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1. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
Gary Andrew Mar 26, 2009 8:49 AM (in response to harrismail)I can think of at least three ways to do this in Ppro.
1. Put the clip in the timeline - place a clip marker on the clip at the frame that you wish to use as the hold - right click on the clip and select hold frame at marker xx
2. Use time remapping place a keyframe where you want the hold to be and set the speed down to 1% on the right side of the key frame
3. Export a still this is now the least efficient way since Adobe broke the export still option and you must go through AME -
2. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
fredou_79 Mar 26, 2009 8:49 AM (in response to harrismail)If I recall correctly you go in effects windows and set keyframes for your 10 seconds at 0% speed. -
3. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
harrismail Mar 26, 2009 9:44 AM (in response to harrismail)Thanks Gary but correct me if I'm wrong but your suggestions involve inserting a clip into the timeline! All I wanted to do was achieve or create a freeze from the source window rather than inserting anything into the timeline - if you see what I mean. Is this possible?
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4. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
Eddie Lotter Mar 26, 2009 10:10 AM (in response to harrismail)See: FAQ:How do I freeze a video frame?
You will also find links to many free tutorials in the PremiereProPedia that will quickly show you how things are done in Premiere Pro.
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5. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
Bill Hunt Mar 26, 2009 12:12 PM (in response to harrismail)Steve,
I think that you might be confused about what you want to do, and how to do it. Bringing a Clip into the Source Monitor basically establishes a link to your Asset. PrP then "takes notes" of things like In & Out Points, but nothing is really done to that Clip - just the notes and links.
It is not until you bring that Clip onto the Timeline, that you can actually start working with it. That is where the editing is done and where you need to decide on the proper method for creating your "Freeze Frame." Eddie's second link will probably clear this up a bit. Eddie's first link will offer details on the methods already outlined above.
Good luck,
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6. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
harrismail Mar 26, 2009 12:22 PM (in response to harrismail)OK I guess I'm used to Avid which is just... Different...!
BTW Do you know how to show a run time duration somewhere? so the duration of the show is visible all the time?
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7. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
Jeff Bellune Mar 26, 2009 12:27 PM (in response to harrismail)>Do you know how to show a run time duration somewhere? so the duration of the show is visible all the time?
Bottom-right corner of the Program Monitor viewing area. -
8. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
harrismail Mar 26, 2009 12:40 PM (in response to harrismail)Sorry forgot there was empty space ahead of the last clip!
I tried time remapping but the speed wouldn't go down to zero. It always stayed above it by a fraction. What am I doing wrong?
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9. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
shooternz Mar 26, 2009 12:43 PM (in response to harrismail)Search down the Adobe Tutorial on 'Time Remapping'. It explains the function and the possibilties very clearly. -
10. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
harrismail Mar 26, 2009 12:54 PM (in response to harrismail)It does but 1% isn't a freeze. -
11. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
Curt Wrigley Mar 26, 2009 12:58 PM (in response to harrismail)Look up Hold frame in the manual. Heres a paste:
# Select a clip in a Timeline panel.
# To freeze a frame other than the In or Out point, open the clip in the Source Monitor, and set Marker 0 (zero) to the frame you want to freeze.
# Choose Clip > Video Options > Frame Hold.
# Select Hold On, and select the frame you want to hold from the menu.
# Specify the following options as necessary, and then click OK:
Hold Filters
Prevents keyframed effect settings (if any are present) from animating during the duration of the clip. Effect settings use the values at the held frame.
Deinterlace
Removes one field from an interlaced video clip and doubles the remaining field, so that field artifacts (such as combing) are not apparent in the freeze frame.
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12. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
harrismail Mar 26, 2009 1:02 PM (in response to harrismail)OK last word on this.....
I marked a section of a clip in the timeline (not the whole clip) and tried (very hard) to use the Hold Frame method to freeze just the marked up (in and out) section but whatever I tried to do the whole clip segment seemed to get affected (frozen) not the marked in and out bit... What am I doing wrong there??
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13. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
Curt Wrigley Mar 26, 2009 1:08 PM (in response to harrismail)It would help if you specifiy what hold options you selected. -
14. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
harrismail Mar 26, 2009 1:16 PM (in response to harrismail)I tried HOLD on Marker 0 but the whole clip still becomes frozen!!! Just to double check what's the best way to put in a Marker 0?
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15. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
Curt Wrigley Mar 26, 2009 1:25 PM (in response to harrismail)hmm; you are right Steve. Selecting hold on Outpoint freezes the clip on the frame of the outpoint; and you can stretch it as long as you like. So, I suppose the thing to do is put your motion clip, copy paste it behind and frame hold the second ne on out point. This doesnt quite work the way I remembered. But then again, my mem isnt what it ued to be. -
16. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
Eddie Lotter Mar 26, 2009 1:28 PM (in response to harrismail)>Just to double check what's the best way to put in a Marker 0?You're kidding right?
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17. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
harrismail Mar 26, 2009 2:06 PM (in response to harrismail)Yes :-) -
18. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
harrismail Mar 26, 2009 2:09 PM (in response to harrismail)One way I've found is to use the razor tool to "cut" the clip at the frame you want to freeze and then use the "hold frame" method to freeze the new bit. -
19. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
don solomon Mar 26, 2009 3:41 PM (in response to harrismail)Steve,
Glad you found a workaround--one of many--that satisfies you most. or should I say annoys you least.
The real problem here is the just plain stupid design of that feature. I know of no other NLE that makes something that should be so simple so completely convoluted and time consuming.
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20. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
videoDem Apr 8, 2010 6:23 AM (in response to harrismail)Same thing here with cs4 4.2 and mxf from P2, it just a nightmare for a single freeeze. Sometime you see it on the program monitor but never on the output.
Also it is absurd to pass through media encoder for a single frame export, and .tga, .tiff, .bmp won't be exported with tne correct depth pixel which at the end result in a big difference between the video and the frozem frame.
I've just retried it in cs3 3.2.0 and it works fine.
Btw, the .tiff format doesn't cover the viedo track below -as if alpha=0- it appears only when alone on videotracks on the timeline.
I lost my morning on this, go back to cs3 and gonna start to look for a real PRO application.
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21. Re: How to do a Freeze simply - can it be done!
Bill Hunt Apr 8, 2010 8:18 AM (in response to videoDem)I do agree that the moving of all Export functions to AME, has caused some things to not be so smooth and easy, as before. In many areas, the user gained benefits, but then gave up some ease elsewhere - this is one instance.
Now, CS4.2 has improved things, over CS4 & CS4.1. Do you have the latest version?
Also, TIFF support PAR, and if AME is missing that, you can always Open the TIFF in PS and easily correct that. Matter of Fact, I'd just do an Action, and that could easily be batched, File>Automate>Batch, for an entire folder of Frame-caps, setting the PAR to match the Project's. Personally, at that point, I'd Save_As .PSD for Import into PrPro.
Remember, some formats do not support anything but square pixels. Unless your Project uses square pixels, do not use them, or things will NEVER match up.
Good luck,
Hunt





