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November 17, 2012
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AVCHD 1080p50 not showing up in Premiere Elements 11

  • November 17, 2012
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I have Premiere Elements 11, which, according to what I have read, supports editing 1080p50 (or 60 in NTSC). When I create a project it is not showing up in the list of available presets. See the available list below:

Checking the installation directories, I can see that the preset is actually installed on the computer. Screenshot below:

Comparing the two lists, all of the presets are available, except the 1080p 50. The preset has GUID 088bb726-9823-467e-b3b7-26f3703d4cf1, which is included in the Adobe Editing Modes.xml as EditingMode24, enabled on all platforms. I was going to attach both the preset and the editing modes xml to this question, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do that. They are both reasonably large files, so I am posting below only the definition of EditingMode24. I can post the contents of the preset as well, if required. I am on Windows 7 64bit.

<EditingMode24 Version="2">
<EditingMode.SupportedPlatforms Version="1">
<EditingMode.SupportedPlatformCount>1</EditingMode.SupportedPlatformCount>
<EditingMode.SupportedPlatform Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>true</Second>
<First>All</First>
</EditingMode.SupportedPlatform>
</EditingMode.SupportedPlatforms>
<EditingMode.IDs Version="1">
<EditingMode.IDCount>2</EditingMode.IDCount>
<EditingMode.ID Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>088bb726-9823-467e-b3b7-26f3703d4cf1</Second>
<First>All</First>
</EditingMode.ID>
</EditingMode.IDs>
<EditingMode.Names Version="1">
<EditingMode.NameCount>7</EditingMode.NameCount>
<EditingMode.Name Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>AVCHD 1080p Quadratpixel</Second>
<First>de_DE</First>
</EditingMode.Name>
<EditingMode.Name Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>AVCHD 1080p square pixel</Second>
<First>en_US</First>
</EditingMode.Name>
<EditingMode.Name Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>AVCHD 1080p píxeles cuadrados</Second>
<First>es_ES</First>
</EditingMode.Name>
<EditingMode.Name Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>AVCHD 1080p - Pixels carrés</Second>
<First>fr_FR</First>
</EditingMode.Name>
<EditingMode.Name Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>AVCHD 1080p pixel quadrati</Second>
<First>it_IT</First>
</EditingMode.Name>
<EditingMode.Name Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>AVCHD 1080p 正方形ピクセル</Second>
<First>ja_JP</First>
</EditingMode.Name>
<EditingMode.Name Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>AVCHD 1080p 정사각형 픽셀</Second>
<First>ko_KR</First>
</EditingMode.Name>
</EditingMode.Names>
<EditingMode.Players Version="1">
<EditingMode.PlayerCount>1</EditingMode.PlayerCount>
<EditingMode.Player Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>9728470B-5EE7-4e96-9921-630DEA0AF639</Second>
<First>All</First>
</EditingMode.Player>
</EditingMode.Players>
<EditingMode.Recorders Version="1">
<EditingMode.RecorderCount>2</EditingMode.RecorderCount>
<EditingMode.Recorder Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>7D3215DB-D698-4977-9602-7DC209B0D6B1</Second>
<First>Mac</First>
</EditingMode.Recorder>
<EditingMode.Recorder Version="1" Index="0">
<Second>AE351743-B529-451e-A2D4-9CCF1AD8D8B6</Second>
<First>Win</First>
</EditingMode.Recorder>
</EditingMode.Recorders>
<EditingMode.FrameRect1 Version="1">
<Width>1920</Width>
<Height>1080</Height>
</EditingMode.FrameRect1>
<EditingMode.FrameRect.Count>1</EditingMode.FrameRect.Count>
<EditingMode.FrameRate1 Version="1">
<Numerator>24000</Numerator>
<Denominator>1001</Denominator>
</EditingMode.FrameRate1>
<EditingMode.FrameRate2 Version="1">
<Numerator>30000</Numerator>
<Denominator>1001</Denominator>
</EditingMode.FrameRate2>
<EditingMode.FrameRate3 Version="1">
<Numerator>25</Numerator>
<Denominator>1</Denominator>
</EditingMode.FrameRate3>
<EditingMode.FrameRate.Count>3</EditingMode.FrameRate.Count>
<EditingMode.PAR1 Version="1">
<Numerator>1920</Numerator>
<Denominator>1920</Denominator>
</EditingMode.PAR1>
<EditingMode.PAR.Count>1</EditingMode.PAR.Count>
<EditingMode.FieldType1 Version="1">
<Value>0</Value>
</EditingMode.FieldType1>
<EditingMode.FieldType.Count>1</EditingMode.FieldType.Count>
</EditingMode24>

I have noticed that this editing mode does not have a frame rate of 50p, whereas some of the other EditingModes do. Is that what is causing the problem?

