Using an External Monitor as a Project Preview in CS3

[Ann Bens]

Premiere’s preview is via firewire so you will need a dv/av converter like a camera with dv in or a dvd recorder.

[Ninetto Makavejev]

hello,

there is a second option:
when starting a project, PremPro presents you with a number of presets. If -instead of picking a standard firewire setup- you click on CUSTOM and PLAYBACK settings, THIS IS THE ONE and ONLY time Premiere WILL allow you to pick your second monitor as the playback device.

Picking playback device in project settings after clicking the “normal” presets will not work. You monitor will not be displayed as a device.

Be aware that by picking your monitor for DV-output in CUSTOM playback, you may experience problems “exporting to tape”. In that case it will be necessary to import your “custom” project into a project with normal preset. Not perfect but it does work.

This work-around took me hours to discover, but it is the only way I could get video-overlay full-screen on the 2nd monitor, WITHOUT using a dv-device (camera/deck).

hope that helps…
ninetto m.

[Ann Bens]

Via firewire will give you full resolution as i assume your overlay does not.

[Ty Yachaina]

Thank you,

I’ve tried the overlaying to the 2nd monitor, defiently dosnt give full res picture. I guess firewire output is the way to go. I just wish there was an easier way to get it to a TV monitor than connecting it to my camera, then connecting that to a TV.

I guess the Matrox card and others of its like are the only way to do this without going through these means?

[Mike Cohen]

That 2md monitor trick is cool. Did not know about that. For DV is makes the video larger than life, but for HDV it is pretty sweet.
For others reading this, the Blackmagic Intensity card gives you output via HDMI or component, assuming you captured into the Blackmagic codec.