Trim and transition from one long .ts file? Premiere 5.5

[roberob23]

I am using Adobe Premiere 5.5 for editing some video. I have a 2hour .ts file which is made from multiple .ts files which were taken by one camera and then joined together. Is there a way to put in fades out and in (to/from black) and edit out unnecessary video/audio from just the one long file? Or do I have to split the .TS file into multiple clips and put in the fades/trim and then join them all together? If I need to edit the .ts files first, what freeware can you recommend? I really need help on this. Want to get a DVD authored for someone this weekend. Thanks in advance.

[manono]

I am using Adobe Premiere 5.5 for editing some video. I have a 2hour .ts file which is made from multiple .ts files which were taken by one camera and then joined together. Is there a way to put in fades out and in (to/from black) and edit out unnecessary video/audio from just the one long file? Or do I have to split the .TS file into multiple clips and put in the fades/trim and then join them all together? If I need to edit the .ts files first, what freeware can you recommend? I really need help on this. Want to get a DVD authored for someone this weekend. Thanks in advance.

AviSynth can do that simply and easily from the original long file, but unless you've used it before it's nothing you'll get done this weekend.

http://avisynth.nl/index.php/Trim
http://avisynth.nl/index.php/Fade

Never used Premiere but I would think it could do it easily as well, just working with the original long file.

[roberob23]

ok, good to know as a backup plan. Can anyone chime in on whether or not this can be done in Premiere?

[smrpix]

Import the file into premiere and make a same-as source timeline by dragging the clip onto the new item icon at the bottom of the project window. If it plays you can do it in Premiere if it doesn't you can't -- no harm no foul.

Premiere certainly has the functionality to do what you wish, all you need to find out is whether it can open your file.

[roberob23]

Sweet. Premiere is able to open the file as a same-as-source timeline. SMRPIX, do you know how i would go about this? I would want to select a transition point, fade to black, delete some audience applause and crowd noise, and then fade back into the video. Any idea on what would be the best way to do this?

[smrpix]

Go to the point you want to cut, add an edit with the razor tool, ripple delete out any pieces you don't want and shift the remainder of the clip if you want a longer duration between.

Add dip to black on either side of the edits from the video transition palette, adjust duration to taste.

When you say you want to delete crowd noise I assume you mean you want everything to fade to silence along with the picture? Add Audio crossfades at the cut points to do that or just add keyframes to your audio tracks and adjust.

Adding a single frame of black in between the segments can make some of this easier to do.

To simplify: First make your cuts, then add your fades.

If you haven't worked in Premiere much there's a learning curve. Take your time.

[roberob23]

Actually what I want to do is this. the camera was rolling constantly during a dance performance. At the end of each dance, when the house light go off and the curtain goes down, I want to fade to black. Then after the curtain goes down, there is a small amount of time where the dancers are getting into position for the next number. I want to delete both video and audio (so they remain in sync) up to just before the beginning of the next dance routine. Finally I want it to fade back up from black to regular video brightness. Does that make sense?

[smrpix]

Just cut out the parts you don't want. Mark your in and out with the razor blade tool and then ripple delete to remove the section and bring the ends together. You may find the fades are unnecessary, but just add them from the effects palette if needed.

[turk690]

Actually what I want to do is this. the camera was rolling constantly during a dance performance. At the end of each dance, when the house light go off and the curtain goes down, I want to fade to black. Then after the curtain goes down, there is a small amount of time where the dancers are getting into position for the next number. I want to delete both video and audio (so they remain in sync) up to just before the beginning of the next dance routine. Finally I want it to fade back up from black to regular video brightness. Does that make sense?

If Premiere Pro were a person, he can do all that in his sleep, and probably cook breakfast too while at it. What are you talking about? Premiere is a professional NLE program that has a steep, steeper, steepest learning curve, for absolute newbies, especially. If you truly have Premiere Pro in front of you, you probably have not even as much as peeked at what it's able to do. Fade to black? Trim? It's all there, lock, stock, and 99 possible video tracks in a timeline sequence.

[roberob23]

Actually what I want to do is this. the camera was rolling constantly during a dance performance. At the end of each dance, when the house light go off and the curtain goes down, I want to fade to black. Then after the curtain goes down, there is a small amount of time where the dancers are getting into position for the next number. I want to delete both video and audio (so they remain in sync) up to just before the beginning of the next dance routine. Finally I want it to fade back up from black to regular video brightness. Does that make sense?

