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Your basic troubleshooting and discussion forum for all things about Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
Re: [OT] Convert MKV to Prores - 8 years ago
here's the answer i was looking for but couldn't find last week: "There's an app you can buy called SMART CONVERTER...use that to "re-wrap" the file to H.264. And then convert that H.264 to ProRes with Compressor or MPEG STREAMCLIP." nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: [OT] Convert MKV to Prores - 8 years ago
i've done it via compressor in the past, it took a very very long time. i've a memory of someone saying to open the mkv in Quicktime, saving as a reference then using that in Compressor. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: FCP 7 crashing - 8 years ago
is it the mp4 clips that require re-rendering? you might have to bight the bullet and go ahead and convert them to Prores. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Lumix GH2 footage - dropping frames? Need to match with the audio - 8 years ago
"The footage seems like frames are being dropped" "the audio is OK but the not in sync with the footage" is the video visibly skipping? only when it plays? are there missing frames? maybe your footage has not been transcoded properly nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Lumix GH2 footage - dropping frames? Need to match with the audio - 8 years ago
frame-rate info would be useful what frame rate was the footage shot at? what was is converted to? what is your sequence frame-rate? nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Exporting Pro Res in Log mode? - 9 years ago
no. as there's no way of knowing what exactly as done to the footage in the first place, there can be no blanket "un-grade" you could try to approximate something "flatter" but you'd just be doing more damage. give the grader the least messed with material you can. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: New member Repost - Red Workflow - 9 years ago
i'll add that Resolve is pretty comprehensive, and you might not need to bring anything back into FCP to create your deliverables. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: New member Repost - Red Workflow - 9 years ago
it sounds ok in theory, although you don't list your system specs. are you planning on processing ad preparing the RED footage yourself? unfortunately i haven't worked with RED footage, so i cant say much about it, but your plan seems pretty straightforward. you'll need the non-free version of DaVinci resolve to work with the 4k files. and some pretty fast drives, too! nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Not Sure Why ProRes Requires Render - 9 years ago
gotta say, it's almost impossible to read that image, it's too small ! any chance of a bigger version? i'd say check the clip's Alpha channel, although it looks (when i squint) to be correct : None / Ignore check to see if the clip has any offline components. i've had clips which *think* they connect to two instances of the same file, one of which offline. reconnecting (manually) fixedby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: dcp and leaders - 9 years ago
they are not included on the video file. slate and other info is contained in metadata. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Exporting Pro Res in Log mode? - 9 years ago
basically: 1. Do as little as possible yourself to the footage you deliver to the colourist. that's their job. 2. Talk directly to the colourist, don't work though a 3rd party, even if it's the client. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Exporting Pro Res in Log mode? - 9 years ago
i dont quite understand the question, so maybe i'm not the one to be answering... do you mean like camera originals before they get a LUT put on them? i've worked with those in FCP and simply exported as-is. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Error importing Photoshop file - 9 years ago
Those dimensions don't make much sense You should drop the DPI to 72, And work with pixels, not inches 1920 wide, however tall. Nevertheless, FCP should see it either way. Have you tried just dragging the psd file into the browser? Or maybe trash your preferences. Nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Contact Sheet for video? - 9 years ago
and if you're across X, there's Keyflow Pro:by Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Contact Sheet for video? - 9 years ago
also look at Final Print: you'd have to ask them if it can display the file path nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Contact Sheet for video? - 9 years ago
hi Mike CatDV springs to mind, but i suspect it'll be more than $100 although i see they have a free trial cheers, nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Extending freeze frame - 9 years ago
ah, yes, DPI. reduce still images to 72 dpi for use in video work. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Close all gaps - 9 years ago
otherwise: Shift G moves to next gap, Control G closes it. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Extending freeze frame - 9 years ago
ok, if you get it rendering it most likely means you've got one or more very large still image files in your timeline. huge frame sizes can choke FCP, and it helps if you make them smaller before brining them in. for instance i've got a lot of stills in my current project. their original frame size is really big: i cant remember exactly, but one dimension was over 5000 pixels doing a very siby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Extending freeze frame - 9 years ago
I mean open the clip into the VIEWER, and then type in 2 minutes in the duration field (top right) however, it does sound as if you need to trash your preferences if they are acting up like that nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Close all gaps - 9 years ago
i've got a trick, but it only works on a VERY simple timeline, select all in the timeline, then drag it everything into the canvas and drop in the "Overwite" window it'll all get re-edited back into the timeline, without gaps obviously you need to place your playhead at an appropriate place. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Extending freeze frame - 9 years ago
just go to the duration field in the viewer and type in whatever you want. should work nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: recommend places that transfer Mini DV tapes to FCP? - 9 years ago
Should work, and though i'm very sure it will, i'm no PP expert. maybe ask on that forum, too nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Importing Sony files into FCP - 9 years ago
i'm no expert, but i'd have a look at the Sony XDCam Transfer software Sony also offer a FCP Log& transfer plugin nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Greenscreen spill - general question - 9 years ago
if you change your setup so that the sun is behind your subject, you will get a strong, non-green, rim light.by Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: fcp nests question - 9 years ago
i'm pretty sure you'd have to change them all. other aspects of the post process might require you to un-nest the whole lot as well. i'm thinking EDL/XML for grading and OMF/AAF for sound. nickby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Issues with Ext. Harddrives, Space and FCP X - 9 years ago
That's the way it is evrywhere, surely, including in real life. Until you empty the trash , it's still there.by Nick Meyers - Café LA - X
Re: Film workflow, retrieving orginal sound file names? - 9 years ago
pluraleyes does what it says it does, so it does work. BUT, it does something bad with clip's master / affiliate relationship back in FCP. it's not obvious. but it's definitely real. for instance, clips returned from PE might be coloured something in the browser, but that colour doesn't carry though to the timeline, and eventually, the master / affiliate relationship is lost totally. soby Nick Meyers - Café LA
Re: Film workflow, retrieving orginal sound file names? - 9 years ago
Sync n Link has that (clip names follow audio file names) as an option. save heaps of time. the process starts by establishing a naming convention with the sound recordist. generally they can do what you need. sometimes they are stubborn or don't know how their gear works, but sitting down with them and talking it through helps. if they really can't come to the party, then that's whatby Nick Meyers - Café LA
