Curious Turtle
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Cleaner 6 will do the trick.
When you encode your MPEG-2 file, be sure to select Program stream and not elementary stream. Elementary will give you a separate audio and video file, whereas Program will give you one muxed file.
Good luck with your project,
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The easiest way is to pull a key from your footage. Check out the luma key effect, or if it’s shot against black then Xmult might give you a better/faster result.
HTH,
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Hi Sue,
It all depends what sort of wrapper the file has. If it’s a Quicktime movie, just open it up in Quicktime player then hit Apple-I (Ctrl-I on Windows) and up pops the main information.
If it’s something that can’t be opened in Quicktime Player, then give GSpot Codec Information Appliance a go. It handles a number of other wrappers and will tell you which codec was used and so forth. I should add that this is Windows only so far as I know.
Hope this helps,
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No. Anything you do prior to rendering will not affect a rendered file.
But (you knew it was coming) when doing fine adjustments you are not getting a fully representative version of the effect. This is generally not a problem between 8 & 16 bits, but can, depending on your prefs, make a huge difference when you move to 32 bit float.
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How did you capture these clips? Are they using a proprietary DV codec, and if so, do you have that codec installed on your system?
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Hi Greg,
Yes, it will. Be aware that different compression software is able to create better end results. And it’s at lower bitrates where these differences really show.
Bitvice is worth a look, or if you’ve got a couple of grand burning a hole in your pocket, check out Cinemacraft’s encoder.
Do a search for bitrate calculators and this will help you figure out how much space to allocate to your encoded elements. Also, remember that however you encode your video, you will also want to encode your audio to AC3 to get the most on your disc. Compressor (with a few tweaks) works fine for this.
Good luck with your project,
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Double check that you have only applied position. You may have got anchor point data in there too, which would throw it off.
FWIW I have used interlaced footage on many occasions without any mischief occurring. That’s in Mocha though and not Mocha AE, though I’d be surprised if there was that big a difference between them in something that fundamental.
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Adjustment layers don’t really work like that. They adjust other layers, so rendering them out solely would be, as you say, pointless.
If it’s an effect you want, you can either try to find an equivalent effect in Premiere. Or use the communication between the two apps to cut out the render time in between. You can bring After Effects comps into Premiere now, can’t you?
Good luck with your project,
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I don’t know if this will help from Adobe’s website.
If that doesn’t work, it’s probably worth giving Adobe support a ring, and let us know what they have to say.
Good luck,
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The simplest way is to duplicate (or save as a template), your original project.
Then in either the Project or Timing panel, you can drag and drop from the File Browser over your original clip. The arrow will change to a little curly-swappy arrow, and you know you’re in the right place.
That will do it!
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