Tim Kurkoski
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No, not necessarily. Normally when you export an MPEG file from Premiere, the audio will be a WAV file, and that’s all we’re looking to transcode. Sure, you could transcode the audio in an AVI file to Dolby, too, but it’s the same difference either way.
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1) Apply the Black and White effect, then apply Tint. Instead of B/W, I usually use Color Balance (HLS) and drop the Saturation to -100. It looks a little better to my eye.
2) The Screen Key won’t affect white text, as the end result (with the default values) uses the brightest (whitest) value. Multiply should cause the white text to darken, but it depends on the pixels in the video track below it (it is the opposite of Screen; it keeps the darkest/blackest value).
Premiere Pro is not necessarily the best application for compositing like this. It doesn’t have nearly the range and capability of blending modes like Photoshop does. After Effects, however, does. If you need to do motion graphics or more complex compositing work than Premiere allows, use AE.
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I’m pretty sure you can, but you may need the MainConcept plug-in to either get them to play smoothly or to get them to read at all. Suggest you download the demo and give it a shot.
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Scenarist. Neither cheap nor easy to use.
Many on the Mac may be using Apple’s DVD Studio Pro. From what I’ve seen, it’s not much different from Encore in terms of interface, but I haven’t used it extensively.
What types of problems are you having, Chris? Encore is really a pretty straightforward program. Part of the problem with DVD authoring as a whole is that the DVD specifications are pretty idiosyncratic. Check out the FAQ at DVDDeymstified.com for a quick overview of some of the quirks of the format.
For using Encore specifically, it helps to know Photoshop fairly well, since it builds menus from the PSD file format.
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Premiere Pro does not have the best time remapping engine. After Effects is better, but for best results you’ll probably want to investigate a third party plug-in. I forget the names, and I seem to recall debates over which is better, so you’d best ask on the After Effects forum.
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It’s possible that those DVD’s used the InterActual player, or some equivalent. It has special capabilities, and probably looks for specific data on the disc to pick up.
You can get a license to distribute InterActual with the Sonic eDVD application, which is well worth checking out if you want to include DVD-ROM content on the disc.
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You can capture both formats in the same project. The problems all occur when you put them in the timeline, but it’s really not that big of a deal.
Whether you’re using a widescreen timeline or a standard timeline, one of your types of clips are going to be out of proportion. You’ll probably need to scale (in 6.5, use the Distort > Transform effect, not the Motion properties) at least one dimension to fit within the dimensions of your project.
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I don’t know if there is a good answer for this, Greg. It’s up to the computer being used to determine what to do with the disc when it’s inserted. Most computers are going to see a DVD-Video disc and say “Aha! I need to open a DVD player!”
There may be a way to trick the computer, but it’s beyond my knowledge. Have you posted in the DVD Authoring forum on the Cow?
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The aspect ratio setting for a timeline is locked to the aspect ratio of the video you put in it. (It’s only changeable when you put still images in the timeline to make a slideshow.)
What’s really happening here is that Encore is reading the QT file as 4:3. Not sure why that is, or how to fix it. Encore’s not terribly adept at handling QT files. The best I could recommend would be to transcode the QT file to MPEG-2 before you import it into Encore.
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If you want Photoshop to be aware of them when you launch the program, then yes, they should be in the presets folder. You can always load presets from another directory once you’re within the program.
As for using sub-folders, I’m not sure, but I suspect Photoshop will read them.