Is Lightroom a viable tool to manage video assets for Premiere Pro?

I'm trying to determine the easiest workflow for cataloging and importing DSLR video footage for my video productions. Generally, I simply drag my video footage from the memory card over to my RAID array and store the footage in a subfolder named after the date it was shot. I'd love to be able to use the metadata features of lightroom to help catalog my vast library of footage. Currently, the only way I have it organized is by date and then by Premiere Pro project.
Does anyone use Lightroom for video cataloging? I know it is possible, but I have found little info on whether this is a common workflow.
I'd like to avoid using a different third party cataloging system, so if any of you are using lightroom for your premiere pro cataloging I'd love to hear your advice.

+1 on the very slow green drives
for Adobe you never want an ATI card
nVidia is Cuda enabled and off loads some of the load to GPU.
with upcoming CS5 and the Mercury engine you have very very few choices. all are nVidia
285
and higher Quadro series. (which give no absolutely no performance gain over the 285) in fact most of the quadro are based on the much slower 260.
nVidia managed to get Adobe to agree to this can you guess why?
hopefully before release they will at least support the 295 and (doubtfully the 260)
Scott
ADK

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I am trying to decide on which video card to get with my new Windows 7 desktop. I run CS4 Master Suite, mostly:
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1.Stability.
2. Performance (most importantly for PP and AE, less so for PS)
3. Quiet. I don't want a jet engine in my office.
4. Price. I will spend whatever it takes, but less is more!
I have been researching this for days and cannot figure out what the answer is. I see on the PPBM project that the top machines use a ATI HD4870, but I have also seen some reviews that this card can be pretty noisy.
In case it matters, here are the specs on my new machine:
The new machine is a Dell XPS 9000 (basically a newer version of my current machine). It will sport:
1 Intel Core i7-920 processor (4 cores)
12 GB RAM
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One Project RAID 0 array with 3 drives of 2TB each (SATA) (WD Caviar Green variable speed)
Dual 30" 2560 x 1600 monitors
(I will be posting a seperate question about the RAID project drive ... I see some discussion on this board that perhaps I would be better off with 3 seperate drives. I will be asking about that seperately)
Comments? Suggestions?
Thanks in advance!.

+1 on the very slow green drives
for Adobe you never want an ATI card
nVidia is Cuda enabled and off loads some of the load to GPU.
with upcoming CS5 and the Mercury engine you have very very few choices. all are nVidia
285
and higher Quadro series. (which give no absolutely no performance gain over the 285) in fact most of the quadro are based on the much slower 260.
nVidia managed to get Adobe to agree to this can you guess why?
hopefully before release they will at least support the 295 and (doubtfully the 260)
Scott
ADK

Video card for Premiere Pro

I am considering purchasing a new 2013 Imac 3.2 GHz quad core I5 with 16 GB of ram. I would probably get the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX with 2GB GDDR5 video card. My question is would the video card allow for Mercury Playback and if not would it get me close to that kind of performance the Mercury Playback provides with Premiere Pro?

Let's assume you are willing to spend € 1000 on your system.
If you get the GTX 660 Ti, you are out of around € 250-300 and that leaves you with around € 700-750 to spend on your disk setup. You already have an 8-port LSI controller. You also have 4 disks, set up as two raid0 arrays, giving you an approximate transfer raid of 260 BG/s on each array if they are modern disks, maybe 200 GB/s if they are somewhat older.
If you were to get say 6 Seagate Constellation ES 1 TB disks @ € 90, that would set you back around € 540 but you gain 6 TB of raw space (5 TB net in raid5), and when configured as a 6 disk raid5 array would give you about 600 GB/s transfer rate. This would require moving one raid0 array to the Marvell ports on your mobo. To me that looks like a better solution than the Titan card.

Best Export / Video settings for Premiere Pro. Help Needed.

What's the best settings when you want to export a video from Premiere Pro for the web or otherwise. Best settings = good quality video and LOW file size.
Benchmark : The videos on Apple Trailers. Check them out at http://www.apple.com/trailers
The trailers are of high quality video, great sounds, and the Large sizes all fall under the 25MB mark. Any ideas on HOW this is done and what
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Any help is appreciated. I normally use Encoder and export using H264 but that always seems to have an Audio lag. Any similar issues?
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I understand that better quality = bigger file size. That's true in most cases, but there is a way around it, I'm just not sure what that way is. As I mentioned in the original post, the benchmark is http://www.apple.com/trailers . The non-HD videos on any movie page on that site hardly ever exceeds the 25MB mark. The videos are 2-3minutes long, and while they may not be top-notch BD visuals, they look way better than 95% of the stuff that's streamed off the net.
That's why I asked if anyone had any ideas on how to replicate something like that. Say I had a avi file of great quality, shot with a Panasonic DV Cam. I Capture the footage, do whatever I have to in Pr, and the result is now a 3minute video. I want it exported to a Quicktime file, I want it to look visually pleasing like the trailers on Apple, and I want it to fall under 25MB. I have tried H.264 encoding, regular Quicktime, and Quicktime via Encoder. Nothing reaches the expected quality.
For more examples visit http://www.passionpictures.com.my/pages/recent.aspx and download those simple 30second clips. All Quicktime, mostly under 5.5MB. If Pr can't do it, then I don't know what can...so I'm sure Pr can do it.
Problem is, how? Experimentation is definitely a way to go, I get that. But on the basis of the scenario given above...how is it done?

