[Jeff Pulera]

Check with the broadcaster and see if they broadcast at 4:3. If so, you will need to determine how you’re going to convert 16:9 to 4:3 –

Letterbox

Squish

Crop 16:9 to 4:3

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Layne,

Is the DV source widescreen?

I’ve used MPEG StreamcClip and have no idea how this has anything to do with the workflow. Just import the DV clips using Premiere capture.

Is your DV source really 32k? That is very rare, is usually 48k.

What resolution do you really need to deliver? And how?

HDV is the last thing I would upconvert to – it is anamorphic using non-square pixels. People viewing this on computers will most likely see a 4:3-looking image since many players assume square pixels. Not a good choice.

If you really need to go “HD”, then I would use 720p, which is 1280×720, 1.0 pixel aspect. Assuming the source is 16:9.

But again, how is the video being delivered/viewed?

Unless there is some really pressing reason to “upres”, I would not do it! The video is going to look softer – you can’t make pixels up out of thin air. SD is not HD. A properly prepped SD clip will look great played back on the computer/online.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Dan,

A good question would be – what is the intended purpose/destination for the export – how/where will the clip be used? You might need entirely different export settings.

Regarding titles, best to avoid thin lines (serif fonts). Also, avoid using over-saturated “neon” colors for titles and graphics. This can come back and bite you later, especially if the video ends up broadcast or put on DVD. Some colors are “illegal” and exceed NTSC specs.

Meaning, if you want a blue title, don’t set color to 0, 0, 255. Use something like 20, 20, 235 for instance and you may find that the color looks about the same, but will behave much better later on. Just stay away from the “neon” colors that look great on the computer – they won’t look so good as video, or especially if they end up as NTSC DVD.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jimena,

Please see this link for info about render bar color meanings – https://blogs.adobe.com/premierepro/2011/02/red-yellow-and-green-render-bars.html

When starting a new project, import clips to the Bin and then drag one onto the “New Item” icon at bottom of window, just left of the Trash Can. This will create a sequence to match your footage specs.

Unlike FCP, there is no need to render the timeline. The only time I render any “red” areas is if the effect applied is so processing-intensive that I cannot get smooth enough playback to check my results.

Otherwise, I leave everything red. When you finally get to the Export stage using Adobe Media Encoder, it will render to the final output, no need to “pre-render” the timeline first.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Ted,

The MXO2 MAX units do offer hardware-accelerated H.264 encoding, but this does not speed up effects processing, whether Adobe or third-party plug-ins – those items will still need appropriate time to render.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Encore is for DVD AUTHORING. Media Encoder is for encoding to various digital formats, including MPEG-2 for DVD, but Encore is still needed to actually author that content for DVD.

Adobe has not made an “Encore CC” since apparently some of the coding modules in Encore were licensed from another company that was bought-out/folded, so development could not continue. That said, the DVD specification has not changed in many years, so what new would they add anyway? It’s old technology.

After Effects – could possibly be used for creating animated menus for Encore, but otherwise not needed for DVD or encoding.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Kay,

If you use Encore to create your DVDs, then do NOT use MultiPlexing, should be set to NONE. Encore wants the separate video and audio files.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Rocio,

This has long been debated, but basically there is no way to do this at home. This is something that can be done by a replication company. Also seems to be a waste of money, since any 10-yr-old using free software can easily copy the disc anyway in a few minutes.

Put warnings on the video and the packaging, that’s about the best you can do.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Just to be clear, you can’t simply burn an MPEG-2 file to a DVD disc as data and call it a DVD. Yes, it might play on a computer, but it will NOT play in a DVD player. To be a legal DVD, it MUST be “authored”. Among other things, that means that if you open the DVD in Explorer, it will have a VIDEO_TS folder and .vob files inside of that.

You can download and install Encore CS6 following these instructions – https://helpx.adobe.com/encore/kb/encore-cs6-installed-cc.html

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Kay,

Which DVD authoring program are you using?

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