Jake Huddleston
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Haha, well, I usually do organize my files before I start doing complicated stuff, I’m just used to being able to relink things later if I need to, but I didn’t realize subclips were different. Now I know for next time. Fortunately there are only a few clips and they should be easy to recreate. Or, what if I moved the files back to their original location? I will try that and see if it helps. If not, no biggie, but I know what (and what not) to do in the future.
Jake Huddleston
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Ah, thank you millions. I knew there was a frame blend option in After Effects, but I didn’t realize there was one in Premiere. Problem solved, much appreciated.
Jake Huddleston
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I ended up just creating a grid in Illustrator and using that image as a layer in AE. It’s virtually indistinguishable from the actual grid.
I have a similar question about masks. I want my viewers to see the masks I’m using as well as I play through the footage. Can these show up in a render, or must it be screen capture to see this?
Jake Huddleston
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Hey everyone. Sorry to bring the thread back to life, but I have a question about this. I am currently trying to burn a wedding DVD I shot and edited in Premiere Pro. I did some basic color correction in Premiere Pro, and burned the DVD through Encore. However, when I play the DVD back on my HDTV, it’s almost as if I didn’t do any color correction at all! I’m wondering if there is a way to match these? From what I’ve gathered from the talk about everything playing differently depending on the playback device, it seems near impossible. But yet, how do DVD movies always look great when played on different devices? The color is fine on my HDTV, standard def TV, and laptop. What is the difference? Thanks for any help!
Jake Huddleston
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Hi Leo,
I kinda sorta resolved the problem. But I had change my workflow a little bit. When I was having this problem, I was dynamic linking sequences from Premiere Pro into Encore. The footage was 1080p high definition footage, and I was burning a standard resolution DVD. I read somewhere that sometimes changing resolution like that can cause transcoding issues, including making Encore freeze. You may or may not be doing the same thing, but either way, here are the 2 options I found: I could recreate the project in a Premiere Pro timeline that was the same resolution as the DVD I was burning (not really an option, since it was a very complex project), or I could export my footage from Premiere Pro first and then link to those files from Encore. I chose this method. Premiere has an export codec for DVD’s, so I used that. The resulting files were the same resolution has the final DVD, so in the end, Encore didn’t do any of the resizing on it’s own. The result? Encore burned the DVD very quickly and didn’t freeze. Basically, through dynamic linking a high resolution project from Premiere, Encore was being forced to do a lot of transcoding that Premiere Pro does better. This method allows Premiere to take the strain off of Encore by exporting your files out first and then linking to those in Encore.
Of course, if you were not using Dynamic Link at all, then this workflow wouldn’t be a solution for you. But if you are, then hopefully this will help solve your problem. Good luck on your project.
Jake Huddleston
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Hi Dave,
As a followup to my decision to go back and remove pulldown from my footage and then re-edit, I have am having a few issues. However, here’s what I’ve done so far:
I’ve begun removing pulldown from my clips within AE, and then rendering them out as Quicktime PNG’s like you recommended in another thread. I rendered out just a few so I could test them in Premiere. I edited several of the clips (pulldown-removed) in Premiere and then rendered them out to have a look at the edit points. For 4 clips, there were 3 cuts, and only one looked normal. The other 2 looked like the one below:
The last frame from the previous clip is still visible over the first frame of the next clip. It did not look this way in the timeline (I assume it wouldn’t), but only when I render out of Premiere. I’m guessing my problem is still pulldown-related, and I don’t know where I went wrong in the process. If you have any advice for me, Dave, I would very much appreciate it.
Jake Huddleston
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Thanks Dave. That’s great info. However, the problem I have run into is space. I’m a Mac guy as well (yeah baby!), and I’m using a Macbook Pro. I have a 250GB hard drive, and I have about 10 minutes of HD footage in my film that needs pulldown removed, and it’s more if you take the total length of all the clips combined, since I’m rendering them out of AE unedited. I had 90GB of free space when I began rendering them out as Quicktime PNG files and woke up the next morning to find that only about 1/4 of them had been rendered, and had already taken up the full 90GB I had left on my hard drive.
I would still like to stay lossless as I render, but being the amount of footage I need and how big lossless files tend to be, I’m not sure how realistic this is. How do those other codecs you recommended compare in terms of final size? What would you say my options are at this point? Thanks Dave.
Jake Huddleston
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Hi Dave,
I appreciate your help on the other thread I started about removing pulldown after editing. Very bad move. I am now trying to prepare myself for the process of removing pulldown from all my clips in After Effects, rendering them out, and THEN editing in Premiere. You recommend a Quicktime PNG sequence. I have tried rendering out in this codec and the playback is rough and blocky. My friend said that it has something to do with the computer not being able to keep up with the amount of data in the video file. I would rather not edit with this footage in Premiere if this is going to be a constant problem, as I would like to view and edit my footage in real time. So as of right now, I am just considering my options as I try and find a good workflow. Thanks!
Jake Huddleston
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Haha, yes, it definitely is not. Part of me wishes it was a little simpler…but hey, I’m gaining experience I need to make it in the video world. Just out of curiosity, are they any examples of videos where pulldown was removed after editing and frames were lost? I know my video would look bad when finished this way, but I really don’t have an idea of how bad it would look. Just curious. Thanks Dave.
Jake Huddleston
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Hi Dave,
Thank you for your response. You don’t know how much I’ve learned about this the last few days. My problem was I didn’t fully understand pulldown before I began editing, and I didn’t read about it as much as I should have. I must’ve read Max Goldberg’s warning and thought nothing of it. It is a lesson learned for me, and I am just grateful that it is finally cleared up.
As much as I absolutely hate to do it, I am going to go back and re-edit my project. The end result will be much better looking, and I am looking forward to it being so. Thank you for all your help Dave. I appreciate it very much.
Jake Huddleston