I’ll just leave this here

[David Speace]

Well… if you decide to pass on it… I’d be happy to do the edit…lol! I’ve been editing with Premier for years… anyway, not sure why you are editing on a laptop when the desktop should work perfectly with no hangups or rendering needed!

Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP Video

Windows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800

[Tero Ahlfors]

I’m doing my first bigger project on Premiere CS5.5. I’m onlining a movie and Premiere is amazing because the project is in DPX and Targa sequences and most of the footage was shot on HDV. Everything just works natively and all the footage is in 1920×1080 and running in realtime.

[Daniel Frome]

Hi Dave —

I’ve also edited plenty in Premiere, but part of the issue is the enormous amounts of WMV and AVI files on the timeline. Although I can read these files, I fear the fact that these aren’t native formats on mac OS (I require 3rd party software to use them), I am suffering from an extra layer of code that’s contributing to the problem.

I fully realize that such a poorly organized project, combined with windows-native formats/codecs, is basically setting Premiere up for failure. I am sure that if I installed Windows 7 on my system and ran CS5.5 that way, this edit would easily see more stability and probably better performance too.

As a side note – it also shows you the downsides of a “native everything” NLE. The possibilities for error rise significantly.

I’m not sure which way I’ll go at this point.

[David Speace]

Daniel,

So you are editing Premier on a Mac. Not sure if that makes things more complicated, but I think you should edit natively and then you could export the whole thing to Final Cut. Or, export the timeline to Quicktime and you should be set!

Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP Video

Windows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800

[Derek Andonian]

“is there a way to insert material from one sequence to another WITHOUT nesting? I remember Ppro was missing this feature before…and now I’m really hoping it has it…”

Yes, there is- after copying the clips, go to the sequence you want to add them to and do a “paste insert”
(in the edit menu, or Ctrl – Shift – V on the keyboard).

Sorry to hear about the poor organization of your project. It doesn’t surprise me though, since it wasn’t meant to be a half-hour show originally. Sounds like it came together on a spur-of-the-moment decision…

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[Mike Molenda]

Sounds a lot like a (supposedly) low-rent FCP7 project I once “inherited.” 1280×720, 23.98, H.264 Quicktime clips with the main sequence set to 720×480, 29.97 NTSC DV. Lots of nested sequences, too, all with the same incorrect settings.

To quote Admiral Ackbar, “It’s a trap!”

[Alex Udell]

Daniel forgot to mention that Apple is the client and it’s a part of a new marketing video for Final Cut X. They’ll be shooting a “making of” of his entire experience.

🙂

Alex

[Daniel Frome]

Apple is welcome to come film me. I will tell them what I think of FCPX ^^

[Chris Borjis]

Just completed our first project with Premiere Pro.

I can say with absolute certainty it couldn’t have
been done in final cut pro 7 in such a short amount of time.

Hours of 1080P green screen footage all shot on Sony NXCAMs.

Between the quick, professional results of Ultra-Keyer and
the Quadro 4000 to enable unrendered REALTIME play
back, our client was thrilled at being able to shoot
on our cyc and review Keyed footage within minutes.

couldn’t have done without Premiere.

[Derek Andonian]

Hey Daniel- Out of curiosity, how’s your project coming along?

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“THAT’S our fail-safe point. Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”