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Offul Duster
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November 30, 2018
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Newbie: how to only produce an export in UK PAL ?

  • November 30, 2018
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Hi,
As a newbie with Premiere Elements 2019 in the UK, I think I am making a basic mistake and I would like to clarify if I am going wrong.

I know that there is a lot of existing Adobe info out there, but I'm asking specifically because I want to avoid a mistake and need to be sure.

I want to export a result for use in the UK.   I am UK based.

Could someone please check my questions - relating to my Premiere Elements 2019 product

EXPORTING

If I produce a project, my understanding is that PRE2019 will automatically default the intial project to be a UK setting, being based automatically by PRE2019 on my UK location at program installation time.

Therefore, I assume that if I do a simple export of a finished MP4 file (e.g. example.mp4) for either computer or TV use using the presets of this project,  then it will also be appropriate for the UK - but maybe not other regions such as the USA. In other words the export will work best on UK PAL systems and not NTSC. Is that correct?

I do not know whether exporting to a DVD using the preset 576 or 480 will result in exactly the same result - i.e. the DVD will work best (or only) on UK PAL systems.

I havent bought a DVD for years, and now with these new HD TV's (e.g. 2016-2018) I do not know whether the region thing is still an issue. and whether relevent any more for my exports either as a DVD or MP4.

I would welcome someone straightening me out.

I would like to follow up with a supplementary question regarding exporting to an MP4 using presets and maybe also the Custom settings of the PRE2019 product which is why I wanted to be specific about my UK location.  But this post is me asking for confirmation of some basics in case I'm mistraken.

Thanks

Pete

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    Correct answer Ann Bens

    Thank you Ann.

    Thank you for dealing with my query so fully.

    Very much appreciated.

    Two quick comments.

    1.     How did you determine the setting from the MediaIInfo?

    2.     As I understand it, you can't change the basic characteristics of a project once you start.

           Just thought I'd conclude by saying I still am surprised that if I simply choose to start a new project, then I get the NTSC option coming up by default even before starting anything. So it seems I will have to change it every time I start a new project.  This is even after following up another suggestion that vthe solution was to reinstall Premiere Elements.

            Heres a screenshot:

    Again,thanks

    Pete


    Once you started a project you cannot change the settings.

    You need to start over:

    Press the Change Settings button as show in your last screenshot.

    You can also start a new project by dragging the first correct clip into the timeline, but you still need to check if the settings are correct.

    Mediainfo tells me its avchd, 1920x1080, 25 fps and interlaced.

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    Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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    November 30, 2018

    Reading this page should answer your questions:  Adjust project settings and presets for Adobe Premiere Elements

    What should happen is that your project setting will be established when you put your first PAL video on the timeline.  Once that is done your output will be to PAL standards.  Alternately, you can manual force project settings from the New Project screen.

    Do keep in mind that DVDs are old "standard definition" for tube TVs.  They will not look good on new TVs.  The move is to distribute high quality on USB Flash drives, SD cards, YouTube, Vimeo, DropBox, etc.  The newest 2019 version of Premiere Elements has eliminated DVD production on Mac computers.  Blu-Ray production is gone for both Mac and PC computers. 

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    Offul DusterAuthor
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    November 30, 2018

    Thank you whsprague, much appreciated.

    My confusion was aroused when I spotted a seemingly NTSC preset appear when getting the hang of exporting.

    As you can see, in my default project, the standard preset for HD1080 1920x1080 shows the preset frame rate of 29.97, which I thought might indicate it is for an NTSC region?

    Does this mean I have to create a Custom setting to 25 or 50 fps to make it appropriate for UK  PAL? If so, does this mean somehow I have created a non UK project?  Could you straighten me out please?

    Thank  you again.

    Pete

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    Offul DusterAuthor
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    December 2, 2018

    In post 8 you posted a mediainfo screenshot of the end file.

    I like to see the same for an original clip (one straight from the camera).


    Thanks Ann

    The camera is not with me at the moment.

    I need a day or so to get a grab a screenshot frame straight from the camera.

    Hope thats ok.

    Pete

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