Free video tutorials for Premiere Pro CS6

Jeff Sengstack and Infinite Skills just put out a huge training series about Premiere Pro CS6. I think it's very well done. Good job, Jeff! You can preview 22 of the video tutorials from the Infinite Skills website or my blog.
A blog with links to the tutorials are found here: http://blogs.adobe.com/kevinmonahan/2012/08/28/free-video-tutorial-samples-from-learning-p remiere-pro-cs6/
Enjoy!

Can't wait to check 'em out.

Are there video templates for Premiere Pro?

I was wondering if Adobe Premiere has any video templates to make video editing a little faster and professional?
Message was edited by: Kevin Monahan

One that I can plug video and pictures and the back ground looks
professtional. One like this.
http://vimeo.com/111843694
I hope that helps
Those look like "Virtual 3D Sets".
There used to be software that did this. IIRC : from Serious Magic. ( Mark Mapes may be will comment)

Optimal Hard Drive Configuration for Premiere Pro CS5 and Pro Tools

I am in the process of upgrading a workstation that is used primarily for multi-track audio recording in Pro Tools to use the following Adobe CS5 products for production of promotional videos in HDV (and AVCHD for the web) as well as printed marketing materials for bands and musicians: Premiere Pro, Encore, Photoshop, Illustrator and Soundbooth.
Since Premiere Pro is probably the most demanding application of the group, I have been studying the suggested hardware configurations on this forum with great interest, particularly HARM's suggestions (including his Generic Guideline for Disk Setup) to determine which hard drives to purchase and the optimal manner in which to configure them.
I am upgrading an HP Z800 with dual quad core 2.44 GhZ processors with hyperthreading (16 virtual cores), 12 GB of memory and an overclocked GeForce GTX 470. Without setting up a RAID configuration (which I cannot afford at the moment), I would like to use the 4 available HDD bays in the Z800 in the optimal manner for Premier Pro, using currently available drives. I am currently considering purchasing a 300GB VelociRaptor to use as my C drive because of the extended load times and demands placed on the drive by ProTools and the associated Waves plug-ins.
I would appreciate suggestions to improve my following plan: C (300GB WD VelociRaptor) for OS and Programs; D (1 TB WD Black Caviar) for Media and Projects; E (1 250 GB WD Black Caviar) for Pagefile (approx. 18 GB) and Media Cache; and E (2 TB WD Black Caviar) for Previews, Exports and Pro Tools audio files.
I have great respect for the knowledge of the members of this forum and eagerly await your suggestions.
/Bill

I very much appreciate the responses to my email because I know that all of your time is valuable and that you have chosen to use some of that valuable time to help an unknown individual. This forum is remarkable because of the wealth of knowledge available and the willingness of so many to assist others.
I now wish to narrow my questions to save you time and so that I can get specific advice. I may not have not been clear that I have already upgraded to the HP Z800 with dual quad core processors and overclocked GTX 470, primarily for the improved performance it will provide in ProTools. My question now is how to optimize its performance for Premiere Pro CS5. Based upon my research, I am considering the following two upgrades, but I am open to other suggestions if they would provide better results at a similar cost
1. I am considering purchasing a 600GB WD VelociRaptor ( WD6000HLXH) for my C drive on which I would place OS (Windows 7, 64 Bit) and programs in an effort to reduce loading times of large programs. I have two questions: (1) Are members of the forum seeing a significant improvment in program loading times with the VelociRaptor because I am still not convinced that the price performance of SSD's justifies their use; and (2) There are so many models of VelociRaptors now that I want to be certain that I am purchasing the best version for my needs. In addition to the usual 10000 RPM speed, this model has 32MB Cache and a 3.5" form factor as well as a SATA 6.0GB/s interface (which I doubt my motherboard can take advantage of but it might extend the useful life of the drive with future configurations).
2. I currently have available for installation in the Z800 the following drives: (1) WD 2TB Black Caviar; (1) WD 1TB Black Caviar; (2) Hitachi 1TB. I believe that the Z800 can accept up to 5 SATA hard drives which I will have if I purchase the Velociraptor. Although I am reasonably knowledeable when it comes to hardware, I have never set up a RAID configuration. Therefore, it would be helpful if someone could recommend one of the various RAID configurations and brieflyexplain why it would seem to be best for my needs. I can then focus my research on understanding that one configuration.
I was planning to follow Scott's suggestion for my current 3 drives: OS and programs on C (WD 600 GBVelociRaptor), media and projects on D (WD 1TB Black Caviar), export files and Pro Tools files (all live musician tracks, no samples) on E (WD 2TB Black Caviar). However, I have been reading about the benefits of a RAID configuration so I am interested in further suggestions now that I have clarified my questions.
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Is there a way we can edit and improve existing youtube videos by using premiere pro? Just simple changes like having professional looking opening and closing credits?

