Ray Tragesser
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So in your opinion, the camera mode was to blame for the non-filmic look? He shot in 720/60p and should have shot 720 23.976 overcranked to 60 frames per second?
Is there any Final Cut / Compressor mojo that can correct this?
Thanks very much
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Hey Baz,
I would have to say if you are comfortable with Final Cut, go with it.It stands to reason that alot of freelancers gravitate to final cut the same as Avid for the sheer reason that the largest amount of freelance work comes from NY and LA. Most Premiere Pro users around the world are staff positions or independents. The is no disputing the userbase of Adobe Premiere Pro.
One other note. PC’s are more fragile than a MAC. That may be the reason the schools labs have such difficulty keeping them running smoothly. If you let windows install every tom dick and harry program and toolbar…all you have left is a mess.
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Hello all,
I would like to make a couple final points here. You may not like them, but hopefully you can agree.
1) Tape is dying. You may be deliving content to networks on tape currently, but that wont last. I am delivering commercials daily via DG/Fast Channel to all the networks and I never hit tape.
2) Premiere Pro is solid when capturing from a professional broadcast deck via 9-pin RS-422 if your machine is setup properly. What it wont do is recognize TC breaks, it keeps on rolling. Keep your eyes on the TC window during capture and it wont be a problem. It takes longer…agreed.
3) Premiere Pro has the largest userbase in the world. It has more seats generating revenue in all niches than any other NLE period..undisputed. With that said…the majority of users are not at the high level requiring timecode 100% accuracy. Adobe will not put R&D into solving complicated issues for a very small percent of its userbase. I have been asking for OMF support for years..I have not seen it why?…in the big picture not many users are asking for it.
4)File based workflow is here now. It will get better. Once I have my footage captured…I have no need for the source tapes. Evrything gets backed up as data. Hard drive options are cheap and plenty. Tape drive backup or low performance drives are here..embrace it.
Remember this…Premiere Pro is only version 3. Most of this current version R&D was spent on cross platform Mac. Final Cut and Avid are many generations further. Hang out for a little while and see what happens.
Ray
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I hate to be the one to tell you this…..Premiere Pro CS2 & 3 are unable to make progressive download enabled quicktimes. Dont waste anymore time trying. You have two options
1) If you have after effects, you can load up the source file and make the quicktime there. Inside After Effects you will see the option for Progressive download.
2) Buy Quicktime Pro. Open the Premiere Pro QT and resave it.
I was hoping Adobe would fix this…but they didnt.
Ray
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I understand your frustration. We also need all of the obvious timecode factors here where I work. In the end, I wouldnt expect to much development to be put into tape based timecode /RS-422. The world is moving to a file based workflow at a rapid speed. With P2 and XDCAM HD etc, the days of capturing tape are very limited.
Hopefully Adobe can at least make the info palette user defineable so we can at least see the source timecode as soon as we highlight a clip on the timeline.
Ray
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This copy and paste problem is a know documented issue with Premiere Pro 2.0. I have a good understanding it is fixed in CS3
Good Luck
Ray
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Sorry to hear you have trouble working in a SAN situation with Axio & Premiere Pro. I have 3 Axio HD systems and 4 Graphics workstations, and a Pro Tools HD system atttached to a SAN we built. We have No local storage on any of the systems except for the C: drive. The system is working exactly as designed with no problems.
This is a very complex networked situation with very strategic planning concerning load balancing of our bandwidth. My experience with the Matrox group has been very very positive. They are eager to help and very good at working with users.
I suspect a few scenarios in your situation. One, Premiere Pro is using all of the memory and crashing. Two, single channel fibre is not capable of handling your bandwidth requirements. Three, the overall system design has been done incorrectly.
It is very possible to network Matrox Axio systems that work flawlessly.
Ray