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rsabean
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February 1, 2019
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Procedure help to import 8mm film scanned at 18fps into Premiere CS6 then export to Encore

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I just want to do it right! I need a procedure to import 8mm film scanned at 18fps into Premiere CS6 then export to Encore. I have read so much material on various online sites I am cross-eyed! I even thought of learning AviSynth but there is no clear-cut step-by-step direction, everyone assumes too much. I have been working on this way too long. I want to go from 18fps film speed to encode NTSC standard 29.97 for a DVD. I will do color correction and noise reduction in Premiere. I will make a DVD in Encore for my family and relatives.

I have the MovieStuff RetroScan Universal 2K film scanner. I bought the machine and proprietary software so I could learn and have control over the output of my inherited 16mm, 8mm and Super 8mm film. My RetroScan Universal has two gates, one for 16mm and one for 8mm/Super 8mm.

A bit of an overview on how the Universal software and RetroScan Universal work if you are not familiar: With the Universal you don’t scan to a standard video file. Each frame of film is scanned to an individual high quality digital still frame numbered sequentially in a folder. The Universal software plays back those numbered stills fast enough to see motion. The original capture files are and cannot be imported into any known edit system. The Universal software exports the scan captures into a file of your choice. The types are .mov, .avi and numbered image sequences that can be in TIFF, JPEG, PNG and BMP. All in SD, HD or 2K resolution. The resolutions are: 1.3 MP (1296 x 964, 4:3), full HD (1920 x 1080, 16:9), 2K 4:3 (2048 x 1536) and 2K 16:9 (2048 x 1152). The files can be compressed or uncompressed.

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
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February 1, 2019

I only work with cameras, currently a Canon SX510 or Canon ELPH 500 so I have NO idea if using the NEW ITEM process is going to create a project that will work with your 18 FPS video will work... but try the link below and then the link to learn the new item process

I do know that the DVD specification is 720x480 (either standard or wide screen) so when you export from PPro using the MPEG2-DVD preset the program is going to have to modify your input file to create an output file (2 files, audio and video) that is legal for Encore to author a DVD without having to encode the file a 2nd time

Notes and Tutorials - Posted Oct 21 2018 - http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1448923

-including a link to learn about the NEW ITEM process, with a picture in the link to show you what to do

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rsabeanAuthor
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February 2, 2019

John thank you for the response. I appreciate your time in answering my post.

My concern is getting the footage at the right speed in the conversion to 29.97 for the DVD. A comment from another Web Site Forum said to make sure you know what you're doing when you convert 16fps or 18 fps amateur film to DVD. In the process you will need to add some sort of pulldown (duplicated fields) when you encode. If you do that wrong, you will degrade the result a lot. I do not know how to do the pulldown (duplicated fields) for 16fps or 18fps.

John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 2, 2019

As I said, I only work with camera video

All I can suggest is to import one or two files and use the MPEG2-DVD export to make files than you may import into Encore

Create a test DVD with Encore and see if it plays properly in a player connected to a TV

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