[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Carlos,

I liked what HP was offering with their EliteBook line, which was mil-spec and had a ton of accessory ports (USB 3.0, eSATA, Firewire, ExpressCard). Those are being replaced with the new Zbook line, but if you can still find a new EliteBook with Nvidia graphics (for Mercury GPU acceleration in Premiere), those are pretty nice units to consider.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Justin,

How are you zooming in? You can increase the display size percentage in the Program Monitor window, I think that would be quickest if not already doing it that way.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Lucas,

Don’t know if this well help, but do you import using Adobe Media Browser? If just using File > Import, Premiere doesn’t get all the info it needs from metadata in folder structure of the media. Copy full contents of memory cards to hard drive and import with Media Browser for best results.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jack,

Could be a couple of things going on. First, not a good idea to butt clips together in Encore. I would suggest a different workflow altogether.

Import the clips into Premiere, and be sure to use the Media Browser function for that. Copy ALL folders from SD card to hard drive, not just video clips, then use Media Browser import. With longer camera recordings that create spanned clips across several files, those can have missing frames in between clips when put together on the timeline if using standard Import. Using the Media Browser import should join them cleanly.

Once the clips are cleanly assembled on the timeline in Premiere, you need to get that material over to Encore. If you have Dynamic Link, you can use that, otherwise Export using Media Encoder and use an “MPEG-2 DVD” preset. Import the results into Encore.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Nina,

In regards to your question about DV and HDV in Project Settings, that simply refers to the default CAPTURE settings/device control if you want to capture via 1394 Firewire, and that can also be changed as needed later on in the capture interface. This has nothing to do with your sequence settings and has no effect on the video editing. You can disregard those settings.

Thank you

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Carlos,

Fellow HD2SD user here, and curious, what is the motivating force driving you to the other side?

Thanks

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Michael,

Do you have the original folder structure as copied from the camera card, or just the .mov files? Best practice is to copy all files from memory card to hard drive then import using Media Browser in Premiere. Helps Premiere to correctly interpret the video and audio parameters.

If all you have is the .mov clips, can you try transcoding to new clips prior to editing, either using Media Encoder or third-party? There are many free encoders available online if AME doesn’t work with the problem clips.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Bruce,

Mac or PC based? Do you want/need ProRes or just .mov? If you own Premiere, then Adobe Media Encoder can certainly be used for conversions (no ProRes option on PC though).

If you need to create ProRes from PC, check out the “Cinec” encoder from Cinemartin.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Jeff Pulera]

As Premiere edits all formats natively, there is no conversion happening. Just import your clips and mix them on the timeline and that is fine. Best practice is to copy full contents of each memory card to hard drive and then use Adobe Media Browser (in Premiere) to Import, to retain important metadata for best playback performance.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Joe,

What are you using for a media drive? If everything is on the one system drive, that could be slowing down exports/renders. Perhaps getting full and/or fragmented? Always recommended to use a dedicated media drive for NLE.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers