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coach0109
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November 3, 2017
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rendering is worrying me :)

  • November 3, 2017
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Hi folks.

I have been making a documentary movie with premiere pro which will be getting released as a DVD for purchase, USB for purchase, and also available for download.

The time has come to render and i feel a bit nervous because i dont know exactly what settings to choose.

I am worried i pick the wrong thing and ruin all the work lol

Any help would be greatly appreciated folks.

Thanks very much

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Correct answer Ann Bens

Cheers Meg.

The vast majority of the material was filmed on a Canon 70d in 1080p and at 25fps.

There is one or 2 other snippets that were uploaded from an old DVD and filmed on a phone. As well as quite a few pictures that came in all shaped and sizes.

Think i may run into bother when i export?

I am on windows.

Cheers for talking me thru this

PC


Make a backup to a different drive.

Just export, it wont bite. No need to render the timeline first.

For dvd export to mpeg2-dvd with a preset. (1.5 hours will fit nicely on single DVD)

For usb and download use a Youtube preset and tweak the settings a bit.

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Warren Heaton
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Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 3, 2017

Do you have a distributor or are you distributing the doc yourself?

If you you have a distributor, you should be able to hand off an edited master with your sound mix and they'll take care of the rest.

If distributing it yourself, you have a mix of really challenging and really easy.

Since you're selling your DVD, you probably want to go with professional authoring and replication.  Although, there is a market for low-budget indie docs that will purchase DVDs that you've burned yourself. 

A H264 Match Source - Hight Bitrate export from PR should be fine for the USB Flash Drive.

On Demand and digital download services will have specific requirements that will vary from service to service.

When you're ready to promote and market the doc, post back here with info on it (and the various solutions that you found).

-Warren

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    coach0109Author
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    November 4, 2017

    We will just be distributing it ourself.

    Ill think the DVD would be need to be more than the low budget burns by myself, but we may have to go down that road.

    Vimeo was spoke about and one or 2 other platforms.

    Ill reply as soon as i can warren,

    Thanks.

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    Meg The Dog
    Inspiring
    November 3, 2017

    By "render" do you mean export the sequence to a master file?

    What are your Sequence Settings?

    Best practice is to export a master file in the same (or better) settings as your sequence, then make the deliverable versions from that master file.

    MtD

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      coach0109Author
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      November 4, 2017

      yes thats what i mean.

      My sequence setting are 1080p and 25fps,

      and ARRI cinema.... whatever the hell that is. A mistake on my part.

      I thought i had to 'render' my time-line to basically finalize everything.

      The project has been busked from start to finish tbh lol

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      Meg The Dog
      Inspiring
      November 4, 2017

      "Rendering" creates preview files, and is primarily used when your computer does not have the horsepower to playback your timeline (due to effects you have placed on footage, or the complexity of the footage itself) in real time. If that happens, you can "render" a temporary preview file that contains the troublesome material so that all Premiere has to do is to play that file back and not create the effects in real time.

      When you complete your timeline edit, you want to "Export" the timeline - which is where Premiere will create a single file that contains all the elements you have carefully edited and adjusted on the timeline.

      I assume your source material was all 1080p 25fps material?

      What camera shot the material?

      Are you on a Windows or a Mac?

      If you are on a Mac, for example, I would suggest Exporting the timeline as a 1080p 25fps ProRes 422 Master file.  Once you have that file, you can take it into Media Encoder and create files in formats as needed.

      MtD

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