PrPro vs AE cs5

So I have been looking at exPanding to some 3rd party plug-ins, and some of them are only available for after effects, where as others are available for both AE and PrPro. To tell you the truth, AE really intimidates me. So I basically try to do everything I can in PrPro. I've done 2 different tasks in AE so far, and felt like I was in over my head both times. (it just seems to me the program itself is a little more cumbersome) My question is, with a PI that reads it's compatible with both AE and PrPro, if I use it only in PrPro will I be missing out on anything performance wise? Or will the plug-ins work exactly the same in both programs? Plug-ins I'm looking at are Red Giants colorista and also instant hd. Haven't tried the trials yet, but if they do what I want, will they be any lacking just using them in PrPro?

To oversimplify only a little bit, the Premiere Pro plug-in API isa subset of the After Effects plug-in API. If an effect plug-in is written for After Effects, it _might_ work completely in Premiere Pro, and it might work partially in Premiere Pro. Or it might fail. If someone writes an effect plug-in that is actually intended to run in both programs, we ask them to ensure that any features that are in After Effects but not in Premiere Pro don't cause problems. In other words, we recommend that the failure be "graceful". But that graceful failure is not something that you can assume for a plug-in written for After Effects that you just happen to try in Premiere Pro.
What I'm saying is basically to be careful and to not assume that just because a plug-in loads in Premiere Pro that it will actually work without problems.
Adobe Technical Support doesn't support the use of plug-ins in Premiere Pro that were not created for Premiere Pro.

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Why are still photos blurry when I play movie?

I am making a video slideshow using Adobe Premiere Elements 9. Most of the video is made up still photos. When I playback the video the still photos are blurry. What should I do to prevent this? Thanks!

I read your article Bill, and that just seems like a massive amount of work for the average individual who wants to put together a movie. Is all of that really necessary?
With PS, or PSE, and Scaling Actions, one can do batch processing of entire folders of images in moments. That linked article gives setup tips for doing batch scaling very easily, and the Action, plus Automate to Batch, will work on entire folders. My workstation will automatically process ~ 500 4000x3000 pixel images to 720x480 in about 2 mins.
There are two benefits when Scaling stills in an image processing program, prior to Import into an NLE (Non Linear Editor) program:
The processing overhead is greatly reduced
The quality is greatly improved, as the Scaling algorithms in an image processing program, are much better *
If one wants to let the NLE program do the processing, and one has many large images (especially at still camera resolutions), then they WILL need a very powerful computer.
Good luck,
Hunt
* PrPro, as of CS5, has improved the quality of Scaling, but the overhead issue still exists.

Why does my project not stay rendered ?

Hi, things are generally going swimmingly.
However, after rendering for smooth play of titles and fx and then closing, upon opening the project again, the render is gone and I must render again. Is this the norm? Why don't those areas stay rendered. I understand that if I change a title or transition, it will be necessary to render. It's just annoying to have to render each time I open the project.
Also, I get occasional messages that there is a major problem and Adobe has to close. Which it does.
toutmeister

John,
You are correct that the Rendering should "stick," no matter how many times you Close/Open the Project, or reboot the computer. Still, some users report issues with the Renders sticking.
For starters, the Renders are basically "proxy files," that PrE (or PrPro) uses for smoothest playback. These files are linked to in the Project file, the PREL in PrE, or the PRPROJ file, in PrPro. Sometimes, those links can be broken, and for various reasons. Usuallly, if the link is broken, the program will ask "Where is Render file _____.AVI?" though not always. In most of the cases of "missing" Render files, no dialog screen appears.
Some of the elements that can contribute to the missing Renders are:
External HDD's used for the Scratch Disks
Networked drives used for the Scratch Disks
Some totally unknown problem
The first two are usually obvious, when the question, "where are your Scratch Disk files located?" but for the third, its a mystery, and fortunately only affects a few users. If there is no issue with #'s 1, or 2, then it's a case of # 3. Do #'s 1, or 2, apply in your case?
If it's any consolation, it seems that # 3 also happens with PrPro CS4 and CS5, and even Adobe does not have a cause, or fix. From following these issues, when # 3 hits, there seems to be nothing in common, between the Projects of those, who are "bitten." Each case seems different, and many of those users only have it with a single Project. The next half-dozen will stay Rendered. So far, it's been impossible to track this down, or even identify a Project, where it is likely to happen.
Sorry that I do not have more to offer, other than to say, either Re-render, or if it's not really necessary, let it go. I have many Projects, where playback is adequate, and I do not bother to Render, while I have others, especially with a lot of Keyframed animation, where I might Render a section dozens of times, while I adjust things.
For some more background on Rendering, see this ARTICLE.
Good luck,
Hunt

Uprezzing sd footage to hd?

