AVCHD Project Preset Questions

I have video from a Canon HF10 (PF30) and Panasonic DMC-ZS3 (AVCHD 1280*720) that I would like to process and eventually combine into a single 1920*1080p AVC or MPEG2 file using PrE. Interspersed through this video will also be photo slideshows (1920*1080) and I'd like to use PrE all of the processing except that to downsize the photos. I'm envisioning my workflow will include several steps that will process the diverse content into intermediate files that I will eventually combine into the final product. What project presets should I use for the HF10, DMC-ZS3, and slideshows? What is the best intermediate file format?
Thanks in advance.

I would not recommend mixing formats in the same project. The best solution is to create an AVCHD project 1080 project for your HF10 video and then do an output from that, then create a 720p project (only version 8 has this project preset) and output the same video format from that. Once you've output the same format from each project, you can combine them with your still photos to create your project.
Which video format you output depends on what your final video will be. If you are creating a DVD, your outputs should be 720x480 AVIs. If you are creating a BluRay disc, your outputs should be 1440x1080 MPEGs.
To create a DVD from your parts, mix your output videos and your photos in a standard DV project.
To create a BluRay from your parts, mix your output videos and your photos into an HDV project.

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I am trying to determine the new project preset for multi-camera video shot as follows: 3 Canon camcorders, main shot is DV (tape) (720x480), b-roll is DVD (mini-disk) (720x480), additional b-roll is AVCHD (1920x1080). Film is from a wedding, DV contain

I am trying to determine the new project preset for a multi-camera video shot as follows: 3 Canon camcorders,
Main shot is DV (tape) (720x480, 29fps) - ceremony and reception
b-roll is DVD (mini-disk) (720x480, 29fps) - bride preparations
additional b-roll is AVCHD (1920x1080, 29fps) - groom preparations and misc all day ceremony and reception.
Film is from a wedding, DV contains main footage so I assume it will need to be the base. I am planning to use the preset for DV-Widescreen. Is there a better option? I'm concerned about playback as the three appear to have different PAR. I'm using Premiere Elements 10 on W8.
Ultimately this will be burned for two formats - one for a DVD that can be watched on a widescreen TV, second for a short clip trailer to go on vimeo.
(And no I won't be doing this again for a wedding that I shoot.)

VDRAVES
Please review since I am not sure how you obtained Video 3 tall when you scaled Video 3 with Constrain Proportions in effect.
Before
After
It becomes a zoomed in effect to get rid of the black borders. But, there is no tall and thin involved anywhere.
And, after the Scale increase, you can always click on the screen and move the image around a bit
(without overdoing it to get black borders again).
After and an adjust
Please let us know if you are OK with the information above.
Thank you.
ATR

Premiere elements 7 and project presets

Hi,
I have a question regarding quality of edited video and project presets. I use a Panasonic HDS-9 AVCHD camcorder which is set to record at the XA 1920 x 1080 full HD mode. Once the mt2 files are in Premiere I have tried two of the project presets. Full HD 1920 x 1080 5.1 Channel (PAL) and HD 1440 x 1080 5.1 Channel (PAL). I have burnt to folder and then used DVD shrink (no compression settings used) to package it into an iso file so I can use the file with menus on my Freecom media player which attaches to my Panasonic HD ready TV using component jacks. What I have found is that the HD 1440 x 1080 preset appears to produce very slightly better quality. I was not able to explain what the exact difference was until my 7 year old son described the difference as being 'one of them looks more shiny'. What I think is happening is that anything that has movement, however slight, is creating very marginal screen smear which makes that part of the screen seem less clear. It is not bad and had I not tried the 1440 setting I would probably have accepted it. The trouble is I am fussy, and now that I have seen the difference I need to find out what other problems I may run into if I use the lower preset as the information in Premiere seems to suggests that I should be using the Full HD preset if the footage was shot in full HD. Anybody have any thoughts on this or experienced this?
Thanks
Lou

