Premiere Pro Questions....

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Shogun!

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- While editing, I have fond a piece of footage that I would like to keep as a still frame, how exactly can I grab that frame and save it as a still?

- How can I create slow motion while in premiere pro? Do I need an add on? Or is there a video effect I can use?

- How can I freeze footage in the time line, add a voice over, then unfreeze once the voice over is done? Let's think Guy Ritchie style.

Thanks.
 
Shogun! said:
- While editing, I have fond a piece of footage that I would like to keep as a still frame, how exactly can I grab that frame and save it as a still?

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WS1c9bc5c2e465a58a91cf0b1038518aef7-7c94a.html


- How can I create slow motion while in premiere pro? Do I need an add on? Or is there a video effect I can use?

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WSC2C228EB-953F-496d-B1C8-47C2146971B9.html

- How can I freeze footage in the time line, add a voice over, then unfreeze once the voice over is done? Let's think Guy Ritchie style.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WS86D60FE7-0AAC-4799-9CC9-2E97F40ADD99.html
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Or just simply click on the "HELP" on the drop down menu in Premiere and click on "adobe premiere pro help" and it will take you the the help home page. From there, you can type in your questions in search and your answers will come up...most of the time.
 
The simplest way I do it, is to zoom right in to where you want the freeze. using the razor tool, chop a single frame, and then right click and select speed/duration, insert 1 as a value and it works. The rubber band system the help menu links to is great for doing ease ins and outs, but for a simple freeze, my way seems easier.
 
To export a still out of CS4, go into File-->Export-->Media. This will open up Adobe Media Encoder. You'll need to select Windows Bitmap as the export option, then uncheck "Export as Sequence". Click ok and it'll export to your desired directory.

To change a clip's speed, right click and select "Speed/Duration". Having "good" slow motion though is a complicated question all by itself. Slow motions are achieved by shooting a larger number of frames and then projecting it at a slower rate (i.e 60 fps projected at 24 fps is 60% slower). So just by slowing down the footage in Premiere the result isn't going to be good because the program wll just start duplicating frames. I've found that with a decent shutterspeed you can get an ok slow motion effect up to 50%, but anything more than that is going to look bad.

To freeze footage, export a still from that point in the timeline, replace the video with the still then continue the video once the VO is over.
 
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