Guys,
I shot a wedding with 2 cameras: Canon XHA1 (HD) and Canon XL2 (SD). I have always worked with SD footage in the past in Adobe premiere Pro products. Now as you have figured out, I need to insert the SD footage into my PP CS5 HDV project. I think if I capture my sd footage in a differenet project with the correct SD settings, and then import the footage in the hdv project, the resolution will be wrong. Can you guys please give me insightful suggestions on what is the best (highest quality) way to up rezz or convert my SD XL2 footage into HD? I just want to make it compatible with my XHA1 project settings with highest quality possible. Is there any feature in the new PP CS5 to do this? or is the technology not there yet that cost me thousands of dollars?
Thanks and any help would be appreciated.

I have used BorisFx BCC Uprez filter for
converting 720 x 480 SD to 1440 x 1080 HDV.
It has flexibile settings and includes sharpening
If your SD video clip is good quality the conversion has been good.
This works as a pluggin to either AE of PrPro --but not CS5. If you still have CS4 on your machine it will run in that program even with Windows 7 64 bit (as it runs in 32 bit compatibility mode, just as CS4 does) CS5 is natively 64 bit and the 32 bit 3rd party effects no longer work
The XHA1 SD stream should be able to be capture by PrPro--I do it all the time. This is most likely a camera setting problem, and I can almost predict that you have set the output in the camera menu to be AUTO. This doesn't work you need to set either HDV or SD as appropriate.

HDV timeline to DVD

I have a 13-minute video, shot in HDV 60i, edited in Premiere Pro CS4 HDV 60i (without any intermediary.) The question is how to now make the highest quality wide screen DVD. My first attempt involved using Adobe Media encoder and highest quality settings on "MPEG-DVD" to create m2v and wav files. After importing into Encore, the DVD was burned and it is certainly okay, but not great-looking. Does anyone know another way to do this using the tools that come with Premiere CS4 and Encore CS4?

I think that the results will be very good. Only you can decide whether they are worth the time. Personally, for a long Transcode, I start these as the evening news comes on, and check back in with the morning coffee.
One thing that would help would be render-farms, but that only costs $ and is not part of the workflow in PrPro yet. CS5? Who knows. Still, there is the $.
Good luck, and please update this post, when things are done and you have made the determination on the quality differences.
Hunt

PE9 - One of the best products of 2010?

It seems that VideoMaker has selected Adobe Premiere Elements 9 as one of their best products of the year for 2010. Just received their email announcing the decision.
What about all the issues users are experiencing, according to this forum?

