Problems with importing a big image.

[David Roth weiss]

You said pgn, may we assume you REALLY meant .png?

If so, try exporting a new file that supports an alpha channel, from Photoshop, such as .tga, .tiff, etc., and see if that helps.

David Roth Weiss
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David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Dan Pullit]

Yes, sorry – meant .png.

I tried .psd, tga & tiff too. Same problem. I mean the photo is large, but I don’t see why that should matter so much. Especially since I haven’t even got to zooming in etc.. it’s just displaying it in a static position on the screen and everything has slowed to a crawl.

Once I clear it from the bin, I’m back to normal again.

Any thoughts – thanks.

[Alex Udell]

dunno why…

but although a complex work around….

maybe the zoom in is better built in AE

and then brought as a clip to PPro…

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

[Dan Pullit]

Thank you Alex.

Yes, that’s what I ended up doing, but it seems counter intuitive for something so simple. I don’t remember having this problem in FCP.

[Alex Udell]

did you turn down viewport resolution for example?

sorry if that’s a dumb question…

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

[Kevin Monahan]

Hi Dan,
Are the frame dimensions over 4000 x 4000 pixels? Try reducing graphics to less than that in size.

Thanks,
Kevin

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[David Roth weiss]

[Kevin Monahan] “Are the frame dimensions over 4000 x 4000 pixels? Try reducing graphics to less than that in size.
“

I think he said his still is larger than that Kevin, but I can’t find it… Is 4000 x 4000 pixels a limitation of Premiere?

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David Weiss Productions

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[Dan Pullit]

Hello Kevin,

The dimensions are
height: 5300
width: 2387

Of course I could resize, but then the zoom in would be really poor quality as it needs to go from the whole to a detail.

I’ve also tried removing the alpha channel and this helps a bit but not much.

It’s very strange to have to go to AE for a simple zoom in. BTW – it absolutely flies in AE with no problems whatsoever. It’s just that it complicates the workflow.

Mind you, as stated earlier, PP turns to molasses when I just bring it into the timeline, never mind the zoom.

It baffles me because this would be a basic move for something like a documentary where you show a huge group picture and then you zoom to a specific person… Or many other such situations.

David – If there is a 4k limitation, that seems hugely myopic on the part of Adobe’s PP team.

[Ht Davis]

Therein lies your problem. Premiere is not AE.

Premiere is sequencing, not effects. It has a few effects and it’s engine can handle a few, or link to AE for help when you use an AE comp, but it cannot do it on it’s own.

You say it freezes… …Did it freeze on import of the file? Or did it freeze on Sequencing it?

The problem may be with your sequence being too small for the file or the pixel aspect ratio not matching up. If it doesn’t like it on import…

PNG is portable NETWORK graphic. While there is some support for this file type at 1080, I haven’t seen much support beyond that. You may want to try a TGA or a TIFF.

Rotoscoped?
IS this a moving image or a STILL? A moving image shouldn’t be a PNG but a GIF. If the image already moves, you should add the zoom in After Effects with the rotoscope by using a nested comp. Once you bring it in to premiere as an AE comp, set the zoom to conform to your sequence size as you want it with a key at frame 1 of the clip, and then zoom in further from there as you wish.

[Dan Pullit]

It’s a still.

Adobe considers zooming into an image an “effect”?

More than that, it’s not working properly even when it’s sitting still on the timeline. I guess Adobe considers that an “effect” as well 🙁

Call me crazy but I would expect something as simple as that to work in PP. It did in FCP.

I was hoping that I was doing something wrong. In my current project I have a lot of big images.

To have to resize them all, to even be able place them statically on the timeline seems a bit unreasonable for an NLE – unless it’s microsoft Movie Maker 🙂