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1.2. your project is SD HD 2K 4K or beyond Open projects faster Multi thousand clip projects load and play fluidly Mix and match formats such as XDCAM RED P2 AVCHD AVC Intra and DSLR cameras freely in the timeline without rendering Experiment fluidly in real time with multiple color corrections and effects and see results in real time even on complex timelines Use real time keying on multiple clips at all resolutions using the new Ultra keyer Another significant advantage of editing with Adobe Premiere Pro is that there is no transcoding or rewrapping all footage is natively supported as recorded by the AVCHD camera You can begin editing the exact files recorded by the cameras immediately after shooting straight from the SD card or even straight from the camera there is no waiting You can share media between users and other NLE systems in its native format You also maintain the full quality of the footage throughout the entire production process In addition Adobe Premiere Pro provides a full array of export options Most common formats can be accessed from the timeline and through Adobe Media Encoder Top benefits e Edit AVCHD in its native format no waiting for transcoding you can edit seconds after shooting Page 1 End to end production metadata with XMP Page 6 Take advantage of fast timeline playback and rendering with the Mercury Playback Engine Page 1 8 Tight integration between Adobe Pr
3. Pro provides complete native timeline support for all AVCHD recording formats Adobe Premiere Pro supports all frame sizes and frame rates of AVCHD Many of the techniques described in this paper are applicable to CS4 programs but with CSS the level of performance in the AVCHD environment has been greatly enhanced Most work with AVCHD content will be done in Adobe Premiere Pro and it will be through Adobe Premiere Pro that most of the other CS5 applications will usually be accessed in the AVCHD workflow Working with tapeless media in Adobe Premiere Pro gives you several advantages The ability to edit HD and higher resolution footage in real time without having to first render it or lower its resolution by transcoding or rewrapping it with an intermediate codec is a post production dream come true Adobe Premiere Pro CSS brings that dream to the desktop with the revolutionary Mercury Playback Engine The native 64 bit CPU and GPU accelerated Mercury Playback Engine provides rock solid performance and stability so you can edit complex high resolution projects fluidly Open projects faster scrub through HD and higher resolution footage more fluidly and play back complex long format and effects heavy projects more reliably With the Mercury Playback Engine you can put 2 hour multi thousand clip projects together as easily as a high impact trailer Work in real time on complex timelines and long form projects with thousands of clips whether
4. file Coverage gt Speech Analysis Automatic 2 2 Pulldown Removal AVCCAM cameras do not record 24p footage as over 60 only as native 23 976p so there is never any pulldown to remove However in both 1080 and 720 PH modes 25p and 30p footage is recorded respectively as over 50 and over 60 with 2 2 pulldown Adobe Premiere Pro will recognize 25p and 30p footage and work with the footage in their native frame rates instead of 50i p or 60i p Editing Footage In Adobe Premiere Pro Footage can be edited either directly from the SD cards as noted before or from a hard disk drive With a fast modern processor and at least 4 GB of RAM Adobe Premiere Pro can edit multiple streams of footage at real time and is helped especially with the new Mercury Playback Engine which provides GPU acceleration see Previewing below multicore optimizations and native 64 bit support Editing from DVD or optical media is not recommended the data transfer speeds from the drive will be too slow for effective editing Generally any type of supported media may be dropped into a timeline of any sequence settings without any sort of transcoding or rendering A red bar may appear above footage which does not conform to the sequence settings this means that the footage must be rendered for final output but pre rendering isn t necessary for playback on the timeline Timeline playback may not be full quality or without dropped frames however If yo
5. royalty free menu templates and art and automated menu generation P2 Format Adobe Media Encoder can also be used independently to create virtual P2 cards from stand alone media files For example a card can be made from a single MTS video file by choosing Add and Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM 11 System requirements Please visit www adobe com products premiere systemreqs For more information Product details Adobe Production Premium www adobe com products creativesuite production Adobe Premiere Pro www adobe com products premiere AI Adobe Adobe Systems Incorporated 345 Park Avenue San Jose CA 95110 2704 USA www adobe com then navigating to the STREAM folder and choosing the file A new P2 card can be made containing only that video file Any video file can be transcoded to a P2 format using Adobe Media Encoder simply by choosing P2 Movie as the Format and then choosing one of the options in the Preset drop down It is generally best to choose a DVCPRO HD or AVC Intra setting most closely matching the original footage The presets may also be edited but straying from the existing presets may create a file incompatible with P2 formats and equipment Summary Through native comprehensive and flexible support for AVCHD files Adobe Premiere Pro provides fast import of AVCCAM content without file transcoding or rewrapping preserves image quality and allows users to adjust pl
