[Ivan Myles]

The problem appears to be a playback issue. I downloaded your submitted file and the transcoded Vimeo videos. There are no visible issues when playing from hard drive or when reviewing the files frame-by-frame. This leads me to conclude that your file is OK. When viewed online the first play tends to stutter but gets smoother upon repeated viewings. In addition, the SD video plays more smoothly. This would indicate a bandwidth issue. The transcoded Vimeo 720p file is encoded at over 3900kbps, which is relatively high for web streaming.

Just to verify the export settings I transcoded your file to H.264 and it exhibited the same behavior when uploaded to Vimeo (use the same password as the original file).

You might try reducing the bitrate during this portion of the video. Assuming the graphic can’t be changed, try reformatting it to display in letterbox at 1280×640 or 1280×480 with a slower pan.

[Ivan Myles]

Digitized copies of the source footage can be viewed online at the Kennedy Library under the title, “The Last Two Days, November 1963: 21-22” (produced movie, A roll, B roll, outtakes). Physical media is listed as 16mm.

[Ivan Myles]

Most high compression codecs such as H.264/x.264 are susceptible to banding. If the gradient was created using the AE Ramp Effect, set Ramp Scatter to 50. Add the Noise Effect at about 2.0%. It won’t be perfect, but it will look a lot better. For best results consider replacing the gradient with a texture, pattern, or solid color.

Export with AME using High Profile @ Level 4.1 and two-pass VBR. Under the Multiplexer tab set Multiplexer to MP4 and Stream Compatibility to Standard. Export with a bitrate of 10-20 Mbps if you plan to submit the encoded file to YouTube or Vimeo.

[Ivan Myles]

Premiere should be fine. Audition is preferred when significant processing is required (i.e. applying audio effects).

[Ivan Myles]

Deleting Cache Files

Open a Premiere Pro project (preferably one without any imported assets) and select the following:

Edit > Preferences > Media…

.. then click Clean

Open After Effects but do not open a project file. Close the Welcome panel and select the following:

Edit > Preferences > Media & Disk Cache

.. then click Empty Disk Cache and Clean Database & Cache

In both applications note the folder location for each cache. In Windows the default location is:

C: | Users | YourUserAccountName | AppData | Roaming | Adobe | Common

Close the Adobe applications. Open your OS file manager (e.g. My Computer in Windows), navigate to the cache folder(s), and delete any remaining files from the “Media Cache” and “Media Cache Files” subfolders.

Deleting Preview Files

In Windows preview files are saved in a folder called “Adobe Premiere Pro Preview Files” located in the same folder as the project files (.prproj). It is OK to delete the unwanted preview folders (called ProjectFileName.PRV) or individual videos within.

Finally, empty the OS recycle bin or waste basket to permanently remove the deleted files. This procedure will likely free-up several GB of space on your drive.

[Ivan Myles]

Steve’s recommendation is probably the quickest way to resolve the issue.

To continue troubleshooting the dissolve, determine whether the issue only occurs during previews or with encoded output files, also.

[Ivan Myles]

I had trouble with some MPEG-2 files that would not encode properly. The resolution involved replacing the problem source clips with uncompressed DPX files. YMMV.

[Ivan Myles]

I’m not sure if there is an automatic setting. One method is to add an adjustment layer to the timeline and apply the RGB Color Corrector or RGB Curves effect to the adjustment layer. Then set two of the three RBG channels to zero.

[Ivan Myles]

In Premiere: File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Import After Effects Composition…

Navigate to the file and select the desired composition. There is more information here.

[Ivan Myles]

Do you have a copy of After Effects? If so, create a Dynamic Link to the AE file from Premiere Pro.