[Adam Fischer]

Apply the effect to your first clip. Select the clip in the timeline and hit Ctrl+C (copy). Select all your other clips in the timeline and hit Ctrl+Alt+V (paste attributes). That will apply whatever effects your first clip had to all the other clips.

This solution only works in the timeline. I’m not sure if there is another way you can do this to clips in the bin.

[Adam Fischer]

Go to the effects in Premiere and look under audio effects for “fill right” and “fill left.” Those effects duplicate the audio in their respective channels. Apply the appropriate one to your audio and you’re done.

[Adam Fischer]

Now it works! The mistake I was making was trying to change the playback settings AFTER I had created the project. That usually works on a regular DV project, but not with this desktop project. I started over and now I see it on my deck!

Thanks for your help!

[Adam Fischer]

Unfortunately, no. When I got to Project Settings, and then Playback Settings, the only selection for External Device under Realtime Playback and Export is “none.” External Device Audio is also greyed out.

[Adam Fischer]

Thanks for all the insight guys!

[Adam Fischer]

Thanks for the response! It looks like that gave me the results I wanted, but now I can’t watch my video on my NTSC monitor. On this system I’m sending the video over firewire to my DSR-45 which then goes component out to a TV. When I go into the playback menu in PPro it won’t let me select an external device for playback in a Desktop video project. Any suggestions?

Also, what compressor should I use when setting up a Desktop project?

Thanks for your help!

[Adam Fischer]

One approach would be to create the first title the way you want it, then click the button in the upper left corner that has an icon with a letter T on a piece of filmstrip. That creates a new title from the current one. You are asked to give the new title a name, then you can edit it how you want starting with the text you’ve already creaeted which will therefore have all the same settings.

That’s one approach. There may be others out there…

[Adam Fischer]

I would echo what the last post said. Whatever you do, don’t let yourself get cornered into a certain dollar amount, no matter how simple it seems. I’ve made that mistake before when people I’ve worked with in the past have asked me to edit something and on paper everything seemed pretty cut and dry. When I actually saw the material I realized that they weren’t completely honest, or maybe just didn’t realize how much work it would take. Unfortunately I was stuck and even if you think you can negotiate more money after the initial deal, it will never cover it.

I would say give them an hourly rate and quote them a rather large range of hours with the disclaimer that you can be much more accurate once you see all the material.

[Adam Fischer]

Thanks, that’s a lot of great info! After reading your answers and going through this forum I realized I have a lot to learn about higher end DVD creation. Does anyone know any good sources on the internet that may offer tutorials or classes or listings of live classes, etc? This is an area I want to learn about and rather than ask one question at a time here, maybe I can pay for some training.

[Adam Fischer]

You can still adjust audio in the timeline in PP like you could in 6.5. There’s a drop down menu on every clip in the timeline that allows you to access each effect (including volume). You can also select to see the clip or track volume in the toggle switches by the track names. Then you can click and drag all you want!