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| | | | | Split a video mp4 file ?by Soumendra Jena 4 weeks agoHi, I made a project in Premiere Pro and exported it to h264 via media encoder. Its 16GB. Since, my DVDs are 8.5GB, I need to split this file to 8GB each and write to 2 DVDs. IS there a way I can spli | Re: Split a video mp4 file ?
by Jeff Greenberg 3 weeks ago
No, there isn't an easy way to segment a 16 gig file into pieces. Can I do it Yes, you can actually use a utility to split it into multiple files and reconstruct it on the other end. You don't want to
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| | | |  | Severe audio noise removalby Jeff Baker 1 month agoI have this track that has a lot of noise that needs removing. I have tried using Audacity, but it gives it a very tinny sound. Any advice on good techniques for removing it etc It also needs normalis | Re: Severe audio noise removal
by Jeff Greenberg 4 weeks ago
It's not a magic tool. You're going to have to end up leaving some of the noise in there You won't keyframe something like this, but break it down into sections where the noise changes The recording i
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| | | | | Moving shapesby Daniel Frost 1 month agoHello, As part of my job I have to start editing some basic CCTV footage (data protection - nothing dodgy!) and I have got a copy of Adobe Premiere Elements 10 to do this. I know this forum is for Pre | Re: Moving shapes
by Jeff Greenberg 1 month ago
Sadly, this forum is for Adobe Premiere Pro pro - I don't think there is a forum at the cow for Adobe Premiere elements. What you want to do is either be able to keyframe the position or track the und
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| | | | | Rode SmartLav for iPhoneby Ben Hilton 1 month agoHey everyone, I work with in a media department for a ministry, and we are planning on doing our updates for our fundraising tours, using the iPhone 4s. We have found that the quality is good enough f | Re: Rode SmartLav for iPhone
by Jeff Greenberg 1 month ago
It's not out yet. I spoke to them prior to NAB. Best, Jeff I. Greenberg Author Master Instructor Speaker Consulting My contact info and more New! Come see me speak @ NAB Post Production World!
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| | | | | Bit-Rate Questionby Brandon Smith 1 month agoI'm making my first attempt at exporting to Blu-Ray, so apologies as I realize this is probably a simple question. I exported my video out of FCP as a self-contained quicktime movie and brought it int | Re: Bit-Rate Question
by Jeff Greenberg 1 month ago
Adobe Media Encoder is likely to force a transcode and those bitrates are small (not anemic - that'd be under 10) but still not great. The larger the bit rate, the more space a codec has to breathe, m
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| | | | | Uploading a 1/2 hour H.264 film to YouTubeby Mary Lee 2 months agoI'm trying to upload a 33 minute H.264 film to YouTube. I've extended my channel so it can accept longer length films. It is currently on 11% and has been uploading for over 12 hours now. It says 6227 | | | | |
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| | | | | AMA Linked Final Version Now What?by Brian Bruhn 2 months agoHello Folks, Against all odds I have been editing via AMA linked volumes for the life of my current project. The project is a feature documentary and was all shot on Panasonic HVX-200 in 720PN 23.976  | Re: AMA Linked Final Version Now What?
by Shane Ross 2 months ago
Why did you transcode before you had picture lock Actually, why did you transcode at all DVCPRO HD P2 is MXF...Avid works with that natively. I say go back to the sequence BEFORE you transcoded and ed
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| | | |  | Avid Pan and Zoomby John Hill 2 months agoI have some jpegs from my iphone that look good when viewed on my Mac desktop. They don't look good in Avid MC even when I use Avid Pan and Zoom, which links to them on the desktop. I have have full g | Re: Avid Pan and Zoom
by Jeff Greenberg 2 months ago
If it worked great in HD...then it's how sh**ty SD is. Not much more can be done. Sadly, SD is less than 1 megapixel. Best, Jeff I. Greenberg Author Master Instructor Speaker Consulting My contact inf
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| | | | | Premiere pro cs6 scene detectionby josh phoenix 2 months agoI am having video files compiled in a sequence without cuts or edits then exporting this as 1 media file to help with bandwidth on sending the file and also to know the rough order of the clips. Is th | Re: Premiere pro cs6 scene detection
by Jeff Greenberg 2 months ago
Premiere has no shot detection ability. You'd have to figure out (with your budget) some workflow in Resolve to make this work... Or take your original NLE and do a consolidation with handles (say 10-
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| | | | | Reverse engineering a templateby Jeremy Browe 2 months agoHey everyone! I am running into a bit of a problem with motion 5 and I was hoping someone could help. I found and purchased this awesome custom built video wall template from video hive: http: videohi | Re: Reverse engineering a template
by Jeff Greenberg 2 months ago
If it's keyframed, you're going to have to move to that keyframe and manually move the camera to how where you want it pointing. Now, there's an uber cool motion trick to move a camera...like a video
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| | | |  | Poor Avid...by Daniel McClintock 2 months agoNow the lawsuits have begun... http: money.msn.com business-news article.aspx feed=MW&date=20130326&id=16282194 http: money.msn.com business-news article.aspx feed=BW&date=20130326&id=16283738 Any gue+1  | Re: Poor Avid...
