[Jon Barrie]

@Jim I can confirm that using AME to convert the avchd to p2 style dvcprohd will pit less strain on the system and allow u to cut like dv. adding basic fast CC Effects will not require render to RT playback. I have same mbp specs and it works really nicely. Set the first file for export with the settings for dvcprohd and where to export to. Then import the rest of the clips and they will all follow the same settings and export place as the first one.
They will all export to a single folder structure and this is critical to keep all the folders/files it makes. Use the media browser to find and import the clips. Enjoy your edit.
– JB

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I must agree with Ann on this one. There is no MPEG-1 export options in CS5 and why, because it’s been a dead format for about 10 years. MPEG-2 blew it away and with H.264 there is not much need for MPEG-2 except for DVD which won’t die for a little while. MPEG-1 was designed for CD-ROM back in the nineties.

I would like to know why you need to export to MPEG-1? Quality is horrible and modern equipment doesn’t support it…

– JB

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Try this tutorial as a place to start understanding the Burnt in timecode (BITC) effect with PPro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMx0YIZGN1Q

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From the original post description you may have a DV timeline (sequence) and the clips may have been captured in letterbox 4:3. This would drop the clip into a Widescreen Sequence and appear to have a small image in the middle of a black border.

If you select the clip in the timeline and then select the Motion Propertie in the Effect Control Panel, the clips edges will show up in the Program Monitor. Which will indicate if the clip is bound smaller than the sequence or the letterboxing has occured during capture.

If my guess is correct you will need to recapture and be sure to set the video output to squeeze so the capture window shows a clean full frame widescreen image and not a letterboxed (bars on top/bottom). If this is just the way is was shot, then you will need to edit in 4:3 (Standard) DV and live with the letterboxing or crop it out at the export stage. Cropping will lose quality.

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Are you running a full version or the trial?

Trial doesn’t include the MPEG support (it costs Adobe money to use the licence – so only paid full versions include it).

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It would appear the QuickTime install took place after the adobe premiere pro install. It states in the installation req that QT Needs to be installed before installing premiere pro. Be sure it’s the req version of QT also. Uninstall/Reinstall QT as req or above version. Then uninstall ppro and after effects only. Reboot. Install ppro and ae only. Whallah.
– JB

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I can tell you that upgrade pricing includes CS5 versions of PPro and AE, it also includes the CS4 versions for those without 64-bit systems as AE, PPro and AME are all 64-bit only apps and they don’t want to leave people in the lurch if they only have a 32-bit OS. But the benefits of 64-bit are massive. 1 is render times.

And in my experience so far. CS4 projects opened in CS5 and rendered out are faster and better quality too.

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Using the tried and true method of stacking the two clips/stills on top of each other and setting the top to opacity method difference with a Waveform monitor I see there is no difference in luma or chroma between the two supplied shots. So it’s a trick of the eye and technically there is no difference.

Try it yourself. Photoshop & AE can confirm this method too. But PPro has the waveform monitor to further prove the technical end is a near perfect match. The slight value showing could be in the BMP algorithm or the conversion stage of the before and after. This can happen when blowing up low quality VHS 240/250 scan lines to a higher value as the pixels need to overlap the higher res grid which creates a variable subpixel value depending on which codec is used at export and then the subpixel can be reinterpreted differently as it never completely lived in a pure pixel from the beginnig. But this appears to have 0 RGB value through most of it, the occaisonal value pops up per pixel. Well within legal contrast and would never be noticed on a moderately calibrated TV/projector/plasma/LCD/LED.

740_comparewithdifferenceblackvaluetipping14pointsoff.png.zip

Like I mentioned in an earlier post we can sometimes get too caught up in a minor thing we think is important and end up spending so much time on it only for the end result to look fine or not be any different at all.

Blowing it up to Bluray is not my recommended pathway as the pixels are futher being blown up and most BluRay players can up-res a DVD with internal hardware to a very high quality.

Good Luck.

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It looks like pixel aspect ratio is affecting the overall shape of pixels. The slight gamma shift in the two clips is probably with the gamma settings in after effects preferences. QuickTime movies have problems with gamma shift.

It is hardly noticeable and it’s not somethingni would worry about. Butnif you can post the actual rendered out frames then we can use them for our own analysis. Export same frames to bmp at 32bit.

400% is highly critical. What kind of production are you working on? In my experience clients are much less critical than us tech heads and I doubt your client/s will notice the slight gamma shift.
DV resolution foe widescreen is stretched and looks worse on the program than on a tv so don’t get too worked up over the program monitor ifnit looks right when
exported. This is not an error, this is the same across all digital video editors. Calibated tvs with clean realtime output cards is the way to assess grades, never trust the computer screen.
– Jon Barrie

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Please post your results by uploading to the cow reply post interface.

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