Vince Becquiot
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[Chad Gilmour] “As far as I can tell, there is no difference when checking the use previews button on or off. I’ve done timed tests exporting a rendered timeline using the previews (to the same codec as the render files), and exporting an unrendered timeline. On my Mac 10.7 PPRO CS6, it takes the exact same time either way. Anyone else notice that? Or am I missing something?”
Was your timeline rendered? The difference in time will be greater with filters, since they won’t have to be re-encoded.
Vince Becquiot
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Glad they improved that. It was quite poor in CS4, we ended up buying a copy of Twixtor for all PAL conversions.
Vince Becquiot
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Hi Jack,
The aspect ration is fine, they are both 1920×1080 frame when set to square pixels.
The frame rate on the other hand will be an issue. Although it’s better that you are removing frames, I have yet to see Premiere do a good job at it, although I haven’t tried it in CS5 / CS6.
Try a simple H.264 export and see how it looks, but my guess is it won’t look smooth on the 30P footage.
You could try this, but the render times are pretty long.
Vince Becquiot
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Hi Michael,
Assuming CS6 here. Rendering time is directly tied with processing, and while you haven’t mentioned your MBP model, until very recently, they were only dual cores. While we use them as well on the field, they are far from optimal for any type of rendering.
You are also scaling (HD to SD), and if you checked “use maximum render quality” in your export settings (which you should for any scaling), you will get a huge render time hit. In that case we are talking at least triple the time of a standard quality render. Make sure you uncheck “use max render quality” when not scaling.
Sorry, I have not experienced your titler issue.
Vince Becquiot
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Hi Matt,
On the CUDA questions, you can set that under Project > Project settings > General > Video rendering and playback. Set the renderer to software only.
As for the plugins, you can move any plugins from the Media Core folder to “Applications > Adobe After Effects > Plugins.” The ones you move will only load with After Effects.
Vince Becquiot
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Oh, it absolutely works with the video side, very well in fact.
Edit: I guess you meant the extension itself… Not really a deal breaker for me.
Vince Becquiot
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If you mean UltraPortable, it’s probably not a good idea. Most of them are vastly underpowered, and they are capped further to avoid over-heating. Basically, everything is going to crawl…
Vince Becquiot
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My personal feeling is that you would be better off shopping for a used 12 core Macpro on Ebay.
By moving to Windows:
You will lose to ability to export to Prores. You will also lose the ability to open native FCP project, although, Premiere has “some support” for FCP through XML.
You will lose all plugins etc.
You may however have to invest in an additional CUDA card.
Vince Becquiot
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Hi Ben,
Unfortunately, the best settings are what will play on that particular machine, and Powerpoint is not known for smooth video…
You could start at 10 Mb/s, it would be best to send to the client before the event and let them try it out.
Vince Becquiot
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You may also find that the crop feature is easier to use. The garbage matte filter has not been really reliable over the years.
Vince Becquiot
Indigo Live
San Francisco – Bay Area