Alan Knight
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It was taking VOBs that are 720×480 and reading them as 540×480 and could not get passed this unless I converted to an MP4 using Handbrake and then importing that.
However, today I had the good fortune of persuading the post production supervisor of the company to provide me with a very high quality 1080p file so its no longer an issue now as I wont be using compressed VOB files from the DVD.
Cheers
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After spending many hours experimenting, I have finally discovered more info and found a workaround.
All Adobe apps wrongly interpret this footage as 540×480 and crop out the right side. Even when I set the pixel aspect ratio to the extreme 2.0
Using Handbrake, I decided to “wrap” it in an H.264 (x264) .mp4 and lo and behold, not only did it nicely decomb the interlacing from the NTSC footage, but it also is importing properly now in Premiere. Well, almost: 716×478 to be exact.
It’s my understanding that in doing so I MAY have reduced image quality a little by doing this, but since filesize is not important (I’m only using parts of this footage for a demo reel), perhaps I export from Handbrake with ALL MAX settings. Personally, I don’t notice much difference at this point except that it is properly formatted and decombed – so I’m already happier. Plus, this will be viewed online only…
So is it that terrible that I’m converting (or wrapping) my VOBs in an MP4? Or is that acceptable nowadays? In terms of filesize, the default High Profile settings I used in Handbrake cut my VOB size from 1.5 GB down to 500MB. But as I said before, I could push the settings higher since this is only to get the best source for assembly.
Thoughts from the experienced video editors out there?
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I wonder if i should use a dedicated program to rip my DVD or convert it to MPG?
Do you think that the problem is because I just copied the VIDEO_TS folder over to my hard drive? -
Hi, Thanks for the suggestion…I changed the file extension outside of Premiere to .mpg but after importing it Premiere showed it with a question mark icon and a status of Offline. However, it showed 720×480 (0.9091) in the video info column.
Because that did not work, I tried doing a Modify–>Interpret on the original .VOB. By default it is set to Use Pixel Aspect Ratio from File (which is a very bizarre 1.185). I cannot change the pixel dimensions to 720 here but I can change the PAR to something else and doing so makes it wider or thinner.
Somehow I don’t think this is correct…. I’ve never had a problem with DVD footage before…
Hopefully more suggestions will come from the community!
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PROBLEM SOLVED!
Posting my own solution here…
Uninstall and reinstall the big 3: After Effects, Premiere, and Media Encoder.
All functionality of .VOB and .MPG2 imports restored. 🙂
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OK so for 2 of the 3 clips I was able to simply create a duplicate of the video layer which I put on the layer above the original. I then created on that new layer a small ellipse around a clean part of the wall just above the nail, then repositioned that elliptical mask OVER the nail to hide it.
Unfortunately, in the 3rd clip, the suject’s hand passes over the nail at one point. Whats the solution at this point? A lengthy one I can think of is to add a keyframe for the opacity of the mask at the exact time the hand comes over, so that the mask has 0% opacity at that time, thereby allowing the entire hand to show.
Is this the suggested (or only) way for Premiere Pro CC 2014?
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OK Im trying to follow Michael Yu’s method.. ive got a clean elliptical selection drawn over a clean part of the wall… how do I copy and move that over the nail? I tried a bunch of modifier keys while dragging.. (im on Windows)…
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Thanks everyone – Im on CC2014 – I’ll follow the tips here and give it a shot!
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My camera shoots 1080/60p 1080/60i, or “fake” 24p (Digital Cinema mode). From my research, it looks like I should shoot 60p and then work on a 24p timeline in Premiere to achieve this. This will also allow for smooth slow motion effects. I was using 1080i but I’ll start shooting 1080p instead.
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Hey Arno,
Did you ever get your old-style book sequence done? Its funny how I land on this post years later but i am doing a similar project. I was told to use Invigorator Pro but Im wondering if it wouldnt be easier in Cinema 4D!
How did you end up doing yours?