Steven,
This is just me thinking, and I have done zero formal research into things, so please take it for what it is - just thinking.
On a product forum, we see a lot of problems. That is one of the functions of such a forum. There are seldom posters, who are experiencing no issues, who come to state such. The one exception will often be with some of the regulars, who may well post a "things really work well for me, with this product," sort of posts, or might include such in there replies to others.
Over the decades, the issues with an NLE (Non Linear Editor) program, normally sort out this way, and in this order:
System
Assets
Project settings
OE (Operator Error)
Real Bugs in the program
Note: the above can be intertwined too.
Because an NLE stresses the computer more than about anything other than heavy-duty 3D or CAD work (most systems doing those operations are usually designed specifically for those purposes), and then in the video sub-system area, extreme gaming. Many computers are just not capable of running an NLE properly, and most are probably not set up properly for that task - some tweaking can go a very long way.
Once one gets into the process of troubleshooting, they can examine the above list, pretty much in that order, to see where the problems are. With a proper system (and a properly tuned system), most of the problems will sort out. Next, with proper Assets in a correct Project, most of the rest will sort out. Then, one must study their workflow and how they are attempting to edit - might be an issue there. Last, there will always be Bugs, and glitches, but some programs, and versions of programs ARE better than others.
Most problems presented here can be sorted out, by working through the above list. One exception is with installation issues. Most of the regulars here do not have experience with those, but many seem to. We can only read of what worked for others, and try to apply that knowledge to help others, but do hit brick walls. Some of those installation issues can only be sorted out by Adobe T/S, or C/S. We see a lot here. The majority are easily handled, because of OE, with things like trying to install the Functional Content, before the program has been installed, issues with one's browser and security settings, when downloading. Then, there are often issues with other software, such as anti-virus, pop-up blockers and spy sweepers, that interfere with the installation. Oh, and then there are the likely issues with the OS security settings, or where one is attempting to install to, and how they are trying to perform the installation.
If one eliminates every post, with problems solved from the first four items on that list, the real Bugs only comprise a very small portion of issues. That would be the list that I would draw from, when rating a program. It seems that PrE 8 had more than its share of Bugs. PrE 9, while still having some (possibly too many yet?), seems to be a much better program, and more stable on a wider array of equipment. It also seems to work better with a broader array of Assets, than its predecessors.
Remember, the above are but observations and impressions on my part. There is no scientific study behind them. Also, I do not work for Adobe, and am but a lowly user. I do not yet have PrE 9 installed, so cannot add any first-hand impressions on that front. I plan on upgrading my aged PrE 4, when I go to Win7 64 on new computers, but will tread very, very carefully, as I use PrPro (will be CS5 on those new machines), and Steve Grisetti has pointed out some issues with other Adobe apps., like Bridge, which I use often, and PrE 9. As I make my living with PrPro, PS, AI and AE, and use PrE as a supplemental tool, I cannot afford to break something like Bridge, or to have a clean machine (no other Adobe programs), just for PrE. That said, I might be no better at doing a full review of PrE 9, if it DOES get in the way of my Adobe Master Collection. If I can do that review, I only hope that it will support the findings of VideoMaker, but until then, we will not know.
Hunt

Performance Problems PrPro CS5 - Upgrade to CS6?

Hi
we often notice massive performance problems with PrPro CS5 here.
e.g. last week we were shooting with a Sony NEX-VG10. (MediaInfo:)
Format: AVC
Format profile: [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC: Yes
Format settings, ReFrames: 2 frames
Format settings, GOP: M=2, N=13
Bit rate: 16.0 Mbps
Width: 1 920 pixels
Height: 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio: 16:9
Frame rate: 25 fps
After linking footage into PrPro plaback stutters.
PrPro is very often not responsive to the keyboard at all.
Sometimes PrPro needs some seconds before playback starts.
This way editing is a pain...
No fx in timeline, only one or two clips. Same behaviour if I play a clip in the source window.
Project and sequence settings are correct. Playback quality set to 1/4.
These problems occure in several projects with footage from different cameras.
PrPro works ok with this (PAL/SD-)footage for example - MediaInfo:
Format: DV
Commercial name: DVCPRO
Width: 720 pixels
Height: 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio: 16:9
About the computer:
Dell Precision WorkStation T5500
24 GB RAM
2 processors w/ 8 cores together: Intel Xeon CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz
System: 250 GB (SSD)
Media: 2 TB (this is one normal internal hard drive, no raid)
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 (driver version 297.03)
connected to internet (is a must in this company)
connected to intranet, server (is a must in this company, too)
optimized for performance
windows firewall active
AVIRA Porfessional
What would PrPro force to work with HD footage?
Add an RAID? internal/external?
Upgrade to CS6?
Edncode footage to another codec before linking it into PrPro? (which codec? encode with AME?)
Buy a new processor? (i7? which one?)
Buy any Hardware pieces?
TIA for your guidiance and best regards.

Take a look at the Dell T7400 currently at rank # 568, 'Base2008PT1' on Benchmark Results. It is somewhat similar to your own system, but has more memory, a better video card and some raid0 arrays. Nevertheless, it is around 3.4 times slower than a fast system. My guess is that your system is even slower.
The material you try to edit is very demanding and requires a beefy computer. Even though there is nothing wrong with the dual Xeon E5620's, their clock speed works against you (I have the same CPU's in a file server, but that is far less demanding than editing), as does the amount of memory in the system. You can be helped with more disks, but don't expect miraculous performance improvements. But all little things help.
The alternative is a complete new system, but that can be pricey. Even if you build it yourself, see Planning & Building a NLE system it can be costly. It gives you very fast performance as demonstrated on the Reflections page and you should not get such a system from Dell or HP, unless you have unlimited funds.

