[Dave Graton]

I had the same problem with CS3 and their latest patch fixed it (finally). It had to do with scrubbing over badly captured frames.
If you’re having the problem with starting Premiere to the intro/start screen then you may have to reinstall Premiere; Otherwise, if you launching from a Project file then your project is likely corrupted and you should look in your Auto-Save folder and try opening up a slightly-older version.
Good luck.

[Dave Graton]

Hi Don, Steadymove plugin is bundled with Premiere!!??
Where can I find it?

Also, you mentioned working with HDV footage in a DV project? Is it possible to use an HDV-based project with Steadymove?

Thanks for the info,

[Dave Graton]

Chris…here’s what I do. (it took awhile to figure out a process. I’ve been there and I feel your pain)

I’m using Ecore 1.5.1.
You’ll want to create TWO motion-menu video files in Premiere that are almost the same…here’s what I mean.

1) Video 1 Set as “First-play”: Begin with at least 1 second of black…then fade up A/V to show your menus…and then fade in your buttons/etc using Premiere, not Encore. After your first button appears or at the moment you’re ready to show the button highlight, set your “Loop Point” to that timecode (00;00;14;08 for example)… BUT THEN set the End Action to go to Menu2..the one that will loop forever.

2) Video 2 = Same video as used in #1 except that the buttons should show on the screen for the entire duration of the motion-menu. Set the end action as “Not Set”. Set the loop point to a low value like (00;00;00;13) to minimize delay between loops…this will cause a half second of button highlight dissapear Loop # = forever.

Export these menu files out straight as .m2v and .wav (no loss) from Premiere.
So you’ll have 2 sequences in Premiere and 2 menus in Encore to pull this off.

I just use an object for the button higlights…like an arrow, leaf, etc. Basically I don’t use the Text options in Encore at all.
And for the button highlights, in the “Layers” window for each button you’ll need to click the little white box to hide the top layer.

And you won’t have to Render Motion Menus anymore either. 🙂

Works great.
-Dave