Jon Barrie
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Relax, we want to help you.
You can export (from export> adobe media encoder) just an MPEG-2 without audio, untick the audio. Then export just the WAV with export Audio. Bring them together in Architect and transcode the PCM WAV to AC-3. You should be able to see the estimated size in the bottom of the adobe media encoder interface under the settings box.
Working with the export to DVD function (Go into the settings from your export to DVD) you’ll see it too. Choose VBR 2 pass for best results. This will take a while to render as 100 odd minutes take a long time to compress and scan over twice for optimum results.Encore and PPro are great professional programs, you just don’t know your way around it. You said there was no Menu in an earlier post. You can take the Photoshop based template or your own and bring that into EncoreDVD as a menu asset and make changes in Photoshop from Encore and it will automatically update in EncoreDVD.
– Jon
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If the error is associated to your empty hard drive space – make space. If it won’t fit on the DVD Encore will be your best bet as the action in the video will determine how much VBR compression you can actually get away with something a calculator won’t be able to predict. Encore doesn’t need a menu. Just set the timeline to first play, to loop it tell the end action for the timeline to link back to itself. Make sure the Menu and Title buttons link to it too. and you’re done.
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Minimum Required Spec’s for a Mac running PProCS3 here.
Need a Multicore Intel Processor (single core not good enough), 32-bit graphics card. Card being the operative word. You computer can’t calculate fast enough to show the clip in RT – so it needs to render.
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Check the settings on your (ArcSoft Showbiz DVD2) make sure it its preferences or settings are at Full DVD Quality. It sounds like the software is authoring a half res DVD. What does the mpeg2 file look like on its own without authoring? That’s what it should come out as when made to DVD.
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I think your system doesn’t have a dedicated video card and it’s a core solo. Not enough power.
Sorry dude, this is why apple make you pay 4x as much for the PRO mac version. You can edit DV no probs, but the DVCPROHD codec needs more power and dedicated video card.
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But if the clip is long, or I capture a series of clips, I get the wrong footage.
That would suggest the tape TC maybe broken or the wrong tape is in the deck. I’m sure you’ve got it all correct tho…
How wrong is the footage? Like frames off or the whole clip?
I’ll try to run a test or two…
– Jon 🙂
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Look in the Preferences… Default Still length
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Yes. Using the Chroma Key Filter you should get a usable key.
If you want a great key you’ll have to make a matte version of it a track that. Render time will increase, but you’ll get an awesome result.
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Big Projects are not recommended on EXT harddrives, and usb(1 or 2) are not really better than FW Drives in speeds. I find FW better, but big projects should really be on a RAID 0 Internal Harddrive Array.
I would maybe put the render files on the internal drive before using another ext.
– Jon
(PS: Defragging a drive might help. Make sure there is plenty of space on your C drive too, memory will like it if you have more than 10% free space). -
You’ll have to light it right. With some back lighting and keep the subject as far from the screen as possible to avoid any spill (reflected light from GScreen). Light the GS evenly, using diffusers (scrim) and please record a test shot and try the chroma key effect – you’ll see where you might need to adjust the lighting. Are you going Green or Blue? (I’m guessing Green).
4:2:0 with Green Screen will give you some Green edges because of G being the brightness channel. I’m working on a Premiere Pro only Keying Tutorial – Stay tuned.
– Jon 🙂