Lloyd Coleman
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The Magic Bullet Movie Looks plug-in that came with my version of Premiere has a look that I think is called ‘white diffusion’. I use it in weddings alot and think it may be the look you are talking about. I believe that particular ‘look’ came with a set of 5 additional ‘looks’ that were offered as a bonus for registering the Magic Bullet or Premiere Pro software.
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You can make the clip play in reverse by doing this: With the clip on the timeline, right click with the mouse, select ‘Speed/Duration” from the pop-up menu, select the “Reverse Speed’ box. If you want the clip to play at regular speed in reverse, leave the “Speed” at 100%, or you can change the speed the clip will play by adjusting the number in the “Speed” area.
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Your problem probably has to do with the drive letter name of the external hard drive. When you work on one computer it will default to naming the external drive the next available drive letter (D,E,F,etc) When Premiere opens the project it looks at the path where it thinks the project assets are located. If the drive letter has changed, Premiere won’t be able to find the project or some of the assets. There are two ways to fix the problem: The first is to locate the files manually for Premiere when it asks where files are located. To make this easier, check the box so that Premiere only list files with exact name matches when you are looking for the files. You won’t have to find every file in your project, just the first one in a group. When you open same the project, Premiere will remember where the assets are located unless you move the drive again. The second option is to rename the drive as you move it from computer to computer so the path that Premiere looks at will be correct.
Good luck.
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Is the ‘Auto Amounts’ box checked? If so, Premiere looks at each frame and does an automatic adjustment. If the lighting/subject changes very much from frame to frame Premiere will change the amount of adjustment needed to correct each frame. This will often look like ‘flicker’ as you see the frames with different adjustment viewed at normal speed. To correct this, when you have the ‘Auto Amounts’ box checked you will also have the ‘Temporal Smoothing’ adjustment available. Put a number in the box and Premier will look at adjacent frames when determining the amount of adjustment for each frame. By looking at adjacent frames it won’t correct one frame too much more than the previous and next frame, thus reducing the ‘flicker’ effect you are seeing. You can also check the ‘Scene Detect’ box so Premiere won’t take into account the exposure of the next scene when averaging the adjustment of the current scene.
I hope this helps.
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I do not know the differences in detail, however, I used Pemiere Elements for the first time last week and was very impressed. It is an incredible program for the money. I felt very at home using Elements after being a long time Premiere Pro user. Most of the shorcuts, toolbars, etc were similar and it worked great. One thing that I missed was the ability to use multiple timelines in Elements. If you are new to editing you may want to try Elements first. If you find yourself growing out of it you will migrate to PPro very easily because most of what you learned in Elements will transfer up to PPro. I think I saw Elements in the store for $100 with a $30 rebate. That price sure makes it attractive.
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I know that what I am doing is not recommended, however, it has been working just fine for me. I have about 30 concurent projects that are spread over 11 external USB hard drives. It was a nighmare to try and track where all the files were, so I just put everything from one project on one drive (project files, raw footage, rendered files, etc). I am editing standard DV, not High Def. I have been doing this for over a year and have not had one problem with throughput, dropped frames, etc. I am not doing heavy compositing, but do sometimes have effects that take up 5-10 tracks at the same time. It sure has simplified my file tracking (although I still have a worksheet so I can find the project that I am looking for). I try and only keep 2-3 drives plugged in at one time because every time you plug a device into the USB hub it allocates space for that device and reduces the overall bandwidth for each one. In addition to the drives, I have a printer, mouse, scanner, graphics tablet and Ipod plugged into the USB. I am amazed at the flexability that USB provides. I am using standard internal 7200rpm drives that I put into external enclosures. Depending on what you are doing, you might find that this works for you also. Try a project on the drive you have now and see if it works.
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Vince,
Curious as to why you recommend disabling autosave?
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I see it on the http://www.videoguys.com site. Pre-orer price is $1,995.00
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Thanks for this great info. I could use this alot.
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To find the source of a clip or song, right click on the file or clip in either the project window or the timeline, select properties, and it will show the file path.
To find how many times a clip or song has been used in the project, look in the project window. Scroll to the right and look at the headers. You will see one called ‘video usage’ and one called ‘audio usage’. Next to each clip or song it will show how many times it has been used. You can grab the header and move it to the left so you can see it next to the clip it you want to refer to it often.
I don’t know how to find a clip on the timeline. I wish I did, as I could use this quite often.