6. such as MPEG 2 MPEG 4 H 264 AVC Intra el ead orton PAL D1 DV Widescreen and DPX PAL D1 DV Square Pixel w 1920 x 1080 31 6 MB per 3 PAL D1 DV Widescreen Square Pixel is 0 00 00 00 Base 30drop HDV HDTV 720 29 97 Web Content is 0 00 30 00 Base 30drop HDV HDTV 720 25 patie A very common method of delivering HD content is via the World Wide Web The most common HDV 1080 25 formats for delivery are Flash QuickTime Windows Media and AVC MP4 Flash is also often used a for delivering high resolution video content on CD or DVD Web formats are created as data files oe and most formats are exported from Adobe Premiere Pro through Adobe Media Encoder DVCPRO HD 1080 25 DVCPRO HD 1080 29 97 HDTV 1080 24 Flash video E Standard f4v and flv files can be created from Adobe Premiere Pro via Adobe Media Encoder a separate included software application that automates the process of creating multiple encoded versions of your source files and sequences Save time with Batch encoding in the background in Adobe Media Encoder manage priorities and control advanced settings for individual files A project can also be sent via Dynamic Link to Adobe Encore which can encode in flv or swf format for direct delivery to the Web This creates a web version of a DVD or Blu ray Disc project Other Formats The other Web formats can be encoded from Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects using Adobe Media Encoder The available common Web formats available i
7. 7 GB or 8 54 GB Dual Layer Under Output choose DVD Disc When you click Build choose Ignore and Continue when the box pops up warning there is a problem which may cause the disc not to play it is unnecessary to make a playable video DVD After you click the process will continue automatically with instructions Digital Tape For archiving to digital data tape Quantum offers DLT and LTO tapes and drives LTO 3 tapes are high capacity and can store several hundred gigabytes of data Flash Media Drives Footage can also be stored on flash drives or memory cards Footage stored on such drives should be transferred to hard disk before being used The process for transferring to a flash drive or memory card is the same as for storing to hard disk drive Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM Note for optimal performance it is recommended to store the AVCHD data on hard drives in a striped RAID allowing for increased transfer speeds very useful for better playback performance of multiple streams and clips with added effects Sequence Presets Available Presets m gt fmm AVC Intra v fm AVCHD v fm i080 BA AVCHD 1080125 50i Anamo BA AVCHD 1080125 50i Ba AVCHD 1080130 60i Anamo BA AVCHD 1080130 60i fm 1080p BA AVCHD 1080p24 Anamorphic Ba AVCHD 1080p24 BA AVCHD 1080p25 Anamorphic BA AVCHD 1080p25 BA AVCHD 1080p30 fm 720p Ba AVCHD 720p24 BA AVCHD 720p25 BA AVCHD 720p30 Ba AVCHD 720p50 BA AVC
8. Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM Workflow Guide A b 5 D 5 z a 5 Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium combines Adobe After Effects CS5 Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended Adobe Illustrator CS5 Adobe Flash CS5 Professional Adobe Soundbooth CS5 Adobe Encore CS5 Adobe OnLocation CS5 Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Additional components Adobe Dynamic Link Adobe Bridge CS5 Adobe Device Central Integrates with new Adobe CS Live online services which are complimentary for a limited time Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium End to end editing workflows with Panasonic AVCCAM cameras Adobe CS5 Production Premium provides tight support for AVCHD footage acquired with Panasonic AVCCAM cameras Edit your AVCHD footage quickly and efficiently in its native format taking advantage of the fast editing performance with the native 64 bit GPU accelerated Mercury Playback Engine and the tight integration between applications More than just video editing Adobe CS5 Production Premium is a tightly integrated suite of applications intended to cover every aspect of video and content creation from acquisition in the field to editing and effects to audio through to export and delivery Three applications in the Creative Suite are principally involved in the AVCHD workflow Adobe Premiere Pro After Effects and Adobe Encore Adobe Premiere
9. HD 720p60 Accessing AVCHD Footage On Your Computer There are a number of ways to access AVCHD data with a computer Reading AVCHD On SD Cards Directly The quickest path to working with AVCHD footage would be to read the data directly from the SD card this can allow you to edit your footage literally seconds after shooting with no waiting for capture or transcoding The footage is ready to edit as soon as it is recorded As the SD card is a mass storage device it can be read directly by either Windows or the Mac OS Various options exist to connect an SD card directly to a system Many computers have internal SD card readers or may accept external readers via USB or 1394 The AVCCAM camcorder itself can be used as a card reader when connected to the computer Likewise the AG HMR10 handheld recorder can be used as a card reader Using any of these methods Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 can read import and edit the footage on the cards exactly as if it were stored on a hard disk drive Offloading Cards To Hard Disk AVCHD footage may also be offloaded to hard disk drive and accessed by by Production Premium applications as any other files Files may be transferred directly from the card to an internal or external hard drive using any of the methods above to connect the card to a computer and then using the computer s operating system to transfer the files You may transfer the footage simply by copying the PRIVATE folder to your desired lo
