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P2 Intra 50 and Premiere- A good Combination?
My company recently upgraded to CS5.5. Now we are looking at cameras. We are trying to decide if we should consider Panasonic and the Intra 50 codec vs. Sony EX format.
Has anybody had any problems with the intra 50? If so, which version of PP?
Does anyone know if PP5.5 and After Effects handle the Intra 50 files well?
Was improved handling of PS 2 Intra 50 one of the updates in 5.5?
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Yes. In Premiere Pro 5.0 it only handled 8 bit, in 5.5 it handles 10
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Jeff,
Thanks for your response about 10 bit support in 5.5.
It looks like Panasonic has been working with Adobe on integration since CS4. Since then, has there been any other issues? Do you know if there are any current issues with p2 and PP5.5?
I’m specifically interested in anything related to corruption of files during editing or archiving. Also, does the file structure of the p2 format- separate video, audio, and metadata files- cause any problems?
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P2 structured media (DVCProHD was on P2 first…) has run quite easily in PPro since CS3.
The file structure is no problem as long as the user leaves the MXF media file structure as is and doesn’t start re-organizing things.
Adobe Media Encoder can even create Panasonic P2 card compliant MXF files as an output. I’ve created DVCProHD P2 files of media that may be of a format that another production company either can’t use, or more likely, just has very little experience with…
P2 MXF media runs like butter in PPro…CS5.5 is the fourth version to handle it and it worked very well even back in CS3.
Keep in mind that AVC Intra isn’t as taxing as AVCHD (as an example) to playback because it’s an I-frame codec, but having a solid workstation (as you would for a professional FCP or Avid system) is still (IMO) required for responsive operation.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,
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