http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Forums » Tag: CS3 - Recent Posts en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:13:39 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/ae-cs3-and-4-masks-and-compositions#post-51604 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:53:06 +0000 chuckengels 51604@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Pay $25 for a month of access to the tutorials at Lynda.com</p> <p>You can't go wrong for $25, there is over 20 hours of After Effects training along with tons of other stuff.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/ae-cs3-and-4-masks-and-compositions#post-51601 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:42:43 +0000 Rambler 51601@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>ya, videocoliot is where I'd go. You might want to check out their tutorials on freezing time and the advanced car hit for work with masking</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/ae-cs3-and-4-masks-and-compositions#post-51598 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:31:55 +0000 composite1 51598@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Badmonkey,</p> <p>Masking in CS3+ is not that tough. Once you learn how it works, it's actually pretty easy. You're right, most tutorials aren't very clear and can't answer your specific creative ideas. </p> <p>However, a really good place to learn how this stuff works for free is at VideoCopilot. If you can take Andrew Kramer's horrifically lame attempts at humor, you'll actually learn something.</p> <p>videocopilot.net</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/ae-cs3-and-4-masks-and-compositions#post-51575 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:01:47 +0000 badmonkey 51575@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey all,</p> <p> </p> <p>I’m a student in media and communication currently doing<br /> production among other things, previously I did live TV production. As I am<br /> still learning (and forever will be!) I have found this site tremendously<br /> helpful and am hoping the community can help or point me to relevant articles.</p> <p> </p> <p>What I want help with is in After Effects. I have some use<br /> with it, though I’m not nearly as comfortable with it as I am in Premiere,<br /> which is not to say I am a pro or anything. So, bare with me as I ask:</p> <p> </p> <ol> <li>What is a composition exactly and what is it<br /> used for exactly? Some tutorials require you to make a composition, others do<br /> not, meaning you throw footage in and use it. Is it like Sequences in premiere,<br /> where, once you create one you can insert the entire sequence in another which<br /> encompasses all the edits as opposed to copying and pasting everything on the<br /> timeline into another sequence? I know that a sequence is created automatically<br /> when you don’t create one.</li> <li>I look at tutorials that require a lot of<br /> masking. I’ve done some, such as replacing what you see on a TV screen, but say<br /> you want to do special effects where you first have an exploding sausage and<br /> want to make it look like an exploding head, I seem to not grasp the concept of<br /> masking nor can I find anything online to show me the basics. I know the pen<br /> tool is used as a mask when you want t draw something specific, but aside from<br /> this I seem to be lost, for example, by not knowing which footage in the above<br /> scenario would you put as number 1 or 2.</li> </ol> <p>Any help is greatly appreciated!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hf20-export-problem-help-needed#post-50490 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:52:36 +0000 J. Jackson 50490@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey, thanks for the info. </p> <p>Was wondering, what kind of projects do you use your Canon HF299 for?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hf20-export-problem-help-needed#post-50485 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:45:21 +0000 OSD 50485@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Since the HF20 is similar to the HF10, you may want to check out this post. <a href="http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/canon-vixa-hf-10/" rel="nofollow">http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/canon-vixa-hf-10/</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hf20-export-problem-help-needed#post-50482 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:45:58 +0000 cuba1902 50482@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yeah by default its set to AV. If you go into your menu options by hitting the Function key and scroll down to menu from there in the black screen search for AV/Headphones and select headphones. When your in AV mode you will get the buzzing sound when wearing headphones. Once you select for headphones when you go back out you will see an icon at the bottom of your lcd with a pair of headphones. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hf20-export-problem-help-needed#post-50456 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:22:43 +0000 J. Jackson 50456@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey, thanks for the reply. Yeah, after searching around the internet I found the page you linked to.</p> <p>I usually don't use headphones while filming, but I plugged the headphones in and was surprised to hear a loud buzzing noise instead of the video audio. For me, the noise is also heard in photo and dual shot mode. </p> <p>I'm probably missing a step. Will update if I find a solution to this problem.