[Bob Dix]

You may have to put up with the long render times running into 4-5 hours or more(We are using the 5D mark II in full HD) for say 30 minutes of clips.Overnight the wait is worth it, and the Export to tape via a Canon HV 20 on to a Sony Bravia 46 ” is broadcast quality. Good luck. I agree mov H264 is not editing friendly ####

Even CS4 requires you to render and Vegas pro 9 is a problem .We use Premiere Pro 1.5.1 Cineform Upgrade and get first class results on 1080p with a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz with 2 gb Ram (I am amazed), with trials of the newer products they do not appear to progressed very much

[Bob Dix]

It may be we still use Windows Xp Professional for which Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 Plus .1 Up grade was designed, there may be some issues with newer Operating Systems. I have an added problem in Australia with the 5D video running at 30 fps and not 25 which suits our Canon HV20 @25 fps PAL: for Export to Tape. Which means we need to change the specifications in the project to Export, and that is time consuming and a pain.Your 7D also works in 25fps which would be a plus to us. However, Canon advises a Firmware update, soon, will be available to change the 5D to 25 fps, the sooner the better.

[Bob Dix]

We use the mov H264 files from a Canon 5D mark II @ 1920×1080 1080p you may need to render these files first so that they will run smoothly in the timeline and if you have 30 minutes of these clips it may take 4 to 5 hours to render overnight, preferably.

We still use Premiere Pro 1.5.1 which is the updated High Definition patch from Cineform.

The results on a Dell Dimension Series 8400 3.2 Ghz 1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB with only 2GB Ram is older than your computer, does a very good job especially Exporting to Movie to Tape to utilize the advantages of Full High Definition on a Sony Bravia 46 ” HD Monitor.

If you go to DVD you will get only SD, Blu-ray will record Full HD.

We have noticed very little slowing of the computer when we run it on Restricted Start Up ie., only Premiere Pro working , no Security Software and no internet connection

We too are looking to upgrade, but, CS4 is not the answer yet, as you still need to render. You do not need to render with Sony Vegas Pro 9 but, after Premiere Pro it is a pain to use and the monitor window does not match Premiere Pro. We are looking at a Dell Vostro 430 i7 Processor(2.80GHz, 8MB to suit Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 System requirements. I might add the better computer will provide faster effects and transitions on the timeline

[Bob Dix]

Strange, it does at times for me working in High definition at 1080i, however I just transcode the remainder , say 15 mins and join in Export mode to HDV videocamera and it works perfectly, but, it is a problem. If it is a Canon with Digic II they tell me because of the size of the individual clips it could be causing an overload , however the resulting Export to Movie or Export to Tape is vey good.

Let us know if you come up with a better solution.

Ps. ie., the videocamera is at times not capable of accepting a large file export back to the camera ????????????????? I quote Canon Australia, they say the file of the timline re: effects and transitions, codec changes can increase file size and the HV20 cannot handle it, which means any other videocamera running the DIGIC II computer would have the same problem. I note the Canon EOS 5D Mark II runs a DIGIC IV processor which is great at producing a file but, the files are larger than those generated by the Canon HV20 which we use mainly to get the video to export and archival tape ??????????????????? In the main the results are professional in the finished product, we find the problem occurrs in complex clips which may have been edited or are just that , pretty big. Simply we cut out the offending clip or reduce the size, but, not the best solution.

You may not have the problem going to Blu-Ray ??????????

[Bob Dix]

And/or go to auto sequence left bottom side Project Window. and do the lot in a flash with favourite transition but, I recommend 4 sec if you use transition.At 1sec seems a little short ?

We did 480 yeasterday. Premiere pro does a smooth job on this.

I forgot to say go to Edit> Preferences. You can set the still images to default duration ie., in frames per second. Default is 150 or Edit as above.Once you have done that you can Automate to Sequence for multiple images as above

[Bob Dix]

The obvious, make sure the project set up is HDV in ?????????????????

Not DV

[Bob Dix]

Phillippe,

I forgot to say the Export to Movie will generate a Cineform avi file or whatever they have changed it to, make sure you know where you saved it. Open the file up in a new project then Export to Tape.

You must have the canon HV30 turned on and in HDV Export in Mode, and click Execute. If you have the sound on when you do this you will hear the connection sound. Once you have finished the Transcode in premiere it shou;ld ask you to Save then it should automatically start the HV30 provide you have set it up correctly.

[Bob Dix]

Yeah well, Looks like Premiere has changed their codec from my version. Nevertheless you coulkd change the duration of the clip which may improve your blur problem, but some blur in fast moving scenes is inevitable 1. In the timeline windowor project window , select the clip.

+ To change duration numerically, choose Clip.Speed, click the link button unlink speed and duration type, and click OK.To go from 30fps to 25 fps it should be 84% give or take.1 or.2. However , this changes only that clip. To change the whole timeline you should go to Export to Movie and change video in there to 25fps for the whole procject.I think the blur will only occurr on the odd clip ?

Well the HV30 which is technically the same as the HV20 should be in Record in mode and you should activate Execute so that Premiere Pro recognises the camera. You should be in Export to Movie mode not Export to Tape unless they have changed it.

Good luck……………It worries me when you say this does not work with Windows 7 as I will be updating soon. you may be advised to phone Adobe Customer Support although I have found them close to incompetent, verging is the word in Australia.

[Bob Dix]

You could try reducing the transfer rate to 7mbps ??????? you have probably done that ?

If you are in Standard digital or high definition the look on the monitor may be slightly degraded but it should be perfect on the DVD or when played on a good DVD player to a good TV

[Bob Dix]

When you compare even high definition reduced to DVD the artifacts (unwanted) appear in vertical and horizontal lines or other unwanted places, it may depend on computer power , not so to High definition tape.

Export to Tape is very clean , worth a test ????????????

Try Blu-ray ?????????????????