[Eric Steinberg]

Thanks, I checked it out, and it looks like a good solution!

Kind regards,
Eric

[Eric Steinberg]

Another cause could be that in AE 5.5, layers were set to draft quality (the dotted slash) as a default, while in 6.5 they’re set to best quality (the solid slash), which in turn invokes sub-pixel-rendering. On a piece of video footage where you don’t do any scaling or anything else, the sub-pixel-rendering will cause the footage to render slightly softer than the original. If in fact your layer is set to best quality, try switching it to draft, and compare the results. If I’m right, the draft setting should fix your problem. But there will of course be situations (like scaling) where you need to keep full quality.

Kind regards,
Eric

[Eric Steinberg]

The new release of Premiere Pro has made quite a leap forward as far as creating DVDs directly from within Premiere, so for simpler stuff, you may be able to do what you want directly from Premiere Pro. One PP review I read even said that it almost looked like Premiere Pro was becoming a competitor to Encore! Although that’s not quite the case, I for one will most likely be doing more DVD creation directly from Premiere Pro.

Kind regards,
Eric

[Eric Steinberg]

Thanks, that does seem like a very viable way to do things. I’ve always stored my project files on a separate drive, fearing that autosave and other program-related activity could cause glitches in the media playback. I had problems like that a few years ago when I worked on in:sync Speed Razor on the VideoToasterNT, so I’ve just kept that habit. But if you’re saying it’s rock solid with project and media assets mixed, I will definitely give it a try on my new Axio system. Thanks for your help!

Kind regards,
Eric

[Eric Steinberg]

Thanks, that is very helpful!

One more thing: On which drive do you store the actual project files? I would think on the same drive as the preview files, in your case the E: drive…?

Kind regards,
Eric

[Eric Steinberg]

Thanks for your reply,

I appreciate your input! I guess I was a little unclear about what I really am wondering about. I am going to buy the new Matrox Axio, which comes pre-configured as a turn-key system. The only extra thing I have added is the one single extra drive. I am going to physically have this set-up no matter what. What I am unsure about, is if my choices as far as which drives I’ll be putting project files, captured video/audio, audio previews, etc., etc. is correct/best choice/bad choice?

Kind regards,
Eric

[Eric Steinberg]

Thanks for your reply!

Actually, the drive configuration is fixed, since I am buying a preconfigured Matrox AXIO system. The only extra thing I’ve done is adding the 1 extra drive. I guess I wasn’t clear about what I’m really unsure about, so I’ll rephrase my question:
Given the drive configuration I am going to have, am I choosing the correct drives to put AE and PP projects, captured video, conformed audio, etc., etc.?

Kind regards,
Eric

[Eric Steinberg]

I don’t know if this is what’s happening to you, but I experienced something similar when there were vector stills in the project which came from a pdf file a client gave me. There was something about those files, although I don’t know what, so I replaced the stills with some that I re-saved in Photoshop, and the lines went away. If your lines are only on stills, try replacing them with different (better) ones.

Kind regards,
Eric

[Eric Steinberg]

Thanks Toke, that’s the kind of info I was looking for. Not the answer I was hoping for, but now I know.

Kind regards,
Eric

[Eric Steinberg]

Looks like in the press release that the still images the HVX200 can take, the max exposure time is 1 second. My question then is: Is the light sensitivity good enough to capture the low Aurora borealis light? Like I mentioned in my first post, on a regular still camera, I need to keep the shutter wide open for 10 – 15 seconds to get acceptable exposure. Will 1 second on the HVX200 work?

Kind regards,
Eric