[Clyde Villegas]

Thanks guys for your help.

We already did a site survey twice and did not bill them. We already had production meetings and I know their important. The meetings I didn’t like are the ones when they call me up to meet someone in their office and do some chitchats. And this is for a project that I already gave a big discount, which means I do not have some form of budget buffer when I exceed my projected number of meetings.

However, I think Mark is right. It’s a great opportunity to “upsell to bigger budgets and more projects.” I might do a few chitchats… just a few.

[Clyde Villegas]

Can I see the samples, John. Thanks!

[Clyde Villegas]

Can I see the samples, John. Thanks!

[Clyde Villegas]

Thanks Jeff! How about this:

I have videos edited in Premiere where some clips are live action (shot with Canon XL1) and others are motion graphics (created in After Effects using lossless/ uncompressed settings).

When I export to tape, I’ll be copying the live action data from the project to the tape. Which means, quality will be the same. But how about those motion graphics clips? How will I adjust quality settings so that the quality is the same as the original file created in AE? God bless.

[Clyde Villegas]

I can’t see anything wrong in terms of video quality EXCEPT for two things: when downloading the tape on a small consumer camcorder, files are cut (when scene detect is on) in places where I didn’t press the record button (on the camera). Scene detect should only split the footage in places where the record button is pressed. I have videos (which should be downloaded as single footages) that were split into many many footages. Some are about a few seconds’ length, others are exactly 1 frame. Weird. The other problem is the popping/ crackling audio. I am not sure if the wrong frame rates are doing that. I minimize these problems by downloading with the XL1. Probably the problematic frame rate of the XL1 does not match the consumer camera’s correct frame rate. I posted this (partially) in the Canon Camcorder forum as “erratic frame rate” but never got an answer. I hope someone provides an answer before I get into real trouble.

[Clyde Villegas]

I clicked on File > Export > Movie. Then in the Export Movie Settings, I chose Microsoft DV AVI as the file type and DV NTSC as the compressor. In the rendering options (bit depth), I chose “use project settings” then put a check on “Optimize Stills.” I also used 29.97 as the frame rate.

It solved my problem! The exported video looked the same as the rendered video in my timeline (source video plus effects).

Now the only thing I’d like to know is how to do the same when archiving to tape. It gives me peace of mind when I have everything archived in the tapes in my drawer. Thanks and God bless!

[Clyde Villegas]

Thanks Harm!!!

It was great! I watched the (edited) exported file and it looked the same as the original captured file.

I just noticed one thing. I used the frame rate 29.97 (in the export settings) so it would be the same as the unedited source footages. To check on the properties of the source footages, I clicked on File > Get Properties. In the Properties window, some footages have the frame rate of 29.95, 29.7, 29.93, etc. Is it still correct to use 29.97 frame rate in my export settings when the source footages are of different frame rates? Is my Canon XL1 broken? Or is that normal? God bless.

[Clyde Villegas]

Thanks Harm!

I use a Canon XL1 miniDV camcorder and Premiere Pro 2.0 to capture and edit.

Should I use Media Encoder or the Export to Movie command?

This morning, I clicked on File > Export > Movie. Then in the Export Movie Settings, I chose Microsoft DV AVI as the file type and DV NTSC as the compressor. In the rendering options (bit depth), I chose “use project settings” then put a check on “Optimize Stills.” Did I do it correctly? Is there anything more that I should do?

Should I do the same if my objective is to use the exported movie for further editing/ processing in After Effects? God bless.

[Clyde Villegas]

Sorry, it’s not “burn to tape.” It’s export to tape. Using Premiere, I click on File > Export > Export to Tape.

I’m using Canon XL1 miniDV camcorder to shoot. Then use premiere pro 2.0 to capture and edit. Now, I’m looking for a way to archive the edited video (with some video files destined for further processing in After Effects) with the same quality as the raw video that I shot with my XL1. I think that the more the computer processes the video, the more the quality gets deteriorated. I’d like to know what settings to make to achieve that purpose. Thanks Daniel and God bless.

[Clyde Villegas]

A footage is a single video clip. A Sequence is a series of video clips in a time line.