</p> <p>-Josh</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hf20-export-problem-help-needed#post-50452 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:32:31 +0000 cuba1902 50452@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a Canon HF200 Vixia which is similar to yours only that you have onboard memory as well. Lucky you. You should also have a memory stick that you can put into<br /> your computer if you have the slot for it. If not then you can use the usb to connect<br /> to download to your computer. I myself use Sony Vegas and it recognizes mts files so I can edit easily. Premiere CS3 does not support those types of files; however Premiere Pro CS4 does. I found their link here <a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405978.html" rel="nofollow">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405978.html</a></p> <p>Hope that helps. Now I have a question for you, have you had trouble in movie mode trying to listen to your talent through the use of headphones? For me it only seems to work in photo and dual shot modes, but not in movie mode. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hf20-export-problem-help-needed#post-46804 Thu, 14 May 2009 22:49:22 +0000 J. Jackson 46804@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi, I have a Canon HF20, and the camcorder requires me to use a certain software (Pixela ImageMixer 3) to load my HD footage into the computer. </p> <p>Now, I want to import my footage into Premiere Pro CS3, but am unable to due to "unknown or damaged file format." The file is H.264 format and ends in .m2ts or just .mts. How can I get my footage into Premiere? </p> <p>Thank you for your help.</p> <p> </p> <p>-J.</p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/cannot-download-premier-pro-cs3#post-45795 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:13:47 +0000 Coreece 45795@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><em>"I'm sure you all know how painful it is to work on a system with a CPU that is under 2.4GHZ and less than 2GB of RAM.</em></p> <p><em>But the main thing is how much more fun and productive it can be on a good machine."</em></p> <p>I agree Chuck...and I hope I didn't encourage people to go out thinking an emachine is the way to go for high end editing...lol.  I just wanted to give a little honest optimism until the economy picks up and paychecks start rolling in and people feel comfortable with a new purchase.</p> <p>But good point...going with a nice setup will definately limit grey hair and put a lil more cash in you pants. :) </p> <p><em>"Before you run out and get a new video card, find out what type of video card slot you have (these things are very specific, no mixing or matching allowed!) I'd hate to see you spend money on the wrong gear."</em></p> <p>yes...my bad, I jumped the gun...I don't know the model this particular emachine so I shouldn't have stated that so boldly...most Emachs have PCI-E but there are some models like the T2341 that don't....</p> <p>in any event...I think Emachine is a great company.  They always have current models that are practically identical to other consumer models, and they now only cost around $300-$500...lol. (if there's a will...there's a way.) </p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/cannot-download-premier-pro-cs3#post-45788 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:10:56 +0000 chuckengels 45788@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm sure you all know how painful it is to work on a system with a CPU that is under 2.4GHZ and less than 2GB of RAM.</p> <p>But the main thing is how much more fun and productive it can be on a good machine.  With my new system I can render, export and burn DVDs at almost 5 times the speed of my old 3.0GHZ machine.  No camparison really.  If you want to edit video on the above mentioned machine it may be possible, no one can say for sure.  My guess is that you may not even have a large enough hard drive to work with, Premiere requires about 40Gb of free space.  Not to mention other software that could interfere and that the processor must have SSE2 support or it will not even install.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/cannot-download-premier-pro-cs3#post-45787 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:00:32 +0000 composite1 45787@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Colleen,</p> <p>Hooboy! Yeah, CS3 will probably run on your system (DV only, HD is out.) I agree with Coreece (as usual it seems) regarding upgrading. You're no doubt running a 32-bit rig so at 1.4GB's your system at best will see 3GB with an upgrade (most likely 2.5-2.75.) The extra RAM will help though. Since you haven't mentioned what kind of video card your system has I can only guess you'll probably have trouble on that end as well (slow performance). Find out what kind of motherboard your system has and you can figure out what CPU it maxes out on. With a little faster CPU you'll be able to squeeze some more processing power out of 'old paint' to help you trundle along. Before you run out and get a new video card, find out what type of video card slot you have (these things are very specific, no mixing or matching allowed!) I'd hate to see you spend money on the wrong gear.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/cannot-download-premier-pro-cs3#post-45782 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:17:45 +0000 Coreece 45782@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Sometimes I'm forced to use an older emachine, but it works fine.  When I first used it, it had 1.8GHz with 512MB RAM....I was able to edit 2-3 hour weddings with 6-8 hours of raw footage with minimal problems and ALL adobe programs worked fine....Since then I've bumped it up to 2GB RAM and I sometimes use it for minor projects or Short HD demos or motion graphics when my other G5 or PC are occupied.  </p> <p>You may get some red X warnings, but the programs should still work.</p> <p>You may need to wipe the hard drive and reinstall the operating system and all other software so that you are working with a clean slate and undue any damage or conflicting configurations.</p> <p>If you can, upgrade to 2GB of RAM...I don't think it will accept more than that.</p> <p>I don't believe you can upgrade to a different processor that will really make that much of difference...but a newer PCI-express video card will help the viewpoint editing process.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/cannot-download-premier-pro-cs3#post-45780 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:39:55 +0000 chuckengels 45780@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You definitely need more of each and probably a bigger hard drive as well.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/cannot-download-premier-pro-cs3#post-45763 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:05:00 +0000 colleencreamer 45763@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey all: OK I have a crappy emachine. On it I have 1.43 GB of RAM and a 1.91 GHz processor. From CS3, I needed Photoshop, InDesign and Premier Pro, but am likely in over my heard regarding resources, particularly with Premier Pro. I can't remember what the dialog box said but it was one of a few programs in CS3 during the analyzing process with a red X next to it I guess basically telling me my computer would not support it. I tried a separate download after I successfull got Photoshop and InDesign on but no go. I've been a writer for decades and am trying to upgrade my skills to get me a step up from dinosaur status, but am laid off with little money. I do want Premier Pro for a slideshow cottage industry I am considering. Do I need a faster processor? More memory (likely not, right?) Help?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adobe-cs3-vs-cs4#post-43325 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:00:59 +0000 PaulDelVecchio 43325@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Chris -you got it! Glad I could help! Yes, AE rules!</p> <p>Larry - I'll take a look at it now!</p> <p>--</p> <p>Paul Del Vecchio</p> <p><a href="http://www.PaulDV.com">http://www.PaulDV.com</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adobe-cs3-vs-cs4#post-43312 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:49:16 +0000 Coreece 43312@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>After Effects Rocks!!!!</p> <p>I mean seriously....c'mon.</p> <p>People would be out of business if it wasn't for AE...</p> <p>AE saves lives...</p> <p>If there is no AE, there is NO video...it is garbage!</p> <p>AE should be mandatory!</p> <p>We shall put it to vote!</p> <p>Yay!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adobe-cs3-vs-cs4#post-43310 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:24:27 +0000 LarryDarr 43310@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey Paul ... I just posted a question in the Production Gear forum you may be able to help me with. Could you take a look please? It's about putting together a new editing system and using CS4.</p> <p>Thanks, Larry</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adobe-cs3-vs-cs4#post-43307 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:15:43 +0000 chrisColorado 43307@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Nice! I too love After Effects. You have my same point of view. I would use After Effects for keying too. Thanks for the info. When I get the money, I'll go straight to CS4.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adobe-cs3-vs-cs4#post-43296 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:25:12 +0000 PaulDelVecchio 43296@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I use After Effects for EVERYTHING including Keying. I never use Ultra. I think After Effects is a GREAT program that would benefit your productions if you learn how to use it!</p> <p>CS4 rocks by the way. It's great! Premiere CS4 kicks CS3's ass.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/renaming-tape-names-in-meta-data-in-bridge-maybe#post-42996 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:48:17 +0000 jerronsmith 42996@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I don't believe that the tape name is editable in Bridge, at least it wasn't considered editable data when I tried it.</p> <p>You can change the tape name in the project window, but I think it would have to be done clip by clip.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/renaming-tape-names-in-meta-data-in-bridge-maybe#post-42991 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:43:26 +0000 mdaniel132 42991@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> We have captured some 60 hours of DV tape using Adobe Premier Pro CS3 for a doc project. We (2 different shooters), realized that our varied and inconsistently named TAPE NAMES that are part of the Meta Data when captured, are causing problems for our editor when we create EDLs (Editing Decision Lists for use in his AVID system)</p> <p><strong>Is it possible to easily, or globally RENAME our Original captured Tape Names encoded using Bridge or another solution???</strong></p> <p>We would be most appreciate of a answer or an idea.......hopefully a quick fix! Its 4+ years work on this documentary  project...and counting!</p> <p> Thank you!</p> <p>Martha Daniel<br /> <a href="http://www.missnancymindstheirmanners.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.missnancymindstheirmanners.com</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adobe-cs3-vs-cs4#post-42789 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:36:51 +0000 chrisColorado 42789@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Has anyone used the Adobe CS3 Production Premium and then upgraded to the CS4 version?