Vince Becquiot
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Could it be that the audio is set to Dolby Digital in your encoding preferences ?
Try changing it to mpeg2 or PCM.
Vince
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Correction: I said static images should be 648×432, but meant to say 648×480 😉
Vince
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I will share a little information;)
First, the resolution required for your scanning will depend on the amount of zoom (if any) you plan on doing inside Premiere on these pictures.
If you are working on standard NTSC DV, and plan on say zooming in 200% and/or pan, then you will need a resolution of at least roughly 1300×900 pixels (Twice the standard resolution of NTSC). If you only plan on using static shots (no zoom or pan), then you only need (exactly) a 648×432 “PIXELS” resolution (Square Pixels), that will translate to 720×480 when you import them into Premiere. (Make sure that scale to frame size is disabled in Premiere)
Because I am not sure about the limitation of Photoshop Elements I will let someone else tell you how to do that part 😉
The most difficult part will be cropping the images without losing vital information (I am assuming that you will be working in 4:3 NTSC DV), and so on an horizontal 6×4 picture, you will need to crop the sides so that they fit in that ratio, unless you don’t mind just squeezing them to fit (I wouldn’t:-). Again, in Photoshop you can set a fixed crop size, and I’m not sure that’s available in Elements.
Anyway, the amount of steps you take depends on the time you have to spend on it, and the quality students with be expecting from you 😉
I’ll let others jump in…
Vince
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Well, I think you said that you are previewing on a computer CRT monitor. The ATI card really isn’t the issue here, but what you are seeing the footage on.
The reason many SD editors use firewire out is to be able to see the footage on an actual broadcast monitor (or TV screen), in order to catch issues that would arise from your footage being too saturated (distortion), or too sharp (jumpiness). The screen on an NTSC monitor also displays colors differently than a computer CRT or LCD monitor. All these things, you won’t see unless you use a firewire output, or a (usually expensive) SDI / COMP OUT card.
Some people also use their ATI composite video out to preview, which doesn’t really give you a true rendition of your footage either.
Now this is all relative to whether it will be viewed on a computer or a TV screen, or even a plasma screen. But for now, the majority of consumers still use good ‘ol televisions 😉
BTW, if you have a decently fast computer, you shouldn’t experience any issues with firewire out.
Vince
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Are you using the HDV settings ?
Vince
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Well, the truth be told, Premiere (SD) was meant to be used with firewire out and not actually be previewed fullscreen on a computer monitor, because there really isn’t a benefit there, as far as checking your video for NTSC issues. If you that setup, you won’t need rendering to view your footage. Don’t even try an ATI card with FCP 😉
Vince
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All that sure still sounds like an field order issue. Make you your HDV is set to upper field.
Vince
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Unfortunately, with HD DVD’s coming along, Adobe probably won’t spend much time on the SD version of Encore, but i believe you will be able to do that with the new HD specs, of course it all depends on which format comes out the winner.
Vince
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Whether one really wants a Hollywood look is a whole new discussion 😉
Your most important asset is great lighting, that’s IMO about 75% in the appearance of what you see on screen. Nothing can replace it. I’d ague that you could make a great looking movie with an $8000.00 camera, and some descent sound gear with Premiere, but the “look” of it shouldn’t worry you nearly as much as the composition.
Vince
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Contact the photographer. The photographers I know don’t like others using their pictures unless the client bought that right.
Now that depends on who will be viewing these DVD’s. He might just let you have them for free anyway, but I think the ethic thing here is, if you are selling a product that includes his work, you should really check with him.
Vince