"What I have found is that the HD 1440 x 1080 preset appears to produce very slightly better quality" is what you say.
I have sought out your camcorder and checked its specifications and found:
From what I have read and what you have said, it sounds like your Panasonic HDC-HS9 is recording AVCHD (video MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; audio Dolby Digital 5.1 channel sound) 1920 x 1080i50 (if you have a PAL version of the camcorder = 25 frames per second or 50 fields per second). At this point, I am not sure if you are recording to the camcorder’s hard drive or to a memory card.
So, I find it appropriate that you select your Premiere Elements project preset (New Project dialog) = PAL AVCHD Full HD1080i25 5.1 channel sound. Typically it is suggested that the project preset be as close as possible to the properties of the imported video to give you the appropriate frame work for editing. This does not prohibit you from making other export choices and downsizing as in this case. Although how well Premiere Elements 7 can downsize is another question. And, I suspect that your imported video has Fields = upper fields first.
If you tell me that you are burning to folder, that means to me that you are creating DVD-VIDEO files (presumed PAL 720 x 576 25 frames per second, with 16:9). And these DVD-VIDEO files would have Fields = lower fields first. And you are going from 1920 x 1080 with square pixels to 720 x 576 with a 16:9 flag. I am thinking Fields issue or 16:9 flag issue. But, then the question comes up, why not for both choices of project preset.
Here comes my questions.
1. How repeatable and consistant is this slight difference that you are seeing and relating to the project preset (New Project dialog)?
2. Are you taking the same video, doing the same edits for the comparison of the project presets of PAL AVCHD Full HD1080i25 5.1 channel and PAL AVCHD HD1080i25 5.1 channel?
3. I may be overlooking something tonight, but I cannot invoke a scenario to target the project presets unless you are doing something grossly different in the edits or using different videos in the comparison.
Since there is a lot going on after the DVD video files are generated, is there any chance you could do a mini comparison creating menus and burning to DVD in Premiere Elements 7 and determine if this difference exists then?
I need to think on this some more to include some aspects that I did not include here now.
ATR

HELP I chose SD project preset instead of source material's HD and I have finished editing, can I change this?

So I have been working on this music video for a long time. I finished yesterday and today I tried to export the video. It had this strange black box around it and the quality was bad.
A little digging showed that the whole time my project presets were for some reason 640x480 SD instead of the 1920x1080 HD of my source video clips, so even if I tried to export in 16:9 HD, stretched 4:3 SD was the maximum quality I could get! The editing is very complex with lots of quick cuts, so there's no way I'm re-doing the whole thing, and I've already tried copying and pasting everything in the timeline to another project with the correct presets, and that doesn't work. Is there ANY way to fix this situation? I'm not too worried about transitions, if I lose those in the process it wouldn't really matter, but I want to save all my quick timed cuts between clips. I am using Premiere Elements 13 on Windows 7 64-bit. The source material is AVCHD 1920x1080p and a mix of 30p and 60p, and I want the final video to be the same but all 30p.
Thanks for reading and I really hope to solve this issue,
Ben.

Ben
Thanks for the update. Sorry that the new project was necessary. You did well making the transition from problem project to new.
However, you may have gotten into some trouble with your export settings. But, at least that can be corrected in the export of the new project and should not require starting from the beginning in yet another project. I am suspecting that your export is 1920 x 1080i 29.97 "M2T AVCHD" instead of 1920 x 1080p 29.97 "M2T AVCHD".
You appear to have used Publish+Share/Computer/AVCHD with the M2T H264 1920 x 1080p24. If you say that your export is 1920 x 1080 29.97, then you would have had to go under the Advanced Button of the p24 preset to customize the preset to 29.97 instead of 24.
But, now for the unexpected under that preset....if you use Frame Rate 24 frames per second, you have progressive settings. But, if you change the Frame Rate to 29.97 under the Advanced Button of the preset, you have interlaced settings. In the latter, note the fields for Upper or Lower for Field Order. That is interlaced video. Interlace video has fields, progressive video does not. And, if you do the export and read the properties of the export using a properties read out program, you confirm interlace and not progressive export. Confirm in project....
Can you use the MP4 H.264 1920 x 1080p30 preset instead?
Please review and consider.
Thank you.
ATR

