Tech advise needed for taking output from Adobe Premiere Pro CS3

[yacob]

I am editing the videos taken using my Canon EOS 550D camera. I use Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 in my PC.

my PC config is :
Intel Core 2 Du 3.2 GHz, Windows 7 64 bit, 1 TB SATA HDD, 6 GB DDR2 RAM.

I'm a novice in editing. I needed advise about the output format I should choose after editing.

My input file properties are :

Type: .MOV
File Size: 208.3 MB (for a 5 sec long shot)
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 1920
Frame Rate: 25.00
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 16 bit - Stereo
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Stereo
Total Duration: 00:00:37:01
Average Data Rate: 5.6 MB / second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0


I need output in best quality since i'm planning to project my short film in a movie theater.

Please help me to avoid loss in the video quality . Thanks in advance.

[aedipuss]

if you are going to play it in a theater then you better ask them what format they want.

surprised cs3 even opens video from that cam, it's pretty old.

[lordsmurf]

The 550D isn't old.
The more important issue would indeed finding out the expected specs of the theatre.

[aedipuss]

The 550D isn't old.

wasn't what it was referring to. adobe cs3 is fairly old.

[lordsmurf]

Well.... yes and no...
I still use CS3 quite a bit, but CS4 is definitely more advanced.

I'd have to agree with you, by a narrow margin. CS3 is from 2007.

[aedipuss]

hehe - i just didn't know if the older adobe version could handle avc/h264 50mbps .mov files.

[yacob]

thanks for replying.

the theatre projection facility can play dvd. thats what i'm going to do, play from dvd. but I want to avoid quality loss while exporting from Adobe. so I plan to convert into HD file itself, and write into DVD as a data disk, then I can pla in theatre from a PC connected with the projector.

What I need to know is :
which HD file option i should choose for exporting ? 1080 or 720 ? and 25fps or 24fps ?

please help.

[aedipuss]

again it depends on what the specs of the projector are, what it accepts and how's it connected - hdmi, component, composite, other?

[lordsmurf]

Uhhhh..... no.

the theatre projection facility can play dvd. .... write into DVD as a data disk,

Most people refer to the DVD-Video format when they say "DVD", and that excludes data discs.

then I can pla in theatre from a PC connected with the projector.

You'd better verify that the computer can connect in this manner. Many do not.

In fact, I suggest a test run before it's screened. I mean a full-on playback of the entire flick. You don't want something stupid to happen, like the system going into power save, or launching a screensaver.