Lucas Windsor
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Your resources seem to be okay, the only issue is that you are using Vista, which in my experience is a horrible system to edit HD video on. Unfortunately in order to get enough RAM you have to use it.
Do also note that Premiere has to log HD video once you import it, which may take a few minutes, even for a short clip. If you are trying to preview it right after you open it you may have to wait.
Try this. Open your project and drag the timeline slider to the middle. Walk away for 15 minutes and come back. Play with the slider and then see if it will play without lag. If it still doesn’t play then you have something hogging your resources, which is vista’s nature.
These issues are why I switched to Mac!
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If it is not in HD and under 2 hours long then it should fit on a DVD just fine. My guess is that you are trying to export it as an AVI or WMV. These formats are way to big and will fill your HD real quick.
When you export your movie you need to export it as a Mpeg2 DVD. It will be in the settings when you choose export.
A good rule of thumb is to never hold files in a higher quality then you are going to output it as. When I first started I had an hour long movie that was over 189GB in file size. After converting all the video to DVD quality Quciktimes the same project now only takes up 3GB.
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Ok, I guess I will have to wait on CS5 to take full advantage of my hardware.
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For Video editing and using Adobe products you can’t go wrong with a Macbook Pro 17 inch. I would get the 4GB of ram option. It blazes through video.
If you want a PC then I would go with either Dell or Toshiba. Just make sure you get at least 4GB or Ram and a fast Core Duo processor.
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I shoot almost everything in a cinema mode 24 fps to 30 fps. I like the more natural feel it gives things. At 60fps things tend to look almost too real in a way. It makes things look almost fake in some weird way.
This is something you kinda have to figure out on your own, its all about preference.
P.s. I do get slightly better low light performance while in 24fps.
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Most of that would have been done in AE. Its actually pretty simple. The person just used some green screens and then overlayed objects and used a 3D camera to create the perspective.
The blurs and other stuff are just simple filters inside of AE. If you want to see how these things are accomplished just visit the website below and watch some tutorials.
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You want a lot of processing power with after effects. I would get the quad core system because memory is really cheap and you can easily put more in down the line. Its not quite as easy to do with the processor.
You need both Ram and processing power, but you need the CPU power a bit more for working inside of AE. I use a Mac Pro with dual quad cores and 12Gb of memory and it runs like a dream compared to the Dell I was running before.
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They are working on a patch. I would recommend getting Trapcode Particular. Its actually a much more powerful particle generator then particle world. It is a bit pricey for just doing particles, but its the best product on the market and a patch may be at least 4-6 months away.
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Sorry you have problems, but I have been using Premiere for seven years without almost any major issues. The software itself is just as rock solid as any other popular video editor. I use Final Cut Pro as well and they both run pretty solid.
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It could be a memory issue. 2GB is not much if you are running windows. Windows takes way to much resources to begin with. If you are running Vista then you can upgrade a lot, but if you are running Xp then you can only get another 2GB, which only one of that 2GB will be available to use. If you are using Vista then you should definetly upgrade your Ram. Vista is a memory pig, I would reccomend at least having 6GB of Ram is any Vista System. More if you can afford it. More memory when editing is always better.
Your processor is just fine. I run a Mac Pro with two quad cores built in and they render just fine, so I doubt the processor has anything to do with it.
You might try rendering it out as a different format, something on par with what you want and then try to render that file to a finished format. I have had files not want to render before so I have done that and it seems to work.
Ram is so cheap right now….go get some more now!