10. Project and navigating to a _prproj file An Adobe Premiere Pro sequence can be Ouipul NTSC 17000779 29 57 fps Oe ieterieced 2 aroet 4 00 Max 5 00 Moos AAC 255 kbps 98 Ate Stereo opened at File gt Adobe Dynamic Link gt Import Adobe Premiere Pro Sequence and navigating to a prproj file All the sequences in the Adobe Premiere Pro project will then be displayed and can be chosen from A prproj file can be opened in Adobe Encore through File gt Adobe Dynamic Link gt Import Adobe Premiere Pro Sequence and again navigating to the file As with After Effects the sequences associated with the Adobe Premiere Pro project will then appear and can be chosen from Part 3 Working With AVCHD Footage In After Effects After Effects the industry standard compositing visual effects and motion graphics program supports AVCHD material natively It supports all AVCHD formats and frame rates After Effects can accept the AVCHD files directly in a stand alone composition or it may accept Adobe Premiere Pro AVCHD projects or sequences via Dynamic Link or by opening sequences directly from the prproj file Importing Footage Into After Effects AVCHD material can be imported by going to File gt Import and then navigating to the STREAM folder or by dragging dropping the MTS files from the folder into the Project panel After Effects Project Setup The equivalent to a sequence in After Effects is a composition If you have imported your foota
11. RD 00003 59 94i J My Book 00004 00005 00006 00007 00008 29 97p 59 94 23 98p 59 94p 29 97p 1920 x 1080 pixels 1280 x 720 pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels 1280 x 720 pixels 1280 x 720 pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels To import a clip from the Media Browser into Adobe Premiere Pro directly you can drag it to the Project panel or you can right click and choose Import Bee eeeesses ee 00009 59 94i 1920 x 1080 pixels If you wish to review clips before deciding to import them a clip in the Media Browser can be opened in the Source panel only without importing into the project by double clicking There you can set In Out points and then send the selection only to the timeline You can drag drop the selection by cursor or you can send the clip to the Current Time Indicator on the timeline by pressing the comma key for an Insert edit or the period key for an Overlay edit You can also click the corresponding edit buttons under the Source panel The selection will appear in the timeline and the full clip will automatically be imported into the project File gt Import You may also use the Import selection under the File Menu or Ctrl I in Windows or Command on the Mac In the Import dialogue box you would then navigate to the STREAM folder and select the MTS files for import Drag And Drop You may also use Windows Explorer or Finder to navigate to the STREAM folder of an AVCHD SD card Then you may simp
12. and folders intact as well as mixing and matching clips from multiple cards as you see fit This will allow you the greatest flexibility and control over your archiving process Note AVCCAM viewer will change the video file extension from MTS to M2T Or you can simply copy over the existing PRIVATE folder from the SD card making sure to keep all subfolders intact To maintain functionality between Windows and Mac systems a hard disk drive can be formatted as FAT32 which is compatible with both systems However footage may also be stored on hard disk drives using the Windows NTFS or Mac HFS file systems For cross platform access Windows users can use software such as MediaFour s MacDrive to read and write to Mac format drives Mac users can read NTFS drives natively but for read write capability additional software such as Paragon Software s Paragon NTFS is required Optical Media To archive onto optical media you will need an appropriate DVD burner and burning software such as Nero to create data not video DVDs Again you would maintain the PRIVATE file structure You can burn to DVD R dual layer DVD or to Blu ray DVD Archiving to DVD can also be done through Adobe Encore To do this choose File gt Select DVD ROM Folder and then navigate to an SD card or AVCHD folder choose the PRIVATE folder Then go to File gt Build and pick Disc from the submenu In the Build panel you may choose the DVD size from 3 95 GB 4
13. at Footage transcoded is stored in a virtual P2 card and the workflow is then identical to any other P2HD footage See the workflow guide Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic P2 Panasonic AVCCAM AVCHD software i is available from the Panasonic AVCCAM home page located Archiving Footage It is highly recommended that AVCHD data be archived before working with it The data on AVCHD cards is properly thought of as computer data and not video data and it should be archived accordingly instead of to a form of video tape or to video DVD or video Blu ray disc There are numerous archiving options 1 Hard Disk Drives transfer the AVCHD data just as you would any other data this can be to an internal drive but an external drive whether over USB 2 0 or IEEE 1394 400 800 FireWire would be most useful for long term storage 2 Optical Media the most useful variety will be Blu ray Discs because they are the highest capacity and can store multiple cards on a single disc but standard DVD R DVDs and dual layer DVDs can be used to store single smaller cards 3 DLT OrLTO tape not video tape DTO or LTO tapes are designed to store computer data instead of video footage and can store hundreds of gigabytes per tape 4 Flash Media Hard Disk Drives To transfer to hard disk drive the best option is to use AVCCAM Viewer This will allow you to create virtual cards with the correct file structure and all necessary files
