Now the video has been completed in Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, it is time to think about how I will export the video. The assessment brief states that the submission should include a Full PAL version of the movie (which won't play directly from CD), and at least one other version in a format that will play directly from CD to present to an audience.
Fulfilling the first requirement is straightforward. Selecting Export from the File menu allowed me to save the movie in different video formats (rather than the Premiere Pro Project Filetype). I needed to check the settings were all correct before saving the file.
To convert the file to different CD-playable formats, I didn't use Adobe Premiere Pro, because it was limited in the available codecs that I could use. I used a piece of software called Total Video Converter which converts between just about any file formats. Using this program I was able to convert my full PAL video to a number of more user friendly formats that had reduced file sizes.
There are 6 screenshots that demonstrate the process of using this software to convert files to different video formats.
I converted the movie to MPEG, MP4, Flash (SWF) and Quicktime (MOV). This gave me a fighting chance of being able to play at least one of the four on the lecture theatre projection system!! The different formats all had different advantages and disadvantages, although overall, the MP4 conversion seemed to have the best video and audio quality overall. All the converted videos play well from CD, although some of them have interlacing problems and aren't as smooth when it comes to rapid picture changing.
All the formats seemed to reduce the movie size from normal PAL (720 x 576) which made viewing at full screen quite difficult. Again, the MP4 movie seemed to reduce the dimensions of the frames the least, so looks better when played full screen.
Fulfilling the first requirement is straightforward. Selecting Export from the File menu allowed me to save the movie in different video formats (rather than the Premiere Pro Project Filetype). I needed to check the settings were all correct before saving the file.
To convert the file to different CD-playable formats, I didn't use Adobe Premiere Pro, because it was limited in the available codecs that I could use. I used a piece of software called Total Video Converter which converts between just about any file formats. Using this program I was able to convert my full PAL video to a number of more user friendly formats that had reduced file sizes.
There are 6 screenshots that demonstrate the process of using this software to convert files to different video formats.
I converted the movie to MPEG, MP4, Flash (SWF) and Quicktime (MOV). This gave me a fighting chance of being able to play at least one of the four on the lecture theatre projection system!! The different formats all had different advantages and disadvantages, although overall, the MP4 conversion seemed to have the best video and audio quality overall. All the converted videos play well from CD, although some of them have interlacing problems and aren't as smooth when it comes to rapid picture changing.
All the formats seemed to reduce the movie size from normal PAL (720 x 576) which made viewing at full screen quite difficult. Again, the MP4 movie seemed to reduce the dimensions of the frames the least, so looks better when played full screen.
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