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Display not scrolling during recording

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:28:30 GMT

I'm using the latest version of Audition CC2014, and have just noticed that during recording, the waveform created under the playhead (in the waveform editor) as the playhead moves left to right doesn't scroll. I have playback preferences set to auto scroll during playback and recording, with centered auto-scrolling in the waveform editor.

As the playhead reaches the right hand side of the display, the whole time line is compressed (like an auto zoom out) creating more space to the right of the playhead, which then jumps left to the beginning of that newly visible unrecorded space and starts moving right again. The waveform never scrolls off the left hand side.

Everything works fine when I'm playing an audio track back, it's only the recording that's affected. Nothing has changed on my PC apart from updating the Creative Cloud Apps I use.

Has anyone else noticed this behaviour?

Steve

Workflow into and out of After Effects

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 07:28:21 GMT

I’m just starting to learn how to use After Effects CC, with the help of the associated Adobe “Classroom In A Book” to get me started. Naturally, I’m keen to start using AE myself with my own projects, but this raised a question I can’t find the answer to.

First, apologies if I’ve posted to the wrong forum, I’ve target the AE forum because this is where I’ve become stuck, and hence the question. Basically it’s about overall workflow. Before I ever used After Effects, I’d organise my video clips, and do whatever was needed completely within Premiere Pro. Ultimately, my finished Premiere Pro project would be exported off to Media Encoder and job done!

If I’m working on a clip in Premiere Pro that I feel needs work done to it in After Effects, do I stop working in Premiere Pro and work on that clip in After Effects, bringing the finished clip back to Premiere Pro? Do I complete my project in Premiere Pro, and import the finished video into After Effects, resuming work on the sections of the finished video that require it?

Workflow wise, I’m just not sure how the process should be followed. I always work out in advance what I want my (finished) video to be, and when I was working just with Premiere Pro, it was pretty straightforward. I’m just now sure how to proceed efficiently when After Effects becomes involved.

Any advice most welcome.

Steve

TWAIN interface for Photoshop CC

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 17:34:25 GMT

Is There a TWAIN interface for Photoshop CC? I've looked everywhere on the web and can't even find a mention of it.

Mixed frame rate video clips on the same Blu-ray disc

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 30 May 2014 07:59:47 GMT

Before I go into the detail, this actually isn’t an issue for me, but more of a finding the answer to a different question, so please bear with me.

To explain: I live in the UK, and I’m forever challenged by the different native video frame rates imposed by the PAL and NTSC standards. Every consumer camcorder I’ve ever seen only produces HD output (1920 x 1080) at either 50 fields/second interlaced, or 25 (sometimes 50) frames/second progressive. Some action cameras (Go Pro) I possess allow me to record at 30fps progressive, in full HD, which for fast movement is simply better. This in itself is not really a problem, but I use other software (all USA sourced) for video production whose best results are only visible when the finished HD output is 1080/60i.

Having mixed frame rate video is a real problem for the DVD standard, but no so much for Blu-ray. Indeed Adobe Encore neatly gets around this problem, so I can actually author a Blu-ray disc which contains full HD video clips that may be either 50i or 60i. Both types of video exist on the same disc, and when played back through a Blu-ray player/TV combination, the resultant video clips are shown correctly. Player and TV switch seamlessly to the correct setting to handle the video content. So, I have a solution to my problem, but at the same time, a question I can’t find an answer to, which is this:

Does the Blu-ray specification allow video clips of different native frame rates (i.e. 25fps and 30fps) assuming the resolution is the same, to co-exist on the same Blu-ray disc as a supported feature?

It works, but I can’t find one shred of information that says what I’m doing is supported.

Comments are most welcome.

Regards,

Steve

Warp stabiliser rendering not improved by gpu

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:20:58 GMT

I have two PCs, both of which have an Adobe approved GPU installed. One PC has an Nvidia card, the other PC an AMD card. Both PCs/GPUs are recognised by the Mercury Playback Engine hence enabled in Premiere Pro. Although generally, I can see the advantage of the hardware accelerated effects in Premiere Pro, there's one effect which despite being supported, appears to be no different, and that's the Warp Stabiliser .

If I apply the warp stabiliser effect to a clip, the time taken to render is no different, regardless of whether the Mercury Playback Engine is hardware accelerated or not. I'm using the latest version of Premiere Pro CC on both PCs, and this is the only effect (at least from the hardware accelerated effects I've used) that I see no difference.

