[Greg Longmore]

Hey thx a lot i’ll be all set once I can get these two questions answered 1. After I used a new HD timeline I lost most of my transitions. Wasn’t a big deal until I tried redoing them only to fid out I can’t get the appropriate handles set because I can’t get the marker to stop using snap points. Evne tho I took snap off it’s still happening can I get it completely removed or is there some sort of limit at work? i don’t remember this being a problem on my 1st edit. Also really quickly: How come I have to manually re-size every clip I insert into the timeline? I already have on ‘scale to frame’

[Greg Longmore]

Thx!..About that frame size I’ve been clicking on it and scaling it down myself so that ‘scale to frame size’ is what I should be doing instead huh..

[Greg Longmore]

Disappointing.. I can verify my shoot settings when I get back home in about 11hrs. I used a DSLR camera (Canon rebel T2i). In the mean time how would I ensure that I’m working in an HD timeline? I’m almost tempted to redo the edit there. If you can, you might as well post that last resort measure so I can consider my options. I really appreciate it thx.

[Greg Longmore]

Sequence Settings-

Format-MPEG2
Preset- ‘Custom’
Summary- NTSC, 1920×1080,29.97, Quality 4.0, De-Interlaced MPEG, 384kbps, 48khz, 16 bit, Stereo VBR, 1 Pass, Min 4.00, Target 15.00, Max 18.50, mbps
Source- Sequence, Sequence 01, 720×480 (I’M POSITIVE I RECORDED THE FOOTAGE IN 1080p) (0.9091), 29.97 fps, Lower, 00;03;27;22, 48000 Hz, Stereo

Video Specs?

Codec: MainConcept MPEG video, Quality 4, TV Standard: NTSC, Frame Width: 1920 Pixels, Frame Height: 1080, Frame Rate [fps] 29.97, Display Format: Drop Frame, Field Order: None (progressive), Pixel Aspect ratio: Standard 4:3 (0.750), Profile: Main, Level: High, rnder at Maximum Depth (unchecked) Bitrate Encoding; VBR 1 Pass, Minimum Bitrate [Mpbs]: 4, Target Bitrate: 15, Maximum Bitrate 18.5, (GOP settings) M Frames: 3,N frames: 15, Closed GOP Every: 0, Automatic GOP Placement (unchecked)

Export Settings?
Use Maximum Render Quality? (Unchecked, Use Previews (unchecked), Use Frame Blending (unchecked)

[Greg Longmore]

Ok I’ll post when I get home in about 4hrs

[Greg Longmore]

best result so far was standard and that still didn’t cover it..

[Greg Longmore]

..and while we’re at this when I use Maximum quality or a high bit rate (unsure which yet) I get grainy footage output is that right??

[Greg Longmore]

Ok..so now I would like to have my video play in the full area of the screen. See since I’ve been using HD I can only get it to play in the little box with black borders all around. How do I fix that? Is it an aspect ratio thing? cuz even if I shot it in widescreen (which I did) I would think that it would go all the way to the left and right edges..

[Greg Longmore]

Ok I figured out the media encoder so now I’m just trying to get to the 1080p problem

[Greg Longmore]

My main problem is that when I export the file I do not see the options allowing me to export it in 1080p as opposed to the 720p option that I’m getting. I know I’m missing something but I think I can put the pieces together if I can figure out why that is..also I’m not sure of what I need to do next after i hit the ‘queue’ button and get the aff file. As for the size it’s a 4 min video so maybe it won’t be so big no?