Hi Steve and Sharon: Check your file size, it should be HUGE. I've been making the mistake of using DV AVI; when what I really needed was on the next line up (microsoft avi) I think, AND then scroll down the compressor and at the bottom choose "None". That should get you "best quality".
More later, Robin Edwards San Francisco --- In [email protected], Glen Tubbesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Better to go AVI, then to go to tape and back into Pro, as you should > get less of a reduction in quality keeping the movie file in the digital > domain, rather than recording it to tape then playing it back. Of > course, if you want a better quality than an AVI file, you'll need to > use a lossless codec, so that there's no compression/decompression > cycle. That's where the quality loss occurs. > > Glen in Vegas > > > Steve & Sharon wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the advice Richard. Your assumption is correct. Premiere > > Elements projects are filed as .prel which are not recognized by Pro. > > I even tried copying & pasting the timeline from Elements to Pro but > > the clipboard would not carry from one to the other. > > However, thanks to Glen, he stated the obvious. Why is it sometimes we > > don't see the wood for the trees. I exported the movie to .avi and > > then imported the .avi into Pro, which worked perfectly. But this > > leads me to one last question. There is an obvious reduction in > > quality using .avi as the go between. Would it be better, albeit not > > as quick, to export the Elements movie to tape, and them import the > > tape into Pro? > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