Is there a way we can edit and improve existing youtube videos by using premiere pro? Just simple changes like having professional looking opening and closing credits?

Assuming you do not have access to the "original" video/project and the YouTube video is the only copy, there is a method. Try "YouTube Downloader" which is a free software that allows you to download clips from YouTube as .mp4 files. You can then edit with Premiere, and re-encode again for upload to YouTube. Just keep in mind that you are re-compressing the video so there will be some quality loss. The better the quality of the original, the better the copy will hold up.
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Hi there,
I have an old video camera that is still working. That video camera uses a Hi 8 tape. The tape is bigger that the current DV tape. The size of the tape is something like a tape cassette.
How to transfer the content of the video to Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 for editing ? Being an old video camera, the output doesn't have any firewire or USB connector. In fact the only output is has is the Yellow, Red & while connector (is this referred to as composite).
So, how do I input this Yellow, Red & White cable into the PC (or rather into Adobe Pro CS3) ?
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Ryan,
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Hi,
Is there a way to import wmv video files in premiere without converting them before?
I'm aware, that exporting is another topic, i'm only intrested in importing.
I only found the information, that AME is able to import WMVs after installing Windows Media Player for Mac (http://forums.adobe.com/message/4031104), but is this also possible in the same way for Premiere Pro?
Thanks a lot in advance.

Were you ever able to find a solution for this? I am working on a project that has some .WMV files and trying to import them in Premiere Pro CC on a Mac. Thanks!

How do I import mp4 video files into Premiere Pro Cs4

For sometime now, I've been finding it practically impossible to import video files into premiere Pro cs4 especially mp4 files which happens to be the commonest to me now, as I currently shoot with a Nokia Lumia 920 phone with Windows phone 8 OS. I have tried severally to convert the videos into various other formats using Xilisoft video converter version 7.7.2 and each time I do this, they would either not play fine in cs4 or not import at all.
Please what can I do to be able to import these mp4 files into Cs4 or what format or how do I convert them into a format that would play seamlessly for better editing?
Funny enough, I had once imported video files that were shot with the same phone and they worked well, just wondering why they aren't now.
Please any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks
NKC

I'm happy to announce to you all that my "mp4 importing" issues has been sorted out. Now I import mp4 shot with the same Windows Phone 8 Device into Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. Only that for the moment, it doesn't play as fast as with ordinary player.
But how did I get it to work, you may wonder;
I simply installed Itunes on the system, I also installed an app called media monkey. I can't say which of the apps did the magic but the next time I tried to import mp4 files into Premiere Pro after these installations, it imported seamlessly.
Obviously there's a link between the required codecs and the itunes itself.
You may want to try it and hope it works for you.
Kindly inform us if it works.
Thank you all.
Cheers.

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Discovered that certain codec presets (specifically the AVCHD codec) was not available for Premiere Pro CS6 installed under Creative Cloud for Enterprise.
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Hello Ann,
Appreciate your reply..
Here is where some additional confusion arises (reference bottom part referring to Video Serial Keys) Adobe support said that these Video Keys are to be purchased from the reseller (which makes no sense)
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i5 4th gen 4670K 3.4 Ghz LGA 1150 (Keeping in mind the benchmark tests found on this site for CC)
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hello,
i noticed that there are less video transition on premiere pro cc than premiere cs6...
what's the reason? is there any possibility to import video transition to the pro cc?
many thanks,
ofer

cc_merchant wrote:
It is not hostile, it is drawing attention to the costly handcuffs of Adobe.
pə-ˈtā-(ˌ)tō, pə-ˈtä-(ˌ)tō, ˈardɑpəl
The use of terminology like "handcuffs," "theft-rates," "bondage," "greed" strikes me as hostile. Courtesy Webster online: "a: of or relating to an enemy; b: marked by malevolence: having or showing unfriendly feelings; c: openly opposed or resisting."
I'm a bit stumped by the link you provide. I have not posted to that thread, and the quote you cite is instead from this very thread. Post 12, to be precise. Proceeding on the assumption that the link was simply a mistake on your part but the quote was what you intended to paste, I'd say "the easy way out" would have been to do nothing: let users continue to struggle with the problems caused by the disparity in effects and transitions across platforms. Instead, we opted to address the issue--in the manner we deemed best for the majority of our customers given the realities of deadlines, finite resources, and competing priorities. As it happens, I was directly involved in these decisions. In light of the small number of complaints I've seen in the 7 months since the release of CC2014, I'm comfortable with the choices we made.
But more to the point in light of the point you were attempting to make, I'm utterly baffled at how you think my statement substantiates your hyperbolic assertion that the CC releases of Premiere Pro are untested.
And now back to Oferez307's previously scheduled thread...

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