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FAQ: A glossary of video terms

LEGEND ,
Sep 27, 2009 Sep 27, 2009

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Many people new to video editing have a number of commonalities:

1. They lack experience and often education in video editing.

2. They encounter difficulties on their first few projects and come to a forum for help.

3. They phrase a question that makes sense to them, but often not to more regular users.

4. They miss the knowledge about commonly used terms and definitions.

These factors combined can lead to misunderstandings and wild guessing.

To help you phrase your question it may be worthwhile to have a look here: http://www.manifest-tech.com/links/video_terms.htm

so you can phrase your question with the right terms.

For instance, capturing and transfer are completely different animals used for different source materials. Using the proper term helps regulars to more quickly understand the problem.

Another example, rendering and encoding are completely different as well.

Hope this helps newbies to more accurately describe their problem or question and get a more speedy reply.

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LEGEND ,
Sep 27, 2009 Sep 27, 2009

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Harm,

Thank you for this link. I just posted it on the PrElements forum.

While there are many instances of incorrect terms here, there are many more on that forum, just because of the target audience for that program. Your link will give the posters there some great guidelines on proper terminology. That will cut down on the follow-up questions, "do your really mean Render, or do you mean Export?"

Now, it does not help that many NLE's use their own variation of many of these terms. PrE is guilty of this in many instances. "Import" = "Get Media." "Export" = "Share," and so on. When responding in different fora, I have to keep reminding myself exactly which program I am talking about. It's sort of like the PS user, new to video, who refers to the Video Tracks as Layers. Most of us make that correction in our minds, but for some it can be confusing.

Your contribution is greatly appreciated, and great find. I've been looking for similar for some time - you found it! Now, if we could just get the software companines to get on board and use the common terms...

Hunt

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LEGEND ,
Sep 27, 2009 Sep 27, 2009

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I would argue that solving item 1 will naturally resolve the rest.

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Sep 27, 2009 Sep 27, 2009

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Here are some Tutorials... there is a bit of overlap, since one discussion will often branch off to more discussions, but after you have read something once, you should be able to quickly skip it when a link turns up in another discussion
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A FAQ on sequence setting http://forums.adobe.com/message/3804341

Right side of the Premiere Forum http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere

-and the FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/faq_list

http://blogs.adobe.com/kevinmonahan/2012/08/28/free-video-tutorial-samples-from-learning-premiere-pr...

-and more from Kevin http://forums.adobe.com/message/4714153
Todd Kopriva's links http://forums.adobe.com/thread/845731
-and Links to some books http://forums.adobe.com/message/3234794
Video Scaling https://blogs.adobe.com/premiereprotraining/2010/10/scaling-in-premiere-pro-cs5.html

-and example of video sizes for scaling http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1120039

Prelude on Adobe TV http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1131172
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User guides as PDF http://blogs.adobe.com/adobecustomersuccess/2011/05/14/help-support-pages-for-creative-suite-applica...

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Other sites

Long time forum contributor http://www.stevengotz.com/
Premiere Pro by Creative Cow
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL507B3498B4479B96&feature=plcp
-and more at CC http://library.creativecow.net/articles/devis_andrew/

-and http://library.creativecow.net/series/Premiere-Pro-Basics-CS6--above-with-Andrew-Devis
VidMuze for After Effects & PPro & Encore http://forums.adobe.com/thread/913334
Bellune Video http://bellunevideo.com/tutlist.php
Premiere Pro Wiki http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Tutorial http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Premiere/1
Tutorial http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/forumdisplay.php?21-Premiere
CS6 http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?282290-New-Tutorial-Working-Faster-in-Premiere-Pro-CS6

Lynda.com Color correction http://forums.adobe.com/thread/892861
After Effects Tutorials http://www.videocopilot.net/

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And several forum discussions
A "crash course" http://forums.adobe.com/thread/761834
Tutorials aimed at MPE http://forums.adobe.com/message/2738611
Surround Sound http://forums.adobe.com/thread/517372
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Tutorial HD to SD w/CS4 http://bellunevideo.com/tutorials/CS4_HD2SD/CS4_HD2SD.html
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Encore Forum http://forums.adobe.com/community/encore
Encore CS4, but most of the information also works for later versions
- http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-encore-cs4/
Authoring http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/dvd_authoring/

Building a project http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1135941
Encore Tutorial http://www.precomposed.com/blog/2009/05/encore-tutorial/
Regions http://forums.adobe.com/thread/895223

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Adobe Employee ,
Feb 13, 2013 Feb 13, 2013

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This looks like a great FAQ. I'm going to move it over there.

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Jun 12, 2013 Jun 12, 2013

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If your nVidia card has at least 1Gig of video ram, use the nVidia Hack http://forums.adobe.com/thread/629557 - which is a simple entry in a "supported cards" file - and the Mac version at http://www.vidmuze.com/how-to-enable-gpu-cuda-in-adobe-cs6-for-mac/

Some people have Dynamic Link Problems... and a possible fix in http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1325281 If DL still does not work for you, simply export from PPro (or After Effects) as MPEG2-DVD and import the 2 files (video and audio) into Encore

More tutorials for PPro http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/learn/start/premiere.html

-also http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/topics.html

-and Todd's FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/message/3804423

Per Steven L. Gotz http://library.creativecow.net/tutorials/adobepremierepro

Another book http://www.amazon.com/Editors-Guide-Adobe-Premiere-Pro/dp/0321773012

For CS5 and later, the easy way to insure that your video and your project match

See 2nd post for picture of NEW ITEM process http://forums.adobe.com/message/3776153

-and a video http://tv.adobe.com/watch/digital-video-cs5/drag-to-new-sequence-function-in-premiere-pro/

A video on multi-camera editing http://vimeo.com/38573242

My CS5/AVCHD 1st Impressions http://forums.adobe.com/thread/652694

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1347988 is for Premiere Elements, but the process in Encore is similar to create a DVD with "about" 20 minutes of HiDef BluRay content... which will NOT play back on a DVD, only a BluRay player

Buy CS6 standalone programs or suites... Premiere Pro is on 2nd page

http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_creativesui...

Download CS6 here if you have a serial number but lost your media

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/cs6-product-downloads.html

CS6 Trial Downloads http://forums.adobe.com/message/5649304

-and http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1315644

Using Premiere Pro CC and Encore CS6

CS6 is the final Encore http://www.adobe.com/products/encore/faq.html

-see #8 here for why http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1337952?tstart=0

Original on How to Install PPro/Encore CS6 http://helpx.adobe.com/encore/kb/encore-cs6-installed-cc.html

More on how to install CS6 programs using the Cloud http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1424117?tstart=0

-be sure to follow ALL instructions, including ALL of the download instructions

-that are contained in the site link INSIDE the link above, or you will not get

-ALL of the Encore content (download PPro/Encore and then TWO more downloads)

You will then have (for Windows)

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Encore CS6\Library

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Encore CS6\Library\Corporate

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Encore CS6\Library\Education

...and so on for all of the folders

How to use Encore CS6 with Premiere Pro CC (NO Dynamic Link)

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/davtechtable/using-premiere-pro-cc-encore-cs6-for-bluray-dvd-and-interacti...

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