Computer I built is listed on my notes page http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith/ADOBE.HTM Since I work for a University, I ordered the Education version of Master Collection... and Adobe seems to have their registration problem(s) fixed, since it took about 5 seconds for my Serial# to show up once I clicked the last button on the "proof" site, and all necessary numbers came back to me (I won't need them, but numbers for PPro CS4 were included, since that is included for someone buying all this without a 64bit computer) I first made an image of my drive with http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-linux.htm and then put the 1st DVD in the drive I had debated on what to NOT install, then decided to just install everything, in case I ever want to use one of the programs (have not, yet, installed Acrobat, since that is on a different disc and with a different Serial#) Installing everything from the 2 DVDs took just over an hour... then a few minutes more to install the 5.0.1 update I had already downloaded At first start, and first project, I selected AVCHD 1080i30 (60i) square pixels, which is 16:9 interlaced 29.97fps 48khz audio (which is, as far as I know right now, what my Canon Vixia HFS100 produces at the setting I am using) and the default is upper field first I only have 2 very short clips (been raining a lot and I'm not about to take a $1k setup out in the rain, and wife is a designer and won't let me film inside until she is "ready" for her work to show on screen) but they do load into the program and all 2 minutes plays properly I dropped a simple transition between the clips and then, since my output is going to be DVD, I exported to AVI just to see what the result would look like When I use a DV preset there are THICK black bars on top and bottom, but the full width When I use a DV Widescreen preset the output preview fills from top-to-bottom and with narrow black bars on either side It's clear I need to do a LOT of reading to figure out how to get the output video to completely fill a Widescreen screen... if that is possible Anyway... exported to DV and played back in Win Media Player... which is MUCH better than any of the video that I ever produced from my old DV tape camcorder I was hoping that starting from HD and down-rezing to SD would produce a better SD... and it does seem to work as I hoped Next step will be to do some more recording (and a lot more reading) and then give an AVI to Encore and author a quick DVD... seeing how the final product looks when played on a TV is going to be the real proof Did I mention that I need to do a lot of reading?
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