PICTURE IN timeline with no rendering in pre 6

[maximo4usaRT]

There is any way to put pictures in the timeline of premiere 6 using RT2000 and play it real time (without rendering) ?

I used JPEG and BMP but...no luck

[Dr Mordrid]

Easy.

Use 32 bit *.tga's (saved with transparancy on) and apply the alpha channel in the Video/Transparancy setups. You can apply the effects as filters to move 'em around.

Alternatively you can also apply single layered *.psd (Photoshop) files saved with transparancy preserved. They too work nicely, but as I said you can only see one of the layers. You will be prompted for which layer to use when you load them.

Just keep your graphics or text in the title safe area.

You can also scale and move them around using the overlay files Motion properties, but not in realtime.

Dr. Mordrid


[This message has been edited by Dr Mordrid (edited 11 April 2001).]

[maximo4usaRT]

thanks i'll try that !

[Pooh]

Here's an easy way.

This was lifted from the latest Matrox newsleter

" Tips and techniques
Converting graphics for realtime photo montages
You can easily convert any of your graphics to single-frame AVI clips on Matrox RT2000, such as to create a realtime video photo montage of your still images with Adobe Premiere. Because your graphics must be full-screen, 32-bit TGAs to play back in real time on Matrox RT2000, you can convert any graphic that doesn't meet these requirements to a single-frame AVI for realtime playback. You can also apply any of the Matrox realtime effects to your clip. For example, while you can't create a realtime dissolve between two graphics, you can create one between two AVI clips. Just as with single-frame TGAs, you can drag the borders of your single-frame AVI clips on the Timeline to make them as long or as short as you want.

In this tip, we'll use Adobe Premiere's Batch Processing feature to convert your still images into single-frame AVI clips. Your stills can be any size or any format that is supported by Adobe Premiere, such as BMP, JPEG, or TGA. Keep in mind that if your images are not full-screen, such as 720x480 on an NTSC system, the images will appear distorted (stretched or squeezed) in order to conform to the correct video resolution.

For Adobe Premiere 6.0 users:
1. Save all your images into a common folder. It doesn't matter what image format you use.
2. Start Premiere and choose Edit > Preferences > General and Still Image, set the "Default Duration of Still Images" to 1 frame, then click OK. By doing this, the Batch Processor will create 1-frame AVIs from your images.
3. Choose Project > Utilities > Batch Processing to open the Batch Processing dialog box.
4. Click the Add button, then select the graphics you want to convert to AVI clips. To convert all files in the folder where you saved your images, simply select that folder, then click the Select 'foldername' button at the bottom of the Batch Processing dialog box. This will open the Export Movie Settings dialog box.
5. In the Export Movie Settings dialog box, make sure Matrox RT2000 is selected as the File Type. Since you do not need audio, clear the Export Audio check box and click OK.
6. In the Batch Processing dialog box, click Make and choose whether you want to export the entire Batch Processing list (Make all sources in list), or simply export selected files (Make selected sources only).
7. Once the Batch Processing is complete, you can import the single-frame AVI clips into your project and edit them in real time as you would with any video clip.
For Adobe Premiere 5.1 users:
The General and Still Image dialog box is located under File > Preferences. The Batch Processing dialog box is located under File > Utilities. "

Enjoy

Pooh