Okay, so as not to confuse a lot of people on this issue, here are some things to consider when working with Premiere:
Premiere and Premiere Pro work just fine with compressed video clips. DV is a compressed format, it uses a DV codec. I suspect that more than half the people on this list are editing DV without issue. There are many different codecs in use to compress digital video. Premiere works with a lot of them. Some codecs, like Matrox, Canopus and Blackmagic are hardware specific. If you don't have the hardware installed, you are probably going to have problems editing the footage if you are trying to use their codecs. I would suggest that it is harder to edit uncompressed footage in Premiere and Premiere Pro due to the high data rate and huge files that the computer would have to deal with. That's why there are so many video codecs and capture cards, so you can edit on a standard desktop computer without having to wait for the computer to catch up. If you want to have a pleasant editing experience, edit in native DV, or use the codec and settings for your particular video hardware / capture card. I am not familiar with Blackmagic's issues, so it may very well have problems using a form of their compressed codecs. That is a Blackmagic driver issue, not a problem with Premiere. MPEG is not an editing format. Do not attempt to edit in any flavor of MPEG. Convert MPEG video to AVI or Quicktime if you want to edit. Even HDV footage, which is a flavor of MPEG, will cause headaches when trying to edit it. Use a hardware solution, Cineform intermediate or transfer to some type of AVI or Quicktime file before trying to edit HDV. AfterEffects and Premiere work just fine sharing codecs. If you can use it in AfterEffects, you can use it in Premiere. Just make sure the project settings match the codec you are using. Any comments or arguments about this are welcome. Jeff White Dynamic Post Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:grace%40mermaidstudios.com> wrote: > > > I think Premiere only works with uncompressed clips. > > If you have used a > > codec and compression in AE, Premiere probably > > doesn't like it. > > It works with compressed video, but it really, really > sucks at it. At least 6.5 and earlier do. > > If you're working with compressed video, especially > MPEG2, there are dozens of other programs out there > that're optimized for compressed video. > > See www.videohelp.com > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
