Too large avi in Premiere 6

[Jorsan]

I am making an .avi movie in Adobe Premiere 6 from some material recorded on my dv camera. The output is an just more than 5 minutes and the size of 1.3gb(!). How do I make it smaller? I don't know how to user keyframes. Will that solve my problem? Thanks.

[rsquirell]

ULead Video Studio will capture DV as MPEG2...at about 1/5 the size of that AVI capture. They offer a 30 day trial...

[Jorsan]

Thanks for your reply. But will I not loose a lot of quality by doing that?

[rsquirell]

I'll bet you won't be able to see the difference. Download a free trial and see for yourself.

[Floppy]

Hello

If you have Nero 6, Nerovision express 2 will help with that too.

Anything that requires compressing will loose quality, but like the man says, you may not notice the difference.

About the adobe premiere I never used it, simply for the price.

I have Ulead VideoStudio 8 and in between that and Nero 6 I get all the capturing/editing/converting and burning onto CD/DVD I ever need.

I get great results that I can share from my DV with all my friends and family.

Good things

[Jorsan]

Thanks Floppy
I saved the file as mpeg2 and I could hardly see any difference. Except perhaps I got rid of jagged edges when the camera was moving .

[rsquirell]

One thing to remember about AVI capture is....if your are going to make a DVD you have to compress it to MPEG2 eventually...so why not start out that way with smaller, more manageable files that are easier to edit.

[Floppy]

Hi there

In NeroVision express when your ready to burn the files onto a DVD it will create the habitual Audio_TS/Video_TS folders and the .bup/.ifo automatically.

I done my Wedding video like so and it's perfect/professional... specially after I added some animated menus with soundtrack and all... Nerovision Express 2, is the dogs do-das.

Goood Things