14. ate rendering using Adobe Dynamic Link From within Encore open Adobe Premiere Pro sequences and then use the Edit Original command to make a change to the sequence Any changes you make in Adobe Premiere Pro are automatically reflected in Encore Encore also reads chapter markers in the sequence The Edit Original command is also useful when modifying a media file in Photoshop CS5 Extended An Adobe Premiere Pro project may be sent to Adobe Encore or opened as a new composition in After Effects by going to File gt Adobe Dynamic Link and choosing the appropriate selection The chosen application will then launch and the Adobe Premiere project will appear in the Project panel of the application Dynamic Link between Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects is only supported in the CS5 Production Premium or Master Collection it is not available with the stand alone versions of Adobe Premiere Pro CSS or After Effects CSS Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM Edits transitions and clip effects will be preserved when opened in the other applications Any changes to the sequence made in Adobe Premiere Pro will be immediately reflected in the other applications Opening Adobe Premiere Pro Project Files In Other CS5 Applications After Effects and Adobe Encore have the ability to open Adobe Premiere Pro prproj files including AVCHD projects A prproj file can be opened directly in After Effects by going to File gt Import gt Adobe Premiere Pro
15. ayback resolution to meet the performance and image quality needs of every post production task Native format support together with powerful real time editing tools make Adobe Premiere Pro the hub of comprehensive efficient and flexible Panasonic workflows Written by David Jimerson co owner of Wrightsville Beach Studios Ltd David Jimerson is a producer and the editor of series of instructional DVDs for Panasonic cameras and workflows and general video production available at http www wrightsvillebeachstudios com Adobe the Adobe logo and Adobe Premiere are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Mac and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the United States and other countries QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks used under license Intel and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Panasonic is a registestered trademark of Panasonic Corporation AVCHD is a registered trademark of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd and Sony Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners 2010 Adobe Systems Incorporated All rights reserved Printed in the USA 90000000 3 10
16. cation Direct access of AVCHD data is the same whether you read from the SD card or from a hard disk or other storage device you use Windows Explorer or Mac Finder to navigate to the drive and then to the specific volume where you can access any of the data in the AVCHD PRIVATE folder or subfolders You are now ready to import the AVCHD data into a CS5 application Part 2 Working In Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro Project Setup When opening Adobe Premiere Pro you will be asked to create a new project or open an existing project If you create a new project you will then be asked to create a sequence It is not necessary to create a sequence before entering Adobe Premiere Pro It is however necessary to create a sequence before you can begin work so it is recommended that you create a sequence at this time You may create multiple sequences with any settings and group them together into a single sequence of any settings So you may work in one sequence with settings for 720p and in another with settings for 1080i even at different frame rates but you may nest either sequence into the other or you may nest them both into a third sequence of even different settings How close to real time playback you are able to achieve will depend upon your system hardware If you do not create a sequence when opening the project you can create one by pressing Control N Windows or Command N Mac or by right clicking or Control clic
17. e item and select Interpret Footage gt Main The Interpret Footage box will appear From there in the Fields and Pulldown box you can choose to turn Separate Fields off After Effects will then recognize 720 30p footage as 29 97p Integration With Adobe Premiere Pro After Effects can be integrated with Adobe Premiere Pro in a number of ways Importing Adobe Premiere Pro Sequences As noted above After Effects can open Adobe Premiere Pro prproj files directly When opened all of the Adobe Premiere Pro project media and sequences will appear in the Project panel of After Effects Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM 00007 MTS Ff 00008 00009 mTs fe Me fei sbpc Hp lt mime Create a new Composition Dragging an Adobe Premiere Pro sequence to a composition timeline will open that sequence on the timeline All media will appear in the same arrangement as it does in the Adobe Premiere Pro sequence and will preserve some effects and transitions applied in Adobe Premiere Pro Opening an Adobe Premiere Pro project in After Effects is the same as copying pasting between Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects see Copy Between After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro in Adobe After Effects Help for a list of preservations and conversions Using Adobe Dynamic Link in Adobe Premiere Pro an option exists under File gt Adobe Dynamic Link to Create New After Effects Composition When this option is selected Af