So two different PCs, both hardware configurations supported, and clearly the GPUs are doing their job - except for Warp Stabiliser. Is this expected behaviour, or something else?

Steve

CPU and GPU relationship using Premeire Pro CC

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:27:51 GMT

I’m starting to put the spec together to replace my current PC with all new hardware, which I’ll choose component by component and build myself.

As simply an enthusiastic amateur videographer who uses the Adobe CC suite purely as hobby, I don’t need cutting edge technology, but within my budget to replace, how best do I allocate funds to the CPU and the GPU?

You guys can assume I'll purchase a modern motherboard with the ability to host two graphics cards, fast SSD and HDDs, (total of 4 drives) and at least 32GB of memory.

The question is; how are CPU performance and GPU performance related? Should I spend more on a fast CPU and less on the GPU, vice versa, or somewhere in the middle? I’ve read all about the Mercury Playback Engine, and CUDA/Open CL support etc and what effects are accelerated, but nowhere can I find any research or lab tests where different CPU and GPU combinations were tested against known criteria to see how performance plays out.

I’d really like to get the best out of Premiere Pro, and just to give some context, if I apply the Warp Stabilizer effect to 5 minutes of 1080/25p video, it takes around 140 minutes on my current setup to render that 5 minute segment. So I’m sure anything new will be a magnitude better.

I’m looking at an Intel i7-4770K CPU, and Nvidia GTX 760 as one solution. I also have the good fortune to be able to lay my hands on two Nvidia Quadro K2000 GPUs free of charge as another. I'm open to suggestions!

Any advice would really be appreciated.

Steve

Program/Source Monitors displaying a single vertical black bar over image

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:46:02 GMT

I'm using Premiere Pro CC, with all the latest updates etc. I've just started a new project and I have a rather strange issue with the Program Monitor window. Basically, when viewing the last frame, of the last clip in any given sequence, approximately 1/8 of the image on the right hand side in the Program Monitor Window is obscured by a vertical black stripe.

If for example, I drop three clips into a sequence all on the same video track, but don't join them together (I intentionally leave a gap). If I view the last frame of the first two clips, there's no problem, it's only ever the very last frame of the sequence.

If I view a clip in the Source Monitor, the same black bar appears on the last frame of the viewed clip in the same manner as the Program Window.

I'm baffled by this one. I can't think of any setting I've inadvertently enabled/disabled that could even hint at this behaviour.

Final output isn't compromised, by the way, just viewing clips as I work.

Any ideas folks?

Steve

Unable to upload sync settings

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 18:26:34 GMT

I'm unable to upload my sync settings to my creative cloud account. I've seen other threads on this topic, but none of the options have worked for me. It's now 4 months since I last had a successful sync, and it's extremely frustrating.

Is there a definitive answer to this problem?

Crop Tool rotation not as good as the ruler tool

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:25:51 GMT

I like the features built into the crop tool since CS6, but I have one major issue which I can’t seem to find any comment or resolution on. Basically, if I rotate an image using the crop tool, I find horizontal and vertical lines tend to be jagged, as if very rough anti-aliasing had been applied.

If I rotate the same image using the ruler tool, vertical and horizontal lines appear smooth and correct. They actually appear straight, not jagged.

The result is I have to leave the crop tool, jump into the ruler tool, make my rotation (which is nearly always bringing a vertical or horizontal back to true), then back to the crop tool.

Does anyone know why this happens? It first appeared in CS6, and now I’m using CC it’s just the same. Is there a fix, am I doing something wrong?

Regards,

Steve Donoghue

Premiere Pro identifies 25fps AVCHD 1080p video as 100fps

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:20:07 GMT

I recently purchased a new Panasonic camcorder (UK PAL standard) which shoots full HD at 25fps progressive. When I import the clips into Premiere Pro (CS6 or CC) both programs report the file properties to be 100fps, as does Windows 7. In fact, every program I can lay my hands on reports the codec frame rate to be 100fps.

I’m at a loss to understand why. If I record video with the camcorder set to 25fps interlaced, Premiere Pro reports the frame rate as 50fps – which I took to mean 50 fields/sec which at least makes sense. The 100fps has me beat though. I should say that everything works fine, there’s no change in operation or use.

Any ideas anyone?

Converting 1080/25p to 1080/30p

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:04:28 GMT

I have some high definition video that needs to be converted from 25fps to 30fps for a project I’m working on.