PrPro CS5.5 freezes in LION

I have a dual quad core MacPro running OSX. I am a videographer and use PrPro for editing. After I open a project I'm working on, I can start the playback and then the cursor freezes and even though the sound continues I cannot get the app to respond, thus I force quit. It has happend three times in a row. I regret "upgrading" to OSX but I'm not willing to go through what it takes to uninstall and go back to Snow Leopard. All I want to do is do my work and not have to deal with this.

If you have been usingTime Machine, it's relatively easy to rewind your system back to Snow Leopard.
Keep in mind that Lion has been out for all of three weeks. And the first release of any new OS is really little more than a glorified beta. While it's adventuresome to jump right in to the new and innovative, being on the cutting edge often cuts you back.
Adobe engineers would have to speak to this, but I'd imagine every major OS release (for any platform) has big changes to the underpinnings of the system.
This is one reason Avid takes months and months to certify an OS before approving its use with its systems.
Personally, I'm waiting for 10.7.3 or a Lion specific CS5.5 update from Adobe before making the leap.
I'll get off my soapbox, now.

PrPro CS5: Dolby digital 5.1

Can you burn a blu-ray disk or image with dolby digital 5.1 with Pro 5.0 or do you still have to buy a $295 plug-in?

Most welcome.
I was a bit surprised that DD 5.1 SS was not included in ADL, but considering the 3rd party aspect, I can see why.
I wonder if Adobe has looked into including the SurCode plug-in, and just adding the cost to the upgrade/price? On one hand, that would simplify things, but on the other hand, just a few $'s in price-points can make a big difference.
For me, I am hoping that my SurCode unlock keys will work in CS5. Time will tell.
Good luck,
Hunt

Error Importing Premiere Elements project into Premiere Pro CS5

Hi,
I am working on a multi-part video project that I started in Premiere Elements 8. I put in hours upon hours of editing on the first part and I found that the more I edited, the more often the program would crash (infuriating!). So I started using Premiere Pro CS5 to produce the second part, resolving to come back to the first part later. Well, I've come back around to needing this first part done, and it is just undoable in Elements (crashes every 20 seconds!). I'd like to import that project into CS5 if possible. The help documentation says this should be perfectly possible... but I'm having no luck.
When I attempt to open my Premiere Elements project in Premiere Pro, it tells me the project must be converted from Elements .prel to Pro .prproj, and I click through the prompts as normal. But then as soon as it starts trying to open the project, I get this:
"The Project could not be loaded. It may be damaged or contain outdated elements."
I downloaded the Premiere Elements 9 trial to see if it would be less crashy (and it is), but I'd really prefer to have all my video in one program, and CS5 does the best job (and has most of my hours invested). Elements 9 opens the "damaged" project just fine and I can edit and export normally, so why can't CS5?
Am I stuck recreating the project from the ground up in CS5?

In very general terms, a contemporary PrE Project (PREL), will Open in PrPro, with the steps that you outlined.
Now, there are all sorts of considerations, for aspects that will not likely work:
Instant Movie/Themes, as PrPro cannot read those
Some Effects that PrPro does not have, like the NewBlue FX
Some Transitions that PrPro does not have
Some Title animation Presets, that PrPro does not have
Do you have any of the above in your PrE Project? There are probably other circumstances, but those are all that come immediately to my mind.
The simpler the PrE Project, the greater the likelyhood that it will Convert to a PrPro PRPROJ file.
PrE 8 and PrPro CS5 should be close enough to work, again in those general terms. I can Open simple PrE 4.0 Projects in PrPro 2.0, but cannot Open PrE 7, 8 or 9 Projects in PrPro 2.0.
Good luck,
Hunt