Any help with this is much appreciated.

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Bill, thanks very much for doing that for me. There is good news and there is bad news. The bad news is that the only difference between my files and yours is that my sqpreset file has descriptions in more languages than yours does. The good news is that this eliminates these files as a possible cause. The problem lies somewhere else. If anybody has any suggestions, I would be very pleased to hear them.


I have posted a response based on your finding (about the missing language definitions in the sequence preset file) in this thread. Let me know if this works for your case. Just an attempt to correct something I think should not have been a problem in the first place. A new preset "should" have been tested thoroughly. Seems like...

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Adobe Employee
December 20, 2012

Hi,

We have released a KB-Article for this issue which is @ http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/kb/missing-presets-pre-11.html. There are presets that you will have to download that should solve this issue.

Regards,

Premiere Elements Team

Inspiring
December 20, 2012

PRE_Help

Thank you for the Adobe Tech Note and downloadable files related to this matter.

ATR

nealeh
Inspiring
November 17, 2012

I'd be inclined to reinstall, 1080p50 is supported.

Cheers,
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Neale
Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children

Participating Frequently
November 17, 2012

Hello Neale

I have tried a complete reinstall - that was my first angle of attack. In fact I redownloaded it, uninstalled and reinstalled the fresh download. Same result.

Do you kow what determines which presets appear in the list? Is it the Adbe Editing Modes.xml?

Ric

nealeh
Inspiring
November 18, 2012

Have you edited the file "AVCHD 1080p50.sqpreset"?

I ask because in the screenshot your file shows as 7Kb in size, whereas on my PC it is only 5Kb.

Cheers,
--
Neale
Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children

Community Expert
November 17, 2012

RicInLondon wrote:

I have Premiere Elements 11, which, according to what I have read, supports editing 1080p50 (or 60 in NTSC). When I create a project it is not showing up in the list of available presets. See the available list below:

Any help with this is much appreciated.

Ric,

I can't find that screen in version 11.  It looks more like versions 9 and 10.  p50 and p60 were not "offically" in version 10.  Can you tell me how to find that screen in version 11?

My experience in 10 was that any project setting that made the edit preview monitor run smoothly was fine.  The frame rate seemed to matter the most.  So with 1080p60 files, I used 720p60 for a preset.  Other settings worked, but that seemed to provide the smoothest editing experience.

In version 11, Adobe is saying that a new major feature is that you don't do the presets.  When you start a new project and drop in the first clip to the timeline it finds the preset for you.  And, p50/60 is "offically" supported.  So, depending on the inner core strength of you computer, p50/60 editiing should work with no fuss over presets.

My experience is that project presets don't effect final output.  The now automatic preset gets you through the project where you set all the ins and outs of your clips and whatever else you do to turn your clips into a movie.   When it is movie time, you create an output setting that tells the computer to re-read all your clips based on markers placed during editing and "trans-code" frame by frame to an optimized file for the viewing device you selected. 

So, stop worring about the presets.  Let the sofware pick one and get on with the edit.

Bill

Participating Frequently
November 17, 2012

Hi Bill

It is definitely Premiere 11. I haven't ever installed or used Premiere 9 or 10. This is the first time I have inatalled or used Premiere. The way to get to that screen is from the New Project screen. You click Change Settings.

Community Expert
November 17, 2012

RicInLondon wrote:

Hi Bill

It is definitely Premiere 11. I haven't ever installed or used Premiere 9 or 10. This is the first time I have inatalled or used Premiere. The way to get to that screen is from the New Project screen. You click Change Settings.

I found the screen!  New interface has me searching for things!

Now that I found the screen, I can confirm 50p shows as a choice on mine. 

I still think you may be doing something that is not necessary.  From the online manual:  (http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/premiere-elements_reference.pdf)

"Dynamic sequence preset

When you add a movie clip to the Expert view timeline, Adobe Premiere Elements automatically changes your project settings in the background

to match the clip properties. They include dimension, fps, pixel aspect ratio, and field order."

Does that work for you?

Bill