No matter what settings I try in media Encoder, I can’t achieve an end result where the output video is smooth in playback. I’d hoped enabling frame blending would have helped but I can’t see any difference.

Does anyone know what the best settings are to convert from 25 to 30fps, or is Media Encoder not the best tool for the job?

Thanks in advance.

Audio problems when exporing from Premiere Pro CS6

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:03:36 GMT

I have a sequence in Premiere Pro CS6 which is I wish to export as a H.264 Blu-ray video file. I have an issue with the audio. Generally, I choose Dolby Digital as the Audio format and set the multiplexer settings to TS, leaving the bitrate and buffering details set to the default of zero. The resultant video file (mt2 file extension) plays fine with Windows Media Player and that’s it. No other software media player will play the file without omitting the sound.

If I import the newly created video file back into Premiere Pro CS6 as a new project/new sequence, and play the file back in Premiere Pro, all I get is a high pitched humming sound instead of any proper audio.

I compared against video files I’ve created with Premiere Pro CS5.5 and they playback correctly on everything I have.

Using one of the CS5.5 created files, importing into Premiere Pro/Encore CS6, and exporting back out creates the same problem. This is the first time I’ve used the CS6 version so I don’t know what’s happening. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Text ripple effect

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:35:06 GMT

I'm a very new After Effects user, and I'm really just experimenting with the software. On effect I’d like to attempt is a text effect which simulates a ripple, or at least that’s what I think it would be called.

Basically, imagine some lettering lying at the bottom of a swimming pool, and you’re looking at the text from above the surface. It would appear the letters are moving/distorting in a wave motion/ripple effect caused by the light diffraction through the water.

Could AE reproduce this effect, and if so, how do I create it?

Thanks in advance,

Steve

Good reference manual/tutorial for CS6

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:23:31 GMT

Does anyone know of a good Encore CS6 reference manual and/or tutorial? I've searched the Internet and can't seem to find any book of any kind that's relevant to Encore.

An Adobe "Classroom In A Book" for Encore would have been useful, but there doesn't appear to be anything forthcoming from Adobe or anyone else.

I've got the Adobe Encore CS6 Help And Tutorial, but I find it lacking any depth and detail.

Suggestions would be appreciated!

Declipper not finding clipped samples

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:28:42 GMT

I have a heavily clipped piece of music I wish to declip. If I scan the audio with Audition (CS6) “Amplitude Statistics”, it reports the number of clipped samples in their thousands.

If I scan within declipper, it reports none. In fact even if I deliberately increase the amplitude on the audio by +10db or more, the declipper still reports no clipped samples.

The declipper tool is simply not working, and no matter what I try, it never reports clipped samples.

Any ideas anyone?

Encore project: DVD plays fine, Blu-ray version doesn't

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:45:09 GMT

I'm new to Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5 so I'm still learning, so please bear with me.

I've created my first project in Encore which comprises a motion video on the menu with two buttons (static pictures in buttons) representing separate elements. One button simply plays a video sequence created from Premiere Pro, the other starts a slide show with music. The motion menu has a loop point set early on to bring the buttons up, it plays only once, and again, there is background audio to the menu. All the video is 1080i/50.

The Encore project checks out with no errors, and the preview function in Encore plays the material as I would expect. If I build a DVD from the project (Standard Definition) it works just fine. If I build a Blu Ray Disc, (High Definition) when the physical disc is played back, the motion menu up to the loop point plays and then just repeats that section forever. The buttons never appear, and the only way to see the content, is to manually enter the chapters. You never get to see the menu much less navigate it.

I'm at a loss to explain this. I output both the DVD and BD to a HDD folder and create the appropriate discs from there. If I use a software player to play back both the DVD/BD versions of the same material, the DVD version plays with menus, The BD version plays the video linked to the first button. I don't even see any part of the menu at all. So even the playing back of the BD version is inconsistent between the software player and the actual physical disc version.

Does anyone have any idea as to what's going on? I'm a PC not a Mac user.

Repair a single click

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:10:42 GMT

In Audition 3.0.1 and earlier versions, there was an option to repair a single click (Effects>Restoration>Click/Pop Eliminator>Fix Single Click). It's a feature I use frequently when restoring old recordings. I’ve already submitted a feature request to Adobe for the function to be reinstated, in the meantime, has anyone come up with a way to emulate the same functionality? I don’t want to let go of Audition 3 completely until I can have the same feature or equivalent with Audition CS5.5.