Premiere Pro 2 Preset Question

[NewFilmGuy]

When using Premiere Pro 2 to edit source material from an
AG-DVX 100A set on scene file 6 you use the preset file DV-24p, right?

If the footage is shot in letterbox/squeeze (per the scene file), without an anamorphic adapter, do you select widescreen 23kHz/48kHz, or Standard 32KHz/48KHz?

Do I use 32KHz or 48KHz?

Thank you for your widsom.

 

[Kevin Dorsey]

If you want to edit 24pa footage (F6) then use the dv-24p preset. Premiere will remove the pulldown and give you the original 24 frames.

If you need to mix 24p and 60i footage in the same timeline then edit using the regular DV preset.

If you shot in squeeze mode then edit using the widescreen preset. If you shot letterbox or normal, then use the standard preset. Letterbox is just 4x3 footage with black bars on the top and bottom. It is not true widescreen, only squeeze mode will give you true widescreen that will display properly on a 16x9 television.

I always shoot and edit 48khz audio.
Hope this helps.

 

[khmuse]

If you shoot normal or letterbox you will need to use a PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio) of .9. If you shoot squeeze (or shoot with the anamorphic adapter) you will need to use a PAR of 1.2.

Setting the PAR can be accomplished in Premiere with the 'Interpret Footage' option.

The preset that you use, widescreen or standard is not determined by the camera setup (normal, letterbox, squeeze or anamorphic) but by the finished project that you want to have. As long as you pick the correct PAR, you can mix and match as you desire. For an example, all the following are valid choices:

Shot in normal (.9 PAR) and finished in normal

Shot in normal (.9 PAR) and finished in widescreen (results are a pillarboxed project)

Shot in squeeze (1.2 PAR) and finished in normal (results are a letterboxed project)

Shot in squeeze (1.2 PAR) and finished in widescreen (results are 16:9 project)

There are also other possibilities, an interesting one is to shoot with the anamorphic adapter with the camera set to letterbox and finish in widescreen (results are a 2:35 project within in a 16:9 frame)

Your audio choices are either 32 kHz or 48 kHz. In 32 kHz you get 4 audio channels of 12 bit depth. In 48 kHz you get 2 audio channels with a 16 bit depth.