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Mike Tomei
December 14, 2010 at 5:41 pm in reply to: Upressing issue

Sounds like you’re trying to do what Premiere calls “replace footage”:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WSF0D14757-392A-470d-A72D-898D98DA7863.html

Mike Tomei

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Mike Tomei
December 14, 2010 at 4:26 pm in reply to: Encoding hi-bitrate for XGA Beamer?

Yes, too many unknowns to really figure out the exact answer here. As a general rule, you can assume that the Mac Mini’s DVD playback software will upscale quickly but probably not as effectively as AME would do. In my opinion, creating a higher res H.264 file and relying on the Mac Mini to play it properly is a higher risk option, and the quality difference won’t be noticeable enough to take that risk. If you were starting with an HD source, then I would say doing everything you can to not drop it to SD would be best, but that’s not the case.

Hope that is helpful.

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Mike Tomei
December 14, 2010 at 3:56 pm in reply to: Encoding hi-bitrate for XGA Beamer?

If you’re using a regular SD DVD player to play this, then you will have to encode using a standard def resolution and let the beamer (projector, for those of us in the US) do the upscaling. That’s a limitation of the output resolution of the DVD player.

If you really insist on AME handing the upres, then you could encode using H.264 at the projector’s native resolution and play that file back using a laptop connected to the projector. Just test it first, since large high res H.264 files can give you trouble (stuttering, video/audio sync issues) when you don’t use a robust enough computer for playback.

Mike Tomei

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Mike Tomei
December 6, 2010 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Opinions about Post|Production World classes

Hi David,

Thanks so much for the great response. Exactly what I was looking for.

From the little research I’ve done, I’m 99% sure I’ll be taking classes at Post Production World. Looking forward to it.

Mike

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Mike Tomei
December 3, 2010 at 4:12 am in reply to: Post Production World and other NAB class prices

Great, thanks for the info! I look forward to checking out the class list and price list.

Mike

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Mike Tomei
November 24, 2010 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Premiere CS5 Video Export “Pulsates”

Can you post a screen shot of your export settings window?

Thanks.

Mike

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Mike Tomei
November 8, 2010 at 6:56 pm in reply to: What should my sequence settings be for this situation?

Ahh, ok, I think this is starting to come together in my head. So dropping a progressive source (like the DVCPRO HD 720p60 footage or the JPEG images) on an interlaced time line will split every other line of the progressive frames onto two separate fields, but simply recombine in the correct order when I do the final export as a progressive file?

I really appreciate the help!

Mike

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Mike Tomei
November 8, 2010 at 3:55 pm in reply to: What should my sequence settings be for this situation?

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the quick response. I noticed that I had some incorrect info in my original post: the AVCHD footage that I have was actually shot 1080i60, NOT 1080i30. Does that fact change any of your recommendations?

I think what confuses me is why use an interlaced sequence format when my eventual output (h.264 file for the web) will need to be progressive? The files will be 720 or 1080 resolutions for web streaming.

Thanks.

Mike

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Mike Tomei
October 4, 2010 at 12:35 pm in reply to: Problem with creating Quicktime using DVCPRO HD codec

Thanks for the responses. Chris, yes, your method would work, but unfortunately I have about 50-60 more graphics peppered through the timeline. That might be a timely process.

On another forum that I posted the issue to, someone had an interesting workaround: place a piece of video on the highest numbered video track and drop the opacity of that video to zero. Then, since the graphics aren’t on the top most video layer, the project will export properly using the Quicktime DVCPRO HD 720p60 codec. I tried it and it worked. Anyone know of a reason why this wouldn’t be a good idea?

Thanks!

Mike Tomei

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Mike Tomei
October 1, 2010 at 7:11 pm in reply to: CS4 – Grabbing a Frame

File menu > Export > Frame then click the “settings” button to make sure it’s saving in your desired format. The import it into your project.

Mike Tomei

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