2 project settings questions

Hello again
Still experimenting with PrE8 trial version. This is my first experience with a video editor so learning all from scratch. I have a couple of questions regarding the project setting you need to chose when you create a new project. I understand these settings define the "working" enviroment for the editing process - in other words the resolution and all the other characteristics (format, frame rate, etc) that the project will use
1) I have a camera that´s 1920x1080 30p (progressive) , the GoPro HD. When I look in the new project presets, all 1920 x 1080 presets available seem to be specifically designed for interlaced video. This is indicated by the names of the presets, and by their descriptions as well. There is only 1 progressive preset, of a lower resolution (720p)
Nevertheless, I tried using the HD 1080i preset, loaded some 1920x1080 progressive mp4 files, and apparently it works perfectly well. In fact when I go to edit>project settings>general window, the project attributes indicate progressive video !!!
Is there really any difference (or specific requirement) in a project preset for interlaced vs progressive video? ( I am beginning to suspect that there is really no difference, and that the coding ( i vs p) does not really form part of the project settings, and that the project will take both forms of input media)
any thoughts on this?
2) The GoPro has a non-standard resolution mode, HD with 4:3 aspect ratio : 1280x960 30p
There is no project setting preset that will match this, how can I create one myself ?
The PrE help says this is possible, but I can't find how. ( Edit>project settings will not let me change the resolution)
from the help
If your source footage requires a custom project preset, you can create one. The procedure for creating a preset differs if you’re changing settings for an open project versus establishing settings for a new project. Presets you create can be applied to new projects, and if you want to back up or distribute preset files, you can find them in the Settings subfolder of the Adobe Premiere Elements folder on your hard disk.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremiereElements/8.0/Win/Using/WS09e4b3c48f3a79fc19b622510385d 4355c-7fde.html
Again thanks so much for your time and your help , much appreciated.
Gonza

Unfortunately you will not be able to use the video from those "sports" camcorders directly in Premiere Elements. It's just not compatible with the program.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/415317?tstart=0
As you can see from this FAQ, there are three options for converting the video:
1) Convert it a DV-AVI using MPEG Streamclip. It's a free program, but the DV-AVI it outputs will not be hi-def. It will be standard video, but it will be editable in Premiere Elements.
2) Convert it to a standard def DV-AVI using Quicktime Pro, a $29 download from Apple.com,and edit in Premiere Elements.
3) Use Quicktime Pro to do your editing. The video will remain a high-def MP4.
The best solution, of course, is if the camcorder itself comes with its own editing software. That's software you KNOW will work with the camcorder's footage.
But, short of that, you'll need to use one of the hybrid solutions above. But you will not be able to edit the footage directly in Premiere Elements. Sorry.

Which Project preset for Canon 5D Mark 2 ?

Living in Europe I use PAL. But I am not sure if my camera (Canon 5D Mark 2) is AVCHD or HDV so I can choose the correct project preset.
Then Full HD 1080i? Or should there be a choice of 1080p for this camera? And finally 5-canal or not?

PRE does not have a 1080p option.
From the specifications (HD 1920 x 1080, MOV (Video: H.264, Sound: Linear PCM) you will need a "AVCHD Full HD 1080i 25" project setting.
I suggest you try with a small clip first to see how good the output is. Note that the Internet has many sob stories about using 5D video footage.
If you don't need to do too much with the file you could try QuickTime Pro - others post here saying that this is a great tool for .MOV files. I think you can also use QuickTime Pro to convert to a more PRE friendly format, perhaps other 'regulars' could comment.
Cheers,
Neale
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Project Preset to use with m2t files in CS4

I capture HD video from my Sony HDR-HC9 using the Sony capture utility. The Sony capture utility can divide the capture into datestamp clips, while Premiere Capture just does it as one file (If I am wrong about this please let me know).
I want to know what project preset I should use with these files. I want to edit HD at the best fidelity possible since I want to be able to export to various media types from DV mpg (for my cable access shows), youtube, DVD, and blue ray.
I just bought a Sony VPC-F1190X with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 installed. So far it works beautifully with the m2t files with the HDV 1080i30(60i) preset or with the ACH-I 100 1080i60.

