Jeff Pulera
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Hi Christian,
You may find yourself disappointed in a system like that – you get what you pay for. A good base for an HD edit system with Adobe CS5.5 would be a Core i7 processor. Regarding display cards, the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine offers GPU-accelerated performance when using specified Nvidia display cards. The integrated Radeon graphics would not help in this respect.
Regardless of what system hardware you end up with, you will definitely want a dedicated hard drive for video, so that means getting at least TWO drives in the computer, one for the OS and programs, the other dedicated to video projects.
There’s other factors as well, but basically, a $500 system is not going to provide a very good HD editing experience.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Alex,
Yes, the FCP upgrade deal is a “Point Upsell” – you must own a copy of Premiere, Photoshop, etc. to upgrade from.
This is a good price and is available through end of month
Jeff Pulera
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Forgot I was in the FCP forum and not Adobe, the specs are still true though.
Jeff
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1920×1080 HD video uses square pixels, with a Pixel Aspect Ratio of 1.0, while 1440×1080 “Anamorphic HD” uses rectangular pixels with a PAR of 1.333. Because the pixels are wider than they are tall, it still fills the 16:9 screen area, and simple math proves it, as 1440 x 1.333 = 1920.
Whether working in a 1440×1080 or 1920×1080 Premiere Sequence, you can mix the two formats together, your choice of what mode you wish to edit in. Just try to match frame rate when shooting, for instance both 1080i 29.97, or both 1080p30.
Jeff Pulera
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What is the SOURCE video format/resolution/frame rate? Like “HDV 1080i 29.97” for instance.
What are you exporting to?
Any time you export for the web (or any computer playback), you want to make sure the result is deinterlaced, or “progressive”. If you are starting with an interlaced format and export as interlaced, it will not look good for playback on a computer screen.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Mario,
I just did some searches and read some threads and apparently, if you put your footage into a 24p sequence, Adobe can automatically do the appropriate “pull-down” to remove the extra frames and return your footage to 24p.
You *might* have to right-click your clip and tell Premiere how to “interpet” your footage. This is not something I’ve tried before, just drop the HDV clip into the 24p sequence first and see what happens for starts
Jeff Pulera
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How are you importing the clips into Premiere? Rather than use “”File > Import”, I would use the “Media Browser” which is a small window at lower left of Premiere interface, should be tabbed next to “Effects” bin. This works better for file-based workflows.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Chris,
I saw your post the other day and did not respond because I was at a loss…no one uses 8-bit audio for anything that I’m aware of, everything is at least 16-bit. Are you sure you were given the correct spec requirements?
20 years ago I had a Commodore Amiga and bought a little sound digitizer add-on that I think connected via parallel port, and it captured 8-bit, but the sound quality was not very good at all, it was just a novelty.
Adobe actually up-samples all the audio that you bring in – I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for an update that decreases the quality.
Jeff Pulera
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There are a lot of codecs to choose from, but it really depends on your needs. Do you just need to “archive” a copy of the edited video? Do you need to send it to another studio for further editing?
Please let us know more about your workflow and intentions
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Derek,
With the current mail-in rebate, the Quadro 4000 for Mac is just over $600, if that helps at all. System requirements are:
Mac OS X 10.6.5 or later with MacPro3,1, MacPro4,1 or MacPro5,1 or later
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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