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Video editing primer?

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I still have problems in Premiere (mostly when I switch between NTSC and PAL) with funny interlacing artifacts. Is there a primer on the web somewhere that talks in detail about video specs, interlacing (when you should and shouldn't turn it off), etc, etc.?

Or a really good Premiere primer (better than the stuff than comes with Premiere which doesn't explain very much).
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I found this commercial link:
http://www.videoguys.com/techsupp.htm
immensely useful for fixing bugs in my EditDV software.

They have some Premier info as well, although I don't know if any of it addresses your problem.

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What do you mean "Switching between"? As in having a PAL clip and then a NTSC clip?

Or just switching between projects, where one is PAL and the other is NTSC?

Here is a link that compares the two standards PAL vs. NTSC

Basically, there are two issues: 1) resolution and 2) frame rate. Translating between the two always involves some manipulation of the source (fabrication of data through interpolation).

Basically, if you are playing on a normal TV (Not HDTV 480p or 720p), then you want the output to be interlaced. If you try to play a progressive source on a TV, it will look strange.

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What do you mean "Switching between"? As in having a PAL clip and then a NTSC clip?

Or just switching between projects, where one is PAL and the other is NTSC?

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Yes - I made a PAL DVD for my brother who lives in Europe, and suddenly I had funny effects that didn't go away when I went back to NTSC for that same project. I guess I made an inadvertant change to something, but it beats me what it might be!

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Not a Premiere user, so I can't comment on project settings. I know in AVID, the project settings are pretty significant, and not easily swapped -- I would have to just re-create a new project in PAL or NTSC.

But I guess there is a larger question of what is the native format of the footage (Pal or ntsc)? The conversion can sometimes be clunky. (maybe the source of your problem (??)).

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