Premiere Pro CS5.0.4 -Will not play any video- reinstall didn't help

here's my system info -
Model: MacPro5,1, BootROM MP51.007F.B03, 4 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3.2 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.39f11
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5870, ATI Radeon HD 5870, PCIe, 1024 MB
   ----------------I only use one monitor, 1920x1200, 32bit color depth
   ------------------No Capture Card, No Sound Card or I/O box
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH61N
Serial ATA Device: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222AL
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDS722020ALA330, 1.82 TB
---------- This 2tb Hitachi is my data drive - there are 600GB free (33%)
Serial ATA Device: OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD, 223.57 GB
   ---------This 250gb SSD drive is my system/application drive - 120GB free (50%)
Serial ATA Device: OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD, 111.79 GB
------------this 125GB SSD I use as a project-specific drive to serve up video very quickly when i'm generating Video material using the software VDMX
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x1006, 0xfd300000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0220, 0xfd320000 / 3
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x5a100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8215, 0x5a110000 / 3
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
i've been using Premiere Pro for about a year and a half with no trouble, no crashes that i can remember.   I updated to 5.0.4 when it came out and experienced no problems.
I have not made any changes to my system (drivers, programs, etc.) since the last time i worked with Premiere Pro with no trouble. The only difference is that i generated approx. 52GB of new video files (mov. uncompressed 32bit 640x480 resolution) that i was beginning to edit in to a music video.
My current problem is:: there is absolutely no playback of video in 5.0.4.   not in the tiny project window preview, not in the source preview, and not in the timeline/canvas window.   when i push PLAY, the button turns into a square STOP button, but nothing happens.   this is independent of project or file type. The project i was working on when playback stopped is using uncompressed 640x480 32bit Quicktime files and one 44khz/16bit .AIFF file.   as a quick doublecheck, I just added a 640x480 Apple Intermediate Codec file and it also will not play back.   I opened older projects and none of them will playback.
My problem started while i was working on a project. I was working on the project for probably an hour and a half with no trouble. Then it seemed to get a bit sluggish and i could hear the HD churning a little more.   After rendering out a short section (just under 10 seconds), PPro did not play back the just rendered (now greenline) section. Immediate playback of rendered material was the default behavior, and this was the first time ever that the just rendered section did not play back.   I then discovered that no video would play back at all--in any of the windows.   I can scrub through all the video without any trouble--all the frames are there.
I shut down PPro, & restarted. No change.   I restarted my computer. No change.
Realizing that the problem was likely related to a lack of space on my data drive, i deleted approx. 500GB of files off my 2 TB drive, leaving just under a 1/3 of it free. i checked the drive for errors, and defragmented it. Premiere Pro still wouldn't play any file from any project.
The files are fine, they will playback anywhere else (several different file types involved in different projects). The files are compatible with Premiere Pro (uncompressed VGA resolution Quicktime .mov), i was editing on the timeline with them for hours before all video playback stopped.   All other Adobe programs (After Effects, Photoshop work fine).
I tried to find an answer/solution on these forums, unsuccessfully.   After uninstalling PPro and reinstall (did not help), and entire Suite uninstall, Adobe Clean, and reinstall, neither version 5.0.0 or 5.0.4 will play video --the no playback problem has persisted.
I was running out of HD space --i had less room than i thought -- down to about 7% of free space, a bone-headed move on my part. I'm not surprised that playback performance got compromised due to lack of space.   But i'm shocked that the problem is persisting.   Fortunately, i had just backed up my entire system the day before. (i've backed up many times before and this never affected PPro performance)
i tried to "CLEAN" the media cache for the sequence but it had no effect (in searching the forums, i saw somebody else have their 'crashing Premiere Pro' problem solved by hitting this button). I just took a look in the user/application support/adobe/common/5.0 to look at the "Media Cache" folder and the "Media Cache Files" folder.   Neither of them are empty, even after hitting the CLEAN cache button in the main preferences 'Media' settings window.   I don't know if this is the correct behavior or not.   (i'd expect a "clean" command to empty the folder, but i'm not the programmer)
This does not appear to be the ATI/5.0 problem that so many Mac users suffered (i was lucky to never have that problem).    Again, i've never had any problems with Premiere Pro over the last year and a half, until working on this latest project with the Hard Drive very low on space.   I'm 99.9% positive that's at the heart of the issue.
I don't understand why a clean reinstall did not help in this regard. The problem is clearly PPro specific.   I found one topic in the forum where someone else experienced this same "no video playback" problem, but there was never follow-up from the user saying whether or not his problem was solved (or what was done to correct the problem).
I'd love to get some help--- seems to be a very rare issue, but right now, i can do no video editing. btw, i started a new project as well and imported a .mov file -- same problem, no video playback.
the weird thing is that i can actually still edit video. i just rearranged my timeline assets and rendered out a minute-long quicktime (Apple Intermediate Codec) .mov and it looks and plays as it should.    This is really weird. I'm baffled -- there must be some way to fix this.   I don't want to have to go back to Final Cut, certainly not when i've already paid for Create Suite 5 Production Premium and EVERYTHING works except for video playback in PrPro.
thanks in advance for your help
Message was edited by: magneticjak
Message was edited by: magneticjak

