Jeff Pulera
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Hi Jorge,
What is the destination of the exported clip? If viewing on the computer, then output should always be Progressive (deinterlaced), even when the source was interlaced.
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Hi Jennifer,
Hard to know what the problem is without seeing the video. Assuming the project settings for editing matched the footage? If there was a mismatch of frame rates or something, that could make the video look funky.
All I can suggest is that in Adobe Media Encoder, when exporting to MPEG-2 for DVD, be sure to check the box for “Maximum Render Quality” at the bottom, as this improves the downscaling when going from HD to SD.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Mark,
This doesn’t necessarily have to be extremely difficult and tedious – it depends on the footage. Say you have talent onscreen, in front of green screen, and they are holding a green object in their hand – IF the object is in front of their body, then you can easily exclude it from being keyed out by using a “Garbage Matte” effect.
If on the other hand the green object is in front of the green background….let’s just say pre-planning has its merits. I saw a funny video on YouTube about a morning show personality that showed up wearing green the first day on the job and her body disappeared!
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Hi Chris,
If you click on a track name on left side to HIGHLIGHT it, that should then be the targeted track.
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Hi Luca,
Stack the video clips on different tracks, one above the other. Use Adobe Motion settings (in Effects panel) to scale and position each image, for instance “picture in picture”, side by side, however you want to see the result. You might also use the CROP effect if you want to show half of one image, half of another for instance.
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Drag with mouse? Only way I know. If Snapping is turned on, and you are zoomed in enough, tracks won’t slip sideways
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Hi Mark,
Good to know. Just last week, I was attending my daughter’s cello recital and she handed me her pocket still camera to shoot video of her performance. We got home and put the 320×240 mpeg video into CS5 and I thought the audio could be better, so I jumped to SoundBooth to remove hiss, then round-tripped back to Premiere. When I tried to export for the web, I got the message you saw, first time in my life!
Didn’t know what to do, so just went back to original audio and exported fine then
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Gary,
I watched the video 4 times earlier and saw no issues and was going to suggest maybe the problem was with the player, using WMP here and looks good.
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Hi Howard,
Quite simply actually. Apply your color correction effect to the long clip, but when the scene changes and needs different correction applied, use the Razor Tool to slice at that point, and so on. Each clip segment can then have different amounts of color correction applied. If the change takes place mid-scene (not at a cut in original), you can smooth abrupt changes in color between segments by just applying a Dissolve transition at the cut.
Regards,
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Todd,
I think the hardware is looking decent, except the hard drive – avoid any drive with “Green” in the name, as these will kill performance in the name of energy saving!
Look for a 7200rpm SATA 6GB with 64mb cache, such as the Western Digital Caviar Black. In case you were not aware, flooding in Thailand has wiped out WD and Hitachi drive factories and prices are going up, and supply issues are also coming our way, so whatever drives you get, get them ASAP even before the rest of the PC parts.
You will want a MINIMUM of 2 hard drives, 1 for OS and Apps, another dedicated to VIDEO. You might wish to have another drive for scratch, or to use 2 drives in RAID mode, etc, but at least 2 drives in the PC.
Jeff Pulera
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