18. emiere Pro Adobe Encore and After Effects lets you fly through your workflow Page 8 Enjoy a wide range of High Definition output choices Page 11 The industry standard compositing and visual effects program After Effects also supports all frame sizes and frame rates of AVCHD material in its native format After Effects can import AVCHD material directly it can import Adobe Premiere Pro AVCHD project files and sequences or it can create composites with AVCHD material inside an Adobe Premiere Pro sequence using Adobe Dynamic Link As of CS5 a 64 bit operating system is required for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects Adobe Encore CS5 software is a rich set of creative tools for DVD and Blu ray Disc authoring as well as web versions of DVD projects SWF file export to the web AVCHD footage may be imported into Adobe OnLocation where it can be analyzed mated with XMP metadata and included in the script to screen workflow starting with Adobe Story available separately With CSS all applications are nearly identical between the Windows and Mac versions Most application project files Adobe Encore excepted work in either platform so crossing between platforms is as simple as accessing the media files and the project files with either system either over a network or with external hard drives It is therefore possible for example to work in the field with a low cost Windows laptop and then transfer all work to a Mac desktop s
19. ge into the project before creating a composition you can simply drag a footage asset to the Create a New composition square at the bottom of the Project panel This will automatically create a composition which matches the properties of the footage To create a composition manually go to Composition gt New Composition A dialogue box will appear in which you can define the attributes of the composition including frame size frame rate etc There are numerous presets available As with Adobe Premiere Pro choose the preset which best fits your footage or define your own composition settings manually If your footage is shot in the 1080 HG or HE modes it is best to start with an HDV preset as it will match the frame size and pixel aspect ratio Change the frame rate if necessary For 1080 HA or PH footage start with an HDTV 1080 preset and change the frame rate if necessary For all 720 footage start with an HDV HDTV 720 preset and again change the frame rate if necessary Working With AVCHD Footage In After Effects Working With Pulldown As with Adobe Premiere Pro there is no need to remove pulldown in 24p footage because it is recorded at its native frame rate However as 1080 25p and 1080 30p footage is recorded in 50i or 60i streams respectively After Effects will read the footage as interlaced To have After Effects read the footage as true progressive 25p or 30p it is necessary to use Interpret Footage Right click ona footag
20. king Mac in the Project panel and choosing New Item gt sequence You will then be given options for project presets groups of presets will appear in the Available Presets box of the New sequence panel represented as file folders Sequence Settings For AVCHD material there are a number of preset options found in the AVCHD folder Your best option is to choose a sequence setting which fits most if not all of the footage you will be using in the project 1080i p for any footage the project preset should be chosen according to the frame rate of the footage including whether the footage is progressive or interlaced In the AVCHD folder there are subfolders labeled 1080i and 1080p containing the 1080 presets AVCCAM cameras offer several Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM C Media D Software E Data 1 F Data 2 gt PRIVATE gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi a3 00000 00001 00003 00004 00005 frame rates in 1080 mode including 60i and 50i as well as 24p 25p and 30p depending on the model and region AVCCAM cameras record AVCHD at various quality levels the highest record 1080 footage as full raster 1920x1080 Lower quality settings record the footage as 1440x1080 with a pixel aspect ratio of 1 333 also called anamorphic If you recorded footage at the lower quality HE HN or HF modes select the Anamorphic preset If you recorded in HG HA or PH modes do n
21. ly drag the video files to the Project panel in Adobe Premiere Pro Working With the Footage In Adobe Premiere Pro Working With Metadata Adobe Premiere Pro CSS has powerful tools for media management by working with metadata stored with each clip Under the Window menu the Metadata panel can be activated The panel is divided into three sections Clip File and Speech Analysis The Speech Analysis section will display the text transcript of the spoken words in the audio if the clip has been analyzed with the Analyze Content tool under the Clip menu Many metadata fields in the Clip and File sections may be edited The data will be saved and viewable as an XMP file created to be associated with the clip This XMP data is viewable in other applications which support XMP including all the other applications in the Creative Suite Thus the changes made are viewable and the metadata is editable in other CS5 applications such as After Effects and Adobe Encore The XMP files are saved in the STREAM folder of the AVCHD card Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM In order to edit and save the XMP metadata including making a speech transcript it is important to make sure any write protection is disabled In Windows uncheck Read Only in the Contents folder Properties and make sure it applies to all subfolders and files In the Mac OS make sure the Contents folder s Ownership amp Permissions is set to You Can Read am
22. mera head coupled with the AG HMR10 handheld AVCHD recorder Footage already shot may also be delivered on storage media such as hard disk drives digital tape optical media such as CD DVD or Blu ray or by any other file storage system As long as the AVCHD file structure is maintained these files are identical to the files recorded on an SD card AVCHD is recorded to SD and SDHC flash memory cards It is recorded within a file system common to all AVCHD equipment The topmost folder is called PRIVATE Inside it is a folder called AVCHD which contains two folders called AVCHDTN and BDMV Inside the BDMV folder are three folders which contain the data for the footage recorded by the camera CLIPINF PLAYLIST and STREAM The STREAM folder contains the MTS files which are the footage It is recommended to keep this file structure intact Panasonic AVCHD Software No special drivers are needed as the SD card format is common to and supported by all major computer operating systems and most computer manufacturers Cards can be read natively by any computer with an SD card slot or through external readers including the AVCHD camcorder itself Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM Available Panasonic support software includes AVCCAM Viewer which can be used to view transfer and organize footage as well as edit the AVCHD metadata and also AVCHD Transcoder Windows only a tool which transcodes AVCHD footage to P2 MXF DVCPRO HD form
