Nicholas Shera
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I recently had the exact same problem. No matter how I went about importing a Premiere Pro project, it would always import as a Dynamic Link. The problem became apparent after choosing File > Import > Adobe Premiere Pro Project. I would select the Premiere project I wanted to import, and down the bottom of the Finder window it said something like “Import as Adobe Premiere Pro Project Dynamic Link” and there was absolutely no option to turn this off. So I restarted After Effects and the problem went away, but it was certainly the first time it’s ever happened to me.
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Wow, thanks for the quick reply!
Since I have OpenGL turned off, the problem must be because of the kind of footage I am using. It was recorded using the Sony XDCAM EX format, 1080p, 25p. What’s more, I first used Premiere Pro to work out what clips I needed and trimmed them in there, before copying and pasting those clips directly into AE.
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Well like I said, I can overcame the problem in CS4 by selecting “Always Deinterlace”. And like I said, that was for a fully rendered MPEG-2 file (which can be burned to Blu-ray).
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I just did a test in CS4 where I slowed down a 1080i clip (in a 1080i timeline) and rendered out an MPEG-2 file using the appropriate HDTV 1080i preset (in my case, 1080i 25p as the that was the frame rate of the source footage).
My results are:
By not changing any of the field settings, I see interlacing.
By selecting “Always deinterlace”, the interlacing goes away.So I don’t know if your problem is a CS3 issue or whether you’ve chosen wrong settings along the way.
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Within the last 12 hours or so, Adobe have posted a huge update (about 690 MB) which covers just about everything in their Creative Suite. I’m going to download these updates, but I won’t hold my breath waiting for it to fix my particular issue.
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Well initially I was going to wait a month or so before upgrading to Snow Leopard. Then I heard that Adobe said that all its products work fine on Snow Leopard. That’s the last time I trust anything from Adobe!!! I fear that a clean install will be required, however I won’t know whether a clean install of SL will do the trick or not, or whether I shouldn’t risk it and just do a clean install of Leopard.
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Thanks so much for your advice. I don’t know why I didn’t think of doing any of that earlier.
The results:
Interpreting the 1080i clips as Progressive from the Project panel is not sufficient to get rid of the problem. It actually worsens the problem by making the artefacts visible for the entire clip, not just during the dissolves. However, applying Flicker Removal to the clips (in addition to interpreting them as progressive) solves the problem.
Keeping the 1080i clips native, and then reducing flicker, also does not solve the problem. However choosing “Always Deinterlace” solves it.
Given that the second option involves only one step, it is the easiest solution to my problem.
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I’m using CS4.
I should add that the problem does not manifest when I output a 720p file from within the 1080i timeline. It only occurs when I have placed 1080i clips into a 720p timeline and output from there.
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I know it’s been over three months since you wrote your post, but I can confirm there are no issues between the JVC GY-HM100 and Premiere Pro. You can either use the supplied JVC Clip Manager, or if you know what each clip is already, you can just drag them into the Premiere Pro project (not the timeline). However the clips seem to play much more smoothly in Premiere when you import the entire BPAV folder (even though Premiere discards the extra files it doesn’t use and tell you so in the process).
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Thanks Tim, yes it’s quite helpful and explains a lot. And it also makes sense that although PPro doesn’t care if you place 29.97p footage into a 29.97i timeline, it does “care” if you do the reverse — i.e. placing 29.97i footage into a 29.97p timeline does require rendering.
I have heard that it is better to do chroma keying using progressive footage, but with what you’ve just said, maybe it makes little difference whether one uses 29.97p or 29.97i?