Vince Becquiot
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Hi Sharon, I’ll try to answer question by question.
>>1) Am I likely to get PP7.0 working if I keep at it? If so, is it worth it? I’ve read it’s not very good and it’s not supported at all.
A bit more info is needed here, such as, what “is not” working for you.
2.0 pro is a “HUGE” improvement from 7.0; from the quality of effects, speed, as well as usability, much better graphical interface.
>>2) What is the chance if I do buy the Production Suite I’ll STILL have problems getting it all working? Although, at least it will be supported.
Again, it depends on the problems you are having; it “should” work out of the box as long as the manual has been read 😉
You may or may not need the production suite, but it sure is a great deal on cost if you do.
3) If I got the Production Suite, is there any chance Procoder 1 will work? Or do I even need Procoder with the Suite?
Procoder is now somewhat in competition with Adobe. I did not get it to integrate with Premiere 2 export, and I have a feeling they probably are not in any hurry to fix that. Now, this function might work for others.
I don’t use it much anymore myself, but it depends on what you are planning on using it for. If you have the space, you can always export uncompressed and then import back into Procoder. I find that Premiere 2 Media encoder does a lot of what Procoder does, and sometimes faster. The difference in quality is an ongoing debate.
4) If I did stay with 7.0, are there any inexpensive authoring programs that will actually WORK? I’ve used ULead and Nero as well, also with many problems.
Again, I would recommend the upgrade, especially if you get the production suite, as you will get Adobe Encore DVD (One of the best authoring programs around IMO.
To minimize problems with 7.0, or 2.0 I would only use this new computer as a production computer. I understand that you are a student and are not running a production facility, but one of the biggest cause of problems are unnecessary software running or simply installed on the same computer. (Ideally, you won’t even be online or running an antivirus.) BTW, Nero / Roxio’s third party DVD utilities are also on the list of problems.
Good luck,
Vince
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The best way to deal with heavy variations on audio volumes is to use a compressor. It is part of the audio processing effects in Premiere and may require a little reading if you are not familiar with its functions, but it is well worth the effort.
Its function is to keep the peak audio values below a certain level without affecting the average values. You will have to play around with it to obtain a good result, but it certainly is much faster than manually riding the volume.
Vince
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The first thing, unless you are talking about exporting to DVCAM tape, is avoid exporting to MS DV. It will always recompress to DV which is much worse than most compression codecs, especially if you plan on burning a DVD afterwards. I would try uncompressed, but if space is an issue, play with the quicktime animation codec quality.
Is your issue arising using a media player, or is this after burning to DVD etc.
Cheers
Vince
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This one is free and is the best I’ve found so far for tutorials (After creativecow 😉 is c4dcafe.com
Amazing tutorials is all I can say.
I hope you have fun with c4d, it is in my opinion the best 3d package out here for the independent animator for the time being.
I would first go through the tutorial on the Maxon cd itself (Duck race). It will give you a really great head start.
Vince
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Or there’s the free way… a slate 😉
Vince
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You could use 10 bit uncompressed AVI, but that usually is only needed if animation is involved. 8 bit should be all you’ll ever need.
Vince
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The short answer is no. There are a few software out there that will convert to uncompressed, but the way flash compresses makes it very difficult to regain a descent footage.
Vince
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What format are you rendering to ?
What software are using to view the final footage ?
Vince
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Well, one solution would be using an Illustrator file. You will not experience any loss of quality even as you zoom in because it is be vector based. AE does have issues with Asian and Arabic languages… Maybe someone else will have a workaround.
Cheers,
Vince
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Take a look at Video2DV. http://www.video2dv.com
The cool thing about this thing is that it’ll actually play most video formats and convert them in real time !
Cheers,
Vince