23. n accurate representation of the picture for purposes of image manipulation particularly color correction It can be easier for display of a work in progress to a client or a group of people etc In general it allows you to see your work as closely as possible to how your audience will see it All preview options are found by clicking the Output button under the preview panel then choosing Playback Settings From there you will be given a dialogue panel external preview options are found in the External Device drop down menu in the Realtime Playback box For most projects the preview can be sent as DV via 1394 through a DV camera or deck to a monitor through composite or S Video cables inputs This is ideal if working in a DV or standard definition project but it is not ideal if working in HD HD material in either version can be previewed using an HD preview card such as AJA s Kona Mac or Xena Windows cards or Blackmagic Design s DeckLink or Intensity Pro cards Preview is accelerated using a Mercury Playback Engine supported NVIDIA graphics card GPU The GPU can accelerate video playback with heavy effects to real time if the card is powerful enough depending on the footage type and level of effects This can be very useful when working with high definition footage like AVCHD Playback is also enhanced by OpenGL support with some effects The Windows version of Adobe Premiere Pro can also use the gra
24. nclude H 264 MPEG 4 Windows Media and QuickTime Most formats have a wide variety of presets available and each can be customized These options range from small frame all the way up to HD content HD Tape For Broadcast As with archiving printing to HD tape for broadcast will require the installation of a High Definition hardware card such as those from AJA or Blackmagic Design and a deck which records in the desired format To print to tape choose File gt Export to Tape and then the appropriate deck option through the hardware card Blu ray Disc Adobe Encore CS5 software is a versatile interactive authoring tool for video distribution that allows you to deliver your high definition work complete with advanced functions such as pop up menus subtitles and more to clients or consumers on standard definition DVDs and high definition Blu ray Discs Adobe Encore can be used to make a Blu ray Disc image or with a Blu ray burner burn a Blu ray Disc An Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects project can be sent by Dynamic Link to Adobe Encore which can then author the project for Blu ray delivery A selection of Blu ray format options is available Encore simplifies production and preserves control over interactivity and output Instead of doing manual scripting visually drag and drop assets to create your DVD and Blu ray Disc navigation with the visual flowchart Design full featured interfaces by using robust text tools high definition
25. ot select the Anamorphic preset e For 1080 60i footage HE HN or HF choose AVCHD 1080i30 60i Anamorphic e For 1080 60i footage HG HA or PH choose AVCHD 1080i30 60i e For 1080 50i footage HE HN or HF choose AVCHD 1080i25 50i Anamorphic e For 1080 50i footage HG HA or PH choose AVCHD 1080i25 50i 24p 25p and 30p footage may only be recorded in full raster PH mode so do not select an Anamorphic preset e For 1080 24p footage choose AVCHD 1080p24 e For 1080 25p footage choose AVCHD 1080p25 e For 1080 30p footage choose AVCHD 1080p30 720p the sequence presets for 720p footage are contained in a single folder see Fig 1 above As with 1080 footage choose the preset which best matches your footage All recording modes are full raster non anamorphic e For 720 60p footage choose AVCHD 720p60 e For 720 50p footage choose AVCHD 720pS0 e For 720 30p footage choose AVCHD 720p30 e For 720 25p footage choose AVCHD 720p25 e For 720 24p footage choose AVCHD 720p24 Importing Footage Into Adobe Premiere Pro There are three ways to import AVCHD data into Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 You may import footage before creating a sequence However it is recommended to create a sequence first The Media Browser The best method for importing AVCHD files is using the Media Browser panel You will see a list of your storage devices clicking on the arrow next to each letter will reveal the Files of type folder
26. p Write Working with Media In The Project Panel All project media files appear in the Project panel The media files can be listed entirely as separate items or they can be organized into a file bin structure for ease of media management Media items are listed with numerous columns of metadata The default set of columns is the legacy display of information common to previous versions of Media Type Frame Rate 29 97 fps Adobe Premiere Pro but they can be deselected or more different Media Duration 00 00 14 15 columns added by clicking on the Video In Point 7 s an flyout menu icon in upper right of reales the Project panel and choosing Audio Out Point Metadata display Column Audio Duration 00 00 14 24696 a cee order can be changed by dragging Audio Info 48000 Hz Compressed Stereo columns Video Usage Audio Usage Tape Name In the Metadata Display panel Description jaa you can choose which columns to Log Note i i i File Path F PRIVATE AVCHD BDMV STREAM 00003 MTS display by checking or unchecking their boxes v File 00003 MTS Powered By v File Properties Name 00003 MTS File Path F PRIVATE AVCHD BDMV STREAM The project can be sorted on Type MTS any of the columns Some of the Created Modified metadata in the columns can XMP Modified 01 20 10 19 30 35 be edited directly in the Project Size 27 1 MB Y Dublin Core panel changes will be saved to Contributor the XMP
