Tclark
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I wish I could help with your problem but All I know is a work around. I am pretty sure that Encore DVD supports dual layer burning.
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I have not tried that exact workaround but let me know what you come up with. Some people say you can edit in a interlaced timeline but I find that not to be true. The transitions are interlaced within your progressive video. It just does not look right when you output it. It is very frustrating.
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They took that out in 2.0. It is very frustrating!! Please submit a feature request to bring it back. The only way to do it is to use desktop editing in the editing options. That is pretty much useless because you can NOT even view on an external monitor in that editing mode.
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You could definitely upgrade your CPU and memory. That would help. Version 1.0 does not support gpu acceleration.
Blurs do take a lot of processing power. If you are using magic bullet that is pretty slow also. Unless you are using the newest version which does support gpu. In that case a better graphics card would help.
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2.0 just came out. It will be a long time. Hell, I will be happy with some bug fixes although that will never happen.
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There are a number of things to get you in the right direction. Obviously everybody is going to say lighting, camera moves, good script, etc…
What I think you are looking for has to do with post. Here are a few things that helped me out.
De-interlace or change the frame rate to 24p. I find that just de-interlacing works best for me. This is because it is a smoother look and also there is no frame blends on hard cuts that 24p conversion can cause. I use DVFilm Maker to de-interlace but there are a number of tools out there that other people like. I also use Magic Bullet Editors, which I love. It can do so many things that can help you in the “Look” department. It can do black or white diffusion and also give you damage tools like grain or scratches.
Another great thing you can do is change the gamma curve. DV is flat. Use your curves tool and give the master a slight “s” curve. You will notice it makes the darks deeper and it softens the highlights. It really helps on all footage of mine.
You will never get a total film look but you can definitely get rid of that “Soap Opera” look. Which really does make a huge difference.
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Why don’t you just burn from Encore instead of Nero?
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I have the same problem not only with scaling but also rotation.
I found that using the transform plugin effect from the effects folder does a better job then the FIXED transform options in the effects panel.
Let me know if this helps when you try it.
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Thanks for all your help Aanarav! Do you have any idea why ALL my clips blur? Do you think it might have something to do with lowering the sharpen adjustmaent on my cmaera? Although I would think that Premiere should keep the sharpness that is captured. Very strange that none of your clips blur. I tried the sharpen filters but they don’t match the clips that I do not have to rotate. You can still tell the difference. I am stumped on why I have the problem and you don’t.
Thanks again for your help.
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Ok, here is a strange thing. I did a frame export. One before and one after. Looking at just the frame itself in a bmp file there is hardly any difference. If I posted these you would probably would not see a difference on the web. So I figured I would output to dvd to see if it would be any different from what was on my external monitor. After I exported it it was still blurry. Even in the preview on export settings it shows it blurry. I am really confused.
No one else has this same problem?