Jon Frost
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I am so glad that I still use CS6, as it is stable on MAC OS Yosemite. I have been hearing of all sorts of bugs and things that just plain don’t work in CC 2015.
Jon Frost
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Remember to “Save Early and Often” I tend to save more often than my Auto Save setting in PPro.
Jon Frost
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Adrian:
You can PM me at frostgfx@gmail.com or call – 413-348-0591 M-S 11am – 9pm…
Jon Frost
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Justin: Call me @ 413-348-0591 — 11am – 9pm 7 days.
Jon Frost
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Check for a Converter Utility from Panasonic for your camera that will take spanned clips and combine them into a new file that is ProRes422 or 1080p which will import into Premiere Pro CS6. You still might have to conform the single combined file in Premiere Pro CS6 though.
I am working on a project that was shot on an Odyssey Recorder and the mfgr make a converter Utility as described above.
Good luck on your project.
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.MTS files need to be Conformed in Premiere Pro CS6 via the Media Browser. Do you have the entire folder structure some a given media card copied over to your HDD? Without the original folder structure you will run into problems trying to import .MTS files into PPro CS6. Google “Conforming Clips”and AVCHD clips workflow on You Tube for some good tutorials.
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You could export an EDL – Edit Decision List.
Jon Frost
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PC or MAC? What format is your video and audio in? Remember that some ‘containers’ have to be Conformed prior to editing in the timeline. It is also a great idea to locate your Media Cache and Media Cache Database within your Project folder. That way, you only have to Conform clips once.
I would strongly suggest you put together a listing of your video clips by Scene & Take # – Good takes.
Do the same thing for your audio files from your dual system audio.The more organized your file structure is in the first place, the easier to locate a particular file late at night after a 12 hour day in the edit bay…
Plural Eyes is a great app. However, I usually only include the GOOD assets for a given Scene, or Scene & Take# at one time. Many times, I see folks trying to bite off more than they should at one time. Youtube has a video of a guy trying to sync up over 200 clips at one time… and it failed miserably… “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” “Slow and steady winds the race.”
I would recommend checking out some of the tutorials on YT regarding Plural Eyes Workflow for PC or Mac — and Merging Clips after running clips through Plural Eyes and BEFORE editing.
Check the boxes in the Sync Menu for Plural Eyes as follows:
Check – Allow Changes in Clip Order
Check – Correct Audio Drift
Level Audio — UNCHECK -( I always work out audio mixing with original files outside of Plural Eyes)
Check – Try Really HardIf you are working with something like 5-10 clips for a given scene at one time, you can check for errors in case something goes sideways. I make a new Sequence for each Scene or Scene/Take# depending on how many takes were recorded. If you want, make a Sequence for each Scene as you work though your video clips. “Save Early and Often” as you move through your original media.
Once a particular Scene has been Conformed if necessary and external audio imported to the Timeline and the Sequence has been run through Plural Eyes, now is the time to Merge the Synced Video and 2 System audio files and name the sequence for the Scene or Scene/Take # in a new Folder called Merged Clips.
I wish you all jute best with the Postproduction on your project.
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This is exactly why I am still working with CS6 version PPro. I’m not going to buy into the monthly subscription business model that Adobe has chosen.
Do you have all the latest updates for CC2015… or can you revert back to CS6??? Be careful if you choose to migrate to El Capitan anytime soon. I let others work out the bugs before upgrading to the most recent version.
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Can you confirm that you imported the AVCHD clips into the Media Browser for spanned clips to conform prior to placing them on the timeline?
Check the amount of RAM you have allocated to Premiere Pro. If you are working with only 16GB of RAM, you might want to increase it to something like 24 – 32 GB.
Save early and often. I have had similar problems out of the blue with MAC OS app Pages… It will refuse to open a file I just created for no apparent reason. Then it will work out of the blue. So I save the file with a new name.
Namaste,
Jon Frost
Easthampton MA