[Vincent Rosati]

if the matte is B&W and can be used a sort of alpha channel, maybe the Track Matte key would work?
If so, maybe this might help…
http://www.handcranked.newinelabs.com/tutorials/Premiere_Alpha_Channel_Matte.htm

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

I’m in a NTSC region, so I will describe with NTSC numbers.

NTSC DV is 720×480, this is ‘full resolution’ for DV.
Typically web video ‘1/4 resolution’, 352×240 or 320×240.

Typically, desktop or web video should be deinterlaced.
1/4 Resolution video should always be deinterlaced.
To deinterlace in Premiere, right-click on the clips in the timeline and choose Field Options/Always Deinterlace.

If you are also going to be scaling down the video, from full resolution to 1/4 resolution, apply Video Effect/Distort/Transform to the clips.

The project should be set to No Fields (Fields: None or Progressive).

Export with Adobe Media Encoder. Try a Windows Media or QuickTime format. You may have to experiment with different compression settings to find the one that is right for you.

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Hmmm, each time you start a new project you have to either load a preset or create a custom setting. You could create a preset with the desired number of tracks or create project files with your desired presets and lock them via your OS (R-click/Properties or Get Info).
I do the latter. I’ve created a project folder that holds Premiere project files for every specification I’ve used. Each project holds one black video clip and an audio file that I use for audio leveling. You could just create blank project files to you specification.
I just open a ‘blank’ project and I’m ready to rock, import assets and Save As…

Here’s a screen shot of my Premiere project folder…
https://www.handcranked.newinelabs.com/images/premiere_project_presets.png

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Going back to your original question, if you open both of your original files with GSpot you could let us know both the audio and video codecs that are being used in those files.
Remember, Premiere is an editing app and it works best with editing codecs. For instance, you can edit MPEG in Premiere but it doesn’t work that well.
I’m not sure of the list of Premiere’s acceptable codecs as I always edit in DV or Uncompressed. That info is probably in the documentation, and likely to be on the Adobe site somewhere.

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

All DVD players have all of the audio and video codecs needed to play DVDs. Typical DVD codecs are MPEG2 for video and MPEG-1 Layer 2 or DVD_LPCM_AUDIO for audio. Many DVD players will also play VCDs, some even play MP3 and WMV formatted files.

When you export your movie use presets for DVD-Video.
Do the same for burning, burn a disc that is of the DVD-Video format.

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

I am not familiar with an 800×600 video format. Check your project settings (Project/Project Settings/General) and check the Pixel Aspect Ratio of the project.
Than right-click on your clips in the project bin and select Interpret Footage/Pixel Aspect Ratio/Conform to… and select the PAR that matches your project.
Next, apply Video Effect/Distort/Transform to each of the clips and resize them appropriately.

This may not be the best solution, but it will fix your issue.

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Producing a DVD can be a bit complicated.
Once you’ve finalized your edit in Premiere you’ll want to export a DVD-Video compliant MPG file using Adobe Media Encoder under File/Export…
Desktop videos such as MOV or WMV or AVI are not DVD compliant.

You can burn a DVD right out of Premiere, but I’d recommend against it.
Use Premiere for editing.
Use Adobe Media Encoder or Main Concept MPEG Pro for encoding.
Use Adobe Encore for DVD authoring.
Use Nero or Toast, or whatever burning app you use to burn the DVD.

If I’m doing a project for both DVD and desktop delivery I’ll export the DVD-video compliant MPEG, than export an uncompressed version of the video for resizing and encoding to a desktop format.

File types such as AVI, MOV, and MPG are like media containers. Generally they hold audio and video which are encoded by a CODEC (COmpressor-DECompressor).
So, the movie file uses an audio codec and a video codec. These codecs are required when you encode or compress your movie, and they are required when you want to play the movie. Codecs are installed in your operating system or in digital video playback hardware such as a DVD player.

Try reading through the threads on this forum. There’s a ton of information here.

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Sure sounds like a codec issue. If you use video from different sources I’d recommend GSpot for codec identification…
https://www.headbands.com/gspot/

Aside from installing a codec that Premiere can use, I usually decompress odd source material before import. I use AVS Video Converter…
https://www.avsmedia.com/VideoTools/

It usually does the trick.

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Select the object than open Window/Appearance. You can delete an effect, but I don’t think you can toggle it. If you need to save an effect you can drag the fx object into the Graphic Styles palette.

Vince

[Vincent Rosati]

Thank you, sir!

Vince