Mirror Imaging

I would like to make a mirror image of a video clip so that I can put two copies of the same video clip side by side(one mirror imaged) on the screen. I could then, for example, have the effect of a person singing to themselves. This might be fun for Karaoke clips for example.How do I do this please.

Patricia
Mirror Imaging
In your Effects and Transitions pallette look under Video Effects.

Click Distort and you will see mirror effect.
Mirror Imaging
Thanks, there is so much in this program that it takes ages to find everything.

If only Steve Grisetti would have written a book about it...



Oh, wait. He did!



The Muvipix.com Guide to Premiere Elements 7 is available at Amazon.com and through the Muvipix store at:

http://astore.amazon.com/chuckengelsco-20/detail/0615248993/104-3709942-5611121

There is a search box with a little magnifying glass, just to the right of the ''Show All'' button, in the upper right. You can type in ''mirror,'' for example, and only the effects with ''mirror'' in the name will be displayed.

I did try to buy your book from Amazon .co.uk Steve, but they do not have it. I will order it from the above link if I can't get a copy anywhere over here.

Patricia, if you'd like and you don't mind paying for international shipping, you can write to me at steve at muvipix.com and we'll see if we can work something out.



Thanks for your interest in the book and in http://Muvipix.com!

Thanks Steve I have ordered it from Amazon.com so now all my questions should be answered!

Definitely :) !

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Help with getting high quality DVDs...

Hello,



I know enough about video editing with PE7 to be dangerous, and was hoping someone could help me out.



My question is regarding getting the highest quality standard DVD from AVCHD footage. I have a Sony HDR-SR12 camcorder recording in AVCHD. I am editing footage natively in AVCHD with PE7 on a quad core system. No problem with that. However, when I export to standard DVD the quality of the video goes down drastically. (Yes, I know burning to Blu-ray would give me higher quality, but I am giving this DVD to a friend who doesn't have Blu-ray).



So far I have tried starting my project in both HD 1080i 30 5.1 channel:



General

Editing mode: HDV 1080i

Timebase: 29.97 fps



Video Settings

Frame size: 1440h 1080v (1.333)

Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second

Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD Anamorphic 1080 (1.333)



and Full HD 1080i 30 5.1 channel:



General

Editing mode: HD 1080i

Timebase: 29.97 fps



Video Settings

Frame size: 1920h 1080v (1.000)

Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second

Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)



But I see no discernable difference in the quality of my output onto DVD.



This is where my knowledge is lacking...how can I get the best quality output from my AVCHD onto a standard DVD? Is there some format I can convert to first, and then burn to DVD? Also, I am willing to break the footage into a couple of DVDs to improve the quality, but I don't know how or what to do for that.



My footage looks REALLY great when viewing from the HDR-SR12 direct to HD TV with HDMI cable, but not very good on the DVD. My footage is of a ballet recital, and I lose definition in the faces, costumes, etc on the DVD output.



Any help is appreciated! Thanks!



Gina
Help with getting high quality DVDs...
The high definition project preset you start with will not affect the output when burnt to DVD. How long is your video... for best quality you can get about one hour on a DVD.



If your DVD is under an hour and you still have quality issues you could try bringing your AVCHD footage into a standard definition widescreen project. See if when burnt this gives a better result.
Help with getting high quality DVDs...
Paul LS -



My DVD is 1 hour 8 minutes long. To make sure I understand you correctly, your suggestion is to start a New Project and at the Setup option choose the Preset: NTSC --%26gt; DV --%26gt; Widescreen 48kHz?



Thanks!



Gina

Well, cant quarentee that the quality will be any better. But yes that is what I meant.

Some time back there was much discussion about the problem of making high quality standard definition movies, such as DVDs, from high definition source material using Premiere Elements (and Premiere Pro too for that matter). Has anything changed? People with a HDV camera were advised to convert to DV in the camera, and capture and edit in standard definition, for instance.

