Adobe Creative Cloud

This may be a favorable alternate to buying new software from Adobe. The creative cloud is a membership service that allows the member to download all Adobe Apps and stay constantly (and immediately) updated at all times for a monthly fee.

For more info: Adobe Creative Cloud Overview

Mapping Audio Channels in Premiere

We ran into the problem of a file having 10 mono channels of audio that we wanted to export as 5.1 surround. While we didn't find a definitive answer to our questions about how to do this, we DID find some useful information on Mapping Audio in general:

From Adobe TV:



I also found a couple of forum threads from CreativeCOW.net pertaining to 5.1audio:

5.1 AC3 output in CS3 using surcode
maintaining 5.1 audio from Premiere to Encore

Wikia also had a section about Surround Sound using Adobe Premiere Pro:
Category: Surround Sound

Blu-Ray Authoring in Adobe Encore

A 3 part tutorial by Dave Helmly about how to take files from Premiere to Encore, and then burning to Blu-Ray DVDs. Dave recommends using BD-RE discs in order to save time and money (should testing have to be done). This method was used over Toast 11 Titanium because Toast kept giving the error of "Connection unstable" - we could not find a fast solution, and so decided to try Encore instead. It worked.

The R3D Epic and Working With 5K Footage

Information regarding the R3D Epic camera while using it's 5K abilities.

Note: 5K is NOT compatible with Final Cut Pro 7. FCP can only work at 2K (it recognizes 4K as 2K). Because FCP is not longer being updated by Apple, it will be unable to keep up with the advancing R3Ds. In order to use FCP with R3D footage, it must first be somehow transcoded.

We are using REDCINE-X Pro for transcoding. It is a free download available here: https://www.red.com/downloads Note that the time it takes to transcode files can be rather lengthy. Installing more RAM may help this. It is recommended to use a Red Rocket Graphics Card whenever possible, as it may increase speed up to 12x.

Once transcoded, the clips can be imported into FCP and edited normally. You can aslo import them into FCP, export your sequence as an XML, import the XML to Adobe Premiere, and replace the footage with the original R3D files. (note that Premiere can handle raw R3D files without transcoding).

Overall: When working with 5K, it is easier to work directly from Premiere if possible.

From 5K Insight, a 42min speech/presentation from December 2011: Using Final Cut Pro 7 with Epic and Scarlet



A PDF file from LMU's School of Film and Television: Post-production Workflow: RED This PDF also includes information on taking your footage into Apple Color.

Here's a video tutorial showing the Basic Red Workflow for FCP using REDCINE-X (the demo uses 4K footage, but we've used it for 5K without negative results):

RAM

Does RAM speed up a computer? What is it for, what are it's uses, and how do we change it if we feel the need?

From wiseGEEK: Does Adding RAM Improve Computer Speed?