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1. Re: PAL to NTSC - dear God please tell me it can be done...
Stan Jones May 10, 2013 6:09 AM (in response to Rory85)The problem is that Encore sets PAL vs NTSC when the project is created. You cannot change an Encore project from one to the other.
I hope someone who has done this has some words of wisdom.
But here is what I think is the worst case:
Make careful notes (may be screen shots of the flowchart etc would help) of the current project. Write down the time code for each chapter mark, and especially poster times if they are different. If you are not using poster frames, you may not need to worray about this: Premiere will handle with the dynamic link.
Create the new project as NTSC, add blank or template menus (they will be NTSC size and par), but I "think" you can copy paste the buttons etc. Try it with one.
Yes, all the actual linking etc must be done manually.
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2. Re: PAL to NTSC - dear God please tell me it can be done...
Rory85 May 10, 2013 6:32 AM (in response to Stan Jones)Ok cool, thanks Stan.
Re-doing the Encore stuff, as much as that would/will suck, it's not my worst fear.. the thing that scares me the most is the thought of re-doing all of the Premiere work again.. If an NTSC Encore project can convert a PAL Premiere working file to a NTSC DVD, I can live with re-working the Encore stuff.. And yea, Dynamic link takes care of all of the chapter markers, so that wouldn't be a big issue - it'd just be a matter of re-building the menus..But yea, if anyone has a definite yes or no answer on whether or not Encore can turn a PAL Premiere project into a NTSC DVD, I'd love to know.. The person I'm doing the work for doesn't want to spend thousands of dollars getting PAL dvds printed etc unless we absolutely know it's going to be a complete re-start to get it to NTSC..
Thanks again,
Rory
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3. Re: PAL to NTSC - dear God please tell me it can be done...
John T Smith May 10, 2013 7:28 AM (in response to Rory85)As far as I know, neither Premiere Pro or Encore will convert between formats
Convert NTSC <--> PAL http://forums.adobe.com/thread/995779
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4. Re: PAL to NTSC - dear God please tell me it can be done...
JSS1138 May 10, 2013 9:43 AM (in response to Rory85)I should just re-shoot it on a better camera in NTSC format..
I'd go that route. Shoot in 24p, which can be delivered to DVD, Blu-ray, web, devices, NTSC, PAL. etc. with ease.
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5. Re: PAL to NTSC - dear God please tell me it can be done...
Neil Wilkes May 10, 2013 9:45 AM (in response to Rory85)Rory85 wrote:
Ok cool, thanks Stan.
Re-doing the Encore stuff, as much as that would/will suck, it's not my worst fear.. the thing that scares me the most is the thought of re-doing all of the Premiere work again.. If an NTSC Encore project can convert a PAL Premiere working file to a NTSC DVD, I can live with re-working the Encore stuff.. And yea, Dynamic link takes care of all of the chapter markers, so that wouldn't be a big issue - it'd just be a matter of re-building the menus..But yea, if anyone has a definite yes or no answer on whether or not Encore can turn a PAL Premiere project into a NTSC DVD, I'd love to know.. The person I'm doing the work for doesn't want to spend thousands of dollars getting PAL dvds printed etc unless we absolutely know it's going to be a complete re-start to get it to NTSC..
Thanks again,
Rory
Hi Rory.
It's not possible in Encore or Premiere.
The conversion process is a complex one & consists of changing the actual resolution from 720x576 to 720x480, which gives a very different shaped pixel as well.
Then it also changes the frame rate of the footage from 25 to 29.97.
The easiest way to do this with Adobe tools is to use Atter Effects, making sure that the AE render is locked to the duration of the composition - this is critical, or you will end up with footage at the wrong speed. All menus will need to be rebuilt.
Sorry I cannot give you better news.
As a general rule of thumb, if in doiubt - create & author in NTSC as there are almost no PAL setups that cannot output either pure NTSC or PAL-60, yet there are very few that can go the other way.....




