I have been taught to work in the format native to my camera which is HDV 1080i by 1440. And only export to the final format when ready to go to air to match the TV channel. It is for Television. After tons of research, I found as I started to strip off MAGIC BULLET looks, Premier stopped freezing. And after more research, I found magic Bullet has a bug that freezes Premier Pro and a new patch is available that corrects the error. So I have just finished downloading the upgrade.
However, it brings up a good question, with laying DSLR at 720p into 1080i. Should I use Magic Bullet HD and lay 1440i DV PAL Widescreen on DSLR to upscale to match footage. Or should I use Premier Pro “Interpret Footage” to 1440i and then Scale to FRAME to get the size to match. Which is the better method to retain the highest quality resolution of DSLR? But the final format that I have to export is dependent on which tv channel wants the footage and how they want it.