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Under the Premiere hood
I’m making the transition from Final Cut to Premiere…good thing I have 3 years-worth of previous migrators to follow and read up on! 😉
First topic – setting up caches/previews and optimizing performance. Every “expert” tutorial that I’ve searched through boasts about Premiere’s unique ability (compared to FCP) to work with native file formats. I hear ya…sometimes not needing to transcode is a useful time-saver. But will Premiere really perform at optimal speed using these native formats? Or are you still transcoding to ProRes/DNxHR as a best-practice?
I’ve been having significant lag in playback (particularly when attempting to play in reverse directly from forward playback) and in scrubbing. Would it be better if I were using a post-friendly codec?
Also wondering if my cache settings/locations are playing a part in my lag. How do you typically setup your cache database and cache files? And preview files? My preference would be to edit off of a USB 3 drive (footage and project files), with caches and previews either on that drive or wherever they need to be for best performance…is that a realistic preference?System specs: MacPro late 2013, 3.5Ghz 6-core, 32GB Ram, dual FirePro D700, yosemite 10.10.2.
Premiere settings: Source media, Cache database, cache media, and preview files all on external USB 3, 26 GB ram reserved for CC apps.Second topic – copy paste. Is there really any useful reason to have clips paste from whatever track they are in to track one by default? I cannot see one, and the number of times that I find myself toggling track targets is getting pretty frustrating.
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[Neil Gowan] ” But will Premiere really perform at optimal speed using these native formats? Or are you still transcoding to ProRes/DNxHR as a best-practice?”
Yes it performs at optimal speed going all native. We export to ProRes or DNxHD at the end of the editing process. We never transcode unless absolutely necessary, usually do to a corrupted file or something like that. I was 11 years on FCP and this was the one area that took me a while to warm up to. Now I can’t stand transcoding.
[Neil Gowan] “Also wondering if my cache settings/locations are playing a part in my lag. How do you typically setup your cache database and cache files? And preview files? My preference would be to edit off of a USB 3 drive (footage and project files), with caches and previews either on that drive or wherever they need to be for best performance…is that a realistic preference?”
Here’s a tutorial I did on my website for setting up an Adobe Premiere Pro project where I cover all of this. You need to register on the site but it’s free.
[Neil Gowan] “Second topic – copy paste. Is there really any useful reason to have clips paste from whatever track they are in to track one by default? I cannot see one, and the number of times that I find myself toggling track targets is getting pretty frustrating.”
You set this up in your track settings. Do a little research on how Copy / Paste works.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Thanks Walter. I’ve signed up and am looking forward to using your site as a resource…very helpful.
I can’t get access to that particular vimeo video. It gives me the “Private Video” message in the player on your site…any ideas? I tried logging out and back in…
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[walter biscardi] “You set this up in your track settings. Do a little research on how Copy / Paste works.”
Is “track settings” an official term? What are you referring to?
Here’s how I understand it to work (and I can’t find any info otherwise): If you select a clip, hit “copy,” then hit “paste,” the clip will be pasted in the lowest selected target track. If none are selected, the clip is pasted in the same track as the copied clip. Are you saying there’s a setting where I can change this behavior? I’ve yet to find that.
One scenario where this behavior comes up short IMO is: I have all tracks un-targeted (deselected) so that when I copy/paste, clips land on same track. Then I use in/out points to copy another clip (or cluster of clips stacked on each other), but the only way to copy them will mean targeting those tracks…more key strokes. Then, to copy them where I want them, I have to unselect tracks again…more keystrokes.
If there is a way to change this, please let me know…like I said, I have yet to find it.
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I tried logging in also. couldn’t get in.
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[Neil Gowan] “I can’t get access to that particular vimeo video. It gives me the “Private Video” message in the player on your site…any ideas? I tried logging out and back in…”
You have to click on the button “Watch Now” instead of the Video Thumbnail. It’s been broken for a while like that, we have not been able to get the video thumbnails to work correctly for a while. sorry.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative MediaCraft and Career Advice & Training from real Working Creative Professionals
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[Neil Gowan] “[walter biscardi] “You set this up in your track settings. Do a little research on how Copy / Paste works.”
Is “track settings” an official term? What are you referring to?”
The track targeting. The lowest selected track that is targeted is where the video / audio will go when pasted. Lowest referring to the numbers 1, 2, 3 etc…
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative MediaCraft and Career Advice & Training from real Working Creative Professionals
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Still getting Vimeo message, “Private Video. You don’t have permission to watch.”
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You will get a message on my site that says “Private Video, You are Logged In and have permission to watch” I just tried it.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative MediaCraft and Career Advice & Training from real Working Creative Professionals
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Sorry to keep bugging about this, but I’d really like to watch this thing!
I tried using another browser (originally Chrome, tried Safari and Firefox). Was prompted to login to Vimeo:
Logged in with my Vimeo credentials, then got this message:
Thanks for the help Walter…like I said, looking forward to your resources. Maybe I’m having trouble being logged into your site? That’s why I tried other browsers, but they are all behaving the same, even after I login.
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[Neil Gowan] “Sorry to keep bugging about this, but I’d really like to watch this thing!
I tried using another browser (originally Chrome, tried Safari and Firefox). Was prompted to login to Vimeo:”
You don’t log in to Vimeo, you are not being prompted to log into Vimeo. You log into WalterBiscardi.com
If you are getting that message on my site, you are not logged into my site.
Watching the videos requires a proper username / password to WalterBiscardi.com, not Vimeo.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative MediaCraft and Career Advice & Training from real Working Creative Professionals
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