Premiere Pro 5.5 and Effects questions

[billh]

I bought Premiere Pro 5.5, and I have questions about the differences between it and FCP.


I control click (on a Mac) the clips and send them to Effects, but if the clips are in the sequence (linked) and not the clip just added, and I try to send a single clip to effects, the entire timeline is exported instead. How do I delink a clip to send it to Effects? Can I change exposure and color correct directly in Premiere Pro without going through Effects?


With both Premiere Pro and Effects open on my old (2006, 8MG RAM) intel Mac Pro, I have to send a clip to effects and wait for it to finish before sending another - otherwise the program crashes. So I tried using these programs on a new i7 MacBook Pro (which is far, far faster) and this problem vanishes. However, I am looking at 1080/60P AVCHD files and dragging the part of the clip I want into the timeline (video only). There seem to be no option to do this with a transition, so I tried dragging them into the timeline when the project is finished. The problem with that is the clips are short and the space on a 15 inch laptop is very small, and it is difficult to work in this tiny space. Is there way to expand the size of the timeline so I can see it better? Also, is there a way to add transitions other than dragging them to the timeline?


Finally, if, for example, I want to correct exposure and also use warp stabilization (I love this amazing feature), can I correct the exposure first, then immediately drag the Warp Stabilization over the clip?


Thanks,


Bill

 

[robster180]

Hi Bill
Sounds like you have a bit of a work-flow issue here.
• Firstly CS5.5 Production apps are RAM thirsty, so on average you want around 2GB RAM per core, so if you're in for the long haul may I suggest you up your RAM.

• Secondly what it sounds like you want to do is maybe, put all the shots you want to manipulate in AE into separate Comps in Premiere if you want to colour correct scenes shot at the same time and location for example.

• AVCHD files will slow down your Mac as they're non-native so you also may want to re-render your files into a format that's more agreeable such as a Quicktime codec (without knowing what your footage is or it's desired output it's hard to recommend one)

• You can apply effects whenever you like through After Effects and/or Premiere if you so wish, but again the Mac will do this Procedurally and will probably slow your machine down depending on the filter.

• You can re-arrange you desktop by simply moving the cursor between panels which you wish to expand/contract and move them as you wish - there are also different settings from the pull down menu on the right (sorry I don't have AE open) which emphasise certain windows and panels to the task at hand.

Hope this all helps