If Premiere Pro were a person, he can do all that in his sleep, and probably cook breakfast too while at it. What are you talking about? Premiere is a professional NLE program that has a steep, steeper, steepest learning curve, for absolute newbies, especially. If you truly have Premiere Pro in front of you, you probably have not even as much as peeked at what it's able to do. Fade to black? Trim? It's all there, lock, stock, and 99 possible video tracks in a timeline sequence.

Wow, you really hit the nail on the head there turk690. I guess it was stupid of me to think that a website with a name like VIDEOHELP.COM would be a good place to get help with video online. My bad!!! I guess I'm such a NOOB since I got a new computer program and I don't know all the ins and outs of it yet. You must be sooooo awesome you probably picked up Premier Pro and started mixing down 99 tracks the first day. Man, you sure are better than me. Thanks for pointing that out. I guess I'll just go back to using the technique that SMRPIX explained to me, since it's working out perfectly for what I wanted to do. I'll try not to make such an ass out of myself again. But if I do, I hope you'll be right there to point it out once again. THANKS TURK690. You're my hero.

[turk690]

Wow, you really hit the nail on the head there turk690. I guess it was stupid of me to think that a website with a name like VIDEOHELP.COM would be a good place to get help with video online. My bad!!! I guess I'm such a NOOB since I got a new computer program and I don't know all the ins and outs of it yet. You must be sooooo awesome you probably picked up Premier Pro and started mixing down 99 tracks the first day. Man, you sure are better than me. Thanks for pointing that out. I guess I'll just go back to using the technique that SMRPIX explained to me, since it's working out perfectly for what I wanted to do. I'll try not to make such an ass out of myself again. But if I do, I hope you'll be right there to point it out once again. THANKS TURK690. You're my hero.

People come to videohelp.com to, well, get helped. But your case is perplexing. To me, anyway. Fade-to-black, edit/trim end points, delete and add clips: pretty much any NLE program out there, from freeware to for-professional use do all that. Any well-intentioned user who has duly installed such a program will have perused the program's specs, features, and help files and within the hour have figured out these basic steps that can be performed without missing a beat. I probably worded it forcefully when I said Premiere has a steep learning curve, but on opening it I daresay even a noob can figure out how to import a file, drag it into the edit window, trim the ends, then fade to black. That is the noob part of Premiere! Before asking your questions did you even look at Premiere's wretched help or even attempted it? It's all there. Maybe it's not the case but your inquiries smack of as though you didn't even try to attempt to do all those noobie things in Premiere first. Premiere has a lot of complicated and awesome features and they are what we talk about in videohelp.com; what you started on is important but you are trusted to read about and research a bit before coming here. smrpix is probably a kinder soul than I am and he helped you out with something so basic anyone with something as sophisticated as Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 is expected to figure, right out of the gate. I started out with Premiere v4.2 in the 90s and believe me I shed tears of blood trying to figure out everything. You;ve got it better today. But maybe Premiere Pro is not a good choice of program for someone starting out? Wny not try Premiere elements first? Or snarky grotty Nero?

[roberob23]

I am using Adobe Premiere 5.5 for editing some video. I have a 2hour .ts file which is made from multiple .ts files which were taken by one camera and then joined together. Is there a way to put in fades out and in (to/from black) and edit out unnecessary video/audio from just the one long file? Or do I have to split the .TS file into multiple clips and put in the fades/trim and then join them all together? If I need to edit the .ts files first, what freeware can you recommend? I really need help on this. Want to get a DVD authored for someone this weekend. Thanks in advance.

How about this, go to the top of the thread and read my first post. My main question was whether or not I could perform the tasks in one long file or if I had to split them up. I had no problem importing the file.


I DID go through the "wretched" help, and I DID check out Youtube for some tutorials. The thing is, every tutorial shows you how to do these things when you have multiple clips, and it appears that none of them show you how to edit one long file the way I wanted to.


And by the way, this is not my first foray into video editing. I have used cheap/free programs and most of them are just plain okay. I just recently acquired Premiere, and figured someone would be able to help me out maybe with some shortcuts. SMRPIX did. You did not. What you posted was not helpful in the least and completely unnecessary. Move along.