[Vincent Rosati]

Does the font actually work in Character Map or Word? Perhaps the font is corrupted.?
It could be a conflict issue that occurs when Premiere is launched.

Maybe try running NexusFont to look for issues, it has some diangostic functions similar to Font Doctor.

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Thank you for posting your solution!

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

I learned, in graphic design school!, that you had to outline text before applying effects. I did it that way for years 🙂

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Hmmm. Pillar-boxed video.

You said ‘exporting it as an AVI’. For additional processing you should Export/Movie AVI Uncompressed, from Premiere.

For your titles, could you only use the source video as a temp file. Than, export only the new titles with a Straight-Unmatted Alpha.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/straight_vs_premult.php

I assume all looks fine in Premiere’s monitor, regarding aspect ratio?

I’m thinking either your project settings or your encoding settings don’t match your source material. You’d have to double-check your specs.
It might be worth trying to import your project file into a new project that uses a Project Preset.

*insert record scratch sound here*

Wait… The pillar box is in AE. Forget everything I just said. lol 🙂
If you are decompressing your video to Uncompressed, for AE, I think the file loses it’s aspect ratio flag. AE will guess an aspect ratio if no flag is present.
In AE, try to Right-Click on the clip in the bin and Interpret As, and choose the correct aspect ratio.

Just a couple of ideas

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

I have some thoughts, but I hope you get a few more responses to this – lot of info to absorb 🙂

You said – ‘My source file…’. Singular. I don’t know if it’s possible in your workflow, but I’d either recapture, clipping files to less than 4.5GB (for DVD backup). Or, decompress and clip to less than 4.5GB. I usually clip to scenes. I’d much rather have a bunch of little clips than one huge sucker. You would have to re-edit, of course.
The first medium sized project I did used a 20GB DV source file. All seemed well until I began to approach encoding. I can’t even remember all of the stuff that started going wrong.
I’m quite sure that it was the files size that was the problem, never did it again, and problems never happened again.

Consider decompressing the MP3 to PCM WAV, 44.1kHz, stereo (assuming this matches your project settings).

I’d recommend encoding out of Premiere with Main Concept MPEG Pro. It will give you more control, better quality and could likely address the slow pan interlacing issue (with tweaked settings, of course).
I often recommend to use task specific software…
Premiere to edit. MC to encode. Encore to Author. Nero to burn.
If you’re using an Encore compliant MPEG-Video file it takes about 30 seconds to write the project VIDEO_TS. No transcoding in Encore.
This will eliminate surprises at this late stage.

Are you putting a good lead-out at the end of the file. Maybe 10 seconds or so of black video. At least 5 sec’s for a project of this length.. or go crazy, try 20 seconds – in the MPEG, not as an additional timeline, end-actioned from your main program. 🙂

Also, some system optimizing tips. Probably your best bet, since you’re practically done with the project…
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/205/871354

Just a couple thoughts

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Of course, there are a couple of ways to achieve this.
You could create a pattern brush of the outer/repeated element, apply it to a curved path, than Effect/3D Rotate.
You could draw the inner element after the 3D rotation is complete.

or, here’s a tut on radial patterns…
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rosati_vincent/radial_patterns.php

let us know if that does the trick 🙂

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

I haven’t updated to HD yet, so I could be mistaken. But, My understanding of MPEG is that is a delivery format, as opposed to an editing format (such as Uncompressed, DV, etc).
I understand that very powerful editing workstations can handle these files (HDV).

Although you can often open these compressed files in an editor, they require an insane amount of processing power to actively decompress in an editing environment.

Consider converting your source to a more appropriate editing format such as Cineform Aspect HD, Edius HQ or Apple ProRes 422, prior to editing.

Regarding QuickTime, I’m not sure now, but QT used to require the MPEG2 Plugin from Apple.

Hope this helps 🙂

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Hmmm. I’m not sure I understand. You want’ to have a raster image animate along a path?
or
Create a pattern brush of an image, than apply the brush to a path?
If the latter, you could open the image with Illustrator, than drag it into the brush palette.
Than, select the path and click on the brush you just created, in the Brushes palette.

Let us know if this is even remotely close to what you are looking for.

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Hmmm. You said…
“all the videos are really jumpy during pans and quick action”

This makes me think it’s an encoding issue, maybe.

One process concept process I try to stick with is to use Task-Specific apps. Premiere to edit, Main Concept to Encode, Encore to Author.

You could isolate a short, 10-second, clip of this quick action to run encoding tests.

2-Pass encoding may help this.

Also, ensure that your field-order settings are consistent throughout your project.

I never allow Encore to encode, too many surprises. I encode with Main Concept MPEG-Pro, it allows much more control.

Just a few thoughts..

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

It’s difficult to answer your question. There are really a lot of problems that can occur in video production.
Are you changing your frame size or frame-rate? Do all of your project settings match your desired output? Does your source material match your project?
Maybe you’ve swapped your field order, are you NTSC or PAL?
Are you editing delivery-compressed video source (such as MPEG), or editing video source (such as DV-AVI or Uncompressed)?

Just a couple of things to consider..

Vince