Jon Barrie
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Hi Simon,
if you are using CS4 or earlier, then you will need to convert your footage to another format, such as MPEG-2 HD or get a thrid party product from cineform called “NeoScene”.
CS5 can edit HDSLR video clips natively, and is the only NLE that can do so at this stage.
CS5 has DSLR presets, there is one for 1080p 30 which would fit your clip settings. Or if you aren’t sure, CS5 has the ability to drag and drop a clip from the project panel over the new item button at the bottom of the project panel (looks like a piece of paper with a corner folded over). This will make a new seq with the matching settings of the clip.
– Jon Barrie 😉
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I hope 1940×1080 is a typo as that is not a standard frame dimension.
Where did the footage come from, what format is it?
WHat are your project settings and render/preview codec settings?
(find in App Top Menu Sequecne>Sequence Settings).– Jon Barrie 😉
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When in Trial mode you won’t get any MPEG (HDV for example) editing import or capture. You can set the camera into DV down convert to capture in the windows version. Currently the Mac version is experiencing some hiccups in the down convert capture from HDV to DV stream, but windows 7 works fine.
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I have produced several Dual Layer projects via Encore CS3 and CS4, yet to do one in CS5, but all of them worked perfectly and made successful copies with a DualLyaer DVD burner duplicator tower.
The media used to burn does come to quality and price. They aren’t cheap and that’s why clients don’t want to pay for Dual Layer and settle for poorer quality or 2 DVDs.
I have used Ritek for Single layer DVDs (DVD-5) and never had issues. But the best for Dual Layer (DVD-9) in my experience is the Verbatim brand.
A quick tip. Always export a test DVD file in ISO format and test the buttons, chapter links, chapter skips all work as expected before burning a disc. It will take way less time to make an ISO file and open it on the computer and check it all – than it would to just burn the Dual Layer DVD. And don’t burn any printed discs until you know you have a perfectly working DL DVD Master that also works as expected when checked and the chapter selected for the Dual Layer break works too.
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Photoshop extended can import and work frame by frame with video files. Test importing the original file, if it doesn’t work export it to a QuickTime mov or avi file in an uncompressed codec or QT animation at the very least.
The fixes will apply frame by frame in Photoshop. You can then test the video playback in Photoshop too. Make any req fixes to frames that stand out during playback and then export the video out of Photoshop.
Import the final video to ppro. 😉
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Hi Ryan,
The benefit of DL still outways the use of other NLEs with After Effects even if you are rendering out a small portion of a massive source file.
1. You can edit in PPro and replace with AE comp and it create the comp with the correct clip properties and edit points.
2. Edits, adjustments in AE do update in the PPro timeline.
This workflow can’t be done with any other NLE other than PPro.
3. It only appears that this effect (Timewarp) is the first time I’ve ever run into the need to do an export of the clip as the effect uses the source clip as part of the parameters.
In Your case the clip you are working with is too long for the apparent 5000 frame limit you’ve found on the start frame (+3 mins in from the source at 25fps).
So you can do a quick render out of the clip from in AE and just bring that into the Comp and switch off the layer of the clip sent from PPro. Adjustments and updates to PPro will still occur. Timewarp is a very intensive effect and so for using that one I would be inclined to export it and use the AE export in my PPro edit as the DL sent it there for me fast but the rendering required for that effect specifically is so much that I’d rather edit with the render instead of stressing the system to go via DL to show me.
A tip for those using DL, wait until you have a picture lock. Effects in PPro will give you a sense of timing at least. Slow motion using the Timeremapping will work fine as a proxy effect for AE for polish with Timewarp or it’s own timeremapping (which is very good).
Make a duplicate of the seq and name it _DL at the name end – so you can go back if you need for the original edit in the even you do need the original edit clips. Once they are sent to AE in the DL replace method getting the edit back to PPro is not fun. Do-able but not recommended. So think to use AE to polish, not for the testing/editing process.
Cheers,
Jon
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If you are using such a long source file, the stress on the system and the ability to use effects such as Timewarp would be improved if you export out the edit of the clip you know you want and use.
The use the exported clip as an FX source clip instead of the original. Use Quicktime export with Animation codec at 100% to work with a visually lossless clip in AE.
Cheers,
Jon Barrie 😉
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The camtasia codec used to work in ppro, but I think they altered it so you need to go through their editing package.
I just export the whole thing with into an avi with H.264 codec and edit in ppro that way or do it all in camtasia.
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H.264 works with certain parameters and is not open to all settings all the time.
Let me explain as simple as I can.
There are two little but critical settings that aren’t well known:
– Profile
– LevelThese setting can cap data rate to conform to lower end settings, say Level 3.0.
You will be able to add in a higher bitrate than it will allow but it won’t tell you it will be capped. you can see it has been capped when the details show up in the AME queue.
Here’s the fast and dirty way to apply your own settings and know it will accept and use them:
– I start with a High Preset (HDTV 25fps for PAL) and then know I can work down the bit-rate and scale down the dimensions myself to make a custom setting that will be at Level 4.1 (based on the HDTV preset, Youtube SD will be at Level 3.1).This caught me out a while ago and it’s still not very well known.
I hope this solves your issue.
– Jon Barrie 🙂
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Timewarp effect looks at the source frame and speed separately.
Your clip will be in a comp. Put the current time indicator (CTI) at the very head of the comp you are using as your clip (press Home key to jump to start of comp). Now double click the nested comp (clip) and you will go into the composition and see the original clip from start to end. The CTI position in here is critical you don’t move it. Go over to the left of the comp timeline and hold the Ctrl (PC) or Cmd Mac) key. Then left mouse click over the time value. It will change each time you click to show timecode and frame and feet inches in 16mm and 35mm and loop again as you continue to click over it with the key held down. You want to know the keyframe of this CTI position. It will look like a single set of numbers and be the 1st click after you see the timecode display. Remember this number…
Go back to the 1st composition that is linked to PPro. Select the comp (clip) and in the effect controls panel where the timewarp effect is, select from the effect settings “adjust time by” and change the setting to Source Frame. Enter the frame number in this section where it is 0.00 by default. Then hit the stop watch to create a keyframe. To test the effectiveness of this, click the little FX box next to the name of the timewarp effect to switch on and off the effect. The image should stay on the same frame.
Make sure you have FX symbol back and the effect is switched on. Then change the “adjust time by” setting to “Speed”. Now the default is 50.00 and you can adjust the speed of the shot 50=half speed = 2x slow motion. The lower the number the slower the speed.
What needed to happen was to set the correct source frame so the effect is looking at what you want as frame start otherwise it will look at frame 1 (or 0.00) of the original clip not your cut.
Working with Time remapping is a bit easier to understand but requires a different approach, the effect you are after might be able to be achieved with timeremapping which will be less toying about. But that’s for another post with another set of instructions.
Hope this helped.
– Jon Barrie 🙂
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