Steven L. gotz
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Stay away from that codec pack.
Where did you get the video? Is it HDV? You mentioned Cineform which is only for HD/HDV.
How did you render the AVI in Vegas? Is it a DV AVI type2, or did you use DivX or some other export codec not designed to be edited.
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I will assume that you automatically scale the still to the project frame size or you would probably be complaining that you only saw the middle of each picture. If that is the case, stop doing that and scale it using the Motion Effect’s Scale parameter instead.
Then use keyframes to start at one scale value and end at another scale value. Read up on Keyframes in the help file to learn how to use them.
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Not without removing the stills and reimporting them, no.
The duration is set when the stills are imported.
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If I recall correctly, the peak files were generated during the conforming of the audio. And in 1.5, all audio was conformed.
When they started eliminating the conforming of audio that really didn’t need to be conformed, it was still necessary to create the preview files for the waveform. It is just more noticeable now. It is still time consuming, but not a burden in regards to file size.
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1. Creating a peak file is necessary to properly display the audio waveform. These are small files that may take a while to create but it is worth it. Coneforming is taking audio that doesn’t match the settings and making a preview that does. Really big files can result. Maybe 10% of the size of the video if I remember correctly.
2. I store all of the media cache and previews under the project directory on the scratch drive. Easy enough to clean it up when finished. I don’t think it is a good idea to ever let Premiere Pro delete files. Too many people would scream because things would magically disappear.
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First of all, 720X480 is a standard size, but it uses a pixel that is not square.
For something you want to put on a web site, you want square pixels at a 4:3 ratio if regular video, or 16:9 is widescreen.
A common size is 320X240. Note that both numbers are evenly divisible by eight. That is important. So for about 400, you might be happy with 384X288, or 448X336, or maybe even 480X360.
The Adobe Media Encoder should maintain the ratio for you, but it won’t warn you about being evenly divisible by 8 which increases compression quality.
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My guess is that imported 2.0 projects are not the same as CS3 created projects, and I doubt anyone is trusting the public beta for production work.
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If your dimensions are not evenlu divisible by 8, you are asking for trouble.
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You don’t need it uncompressed is my guess. You might be just as happy exporting a movie as DV AVI which would allow you to work with it in Premiere Pro without additional rendering.
I would cut it up in Premiere Pro, import the project into AE, apply effects in After Effects, then export individual files as DV AVI. Then use those in Premiere Pro, add transitions, and export to DVD.
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Just bring 1080i material into After Effects in a 1280X720 comp and scale it down. Oh, wait, After Effects doesn’t like HDV.
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=332583
Without Cineform Aspect HD, I have no idea how to accomplish the task.
The way I would do it is to export to Cineform HD AV at 1280X720 and use it wherever I needed it.
Steven
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