You question has been answered in the other thread.
You might want to have a look at this:
http://tv.adobe.com/product/premiere-pro/

Project Presets For Editing .mov 720P

Hello, I have Drift Inovations 170HD Stealth that I would like to edit in PE11. The camera specs show that it records 1080P and 720P in .mov (h.264) format. What would be the best Project Setting for that?
Thanks!
DAVE

Dave,
That was very good news.
For the 720p25, 720p30, and 720p60, I would look at:
For 720p60
Publish+Share
Computer
AVCHD
with Presets = MP4 - HD 720p60
(Refer to details in screenshot below)
For 720p30
Publish+Share
Computer
AVCHD
with Presets = MP4 - HD 720p60
(but in this case, you are going to go under the Advanced Button/Video Tab and change the frame rate from 60 to 30.
Refer to details in screenshot below)
For 720p25
Publish_Share
Computer
AVCHD
with Presets = MP4 - HD 720p60
(but in this case, you are going to go under the Advanced Button/Video Tab and change the frame rate from 60 to 25.
Refer to details in screenshot below)
720p60
720p30
720p25
The choice of 59.94 vs 60 and 29.97 vs 30 often depends of details from your camera. But see how you do with the suggested settings.
Thanks.
ATR

No Full AVCHD 1920x1080p60 Preset?

Interesting: I just installed the trial version of PE11 and used my key code from my Amazon purchase of PE11 (the AMZN downloader repeatedly stated that it would take 24 hours to download it. Really AMZN?? I downloaded it from Adobe in 11 minutes...) and I have no "Full AVCHD 1920x1080p60" preset. Furthermore, somewhere on the Adobe website it is stated that when you import a clip, the project settings will automatically change to match the clip ( which is definately full AVCHD 1080p, 60fps) but it does not...
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Most interesting! NTSC (the corresponding PAL setting is missing as well.)
VDOSurfer's link above worked like a charm. I just wonder why it was missing. English version, etc...
One other oddity: The extracted version from the link above is: *AVCHD 1080p60.sqpreset.sqpreset*. Note the repeated file extension. My installation HAS the preset in the preset directory, but with only one extension like the others...
Did my install get corrupted in some odd way?
thanks, all!

How to create a custom Project Preset Premiere Elements 9?

Hi,
In the help documentation of Premiere Elements 9 it says that i can create a new Project Preset: "The procedure for creating a preset differs if you’re changing settings for an open project versus establishing settings for a new project. Presets you create can be applied to new projects, and if you want to back up or distribute preset files, you can find them in the Settings subfolder of the Adobe Premiere Elements folder on your hard disk." (url).
Sadly, i can't find the specific instructions that would help me to establish settings for a new project and save it.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Jorge

Steve,
Below is the spec of the footage. I get this info using "VideoSpec". The thing I can't match a preset Full HD 1080i 60(59,96).
Thanks again.
*** Video Track Parameters ***
- Format: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
- Size: 25.3 MiB (99%)
- FourCC: H264
- Track number(s): 0
- Bitrate: Max.: Undefined
   Average: 17508 Kbps
   Min.: Undefined
- Frame rate (fps): Max.: 59.960
   Average: 59.940
   Min.: 59.920
- Bitrate mode: Variable
- Encoding profile: [email protected]
- Resolution: 24 bits
- Width (Pixel number): 1920
- Height (Pixel number): 1080
- Pixel Aspect Ratio: Undefined
- Display aspect ratio: 16:9
- Chroma subsampling format: YUV420p
- TV standard: Undefined
- Interlacing: Interlaced - Top Field First
- Encoding library: Undefined
- Additional Parameters: CABAC: Yes
   Reference Frames: 4
*** Audio Track(s) Parameters ***
- Format: AAC - MPEG-4 audio
- Size: 190 KiB (1%)
- FourCC: MP4A
- Number(s) and language(s): 2: English
- Details: -
- Profile: Low Complexity
- Bitrate: 128 Kbps
- Bitrate mode: Constant
- Resolution: 16 bits
- Rate: 48.0 KHz
- Channel(s): 2 (stereo)
- Position: Left Right
- Encoding Library: Undefined
- Additional Parameters: Spectral Band Replication: No