With AVCHD you cant down convert in the camcorder. You have to capture to your harddrive as AVCHD or generally the software that comes with the camcorder will convert to standard definition MPEG2.

So to get a higher quality DVD would I be better off converting my AVCHD footage to MPEG-2 first? My Sony camcorder comes with software (Picture Motion Browser) that will do the conversion.

One thing, when you say the quality goes down drastically what do you mean? Can you describe it? Is it pixelization or is it jerkyness during motion in the video?



Maybe it is that you are comparing your DVD to the HD footage, you are bound to loose some resolution when converting to a standard definition format.



The problem with converting to MEG2 is that MPEG2 is a compressed format, when you burn to DVD the MPEG2 will be re-rendered by PE7 and further reduce quality. If possible it is better to convert from the HD format to DVD in one step.

I would say the reduction in quality is due to pixelization. There is not jerkiness during motion of the video.



It is just that the dancers faces, costumes, scenery are less defined than on my HD footage run straight through to the HDTV. Maybe that's just the result and I can't get any better with the DVD and my camera...

A standard definition DVD will be scaled up on your HDTV and will lose a lot of quality... especially on an LCD or Plasma screen. You could try an upscaling DVD player if you had access to one.

How can I combine two separate video...

In PE 3 I have a finished video project and a separate slideshow that I want to include together on the same DVD with a common menu. I would like the slide show to be accessible from the main menu of the DVD, something like: ''Play Movie'' and ''Play Slideshow''. How do I do it?
How can I combine two separate video...
Put both projects on the timeline, but put a stop marker at the end of the first project. Add a menu in the normal way.
How can I combine two separate video...
You can download my free Steve's Tips article on DVD markers from the Muvipix.com products page.

http://muvipix.com/products.php?subcat_id=41



Http://muvipix.com is a great site for learning and mastering this program. Set up by a community of veterans from this site, it offers tutorials, tips, media and the world's most helpful forum. Many of the downloads are free with registration and, for a low annual subscription, you can have unlimited downloads from the ever-growing library of tutorials, articles, music, motion backgrounds, custom-created DVD menus and other media. If you really want to master this program, you ought to check it out!

Hello Steve and Peter, regarding this question...

is it possible to have say, 3 different projects that I have made.

one say of a roadtrip, one of a birthday, one of a day at the park.

Use the markers as you say, but if you choose to watch the roadtrip one from the main menu and you watch it to the end, an you make the video revert back to the main menu? such as with if you are watching deleted scenes on some dvds where you select each one and after it has finished playing it takes you back to the list of deleted scenes....



sorry for the long winded question.

Yes. That is exactly how stop markers work.



You just put all of your videos on the same timeline and add a scene marker to the beginning of each and a stop marker to the end. After each video segment, the viewer will be returned to the main menu.

Premiere Elements 4 Crashing when...

Whenever I start up Premiere Elements 4 on my Windows XP Computer, I'm always having an error that states that the program needs to close and I'm unable to open a new project file or reopen an old project file. I've already tried reinstalling and repairing the program, but I'm still experiencing the same problem. I'm not sure what I should do next or what approach I should try. This is the first time I'm having this problem.
Premiere Elements 4 Crashing when...
Guillermo,



First, has PE ever worked properly with your system? That may indicate a different tack on the troubleshooting. Sounds like it DID work at one time. Is that correct?



Also, you might want to start compiling a complete description of your system and posting that to the thread. Could be something obvious from that.



Hunt
Premiere Elements 4 Crashing when...
Also, have you gone to Windows Update, clicked the Custom button and installed all of the updates?



Have you installed the latest Quicktime, per the program's instructions?

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c057647/2



Do you keep your hard drive well maintained, clear and defragmented?

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc43f9a/0



How much RAM do you have and how much free, defragmented space is on your computer?

Yes, actually PE was working properly with my system a week ago and before this time period. I used this program, overall, for two years.



