Where to select 50 fps in Premiere?

[hotdrive]

Hi everyone,

I shoot my video at 50i. But when creating a new project in Premiere Pro, I can't seem to find a preset that is 50fps.

Where can I select 50fps?

Hope someone can help me

 

[jaegersing]

If you shoot 50i the correct project setting should be 25fps.

 

[hotdrive]

Thanks jaegersing. I'm asking cos' I have issue when viewing panning shots. The panning shots are jerking. It happens to the captured clips and also on the DVD.

Do you have any idea how to solve this? please help.... SOS... :sweat:

 

[jaegersing]

Thanks jaegersing. I'm asking cos' I have issue when viewing panning shots. The panning shots are jerking. It happens to the captured clips and also on the DVD.

Do you have any idea how to solve this? please help.... SOS... :sweat:

Jerkiness could be caused by a few different things, so please bear with me.

First is jerkiness during shooting. If you play back the video from the camera into a TV, is it OK? If not, then your panning technique needs to be improved. Also check whether you are shooting progerssive or interlaced (I know you said 50i but it is worth checking). Progressive shots are much harder to get smooth motion.

If the footage plays back OK from the camera but is jerky on a computer, maybe the hard disc or CPU is too slow to play the video smoothly. This happens with HD resolution video, for example, uncompressed video needs a very fast hard disk to play smoothly, AVCHD footage needs a very solid CPU.

Another thing to check is whether the field order is set wrongly. For example, HDV footage should be Upper Field First. If it is set wrong it will jerk like crazy during a pan. And this will also look jerky if you burn a DVD with the wrong field order. For this, you need to check that the footage is interpreted correctly by Premiere, and it is also a good idea to check that the project settings match the footage.

Sorry if I covered any irrelevant areas, difficult to know what is your problem without seeing a sample of the footage.

 

[hotdrive]

Yes, the camera is set to 50i. I have not tried direct from camera into a TV yet. I'll give it a try and see how it goes this evening.

 

[hotdrive]

I tried play back direct to TV and the footage looks good. No jerking and smooth. Playback on computer is also jerky. I'm using a quad core 2.33ghz with 2 gb ram.

I'm shooting SD and not HDV, so my field order (not sure what is this yet) is correctly set. But it's a footage shot in a quite dark surrounding in a restaurant.

 

[jaegersing]

I tried play back direct to TV and the footage looks good. No jerking and smooth. Playback on computer is also jerky. I'm using a quad core 2.33ghz with 2 gb ram.

I'm shooting SD and not HDV, so my field order (not sure what is this yet) is correctly set. But it's a footage shot in a quite dark surrounding in a restaurant.

Is it a PAL miniDV camera? If so, your PC should not have any problem to play back the footage. PAL DV files should be Lower Field First, so check the file properties (I think it is called Interpret Footage in Premiere) and make sure this is correct. Also set your project to PAL DV so there is no field order swap going on. This should play back smoothly on your PC, but you will probably see interlace artifacts (horizontal lines and jagged edges when things are moving) because the PC monitor is progressive scan and the footage is interlaced. This is normal and will not look like this when you burn a DVD and watch it on a television.

If the files are not DV format, pelase provide some more info about them.

 

[hotdrive]

Is it a PAL miniDV camera? If so, your PC should not have any problem to play back the footage. PAL DV files should be Lower Field First, so check the file properties (I think it is called Interpret Footage in Premiere) and make sure this is correct. Also set your project to PAL DV so there is no field order swap going on. This should play back smoothly on your PC, but you will probably see interlace artifacts (horizontal lines and jagged edges when things are moving) because the PC monitor is progressive scan and the footage is interlaced. This is normal and will not look like this when you burn a DVD and watch it on a television.

If the files are not DV format, pelase provide some more info about them.

Yes, i'm shooting my footage using a PAL miniDV camera, the canon XH-A1. You're right, I can see interlace artifacts when things are moving/when i pan.