hello.   hey, thanks very much for writing back. i got some good info with a search or two. (info about what regedit is and what corresponds to it in OS X -- regedit allows you to edit "preference" keys for individual programs, OSX's equivalent for these keys are the .plists in User & System: Preferences and Application Support)
what i ended up doing was uninstalling Premiere Pro (not the suite, just PPro).   Then i deleted a few preference files:
from User /Preferences/Adobe:
com.adobe.AdobePremierePro.plist
com.Adobe.Premiere Pro.5.0.plist
and from System Preferences:
the file: Adobe Premiere Pro Prefs
and..
/.../Premiere Pro/5.0/...
AMEPrefs.xml     (i noticed that there's also a preference file in Media Encoder's own folder so i didn't sweat this one)
Debug Database.txt
Placeholder Preset.epr
PostEncodeCmds.pref
PresetCache.xml
Trace Database.txt
NOTE:
of course i don't know if deleting any files beyond the 2 .plist files in User Prefs was necessary, but... it seems to have worked.
I then reinstalled Premiere Pro CS5, and fired up an old project and i've got playback of HD and DV files, and snappy editing and rendering, so hopefully i'm good to go.   I'm just going to stick with v5.0.0 because i actually don't remember ever having any trouble with it, and i don't remember v5.0.4 adding anything i was 'missing' or 'needed'
hopefully, this thread will be useful for any future folks that run into trouble - and it's got a solution for both Windows and OS X
happy editing,
peace

Must I forever have a CC subscription to open a CC PrPro project in the future? My CS6 will not do?

Maybe there's something Adobe have said about accessing my own project files that I may have missed? At present I can open a CS6 PP project in CS5 but without access to new CS6 features I may have used like the Warp Stabiliser etc. That's the sort of functionality I would expect from CC PrPro - capacity to open a CC project file in CS6, but without new CC features.
My reading of the various forum discussions about this, all point out that there will be no way to access my own CC PrPro projects ever again unless I have a subscription. For instance it would not be possible to retire, cancel my CC account, and then go back a couple of years later and put together a compilation. I would need to take out an annual subscription just to work on my own project? Does Adobe really intend this to be the case?
Their $600 per year charge (from next year) is consistent perhaps with permanent up-grade purchases, except that with CC it seems that I will really only be renting the software. I have been hoping for instance that Adobe would release an audio synch feature for multi-cam editing. Now that it's finally in CC however, I find I can buy it for $200 from PluralEyes to work with CS6. Suddenly this seems an economical solution.
With Adobe emails emphatically pointing to their August 31 deadline for upgrading, I thought I would buy for sure. However after a quick scan of the forums I thought better ask the question in the title myself.

Here is the deleted Reply from CC_merchant. (first time I tried to send it off-forum but hasn't worked)
Once you start renting CC, you are at Adobe's mercy. There is no way out. You can't access any material you created without a valid subscription. You can't use any previous perpetual license, since there is no backward compatibility to CS6 or previous.
If you start renting, you are putting yourself in a situation where you are being held hostage by Adobe. There is no way back!!!
Staff, of course, will deny this with very vague promises and a lot of air. Some early converters are already showing signs of the 'Stockholm Syndrome', which has been bound to happen... :((
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.MOD files in Premiere CS5

I am trying to import .MOD files into Premiere CS5, with no joy.
If I change the file extension to .MPG, Premiere can import the video, but no audio.
Can anyone advise on how I can import .MOD files successfully, with both video and audio?
Many thanks

