premiere

[wake_quake]

hey guys, i recently downloaded the adobe premiere program for editing my videos. anyway when i open a video file how do i cut it into separate clips? also when i play the clips in the timline they are very jumpy and bad quality

[wake_quake]

ok got the separating clips bit now why the $h!t does the quality turn 2 crap when i play the timeline?

[Damon]

I havnt worked on premiere for a long time... but if I remember right, you need to render it.

Wait... actually, what version of premiere are you using?

[garveyj]

yeah - what version are you using - In the newest version it will render on the fly, but it takes some time to compile the video - you will see a progress bar in the bottom right of thescreen - if that is still there it will look jumpy....also if you are doing a ton of trnasitions or other effects I have noticed that I still need to render it to make it look right.

[DC]

Hit the ENTER button to start rendering.. if it doesn't play immediately after then hit the SPACE bar.

[Jensen]

its choppy when you preview it in the little window probably because of low ram/cpu power. without rendering it, it'll be choppy.

[wake_quake]

thanx guys the rendering worked i will get some more footage and post a vid soon

[fergie23]

how much $$ does the premiere program run?

[Damon]

$600... $1000

www.adobe.com

[DC]

If you are a student you can get discounts on the following:

Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/education/purchasing/education_pricing.html

Apple:
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/routingpage.html

Misc:
http://www.academic-softwares.com/ or http://www.genesis-technologies.com/ look under the “digital video” section