</p> <p>I see that CS4 is missing Ultra from the bundle. Has this bothered anyone, or is it more convenient that way? If you upgrade, do you get to keep Ultra?</p> <p>It might be more convenient, since I'm thinking most chroma keying can be effectively done with After Effects and Premiere, so Ultra isn't needed. Am I right?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avi-sound-problem#post-36999 Fri, 30 May 2008 03:44:59 +0000 chrisColorado 36999@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Maybe there is a checkbox you are supposed to check. It could be on the Import window or in the preferences window in the Edit or File menues.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avi-sound-problem#post-36958 Thu, 29 May 2008 03:19:08 +0000 phyrexian 36958@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am haveing a very odd problem with my avis when i import them. they play fine when i use win media player or real player to play the avi and the audio imports with the video when i use premiere pro 1.5 but the audio does not import with the video when i use premiere pro cs3 can anyone explain why i am haveing this bizzar problem</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/matrox-rtx2-le-faq#post-36540 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:10:43 +0000 Videoguy 36540@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Videoguys' Matrox RT.X2 LE FAQ </p> <p>Our Videoguys HD editing experts have been getting a lot of questions about the exciting new Matrox RT.X2 LE and we'd like to share some of the most common answers with you to help you decide to get the Hardware Advantage today! </p> <p>Part I - Introducing Matrox RT.X2 LE </p> <p><em>What is the difference between Matrox RT.X2 LE and other capture cards? </em> </p> <p>Matrox RT.X2 LE is a real-time hardware accelerator. This means that<br /> it is far more powerful then just a simple Input/Output capture card.<br /> With Matrox RT.X2 LE you get real-time performance that goes beyond<br /> what you can accomplish from software alone. </p> <p><em>Can I edit HDV footage with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 on its own? Why doI need a Matrox RT.X2 LE? </em> </p> <p>Although Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 software alone can edit HDV footage,<br /> it's not going to give you the same smooth, quick editing environment<br /> you are used to with DV footage. Not only does HD footage contain more<br /> pixels and bits of information, the compressions used put a huge<br /> burden on your systems resources. Matrox RT.X2 LE alleviates this<br /> burden and editing HDV footage is a breeze. It is BETTER because it is<br /> real-time! </p> <p><em>So what exactly do you mean by real-time?</em> </p> <p>Matrox RT.X2 LE hardware allows you to play back multiple layers of HD<br /> video and graphics directly from the Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 timeline<br /> without rendering. That includes adding filters, transitions and<br /> special effects. That's something that software can't do on its own,<br /> even with the fastest quad core computers. For example; our DIY 6 Quad<br /> Core machine with Matrox RT.X2 LE can play back a timeline that<br /> includes two layers of HDV video with a slow motion filter on one<br /> layer and color filters on the other, as well as a graphic overlay.<br /> This plays back in real-time, directly from the timeline, with no<br /> rendering! </p> <p>For the rest of the RT.X2  FAQ, follow this link <a href="http://www.videoguys.com/rtx2le_faq.html">http://www.videoguys.com/rtx2le_faq.html</a> </p> <p>Gary </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pmw-ex1-premier-pro-cs3-worlkflow-1#post-36417 Sun, 11 May 2008 03:19:48 +0000 KBoomer 36417@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Paul,  I have the same exact issue.  I just switched over from Avid to Premier CS3 with a Matrox Axio "super system"...hahahah.  I was filming on a hunt and the cards were full so we hooked up the lap top and moved the clips to an external hard drive.  Now they are MP4's and I cannot get the Clip Browser or Premier to accept them.  Matrox tells me it will be two months before they can work with MP4.   If you use sonys clip browser and the clips load up...immediately export them a MFX files.  This allows Premier to work with HD 1080I.   I am searching the globe right now looking for answers.  If I find them you will hear it.</p> <p>Keith Beam </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pmw-ex1-premier-pro-cs3-worlkflow#post-36272 Fri, 02 May 2008 03:52:52 +0000 TheDVshow 36272@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Some are claiming CineForm works for them. I have also found that MainConcept’s MPEG Pro HD3 gives Premiere the ability to work with XDCam footage, just as transparently as HDV footage, minus the ability to play back on a second monitor with a dual-head graphics card. Sound is there, as with video and the MainConcept CODEC appears to bring all the functionality for .MXF files. So the workflow is XDCam -&gt; Sony Clip Browser -&gt; Export to MXF -&gt; import to Premiere.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/encore-cs3-and-server-2003-os#post-36037 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:30:35 +0000 Furball 36037@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm running Server 2003 on a Dell Precision 690 with dual quad core xeon procs. Encore is locking up in the "Build". Has anyone tried this combination yet? I'm reverting back to 2.0 to see if it works without locking up with that version.</p>