Project Management Question - timelines for Production system deployment

Hi
I need an expert advice on setting up timelines for establishing an Oracle Apps Production environment. We are implementing Oracle HR & Payroll at an organization.
Our system architecture is a 2-node application tier and 2-node DB tier (RAC). RAC is configured by another party and we only have to prepare the application tier (2 nodes)
We would be installing Oracle Apps R11i (11.5.10) with jserv load balancing on the 2-nodes
Can anyone suggest how much time this should take to install/configure & patching of the application tier (on 2 nodes)?
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Duplicate post (check your other thread):
Project Management Question - timelines for Production system deployment
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Save motion project preset?

Is there a way to save a custom motion project preset?

hi
open a new project. go to Edit menu-> project properties. From Preset menu choose custom. create as you se fit. You can save this as the default one to open with. although you may have to have the preferences set to welcome screen or create new project to see this.
this is all covered in the manual, and it might give you some more detail
hth
adam

Motion project presets have the wrong framerate

One of our computers has an issue with project presets in Motion. When you start a new Motion project, you have the option of picking from a list of presets for your project. Of these, the last 17 on the list have the incorrect framerate: XDCam HD, EX and HD422, as well as Broadcast HD 1080i50 and 1080i60.
For example: XDCam HD422 1080p24 has a framerate of 29.97, 1080p25 is 23.98 and 1080p30 is 25.
Has anyone else seen this before?

EDIT:
We just tried taking a good preset file from one computer and moving it to the other computer with the bad settings. Opened Motion, the preset was still incorrect. We then opened the file in TextEdit, and it showed the correct framerate.
So something else must be reading the framerate incorrectly.

Project Billing Question

Hi All,
I have couple of Project billing questions. Hope you can help
1)A wrong customer was attached to project billing agreement, funding and base line also completed for the customer.
Now we realized that its wrong customer and want to change it to correct customer.
What are the options we have here?
Can we delete or end date the billing agreement?
will the funding be release from the wrong customner after deleting or end dating the billing agreement?
2) Wrong customer attached to a project..agreements,funding,baselining are NOT done.
How can we delete this customer and add the correct customer?
The option to change the customer is grayed out.
Appreciate if you can help.
Thanks

Hi
On your first question you said the agreement was created for wrong customer. Since you already baselined the funding, I assume you have that customer linked to the project.
You can go the Agreement form and enter a negative funding line allocated to the same project. The total allocated amount will be zero. The agreement is now not allocated and free to be allocated to another project. If it is a wrong agreement you may update the agreement amount to zero. Now create a new agreement for the right customer.
The open issue is with the project. You have a wrong customer associated with that project. However, system will not allow you to remove the customer - project record. Solution depends on the way the project was setup. Did you enable customer at top task? if so, end date the top task and create an alternative top task with the right customer.
If the project has been set with a single customer you better close the project and start a new one.
However, if you need an alternative solution, I can suggest a custom method. Go to Help > ..> Examine and change the existing customer of the project to zero contribution.
Now you will be able to add the right customer to the project and have 100% contribution on it.
Dina

Project Presets now 'missing' following un/re-install CS4 Prem Pro

A few glitches were hampering me so, tried and tested, I uninstalled and re-installed the WHOLE CS4 Prem Pro. Now, a big handful of Project Presets are missing. I'm now using v. nice HD footage/files and want to utilize their size and defenition. What's happened to my missing Project Presets please? Using PC with 64-Bit Windows Home 7.

Did you use Cleaner Tool before re-installing?
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

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