John Young
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In case it means anything, you CAN edit HD video on CS4. And you CAN edit HDSLR footage on CS4, but you have to convert the 60D footage to a different codec.
Up until a month ago, I was editing HDSLR footage on CS3. I would convert the footage to Avid DNxHD codec (which is free) using Mpeg Streamclip (which is also free by the way) and then edit away.
So you can get CS5 if you want but it is possible with your setup, without spending more money to edit footage from the 60D. -
I don’t think you read my whole post.
OK, so is that your source footage?
Then what are the settings on your timeline? -
First thought is to ask what frame size is your source footage and what frame size is your timeline. It looks like your source could be 1920×1080 but your timeline is 1280×720.
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Do you need Twixtor for this? You have more frames than you need. So all you need to do is get rid of the extra frames and you should be good. The motion blur will not be exact same between true 24p and 30p converted to 24p. I would just do this in Premiere.
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[Errol Lazare] “The 50mm Nikor looks very close the the 55 canon lens but looks to be a bit wider (since it is 5mm smaller). But because you are using a crop sensor that 50 would really be around an 80/85.”
That is why I am confused. It looks likes it is only 5mm wider, when I would think it would tighter (like the 80/85mm you mentioned).
So then I can come to 2 conclusions, neither which make sense to me.
1) My Canon EF-S 17-55 is not true 17-55. But the B & H info states clearly it is not for full frame sensors, it is made for APS-C sensors2) For some reason the Nikon 50mm is closer to actual 50mm than the 80mm it should be on the cropped sensor, but I have not idea why.
Thanks guys.
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I am a little unclear on your question. Are you talking about the position of the Title in the frame? or the position of the title on the timeline?
If you are talking about the position in the timeline, you can “Group” any two clips together (highlight clips you want, right-click then select “Group”)
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I’ve been going through much the same thought processes as you are and here is where I have come down (for what it’s worth).
I don’t think you will have a “slow, buggy, and frustrating” experience with a i7 iMac with lots of RAM. But two things to think about…
1)As of now, I don’t believe there are any graphics cards for the iMac that will utilize the Mercury Playback Engine. The MPE is one of the big factors that makes CS5 so great, especially with DSLR footage. This could change or you could find a hack or workaround with an iMac GPU but that is something to think about
2)The big problem I see with iMac (and I have iMac5 on my desk at home)is that it is very difficult to expand or upgrade. So my thought is, if you can, invest a little now so that when you do need a little extra processor power or storage or GPU power or RAM, you can do that as needed instead of getting a whole new machine. I have thought about spending the money to get a decent MacPro now, not going all out of RAM or processor cores, even using a used monitor, and then upgrading and expanding when I am able to in the future.Hope that helps.
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How about Project– Project Manager–then select “Collect Files and Copy to New Location”.
I don’t know if this changes links to file, so you might have to re-link files from the new location, but at least this would be a good way to make sure you are getting all the files in the project copied over. -
Thanks Ann.
No. I opened a new cs5 project and could not recreate the problem I was having with the imported cs3 project.
But I found out a little more too. The reason that it would not apply scale keyframes correctly had something to do with the fact that the clip also had Time Remapping applied to it. I don’t know why, but when I removed the Time Remapping, the Scale animation worked as it should.
My workaround was to nest the Time Remapped clip into a sequence, and apply the Scale animation to that nest sequence. It worked, but I still have no idea why there was a problem in the first place.
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I am 98% sure the answer to your question is no. What you refer to as “live editing” is commonly called “live switching” Premiere Pro is an editing program and does not have any switching capabilities. For that you would need multiple inputs and at least one output, all synced together in real time, which is what a switcher does.
That being said, recording all cameras and doing a multicamera edit later is not a terrible option. PP CS5 makes it pretty easy, I believe.
John