27. phics card to preview on an external HD monitor if the card has a native HDMI output port or through a DVI output using a DVI to HDMI adapter For this you must use the GPU s driver software to set up the output as a Windows display Then you should see that display as an option in the External Device drop down Exporting Footage From Adobe Premiere Pro Exporting a sequence can be done in several ways Direct Export In CS5 sequences or selections can be exported to any format directly Choose File gt Export gt Media then select the desired format and preset Make adjustments to settings as desired Press Export The video will then be exported to the location you choose Export Via Adobe Media Encoder To export a completed movie file go to File gt Export gt Media and then choose the desired format in the Export Settings box Click Queue and then Adobe Media Encoder will open and the project will appear as a selection in the Source panel From here the output format settings may be changed or multiple format settings may be added When encoding is started by pressing Start Queue a movie file in the desired format will be created multiple files will be created if multiple settings selections are made Exporting To After Effects and Adobe Encore Via Dynamic Link Save time during the authoring workflow by sending sequences directly from Adobe Premiere Pro to Adobe Encore where they open immediately without intermedi
28. rie Sp DOOOD MTS 1 17 2010 6 0 timeline each time you return to Adobe Premiere Pro Recent PISS 5 none pars ace z PR OOO2MTS aee 1 17 2010 6 0 File Edit Composition Layer Effect Animation View Window Help OSMTS L LT 2010 Gil Desktop OOOO MTS 1 17 2000 6 08 i DODOS MTS 1 17 2010 6 0 Open Project Cto ty Composition none call E DODOE MTS LINAN GE Open Recent Projects gt Libraries DOOO7 MTS 1 17 2000 6 08 Browse in Bridge Ctrl Alt Shift O E DODOE MTS 1 17 2000 Get Browse Template Projects iY E DOOOS MTS L1 7 2010 G Computer Close Ctrl W Close Project a _ m c y a It Save Ctrl S Network Save As Ctrl Shift S File name 00002 MTS Save a Copy Files of type Al Acceptable Files x Save a Copy As XML Increment and Save Ctrl Alt Shift S Fom MPEG Revert mpat Az Foztage Import b File i ana ei hl ee Navigating to and selecting STREAM folder MTS files in Import dialog box Import option under File menu in After Effects Rendering And Exporting Footage From After Effects As a Movie File To export a movie from After Effects use the render queue You can access the render queue by going to Composition gt Add to Render Queue Here you can select from many formats and format settings or add multiple formats and settings to create multiple movie files of multiple formats As an Adobe Premiere Pro Project A choice in the File gt Export menu is Adobe Premiere Pro Project This will allow
29. s on that drive Navigate by clicking the disclosure triangles to a drive or folder THES ee containing a AVCHD PRIVATE folder H PRIVATE AVCHD BDMV STR 2010 01 17T18 04 00 0 00 Panasonic twirling to a folder or to an SD card H PRIVATE AVCHD BDMV STR 2010 01 17T18 06 52 0 00 Panasonic itself if mounted on the system and in 2010 01 17718 06 56 0 00 Panasonic the sub panel immediately to the right 2010 01 17T18 07 21 0 00 Panasonic thumbnails of your clips will appear STR PRIVATE AVCHD BDMV STR STR ATE AVCHD BDMV STR 2010 01 17718 07 57 0 00 Panasonic STR STR STR PRIVATE AVCHD BDMV STR AVCHD BDMV STR 2010 01 177T18 08 29 0 00 Panasonic The video contents will appear when you reach the PRIVATE folder level navigating further into the PRIVATE folder is not necessary ATE AVCHD BDMV STR 2010 01 17718 08 59 0 00 Panasonic IVATE AVCHD BDMV STR 2010 01 17T18 09 27 0 00 Panasonic PRIVATE AVCHD BDMV STR 2010 01 17718 09 59 0 00 Panasonic r ee Se ee ee a alo PRIVATE AVCHD BDMV STR 2010 01 17T18 10 34 0 00 Panasonic Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM Adobe has created a Workspace configuration called Metalogging which is useful when browsing and importing footage using the media browser Panel gt Workspace gt Metalogging or Alt Shift 5 Windows or Option Shift 5 Mac Note The metadata discussed in this section is XMP metadata created and used by Adobe CS5 Produc
30. tation or to work with both Windows and Mac stations on the same network This paper will cover Part 1 Acquiring And Archiving Footage To Be Edited Ways of acquiring AVCHD footage through shooting from NLEs from sharing files or from content generated by Panasonic AVCHD software and equipment methods for archiving the footage before use in CS5 AVCHD file structure and accessing footage on your computer Part 2 Working In Adobe Premiere Pro Project setup importing footage working with the footage and exporting to a variety of formats We will explore integration with Adobe Encore and After Effects through Dynamic Link Part 3 Working With AVCHD In After Effects Importing footage creating composites working with the footage and exporting through the render queue Integration with Adobe Premiere Pro through Dynamic Link Part 4 Adobe CS5 Production Premium HD Delivery Options Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium offers a wide array of HD delivery options including content for the Web Blu ray Disc authoring Panasonic P2 format and even export to HD tape for broadcast Part 1 Acquiring And Archiving Footage To Be Edited Acquiring AVCHD Footage AVCCAM is Panasonic s brand name for its professional cameras which use the AVCHD codec The most common method for acquiring AVCHD footage is to shoot with any of Panasonic s AVCCAM cameras including the AG HMC40 AG HMC70 and AG HMC150 camcorders and the AG HCK10 ca