System Profile:



Microsoft Windows XP

Version 2002

Service Pack 3



Manufactured and Supported by:



HP dv6000

AMD Turion (tm) 64 X2 Mobile

Technology TL- 50

1.61 GHz, 960 MB of RAM

Physical Address Extension



C: Drive



Used Space: 42.3 GB

Free Space: 19.6 GB



If you need any other information, please let me know.

When you uninstalled Premiere Elements 4, did you also select the option to delete your preferences? Sometimes items in the Preferences folder become corrupted or just contain erroneous data because of programming mistakes. If your preferences weren't deleted, then you can see if deleting them fixes the problem. The files are in a hidden folder in the following location



C:\documents and settings\[your Windows login name]\application data\adobe\premiere elements\4.0\



Copy everything in that folder to another location. Then delete all the files in the root of the 4.0 folder, but don't delete the subfolders. After that try starting Premiere Elements. If that doesn't work, then you can copy the files back.



Sometimes items in the cache that are stored in the registry need to be refreshed. I believe just holding down the shift key (or is it CTRL-SHIFT, or CTRL-ALT-SHIFT??) while Premiere Elements is starting up will clear the cache. The key combination seems to change with each version.



Maybe running a registry cleaner will fix it.

I'd also be concerned about only having 19 gigs free -- as well as your using only a 60 gig hard drive! (This must be a laptop.)



Video files take up many, many gigabytes of space -- and even more scratch disk space, as you edit -- and there really is no substitute for a huge hard drive and lots of free disk space.



Cleaning and defragmenting may get you through the next project or so. But, with less than 20 gigs free, your odds of problems (depending on what your source files are) will continue to increase dramatically.

Will Premiere Elements 7 work with...

Hi Guys, i am a newbie in the world of Adobe. I Was thinking of buying Premiere Elements 7 but wanted to know whether it would work with Windows XP Media Centre Edition Service Pack 3?Will Premiere Elements 7 work with...
There is no reason Premiere Elements 7 shouldn't work with XP SP3, John.

Just make sure you go to Windows Update and get all of the updates (click the Custom button) as well as the latest RealTek drivers for your system and the latest version of Quicktime.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c057647/2

Nothing makes this program go buggy like outdated firmware, drivers and especially Quicktime! (Well, assuming you've got ample hardware and you're editing standard video formats, of course.)

And keep your system well maintained!
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc43f9a/0Will Premiere Elements 7 work with...
John,

I do recall some folk having a few issues with MCE and Adobe Premiere Pro at about CS2. That would have been an earlier SP version of MCE, than you probably have, and also was with P-Pro. Have not heard of any problems with any version of PE and MCE.

Make sure that you follow Steve's advice.

Hunt
If you upgrade to SP3 you can uninstall it later if you don't like it. Not something I have done, so don't know what gotchas there might be.

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Adobe Premiere Elements 4 - Rendering...

If I create small slide shows in Photoshop Elements 6 (ranging from 59 - 125 JPEG Still Shots with captions and/or added text)I can then send each slide show separately into Premiere Elements 4, make further adjustments and add title pages, I can then render and save as a project.

If I take several of these slide shows as a block and send them to Premiere Elements 4, I get a Premiere Elements window stating ''Adobe Premiere Elements is running very low on system memory, please save your project and proceed with caution''. So I click OK and save. I then go to render, after 2-4% rendering I get a video Preview Error window with various warnings including, ''Out of Memory - Unknown Error'' or ''Disc write error:- verify drive connections, available disc space and disc access privileges. Then save close and relaunch project''.

If I open a slide show project in Premiere Elements 4 and try to add a second slide show to it via the get media button - in the Add Media window I get Look in 4.0 and five folders appear (no icons for projects) I can then look in files of type and there is no listing for .prel files so tried ''all files'' and the icons for the slide shows appear. I then select a second slide show to add to the first and click open. I now get an Add Media Failure window which gives file addresses and the error reads ''File format not supported/ one of the necessary components may not have been installed''.

