PerroneFord
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James Cameron just released a little movie that was edited in DNxHD... I think you're going to be just fine.
Converting H.264 for Premiere Pro
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James Cameron just released a little movie that was edited in DNxHD... I think you're going to be just fine.
Jester2138
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I think Avatar looked acceptable. If my films looked like that I wouldn't exactly be ecstatic, but I'd be OK. I'd just try harder next time. 
Lucas 7D
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After reading a bunch of posts and fiddling with streamclip I now have a smoother work flow.
Do this:
download mpegstreamclip
download dnxhd codec
download the newest version of quicktime or it might not work for you
Google those
convert clips with mpegstreamclip by doing the following
click File, open, and select clips you want to convert by holding ctrl and clicking.
-click FILE and EXPORT TO QUICKTIME
-from the COMPRESSION MENU select AVID DNxHD codec
-click the OPTIONS button. Once there click on the barely visible line on bottom. A menu will drop down.
-select 1080p/23.976 DNXHD 175 10 bit if you shot at 24 fps and if you want highest quality. Otherwise select any other bit rate that applies. Then click OK.
-The quality bar is default at 50%. Increase it to 100%
-Uncheck Interlaced Scaling.
-Click MAKE MOVIE
The program will connect all your clips into one long clip and it will be 3 times larger in size than what you started with.
-open converted files in premiere cs4
Once i drop the selected clips onto the timeline I like to render the whole work area. I get a very smooth playback on my Quad core 4 gig ram.
Enjoy.
Do this:
download mpegstreamclip
download dnxhd codec
download the newest version of quicktime or it might not work for you
Google those
convert clips with mpegstreamclip by doing the following
click File, open, and select clips you want to convert by holding ctrl and clicking.
-click FILE and EXPORT TO QUICKTIME
-from the COMPRESSION MENU select AVID DNxHD codec
-click the OPTIONS button. Once there click on the barely visible line on bottom. A menu will drop down.
-select 1080p/23.976 DNXHD 175 10 bit if you shot at 24 fps and if you want highest quality. Otherwise select any other bit rate that applies. Then click OK.
-The quality bar is default at 50%. Increase it to 100%
-Uncheck Interlaced Scaling.
-Click MAKE MOVIE
The program will connect all your clips into one long clip and it will be 3 times larger in size than what you started with.
-open converted files in premiere cs4
Once i drop the selected clips onto the timeline I like to render the whole work area. I get a very smooth playback on my Quad core 4 gig ram.
Enjoy.
I can work with the 7D clips nativlely in Premiere but DNxHD is a good option also.
You DO NOT want to use an editing preset. When you first open Premiere, swith to the custom tab and choose Desktop as editing mode and you can then pick from a variety of editing codecs. I use either uncompressed or a Y.Cr.Cb codec. Set your framerate (25 it seems) and resolution (1920x1080) and you should be good to go.
As for export, if you are going straight to DVD, just choose to export to Encore and you can either direct author and get a self starting DVD or build a menu and make a nice package.
As far as a codec for your own personal use/archive, just export through Adobe Media Encoder and choose Quicktime and DNxHD.
You DO NOT want to use an editing preset. When you first open Premiere, swith to the custom tab and choose Desktop as editing mode and you can then pick from a variety of editing codecs. I use either uncompressed or a Y.Cr.Cb codec. Set your framerate (25 it seems) and resolution (1920x1080) and you should be good to go.
As for export, if you are going straight to DVD, just choose to export to Encore and you can either direct author and get a self starting DVD or build a menu and make a nice package.
As far as a codec for your own personal use/archive, just export through Adobe Media Encoder and choose Quicktime and DNxHD.