played around with it and some other stuff and the effect came out better than i expected!

vin.

[Sicilian Joe]

Hi! I use Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 to edit and create movies and videos. I was wondering if there was a possible way to shrink the size of my movie file so that when i export it ‘as a movie’, i can upload it to my website. For example, i currently have a short video with a file size of 580mb. 580mb is way too large to put on my website, so i would like to shrink the video to around 50-100mb, but i don’t know if i can do this through Premiere Pro. Please tell me if this is something i can do through Premiere Pro, and how i can do it. Thanks so much for your help!

[Scot Sheely]

You can use the export settings feature, choose “Recompress” and “Limit to….” and set the data rate a bit lower (no pun intended!).

Doing so reduces the quality greatly once you dip below 1500 Mbps, but at least you will be able to have you cake and eat it too.

My suggestions would be to create a client review file using Flash Video instead. The file size will be less than 10% of an .AVI, and the quality will be quite high if you choose the correct settings.

Even though I own Flash, I have found a smoother, faster and better overall rendering experince to be had in After Effects.

Simply inport your full-res .AVI in AE, choose FILE->EXPORT->FLV (Flash Video), and play with the settings. I always choose CUSTOM SETTINGS, include the audio, use the On2 CODEC, and use a data rate of at least 750-850 Mbps.

If you want to further reduce the file size, but maintain a relatively high quality, you can opt to RESIZE by 50%, or choose the pixel dimensions of 360×240 if you are working with NTSC 720×480.

Typical file sizes for 3 to 5 minute productions range from 20-60 MB’s, depending on the data rate I choose during the render process.

Feel free to e-mail me if you have further questions on the specifics of this process as I have created a full tutorial that you can review if you need to do so, and I will send you the link.

Scot Sheely