Eric Jurgenson
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Have you looked at it on an interlaced (broadcast) monitor? (You need a video I/O card to do this, unless you want to export to a DVD, and play that on a regular TV).
Computer monitors are not interlaced, and can show interlace artifacts that might not show on an interlaced monitor.
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It’s the same process in Premiere. Highlight your sequence, go to file->export->media. When the export media window opens, select DPX as the format, select the appropriate preset, make sure the “export as sequence” box is checked, enter a file name and location, and click the export button.
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8 MB/s h.264 is not particularly high for full HD. It’s actually quite low, and I imagine the video would be noticeably worse than the original. For Blu-Ray quality, I’d aim at 15-20 MB/s.
If this is for web viewing, you might consider doing 960×540 (half size).
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Why not do the whole thing in AE? I think the scaling might be better, and it will save an export generation.
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I would say yes if you are using the transform controls from within Premiere. 3rd party effects typically would not work. Of course it depends on the application you are exporting to, but if it were FCP7 (for example) it should work.
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Right click on clip (image sequence) in the project window -> interpret footage -> disable alpha
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I’d suggest adding your transitions first, then keyframe the motion.
I typically park the CTI somewhere in the middle of the clip (working in the effects control window), set my beginning framing, then move the CTI a little later and set the end framing. Then I select each set of keyframes in turn, and drag them to the beginning and end of the clip (including the full duration of the transition). This goes quite quickly.
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OK, I’m curious.
1) Why is Premiere worse than FCP with super transitions?
2) Why do you feel it is necessary to export a master file in order to export an MPEG2-DVD file? (especially if this is a speed contest). -
My guess is that Premiere is just running out of RAM. CS3 is only a 32-bit application, getting upgraded to 64-bit in CS5. I found it was not uncommon for Premiere CS3 to exhibit your symptoms in HD projects over a half hour in length, and/or with a fair number of source clips.
Things you can do that will help a bit: Close any timelines that you aren’t editing on. Switch from performance to memory mode in preferences-general. If your OS is 32-bit XP or Vista, make sure the 3G memory switch is set (Google it). I also keep my project window in list mode, although I’m not sure that really helps.
These fixes just open up a bit more memory, so they won’t completely fix your problem. For that, you may have to upgrade to 64-bit OS and apps.
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Are you exporting interlaced material as progressive?