[Steven L. gotz]

https://www.post-holes.com/

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
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[Steven L. gotz]

And you know to change the HDV conversion off when trying to capture HDV?

Try downloading the Cineform HDLink software. If that does not work, you have a problem with your camera and not Premiere Pro.

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Steven L. gotz]

I am a little over halfway through and beginning to wonder about his sense of humor, but I am really enjoying this.

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Steven L. gotz]

Pretty much I just shoot pretty pictures and put them to music to run on the HDTV for friends and at parties (and for stock footage for corporate stuff). The point is for people to look at the HDTV and just stare. They talk to each other, but can’t take their eyes off the screen. If I listen to the conversations, I know I did a good job if people constantly lose their train of thought.

So I really need to get well focused and dramatic shots of places people want to go but can’t afford either because of time or money. I have a polorizing lens, however, it has been kind of a hassle to use because I have to remove the lens hood to use it. I am going to NYC next week and will be shopping for a lens cap to go over the polarizing lens if such a thing exists. I need to shop at B&H for a smaller camera bag and maybe a new fluid head tripod, and some tapes …. the usual.

My real problem is that I went from a Canon ZR10 to a Sony HDR-FX1 without stopping along the way at a GL2 or VX2100 or whatever. So I lack certain skills. I figure somebody has done the Greece and Italy tours who got some nice shots using something I don’t know or wouldn’t think of. And maybe they can share.

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Steven L. gotz]

Hmmm, the more you want to do, the more I am ready to suggest it should be done in After Effects.

[Steven L. gotz]

Basically, it sounds like a simple matter of using a split screen. Two versions of the same clip shown with a split down the middle so you can pause one side. The trick will be getting them back into sync. The two actors will need to really have it well rehearsed because as soon as he unfreezes, which to him was no freeze at all, he will need to be in sync with the other guy.

[Steven L. gotz]

There are three places to check. Your Device Control in Preferences, and then two in the capture window. One is the Capture Settings toward the top of the Settings tab, and the other is the Device Control at the bottom of the Settings tab.

[Steven L. gotz]

I misunderstood the question.

I suggest that you use a virtual clip and apply the Transform effect. Then set the vertical scale to 75%

[Steven L. gotz]

A simple letterbox is usually done using the titler. There is a template, under Mattes, called Letterbox. Just drop it on your top track and make it’s duration long enough to cover your timeline.

[Steven L. gotz]

Your frame size for video is probably 720X480 or 720X576, yet the pictures are probably much bigger than that. You need to tell Premiere Pro to automatically resize them. You can do that in the general settings of the Project Settings. Or, feel free to do as the program does, and just set the Motion effect’s Scale parameter manually.