I have run the installation disc again to repair any installation errors but to no avail.

My computer is an Intel core 2 duo 3.16 GHz on an Asus P5Q P45M M/board with Gigabyte GF9600GT Graphics card.750GB HDD %26amp; 4GB Ram.

Hope somebody can help.

Bob Smith.
Adobe Premiere Elements 4 - Rendering...
Most likely your photos are too large. We recommend using no larger than photos no larger than 1000x750 pixels in size. (The actual file size of the JPEGs has nothing to do with this, since JPEGs can be highly compressed.

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bb8822c



Resize your photos and you'll see a huge boost in performance.

Help with Premiere elements 3.0 -...

I have used 3.0 for years. I put this program on another computer that is using window xp. I got to the page to capture video- the smaller screen popps up that has at the top- CAPTURE STOP MOTION



At the bottom of the page is the GET VIDEO and i can not click on it. I have my Dv cable plugged into the camcorder and to the computer. I have uninstalled 3.0 and reinstalled 3.0 Would this problem be that maybe on the computer itself that where i plug in the Dv cable to my computer is not working?
Help with Premiere elements 3.0 -...
Could be.



Is Windows recognizing the FireWire connection with a bing-bong sound and an icon of a camcorder on the right side of your task bar?



Does a window pop open, offering to launch a program to capture your video? What programs does it offer?
Help with Premiere elements 3.0 -...
no bing bong sound

when i plus the firewire connection into the computer on my cam corder the word dv-in does appear and flashes,



The capture window appears when I click ''get media from'' and I can click capture but I can not click get video. I am not sure if it is the firewire or do i need to buy a new firewire port and install it to my computer? My lap top did not come with a 6 prong wirewire port otherwise I would try it that way

Chrissy,



''... word dv-in does appear and flashes,'' Where does this happen, the camera's monitor, or PE?



The lack of a Windows recognition of the camera, when plugged in and turned on is often a sign of a bad connection. Rather than a new FireWire card, you might want to try another cable. The larger FW cable is only necessary when you are powering the device. In your case, you will not be, so the FW connector types that are on the camera's cable should work fine - if the cable is good.



Some things to try:



Plugin your camera with out PE running. Turn on your camera (that is when the Windows' ''bing-bong'' should sound). Check the Mode of the camera. Most, though not all, will need to be in the Play Mode. Make sure that yours is in the correct Mode. Consult the camera's manual, just to be certain. Now, launch PE and then Capture.



If no results, do the same, but first launch PE (no Capture yet), then plug in/turn on the camera.



If no results, do the same, but first launch PE AND Capture, then plug in/turn on the camera.



I know it sounds odd, but some cameras/computers need things in a specific order. Trial and error is often the only way to know.



If no results, without PE running, plug in and turn on camera (proper Mode). Go to Control Panel%26gt;System%26gt;Hardware%26gt;Device Manager (for XP - do not know how Vista might differ),and look under SBP2 IEEE 1394 Devices. Does the camera show up there? Look under IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers - do you see any errors? (Camera will not be showing up there). Look up and down the list for the camera. Does it show anywhere?



Please report back, when you have tried these steps.



Hunt

If you're not hearing the bing-bong or seeing the camcorder icon on your task bar after you've plugged your camcorder into your computer, something is definitely wrong beyond Premiere Elements, Chrissy.



There shouldn't be any flashing either. Once you're connected, Windows should recognize the device, show it on the task bar and offer to launch at least MovieMaker as well as some other programs to capture the video.



I'm not sure what you mean by '' My lap top did not come with a 6 prong wirewire port'', but from a laptop to a camcorder, you generally have a 4-pin to 4-pin FireWire cable connection. (From a desktop computer, it's a 6-pin to 4-pin cable.)

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