Robin, Of course I was afraid of that.
I've been slowly devolving my expectations to the need for speed and it's attendant expense. What's another $3k on a niche project. A labor of love, it is. Plus I'll get the joy of setup. Windows setup. Fade to scenes of solace. Just talked to a pro commercial maker who plies the big leagues with his $100k Panasonic and what does he use? Yup. You guessed it. FCP. No help there. Unfortunately, I have too much already invested in my PC-ness so will have to make the best of it. He did admit that Adobe's stuff was good -- if you have to use a PC. You're right that the project will initially be sold Std Def DVD. It will take 3 years to sell out the first print of 1000 if history repeats. By then, I'm thinking, High Def may be more ubiquitous and want the option to export in blue. So I want my master to all be high def. Thanks for your thoughts. My wallet trembles. Jeff G. --- In [email protected], "robinleeedwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jeff: (chuckle) I feel your pain! > > Summary: Your computer isn't going to please you. > > Options: You have 2 main choices that depend if you need to produce a > project in HD. Seriously, most DVDs are just shown in SD. One choice > is to shoot in HDV and edit in and export in SD (usually there is an > export to DV option in your camera). > > If you really, really need HD output (and that means buying something > that'll burn Blu-Ray DVDs) then it is obvious that your system doesn't > meet the requirements for such a Blu-Ray Burner and you're going to > have to upgrade. > > Now: My story, I love Premier 1.5! AND, it ran well on my little older > PC. BUT, now to get almost the same performance from my HDV editing, > I've gone to dual-quad cores 3+gig speed with 8Gig of ram, AND it > still gets bogged down sometimes. BTW: I'm using CS3 on a Mac Pro. > > Again: if you're delivering your product on DVD, consider keeping to > PP1.5 and Standard Def. or plan to get a new computer. > > Bonus Round: I edited some HDV last week in Scotland on my host's > i-mac with i-movieHD installed (like windows movie maker) and was > amazed that it worked! AND it even previewed the video on import on > the computer monitor (with "free software"). Sorry Adobe, I do love > your product, but it's time to look over your shoulder at the other > players who might offer stable easy use, and tempting features. > > Hope this helps, > > Robin Edwards > San Francisco > > > --- In [email protected], "Jeff Goin" <naperjeff@> wrote: > > > > I'm editing hdv for the first time and using premiere elements 4.0. > > Premiere 1.5 on my old computer was plenty fast for dv projects of > > yore, but elements is running so slow it is unusable. If I leave the > > elements window to run another program, when returning to elements it > > takes up to 40 seconds to be responsive. > > > > Is my Dell 1520 1.46 Ghz processor and 2.49 GB RAM that inadequate? > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Jeff G. > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