31. ter Effects will launch and a composition will be created That composition will be linked to the Adobe Premiere Pro project as a composition which appears in the Project panel That composition may be dropped into an Adobe Premiere Pro sequence as a self contained clip Any changes made in the composition in After Effects will automatically be reflected on the timeline in Adobe Premiere Pro Likewise in the After Effects File menu a choice under Adobe Dynamic Link is New Adobe Premiere Pro Sequence Here a sequence will be created in Adobe Premiere Pro and appear as Linked Sequence in the After Effects Project panel Any changes made to the sequence in Adobe Premiere Pro will be automatically reflected in the composition in After Effects Also available is the ability to open selected clips in the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline in After Effects and replace them automatically with an After Effects composition In Adobe Premiere Pro select the desired clips then right click or Control click one of them and select Replace With After Effects Composition After Effects will then launch and a new composition will automatically be created with the selected clips already on the composition timeline In Adobe Premiere Pro the selected clips will then show as a single clip Changes made to the clips in the Lookin jy STREAM QAPI composition will be reflected on the Adobe Premiere Pro he Name i Date modifier
32. tion Premium applications This is not the Panasonic metadata stored by the camera To the right of the clip Name you will see numerous columns of metadata You can select which columns are displayed and in what order by clicking on the flyout menu icon in upper right of the Media Browser panel and choosing Edit Columns Directory Viewers AVCHD V Name V Frame Rate V Frame Size V File Path Y Shot Date VY Make V Model Y Start Timecode Serial Number You can sort the clips by any of the metadata columns so if you wish to group your clips by Name or any other of the applicable columns you may do so before importing Good Identifier Shot Location Audio Channel Type Audio Sample Rate Shot Name If you have shot a variety of formats or frame rates a good way to sort footage is to activate the Frame Rate and Frame Size columns and move them up near the Name column You can then easily determine which footage is which format and or frame rate Note that the footage frame rate will include interlaced or progressive information and that 1080i60 material will read as 59 94i while 1080p30 material will read as 29 97p making it easy to tell which is which Media Browser PRIVATE C Media D Software E Data 1 F Data 2 H Removable gt PRIVATE Frame Rate Frame Size 00000 23 98p 1920 x 1080 pixels 00001 59 94i 1920 x 1080 pixels 00002 59 941 1920 x 1080 pixels I 16 GB CA
33. u wish to render for full frame rate playback press Enter and Adobe Premiere Pro will create a rendered file and replace the footage with it A yellow bar indicates that a clip does not match the settings of the sequence but can generally still be played back in real time without rendering A green bar indicates that all necessary rendering is completed Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM The Mercury Playback Engine works hand in hand with NVIDIA CUDA technology and the following graphics cards are now available Quadro CX Windows Quadro FX 3800 Windows Quadro FX 4800 Windows and Mac Quadro FX 5800 Windows GeForce GTX 285 Windows and Mac Please see ww nvidia cor for system requirements and compatibility Adobe is planning on supporting additional cards as they become available including some of the new NVIDIA solutions based on the upcoming parallel computing architecture For an up to date li of supported cards please SAT qo 64bitsupport Previewing To An External Monitor Previewing a project is not limited to the preview panel in Adobe Premiere Pro There are several options for an external preview This offers numerous advantages The entire video frame can be seen at full size allowing for more detailed work the project can be sent to the type of screen which will be the intended primary viewing source such as an NTSC or PAL monitor or an ATSC High Definition monitor allowing a
34. you to export an After Effects project in Adobe Premiere Pro format The resulting prproj file can then be opened in Adobe Premiere Pro a folder will appear in the Project panel containing all of the media in the project and each composition will appear as a separate clip Compositions can then be added to a sequence timeline as a self contained clip Adobe CS5 Production Premium Panasonic AVCCAM 10 Part 4 Overview Of Adobe CS5 Production Premium HD Delivery Options There are several common methods for delivering HD content These include exporting for web content for Blu ray Disc delivery and to tape for broadcast Adobe Media Encoder is a separate 64 bit software application that saves you time by automating the process of creating multiple encoded versions of your source files and Adobe Premiere Pro sequences Adobe Media Encoder Web Video 320 x 240 Web Banner 468 x 60 NTSC DV NTSC DV Widescreen is part of Adobe Premiere Pro and features an intuitive user interface that provides visual feedback alate on your encoding process You can set up multiple items for batch encoding manage priorities and px a EO NTSC D1 Widescreen control advanced settings for each item individually Batch encoding lets you use any combination se ae w of sequences and clips as sources and encode to a wide variety of video formats including FLV F4V idescreen Square Pixe g ee Windows Media QuickTime and other popular codecs
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