Quickly edit a few hundred compositions….

[John Cuevas]

I would look into changing the interpretation rules AE is using when it imports the video. It’s a huge text document, but if you can figure out which rules it is using for those videos, you should be able to alter them so that it makes each one 1920×1080 square pixels. I’ve had to do this so AE correctly imports Avid DNxHD for color space, so if I can figure it out, anyone can.

Scroll down to Edit interpretation rules for all items of a specific kind

Looks like if you sign up for at Video2brain, one of the free tutorials you can see is about modifying the interpretation rules: Interpreting Footage Manually and Automatically

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Darren Monk]

Where is this file?

I have found an Interpret Footage feature, and I can change the entirety of my imports to be square pixels with this method – but I cannot change the size at the same time. No matter, I thought, and changed the pixels all to square to save myself 50% of the job, but when I go through my compositions one-by-one and change them to 1920 the image doesn’t stretch with the canvas, so I am back to the changing 1-by-1 method until I have time to knuckle down and figure it out (never 🙁 )

[Walter Soyka]

Why not use Adobe Media Encoder to batch encode them?

Make a preset for the output you want. Add the first MTS to the queue and apply the preset. Then add all the rest of the MTS files, and they will now default to the last preset you used.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Darren Monk]

That sounds awesome — but do you mind walking me through it somewhat. AE is my weak link. I don’t think I’ve ever used Adobe Media Encoder but if it is a part of AE CS6 then I am sure to have it.

[Walter Soyka]

Start here:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-adobe-media-encoder-cc/overview-of-adobe-media-encoder-cc/

That’s for AME CC, but the basics will all apply to AME CS6, too.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Darren Monk]

I don’t seem to have a ProRes 422 preset in AME CS6. I am running latest OS X – but am wondering if there is a download or a plugin I need?

Here is a screen of my user presets and groups.

I need every clip to be 1920×1080, square pixels (which was what this thread started with) but also ProRes 422.

Everything I read on AME says it should be a preset, but I just don’t have / see it.

[Darren Monk]

UPDATE: I actually just found a download for AppleProRes 422’s – a whole bunch – all I need is help on which folder to plop them down in and (hopefully) I’ll be good to go.

Anyone know?

[Walter Soyka]

You can import the EPR files through the menu system: Preset > Import…

I’d suggest doing one file as a test to make sure everything is as you expect before doing the whole batch.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Darren Monk]

Okay now AME won’t even open – I am getting a AMT Subsystem error. Why? It was >just< working, and worked fine before I upgraded to Yosemite like 30 mins ago.

*wonders if anything else can go wrong this evening*

[Walter Soyka]

[Corbin Crawford] “Okay now AME won’t even open – I am getting a AMT Subsystem error. Why? It was >just< working, and worked fine before I upgraded to Yosemite like 30 mins ago.”

Upgrading your OS, literally in the middle of a job, is not for the faint-hearted!

I haven’t run into this myself, but a little Googling suggests that you may need to deactivate then reactivate CS6, or perhaps uninstall, run the Adobe Cleaner tool [link], then reinstall.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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