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1. Re: Jumpy footage in CS4 PP - is it my system?
Jeff Bellune Nov 9, 2010 10:06 AM (in response to cooleon)Canon's H.264 compression in a MOV wrapper will never edit very well in CS4 no matter what kind of computer you have. CS5 fixed a lot, if not all, of the issues associated with Canon DSLR video files.
Conversion to another format and/or codec is advised if you stay with CS4. The CS4 Adobe Media Encoder may work for you, as well as Quicktime Pro. I recommend either Photo JPEG MOV files or Animation MOV files.
-Jeff
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2. Re: Jumpy footage in CS4 PP - is it my system?
cooleon Nov 10, 2010 12:55 PM (in response to Jeff Bellune)Thanks. I'm getting there.I take it that means my system is fine, its just the complexities of merging different technologies (why is it so complicated!? I just wanna shoot and edit and HD movie!)
On QT Pro it gets smoother if I downsize to 1280x720 HD and only at 24fps and only as photojpeg files, not animation. At 25fps it is still jumpy.
Still not good enough for what I need to do. I want full size HD and would love to see what 25fps does.
Now trying the Adobe Media Encoder, but what format should I enter in order to use on Premiere Pro if converting from Canon 60d .mov files? I need the final edited piece to be full HD quality.
Really appreciate any help anyone can give to a techno ignorant like me!
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3. Re: Jumpy footage in CS4 PP - is it my system?
Harm Millaard Nov 11, 2010 6:26 AM (in response to cooleon)The problems you are experiencing are to be expected from this system in combination with this material. Even CS5 will not help here.
The problems are:
1. Underpowered CPU.
2. Not enough memory.
3. USB externals, which are only good for backups.
4. Only 1 internal SATA disk, maybe not even a 7200 RPM disk.
It is time to look at a serious system upgrade.
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4. Re: Jumpy footage in CS4 PP - is it my system?
cooleon Nov 22, 2010 5:23 AM (in response to Harm Millaard)Thanks for everyone's suggestions.
Tried adobe media encoder. Didn't work. Downloaded other trial converters. None of them worked. In the end stumped up £35 for single incident support from Adobe.
They were brilliant. They spent several hours over a couple of days trying different things - they were always convinced there shouldn't be a problem, depspite my low-end system.
In the end all I needed to do was put chosen footage in timeline, then select "sequence", then "render effects in work area" from drop down menu. It proceeds to render all clips in the timeline - and hey presto! Smooth FULL HD footage from a Canon 60D.
Also, when you're creating the project, you need to set presets to AVCHD 1080p 25fps (or whatever you're footage was shot in: 720p 50fps etc.)
So it wasn't my system that was the problem.
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5. Re: Jumpy footage in CS4 PP - is it my system?
JSS1138 Nov 22, 2010 9:04 AM (in response to cooleon)It actually was your system. Rendering creates NEW files in a NEW codec, one that your system could obviously handle better. Technically, this issues wasn't solved. A work around was found.
But hey, sometimes that's the best you can get. As long as you keep producing, right?
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6. Re: Jumpy footage in CS4 PP - is it my system?
cooleon Nov 22, 2010 12:28 PM (in response to JSS1138)My point was that the solution, in this case a "work-around", was relatively simple because it was within the existing software and didn't require me to spend thousands of pounds on a system upgrade, as was previously advised.



