The more I work with PPro the worse it gets

[Tim Kolb]

Unfortunately those of us using PPro on Windows end up scratching our heads on some of this stuff…

I have no idea what might be going on with some of these codec issues…I use ProRes on my Windows PPro system and it seems OK.

I have no clue where the assertion comes from that FCP handled PSD files better than PPro…that is patently absurd.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Erik Mickelson]

Hi Tim,
Tell me how you like spotting a layered PSD file. Bring in the PSD as a super in a sequence. Now mark the PSD to the dialog, now open the PSD in the browser, now open the the PSD layers to the browser, ooops where should you begin your animation???? By writing down timecode and then re-re-opening the layers again and manually moving the timeline indicator to the correct spot. In all it only takes an extra 5-6 clicks over FCP. If you can get my layered PSD to spot in a click, well I don’t know what I’ll get you but it will be better than the Brooklyn Bridge.

FCP, spot the layered PSD, command click, boom your in spotted to the exact correct place.

How about single click Extend Edits? Not in Premiere.

I love the instant playback of codecs in Premiere. How ’bout you?

CrippleBook Pro 2.3Ghz i7, 8GB ram, SLeopard 10.6.8, FCPStudio 3, QT 7

[Tim Kolb]

Erik,

I’m not following this…

PPro imports PSDs as collapsed layers, independent layers in a sequence, or any layer you pick…drop it on the sequence…edit in Photoshop…it’s extremely straightforward.

To do an animation like you speak of, I’d simply place the layers that had to be animated in a stack and animate them on the timeline.

Otherwise you could certainly make a nested sequence with the keyframes in it and then use that…if there was some piece of consistent lower third art for the whole piece, I’d do the animation once and simply layer it with the different text layers as appropriate.

Not sure what you mean about the instant codec playback…is that sarcastic? My Lenovo W520 has a similar i7 to yours I think (hyperthreading to eight threads), but I have 16 GB of RAM and a Quadro 2000… I play XDcamEX, AVCHD, DSLR, and RED R3D files back. What format are you having a problem with?

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor