Premiere Pro Questions

[Banzai]

I'm considering upgrading my Premiere 5.1 to Pro but I've got some questions that have come up as I learn more about DVD authoring.

I really like the editing functions of Premiere so I would like to keep using it. So far however I've been unable to convert and/or compress the end product into a VCD or DVD format. So my biggest question is this: If I upgrade to Pro will it be able to convert/compress the edited version of my video into VCD and/or DVD recordable formats? Or do I still need some other software to do the actual burning to VCD/DVD?

[Sugar]

As you can see on this description, you can directly export to DVD.

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/pdfs/Premiere_Pro_AAG_082503.pdf

If you are serious about buying it, for an additionnal $100 you can buy te Video collection which aslo includes Encore, After Effects and Audition.

Now, if you are a stdent or have any kid at school, you can buy the package for less than $400 using the education price.

Definitely worth it for me.

[dcsos]

One caveat:
Premier Pro requires XP and NTFS (fat 32 drives cannot be used for preview/cache because they will truncate long files upon import)
Also, the software is very buggy and doesn't work with many video cards
including the MATROX before 650. Adobe has dropped support for almost all analog video cards previously out (except new ones) Canopus is working on a patch..
its all very new....
Pro will not run smoothly unless you have ALL INTEL parts on the motherboard. Athlon's may work but are not supported yet..
Don't capture in TYPE 1 DV either, as PREMIERE no longer supports these files with PRO....

This said, there's a feature in PRO that allows you to memorize a hand perfomed surround sound mix event and add to it with succesive passes its called LATCH and it rocks..
Imagine dragging a cursor around a box representing 4 speaker field (5.1 actually)..just drag the mouse around the VIRTuAL room as the music or speech plays, and its all memorized..wow!

Unfortunately after 3 tries the DOLBY 5.1 option times out on PRO and the upgrade for that is $300

On a budget I would try the LATCHLESS VEGAS 4.0 which is much more stable and eons faster on any system! The PREMIERE Pro Package requires a reccomended proccessor level of 3.06 on the box
VEGAS 4.0 is fast on my PIII!, and runs under 2000.
and Vegas is bought out by SONY (who made a screenblaster version- the same program without ac35.1 support i believe)for only $69.00
this version makes DVD compliant files for any AUTHORING package
and VEGAS 4.0 supports ac3 from the getgo

[dcsos]

You could also get the CCE plug in for PREMIERE 5.1 that works great
CINEMA CRAFT ENCODER

[Banzai]

I am serious about buying it...but like I said I will be upgrading so it should only cost about $199 total.

Is it possible to get the Encore, After Effects and Audition add ons for $100 with the upgrade?

I've got a Sony VIAO P4 2.5 Ghz system with 512 MB RAM and 120 Gig HD. I'm already getting close to filling that up due to my inability to transfer my edited projects to DVD. So getting Pro will allow me to free up some HD space once I burn a few of these projects.

I'll probably also beef up my RAM to 1 Gig. That should help speed the process up a bit.

Thanks for the info Sugar.

[dcsos]

1 gig is the reccomended amout, you should use more If you want to make up for your slower chip

Between Premiere Pro, After Effects and Encore I needed 2.7 gigs of HardDrive for the install, and
To edit in premiere pro now, premiere now generates a new file 1/3 to 1/2 of the original file on your "SCRATCH DISK", otherwise ERRORS galore

according to the forums..its almost essential to have 40 gigs free space on the capure/scratch disk to make the program work properly!

Your system while on the LIGHTWEIGHT side for premiere pro's basic requirements(Pentium 4 3.06GHz recommended), will comply nicely (VAIO's are generally good)

[Banzai]

To edit in premiere pro now, premiere now generates a new file 1/3 to 1/2 of the original file on your "SCRATCH DISK", otherwise ERRORS galore

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by the above statement. I edited my girls' dance recital a few months ago with Premiere 5.1 and ended up with a file size of 34 GB. Is this what you are talking about?

[dcsos]

Nope, If you look at the Premiere Pro application they've changed major portions of the PROGRAM.

When you input a file, the program makes 2 copies of the AUDIO portion of the file to a cache on the drive you install Premiere to as a default..
So If you import a 3 gig file, premiere makes a 1 gig file that it acceses in the CACHE invisibily to help you "realtime" edit..
So after you delete the project from the hard drive the temp files are also emptied....
This process of making these files also takes a few minutes and you can't do anything (unless the processor will work in the background if you can hyper thread to make these files) .., but If not, I reccomend waiting several minutes after importing each file so PREMIERE can 'process' and copy the 'peak data' it needs.

[c_hernandez32]

I upgraded to Pro and my ATI AIW 8500DV isn't supported any more, I think? When I had Adobe Premiere 6.0 I could capture directly from my card, but now I can only capture through ATI software. Is this some of the new changes. I can only capture DV from APP. I bought this card because I couldn't afford a DV camera.

[dcsos]

Yes Premier Pro does not support 80% of the hardware for capture and no longer will input TYPE 1 DV files properly--TYPE 2 are supported

And all targa products are broken with PRO
Even if you bought a $5000 Targa capture card..you are out of luck..and will have to use PINNACLE SH*TWARE now