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>After completely edited a wedding using PP2 I think to go back to PP1.5
Sometimes upgrades aren’t always an improvement. I’ve found that a few times with Adobe products. An example: I think Photoshop 5 does a better job at exporting JPG images than Photoshop CS2. Hence, I still keep 5 installed.
When rumours went around that PPro 2.0 was around the corner, I got my business partner to rush in an order for 1.5 to make sure we had it before 2 came out. (We only had PPro 1.0 until recently, when we purchased a new HDV camera.) I knew from using the trial version of 1.5 that it would work for us, but couldn’t risk waiting for the 2.0 trial and finding out it had problems. When Adobe ships a new version, they stop selling the previous one, and then you’re stuck.
Earl R. Thurston
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>…there are other things that are taking place which I cannot discuss.
I just can’t fathom why companies are so attached to non-disclosure agreements when there’s so much risk of losing customers. Now, I have no idea if what Jan mentions above is a reference to a potential deal with Adobe (which we all know is bad for keeping things secret), but I’ll use this as an example. The current lack of P2 support in Premiere Pro, and no idea if support is coming, is making people either jump ship from Premiere to Final Cut Pro (a detriment to Adobe) or avoiding the HVX200 and getting some HDV camera instead (a detriment to Panasonic). Wouldn’t it be in both company’s interests to announce support ASAP before everyone goes elsewhere? Why insist on keeping things secret?
Earl R. Thurston
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Check to see if the Reference Monitor is “ganged” to the Program Monitor.
Earl R. Thurston
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I agree with Steven L. Gotz that you should consider adding Aspect HD to the mix. I just bought it myself last week, and it makes everything SO MUCH better. While testing, I was surprised that my lower-than-recommended minimum PC (Dell 4700 2.66 GHz with 533 FSB, non-hyperthreaded and 512 MB RAM) could edit HDV with Cineform better than standard DV before Cineform. (In particular, true real-time previews of filters and transitions.)
And no, I don’t work for Cineform — just another one of those fortunate people who discovered it, love it, and now highly recommend it.
Earl R. Thurston
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Yes, I know what you’re talking about. I used to use Premiere 5.1 with Digital Origin’s MotoDV. In those days, blacks were perfectly clean. When I switched to Premiere Pro, I noticed the same banding. I recorded some footage and then captured a frame. There are pixels at regular intervals that have a luminance value of 1 or so (rather than 0). The PPro DV codec (by MainConcept) simply isn’t as clean as Digital Origin/Radius’s used to be, but they’re not around anymore. (Which is okay, because overall, Premiere Pro is SIGNIFICANTLY more stable than Premiere + MotoDV was.)
Earl R. Thurston
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There have been some unconfirmed rumours over at DVXUser, but nothing concrete so far. I would recommend everyone interested to fill in this form just to make sure Adobe REALLY gets the message this will be an important feature to add.
https://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html
Earl R. Thurston
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It sounds like you’re after a diffusion effect. Here is how I’ve done it:
1. Copy your clip(s) to two tracks, in sync.
2. Add a Gaussian Blur to the top track (radius about 3 – 8 pixels)
3. Lower the opacity of the blurred track to whatever looks best to you (30% is a good starting point)Earl R. Thurston
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Me too. I just called my dealer to confirm his pricing. It dropped enough that I was able to upgrade my order from one 4GB card (all my budget would allow) to the 2 x 4GB bundle… and I still saved several hundred dollars.
Earl R. Thurston