Tony Connoly
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I wanted to make sure there is nothing out there (whether or not DSLR) that matches the D7000 for the price.
Also, the D5100 has a swivel screen, but I was not sure whether it allows full manual control. Does anyone know anything about the D5100 yet?
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They’ll probably include in CS6 to give me a reason to upgrade 🙂
Ann–does Smartrendering work when you’ve made changes to the underlying footage (such as color balancing etc.) or only when you’re passing the footage through without any changes?
Btw, would you happen to know whether Encore has the same rendering engine as PP?
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Are you sure about that Ann? The manual says “AVCHD Lite” and the extension is .mts. Maybe the Panasonic GF1 and other Panasonics aren’t true AVCHD, but they are heavily compressed/encoded nonetheless. In any event, I wish Premiere let you trim and join files without having to re-encode them. It seems there is demand for such a feature.
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Ann, that could be very helpful at some point. For the current project I just want to trim and join a couple of files!
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Carlos-Maybe that program is a dud (though I thought it was from a decent vendor). But the point is that trimming and joining should be very easy. I don’t understand the technicalities, but shouldn’t it be possible to trim a file without sophisticated and expensive codecs, not to mention the time wasted? I think my cheap pocket video camera can trim AVCHD files in a split second without re-encoding them. I’ll double check this later. It’s hard to imagine that it wouldn’t be technically feasible. Maybe Adobe is afraid of patent issues of some sort.
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Carlos,
The software I linked to doesn’t edit. All it does is trim the file, with no loss in quality at all.
There are other software that join files, again with no loss in quality at all.
There may be times when more editing is in order, in which case PP will be handy, but it really is useless for trimming, joining and re-exporting in the same format, which is a pity. UNLESS somebody knows of a trick we have both missed.
This is really, really too bad also when I think of having to re-encode video from my AVCHD camera when all I want to do is trim and join a few clips and re-export to the same format.
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A quick google search turned up this free tool:
https://www.dvdvideosoft.com/guides/free-video-dub.htm
I hate running random stuff on my PC; I wish it could be done with an Adobe product.
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I am using Premiere Pro CS5; I have the full Production Suite including Encore if that helps.
Is there a better tool than Premiere Pro for this? All I am doing is cutting some stuff out. There should be a tool that can do this without re-encoding.
If I have to use Premiere Pro CS5, what settings should I use to minimize any problems?
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The mic is on a shock mount but not a boom pole.
I am using a 15 or 20 foot XLR cable from B&H (it’s their house brand, Pearstone). Here is the 15 foot version: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/574245-REG/Pearstone_C24136_15_3_Pin_XLR_Male_to.html
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Thank you all very much. This has been very informative.