Oh boy, JVCs ill fated .mod file extension. I hate this thing. Hate it. It's next to impossible to do anything with. When i first got a JVC tapeless cam in 2004 it ran this extension. All I used with it was the pack in software that worked fine. Well over the years I started using more advanced cams and more advanced software. A year ago I wanted to go back to that old cam and use some old footage for a DVD project, in PrPro cs4. It was a nightmare. I finally, FINALLY, found the answer after using several NLEs, converters, and such to get it to work in adobe. So here's what I found:
from my experience, basically all interactions with JVC tapeless media has left little to be desired. i have done many dvds in .mod format because i had gotten the very first JVC tapeless cam in 2004ish. the .mod files are.... almost imposible to work with, outside of using cyberlink. i tried sony. i tried adobe. i tried FCP and all results... were dismal. (i was filming in 16x9 the rograms that DID read .mod, which was Vegas, would not accurately flag the footage as Widescreen) the ONLY way i could get the widescreen footage to show up as widescreen other than using cyberlink software was to use
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/mediaespresso/overview_en_US.html
and convert to a straight up no strings .mpg2 file. then it worked in the other NLEs. So basically the only way I could successfully import and edit a .mod file with premierepro was to use that converter.

What software for someone to help with Premiere Pro CS5

For the last 9 months I have been processing video using PP CS5 for a small church. The church is now recording several programs and I would like some help in processing the videos that are created. The church is small so probably can't afford a copy of the software that I have, so I will have to propose some options for them. The two that come to my mind are:
1) Adobe allows me to have two machines loaded with Master Collection CS5. Since I am only using one, I could install on another person's computer. I think this may be somewhere less than the spirit of the EULA. Besides, I am not real anxious to do this anyway.
2) Help them find a low cost alternative. I think they may be able to do this for $100 to $200 for the software. All they need to do is to trim the ends of the extra film, then add some title slides and save to Flash for the website and burn to DVD for archive. As an option, they might be able to make a menu for the archive DVD.
Anybody know of any other options or suggested low end video editing software. BTW, I took a quick look at Cyberlink PowerDirector and I could not find a way to save in the Flash format - other than creating a Youtube account and then sending the video directly to Youtube.

Colin,
You are correct. PrE will handle AVCHD on an adequate computer. It will edit, allow Titles, PiP, many Effects (too many are Auto only, however), and can Export/Share to Flash, with one big caveat - there is NO Transparency available from PrE, like from PrPro, so no sprites, etc. Just plain FLV.
The files that PrE works from will work in PrPro and vice versa. However, the use of a PrPro PRPROJ (Project file) will NOT work in PrE. A PrE PREL (Project file) might Open in PrPro, but there are a bunch of things that can keep this from working correctly: Themes/Instant Movies, some New Blue FX Effects and Transitions, etc., that are specific to PrE. Otherwise, if PrE and PrPro are contemporary, say PrE 9 and PrPro CS5, and not of that "stuff" is used, it is likely that a PrE 9 PREL will Open in PrPro CS5 - I can do that with PrE 4 and PrPro 2.0/CS2, as they were contemporaries. I cannot Open later PrE PREL's in PrPro 2.0/CS2, and only get a failure.
For simple editing (especially if one is not intending on migrating between PrE & PrPro), PrE should fit the bill nicely. Much more is done "behind the scenes," and the GUI is more of a "Big-Button" solution, than PrPro, where one has much more control, though much needs to be done by hand. There are also some MAJOR layout differences between the two GUI's, but with some training, one can go with either pretty easily.
Hope that this helps,
Hunt

Why are my images coming out of CS5 Photoshop granulated and pixelated after saving?

I am new to CS5 Design Premium. I use a Canon 50D and shoot in RAW format. I upload my pictures into Bridge and do most of my editing in Camera Raw, then I open the object into Photoshop where I save the image into a folder. I save each image as a .psd file AND a .jpg file. I save an extra as a .jpg so I can upload to my website and to order from the lab I use.
My question is: Why is it that my pictures are so granulated when I open them back up? They look completely fine on the screen but when I re-open them or upload them to my site, they look terrible. Have I messed up something with the formating/file size/ppi...? 8-bit, 16-bit? PPI...?
I am confused here and highly discouraged from using my new program....HELP PLEASE!!

Are you seeing this problem, when you Import those PSD's into a Premiere Pro Project, or in Photoshop?
If the former, have you done the Scaling to match the Frame Size of Sequence in PrPro? If not, this ARTICLE will be helpful. Note: in Video, DPI/PPI is meaningless, and only pixel x pixel dimensions matter.
If the latter, you will want to post to the Photoshop Forum.
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Hunt

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