[Steven L. gotz]

I really wish the automatic link still worked. Let’s try again:

https://www.rondexter.com/

Steven
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[Steven L. gotz]

Start here – this might help:

https://www.rondexter.com/

Steven
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[Steven L. gotz]

By the way, there is a free utility to make the conversion from Type 1 to Type 2 on the Ulead web site.

https://www.ulead.com/download/dvconverter/download.htm

Steven
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[Steven L. gotz]

Just guessing, but they are probably type 1 instead of type 2.

AE can handle it, but Premiere Pro does not have the same exact engine or access to codecs.

Steven
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[Steven L. gotz]

Your customer captured the material to the wrong type of AVI and it is Premiere Pro’s fault? Interesting way to look at it.

Steven
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[Steven L. gotz]

Using regular MiniDV footage in an HDV project merely requires that it be scaled up. I believe you will find that 221% is the number used when your project settings are checked off to scale footage to the project dimensions when placed on the sequence.

The problem is that scaling DV that much makes it look horrible in comparison. So, if you wanted to make a DVD, I would suggest that you bring the HDV into the SD project instead.

But since your project is intended for the big screen, I would not suggest decreasing the resolution of the HDV footage. So that leaves a big question. Should you use Premiere Pro to scale up the SD footage? Or, are there better programs to do that with? Is After Effects better? Should you use Photoshop to do it – one frame at a time (using an Action to do the entire directory in one command)?

That is the main issue as far as I can tell. Which is the best way to scale up the SD footage? And there are better people on the Cow to answer that than me. This assumes you have the capabilities of projecting at HD resolution. If not, back to creating the DVD and just projecting that.

Steven
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[Steven L. gotz]

Or, you can create a preset from the opacity control. Then just apply that preset to any white matte of any duration, and it will scale properly.

Steven
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[Steven L. gotz]

CTI = Current Time Indicator

Steven
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[Steven L. gotz]

The default action is Overlay. You need to learn to use the Modifier keys in Premiere Pro. You will notice that there are fewer tools – but the tools are really still there. They are just combined with other tools and require the use of a Modifier key. In this case, the Ctrl key changes overlay to insert.

Single Track is selected by using the “M” key. Once selected, use the Shift key to change from single track to Multi-Track.

If you select a tool, like the Select tool (V), and hover over a clip in the sequence, you will see instructions in the status bar to use modifiers. As you press each modifier, the instructions change.

Steven
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[Steven L. gotz]

And the Matrox can not capture HDV to my knowledge anyway.

You must have WinXP SP2 installed or you won’t have the drivers you need.

Steven
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