[Dave Friend]

Hi Brett,

Unfortunately undo is global across the project. It is a weakness, but we were spoiled by edit.

Another thing to note is that the undo history is not persistent across sessions on any project.

You might find PPro’s “History” window to be helpful on occasion.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

The transparent clip is not good for every effect and it does NOT function as an adjustment layer.

It IS good for effects like the timecode window and lens flares. There are several others but I haven’t bothered figure out which they are.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

I’ve been using the small (4×5) Wacom Graphire tablet and like it a lot. Usually use the mouse but it’s nice to pick-up the pen once in a while to reduce RSI. Pen is also handy when using photoshop or other drawing software.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

[Mylenium] “You need to encode your audio file accordingly using the options provided e.g. in Audition.”

Audition will handle creating a 5.1 mix and exporting this mix in a couple of different ways. Unfortunately Encore will not be able to use any of these exports directly. The first issue is that Encore only encodes stereo ac3 (dolby) files. Secondly, it will not open a multichannel file that you could create with Audition.

You need other software (or hardware) to encode a surround sound dolby file.

Adobe Premiere Pro (with an optional plug-in) can create and export surround sound encodes that can be used by Encore. You could also probably accomplish the 5.1 mix with Premiere Pro but might find Audition to be better suited to the task. The Audition exports would be used by PPro to encode the dolby file to be used by Encore.

Creating surround sound mixes is probably a career unto itself. Expect to spend a lot of time climbing the learning curve before you get useable product – or hire an expert.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

If you have Audition this might be a good time to put it to use. There are a couple of approaches you could employ. One method, if there are not a huge number of clips, is to select each clip on the timeline and edit them in Audition. This will replace the existing audio with a new wav file that will be added to the project and linked to the video clip.

The second method would be to export the timeline’s audio as a stereo file and mix it down using the channel mixer tools of Audition. Import the mixdown into PPro and lay it on it’s own track. Mute the original audio tracks leaving them in place should you have to make changes in the future.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

DDP = Data Description Protocol. Typically DDP v2.0 is used for DVD replication. It is comprised of a number of different files written to the tape in a very specific manor.

The files written include:
Information about the type of disc, if it should be copy protected and how, etc.;
Info about where and how much data is on the tape;
Data to be stored in the lead-in area of the final disc;
A disc image that has the “essence” of the disc, divided into sectors of appropriate size depending on copy protection requirements, and the UDF Bridge file system.

This is not what you get when you copy the DVD folder-set to a DLT.

Use the DLT writing funciton of your authoring application to make the real deal.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

I had a similar reaction at first, but now find I like the new behaviour. Basically “create from existing” automates the “save as…” function. What’s bad about that? Not having to deal with even more file management stuff is all right by me.

[Dave Friend]

Andy,

I’ve been using this function heavily the last couple of days without any problems.

Go figure.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

Bob,

You better call the replicator so they understand what is on the DLT. They will be expecting a “disc image” written in DDP format. That is NOT what you created by using the backup utility. They may be able to use what you sent them, but they need to know what is on the tape.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

I believe Paul is saying that if you want something you should tell Adbobe about it because the more noise they hear on any given topic the more likely they are to act. I don’t know how much this or any other public forum influences their thinking. It’s not readily apparent that a lot of weight is placed on the suggestions/complaints/comments posted here.

The best course is probably for each and every one of us to use Adobe’s official “Product Feature Request” web form at http://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html

Maybe we should use this forum to coordinate “mass mailings” via their request page?

Dave