[Connor Roberts]

kinda funny how Panasonic release the hvx200 over 3 years ago, and this comparison on the brand NEW ex1 whows the sony barely beating the 3yr old hvx, lol. sounds to me like oanasonic is doing their job well. i guess that is why they compare the EX1 to the hvx200 and not the current panasonic model (hpx500) since that panasonic would blow the sony away.

[Connor Roberts]

that’s the beauty of Premiere…there is not “native” that you must have, that it likes. Sure when you use out there formats like Divx, it flips out, but you can edit DV, HD, DVCPro, and any other SD or HD format all on the same timeline without issue. It’s not like Final Cut Pro where you HAVE to convert all your files to what your sequence is in order to edit fluidly; Premiere is much more flexible when it comes to codecs/formats/timeline manipulation

::: Connor

[Connor Roberts]

ANYONE? Please help…?

BOTTOM LINE:
============
Do I need to deinterlance the GL2 tape files, or Interlace the XL2 tape files prior to rendering?

Thanks,
::: Connor

[Connor Roberts]

CS3 has much superior export quality than Premiere Pro 2.0. It is one of the major upgrades from 2.0, along with time remapping and new frame blending.

I have a HV20 (HDV camera) that I intermix with all my SD footage, and I capture in the DV Locked mode, and it downconverts it nicely. when you export, make sure to use Adobe Media Encoder, choose 4:3 or 16:9, Lower Interlaced, 8mbps CBR with PCM audio (if timeline is 59minutes or less), use 6mbps if timeline is 60-89minutes, use 4mbps if 90-119 minutes. Set multiplexing to DVD, and export. this will generate a file already DVD compliant, meaning if you put it into your DVD authoring program like Encore, it will not have to reconvert, it will just split it up into VOB files ready to burn, takes about 5-10 minutes to author a DVD if you export that way from Premiere.

NEVER export a final sequence/timeline as an AVI, unless you are going to use it on the web, or in another project.

::: Connor

[Connor Roberts]

Well you are using version 6.0, which is 5 versions old. This is also a Premiere Pro forum, and I don’t mean to sound jerkish, but everyone here pretty much uses at least one of the pro versions or newer, so

Adobe Premiere Release Order:
=============================
Premiere 6.0
Premiere 6.5
Premiere Pro
Premiere Pro 1.5
Premiere Pro 2.0
Premiere Pro CS3

Is there any way you can try downloading the trial of CS3, and seeing if you still have those errors? You get 30 days free trial (minus HDV editing), or you can download the 2.0 tryout if you are on a slower computer, it is still available too.

::: Connor

[Connor Roberts]

Hmm, then I do not know, since I do not have the hardware you are using. I am on a Dell dimension XPS desktop, and using a Sony DVCAM deck, model: DSR-11. Alhough I rarely need to export to tape, then 5-10 times I have, they have come out beautifully.

Maybe it is your tape stock? Try usuing Panasonic tapes, they are the highest quality. Also, try a different computer…I know that is a pain to unhook your deck, move it to another computer, install CS3 or at least the trial, then try again, but it is worth a shot to eliminate the computer hardware as being your culprit.

::: Connor

[Connor Roberts]

Premiere Pro is a powerhouse when it comes to using any and all footage from any source. I doubt you can export out of AfterEffects in a format that Premiere cannot understand. Every thing I have ever imported into Premiere it has recognized, except DivX file, which are crappy anyway. It’s not like Final Cut Pro, where you can ONLY use the format of your sequence…export to anything high-quality with little to no compression, it can be used in Premiere Pro.

::: Connor

[Connor Roberts]

Is it freezing in the preview window while you export? Or have you watched/checked the final tape afterwards? Sometimes the preview window will glitch or be jumped and garbled, but it really isnt exporting to tape that way. If it is jumping/skipping on the tape, then I would think you have background processes going on, or are doing other things while it is exporting. when exporting to tape, you cannto have antivirus or messaging or email programs running…you have to ONLY have that running to ensure smooth export.

::: Connor

[Connor Roberts]

You have to rekey everything using the “Color Key” filter. There is no more Green Screen filter in Premiere Pro, past version 2.0 (which you called CS2, but there was no CS2, it was just 2.0)

At any rate, you cannot take the greenscreen filter from the 2.0 plugin dir and put it into the CS3 dir. It will not work. YOu have to either rekey using ‘color key’ filter, or install Premiere Pro 2.0 and finish the project in there if you do not want to redo any work.

::: Connor

[Connor Roberts]

dang it…i just burned 3 DVDs, like 10 seconds of video each (5 seconds from GL2 @ 60i and 5 seconds from XL2 @30p)

===
DVD 1 Info:
Exported using Adobe Media Encoder, no audio, 4:3, Lower/Interlaced, burned with Encore

DVD 2 Info:
Exported using Adobe Media Encoder, no audio, 4:3, Progressive, Field Options on GL2 clip changed to “Always Deinterlace”, burned with Encore

DVD 2 Info:
Exported using Adobe Media Encoder, no audio, 4:3, Progressive, BCC Deinterlace plugin applied to GL2 clip, burned with Encore
===

DVD1 looked the best, I don’t get it! *Sigh*

::: Connor