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PPro CS3
Just received my PPro CS3 yesterday and was very excited to see Onlocation as well as Encore CS3 have their own activation codes. This morning, I installed PPro CS3 and from one of the previous posters’ notes, I was under the impression, for at the very very least, as far as HDV improvement, CS3 should allow Capture preview, right? Wrong! This is my first impression on CS3 – for now. I will report back any updates!
P.S.: Installation is easy(but long), however, I have to say.
Perry
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CS3 is just a nice name for what should have been called version 2.01, a patch release, due over a year ago.
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Harm,
I think I have changed my mind a little, I will do a little more tests and get back with you folks later…
From what the little tests I have done so far, I might be mistaken, but the quality of the final rendered product, .m2v, mp4 (h.264) and even DVD formats are better than I have expected or seen in 2.0. (Silly me, I uninstalled both 1.5 & 2.0 off my computer now, I can’t compare them!!)Would someone please clarify to see if Adobe is still using MainConcept Encoder? What version? Does PPro 2.0 use the same version of this encoder as CS3? (I just think the quality of the rendered outcome video is better in CS3)
Thanks,
Perry -
OK, I invited a friend, more technical than I, to looked at the rendered footages; including one that I captured from HV20 (.m2t) and then “encode and record” (all HDV must be re-encoded in CS3) back to tape, re-captured to the computer, pulled into the timeline and compared to the original source, there are some significant quality degradations, especially where there are movements (along the edges) and when contrast of Foreground and Background is strong and perhaps is poor lighting situations (i.e. poor source to begin with).
P.S.: CS3 did fix some minor bugs that we tested, but no significant HDV capability change though. Including, no ability to preview while capturing HD (The preview windows is blank)! I still have to use HDVSplit.
Hope this help. (my day1 test results)
Perry
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You just encountered one of the major drawbacks of HDV. Long GOP MPEG2 compression with 25 Mbps CBR. Significant generational loss apart from other deficiencies.
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Do you guys know if Main Concept’s MPEG PRO HD 2.0 plugin works yet on the PPro CS3?
Or is there just no way yet to work with mxf files in CS3?
Also, what will it take to work with DVCPRO50 footage in PPro CS3?
Do I have to go and buy another 3rd party plugin??
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