by Oliver Peters 2 months ago
Where have you been ;-) By now this is old news and started weeks ago. In fact, there are several threads on this and other forums about the same subject. FWIW - every company gets sued. Even Apple. T
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| | | | | text issueby Ken Tannenbaum 2 months agoI nested several clips into one and need to superimpose a line of text to run concurrently during play. Can't figure out the process of superimposing the text at the start of the image clip. I THOUGHT | Re: text issue
by Jeff Greenberg 2 months ago
Ken, actually this is an area of common confusion. When you load up the Text Generator what you're seeing in the viewer is the raw generator. Any changes you make are to it. If you add it to the timel
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| | | | | Moving media files to new driveby Daniel Schultz 2 months agoBasic media management question: I transcoded all my media files to an external drive for a project, and they went into the "1" folder in the MXF folder. I want to transfer those files over to a porta | Re: Moving media files to new drive
by Michael Phillips 2 months ago
Delete the MSM database files in each of those folders on the hard drive as it will force Media Composer to rebuild them on startup. There will be two of them in each of the numbered folders. Delete t
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| | | |  | AMA linking to AVCHD footage - pipe stallby Peter Groom 2 months agoHI Ive been hunting for a solution to this issue for months now to no avail. My problem is that when i AMA link to the folder structure of AVCHD material,and I can see it in my MC 6.0.1.1, BUT when I | | | | |
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| | | | | Iphone and clone screenby Morten Slemdal 2 months agoHi! I want to use my iphone as a remote control for my tv. I also want a clone mode, with picture on both units. How can I do that Airplay Other suggestions | Re: Iphone and clone screen
by Jeff Greenberg 2 months ago
Morten Slemdal "I also want a clone mode, with picture on both units" Best way here is to buy an Apple TV. Then your iPhone (if its a 4 or later) will 'see' the Apple TV and you can mirror the phone.
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| | | | | Content problem (SMI, XML, MP4)by Paul Seelmann 2 months agoHi, I got some footage from a colleauge who got it from a colleauge etc... which I am supposed to edit.. for every clip there is an extra folder containing a mp4, a smi, a xml, a bim and a ppn file. t | Re: Content problem (SMI, XML, MP4)
by Jeff Greenberg 2 months ago
Paul, that sounds like exactly what someone did - grab all the files from an XDCam volume. If they don't give you the folder structure exactly like it was on the card Yeah, that's a problem. You can't
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| | | | | Locking OS X versionsby Will Duncan 2 months agoI am trying to figure out how to lock OS X to 10.8.2 and deny any app store updates without authorization, since they do not require a password now my editors have a tendency to run updates because ba | Re: Locking OS X versions
by Jeff Greenberg 2 months ago
Make the main user login as a non-administrator user. This will prevent the editors from logging in, upgrading etc. Best, Jeff I. Greenberg Author Master Instructor Speaker Consulting My contact info
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| | | |  | Slow exportby stig olsen 2 months agoHi, Im on a PC z820 and QT export (same as source - MXF) is much slower than Im used to from my old Mac. Attached is a printscreen with the performance and CPU usage when Im exporting - https: www.fil | Re: Slow export
by Jeff Greenberg 2 months ago
I'm guessing here from looking at your timeline - I couldn't tell if the filler top track was rendered. If it's not, Avid has to render it as it exports your file. If you rendered it first, your expor
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