Jon Doughtie
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Please post the exact version of Premiere Pro – 2015, 2015.1, or 2015.2.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
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Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
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Or sometimes when they are. I’ve had to do shutdowns and restarts to clear those on installed,serialized plugins.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
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I agree with the above posts.
Like any editing application, Premiere Pro wants an environment in which it is designed to work well.
More RAM is definitely a good idea. Setting up storage and cache file locations makes a big difference. It is better for neither of these items to ever be on the boot/application drive. I suggest you may wish to consider SSD’s for boot/application drives. If you have not used them, they make a heck of a difference.
In most cases, you simply place the footage on the timeline and edit without transcoding. That happens when you render your final deliverable.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
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Is your original footage progressive or interlaced?
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
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I cannot say for sure without seeing your timeline. But if you are uprezzing 720×480 in a 1920×1080 timeline, well yes, that is going to end up looking grim, even if rendered uncompressed.
Your issue may not be compression at all. If you are uprezzing footage that much, nothing is going to keep it from looking soft and noisy.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
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What you have there looks to me like a “light leak”. This effect duplicates what can happen when film receives additional, unintended light exposure due to a hole or other small flaw in the camera body.
A google search for “light leaks” will give you a variety of resources for these effects. One I use can be found at lightleaklove.com. It is free and can be used simply as an overlay right on the Premiere Pro timeline.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
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Quite right, Joseph. It is Wordle.
Originally I was simply going to use it as a static image. The the “What if I. . .” thoughts hit, and I made more work for myself.
I just typed the layers in AE. Easy as pie. I was completely overthinking it.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
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The answer depends in part on the footage, of course. If seeing a lot of fine detail is important, you may wish to let the footage be cropped. You might have to add some “pan and scan” to utilize some of the shots.
If fine detail is not an issue, then you can scale to 1080 and see the entire image.
Really, both approaches reduce the amount of visual data presented. One eliminates part of the shot, but gives you full resolution of the portion you can see (up to 1920×1080). The other gives you the entire image, but not all the image information.
Ultimately, if your deliverables are 1920×1080, you can use either or both approaches, depending on what any individual shot requires. You will probably want to experiment with a few shots and see what you think of the rendered output.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF. -
My first question is – what do your deliverables (final output/finished product) need to be? How will the end product be viewed?
For example, if you will be using and viewing the finished product on TV, you will likely want a 29.97 or 59.94 frame rate, depending on resolution and other media.
In the above example, my first choice would be to simply take the 24fps clip and use it straight in the 29.97 sequence. Premiere Pro should automatically add the 3:2 pulldown. Back in the tape days, we all watched hours of 3:2 pulldown every time we rented a VHS movie. No big deal.
I understand you may be sensitized to the pulldown now that you see it. But most folks, if they even notice it at all, will quickly ignore it and simply watch the video.
JMHO.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF. -
Rickie, please let us know what type of footage it is (container and codec). Also,dimensions and frame rate. Does your original timeline match the properties of the footage?
Are you importing into the bin using CTRL+I (or CMD+I on the Mac)? Or are you using the Media browser for import?
If the former, try importing using the media browser. It is smarter about correctly handling certain file types.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2014 (as of 7/2015)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.