[Michael Nolting]

Andrew,
Thanks for the reply.

I have been going through this situation for a longtime. Unless PP and FCP both have the same exact transitions and fonts , importing any FCP project into PP is worthless. I know, just do the cutting and chapters in FCP and then do transitions and titles in PP.
Problem is, I need 3D transitions where you can alter the border size and color of transitions. FCP transitions do this.
Just try and find this type of transition for PP. I have been looking for years, there just aren’t any.
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I have looked at Encores project file. Too bad that it is binary, unlike PP which is HTML, which can be altered / changed by a VB program that I could write.

Has anyone done any investigation on how the data works in Encores’ project file??

This would be great.

[Michael Nolting]

Danny,
Thanks for the reply
I am using Premiere CS5.5

All of my FCP markers are chapter markers.
When I import the project, the markers are not Encore chapter markers, whats more is that the markers are shown in the video and audio itself, NOT at the top of the sequence window.

If I move to the marker and edit it, change it to “Encore Chapter Marker” THEN the marker is at the top where you normally see the markers (however, still existing in the audio and video media)

More ever,
When importing my project, I do not see the audio waveforms in the audio track. If I just plop the video I am using in FCP directly into the sequence, I get audio waveforms.

The FCP project is very basic, 3 min of HD video with 3 chapter markers, no other editing whatsoever.
Thanks

[Michael Nolting]

Thanks for all the input.

This will save me some money.

[Michael Nolting]

The drive that on your link is Esata, As far as I know, macs dont have this type of connectivity, or am I wrong?

[Michael Nolting]

Jeff,
I am going via “File” — “Export” —Export to Compressor, in other words , from the time line, as I do for my NTSC projects which run about 1.25x.
I have received info from another source that it would be very slow.
Mike

[Michael Nolting]

Jeff,
Thanks for the info. I was not sure that compressor would convert video formats as well as compress.

However……………….

The process is painfully slow, how slow??

The rate that it went, I was able to calculate that a 2 hour video would keep my MAC busy for over 7 days straight. IMAC with Core I5, 2.5 gig CPU.

This is not acceptable.
There has to be a better way.
Mike

[Michael Nolting]

Jeff, I was reading your post looking for an answer similar to this. I have compressor 3.0.5 I need to compress a project on my FCP timeline that is SD to PAL to be used in New Zealand.
I dont see a “DV Preset” in Compressor. I see the following 5 presets:
1. mpeg -4 basic pal for modem streaming
2. mpeg – 4 improved pal for cd
3. mpeg -4 improved pal for east cable streaming
4. mpeg – 4 improved pal large progressive
5. mpeg – 4 improved pal small progressive

I compressed a 1 hour video using preset 1. It produced a 500 meg file, this cant be right! My mpeg -2 files usually create a 3 gig file.

Am I right to set the size to 576 lines in 4:3 format??
The inspector has a lot of other settings that I am not sure of.

Your help greatly appreciated.