Adobe Production Premium, UPG, Win, DVD, ESP 65055210 User Manual

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65055210
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Adobe CS5 Production Premium
 Panasonic AVCCAM
Top benefits
• Edit AVCHD in its native format -- no
waiting for transcoding; you can edit
seconds after shooting (Page 1)
• End-to-end production metadata
with XMP (Page 6)
• Take advantage of fast timeline
playback and rendering with the
Mercury Playback Engine (Page 1, 8)
• Tight integration between Adobe
Premiere Pro, Adobe Encore, and
After Effects lets you fly through
your workflow (Page 8)
• Enjoy a wide range of High
Definition output choices (Page 11)
The industry-standard compositing and visual effects program, After Effects, also supports all frame 
sizes and frame rates of AVCHD material in its native format.  After Effects can import AVCHD 
material directly; it can import Adobe Premiere Pro AVCHD project files and sequences, or it can 
create composites with AVCHD material inside an Adobe Premiere Pro sequence using Adobe 
Dynamic Link.
As of CS5, a 64-bit operating system is required for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Adobe Encore CS5 software is a rich set of creative tools for DVD and Blu-ray Disc authoring as well 
as web versions of DVD projects (SWF file export to the web). 
AVCHD footage may be imported into Adobe OnLocation, where it can be analyzed, mated with 
XMP metadata, and included in the script-to-screen workflow starting with Adobe Story (available 
separately). 
With CS5, all applications are nearly identical between the Windows and Mac versions.   Most 
application project files (Adobe Encore excepted) work in either platform, so crossing between 
platforms is as simple as accessing the media files and the project files with either system, either 
over a network, or with external hard drives.  It is therefore possible, for example, to work in the field 
with a low-cost Windows laptop and then transfer all work to a Mac desktop station, or to work with 
both Windows and Mac stations on the same network.
This paper will cover:
Part 1:  Acquiring And Archiving Footage To Be Edited.  Ways of acquiring AVCHD footage through 
shooting, from NLEs, from sharing files, or from content generated by Panasonic AVCHD software 
and equipment, methods for archiving the footage before use in CS5, AVCHD file structure, and 
accessing footage on your computer.
Part 2:  Working In Adobe Premiere Pro.   Project setup, importing footage, working with the 
footage, and exporting to a variety of formats.  We will explore integration with Adobe Encore and 
After Effects through Dynamic Link.
Part 3:  Working With AVCHD In After Effects.  Importing footage, creating composites, working 
with the footage, and exporting through the render queue.  Integration with Adobe Premiere Pro 
through Dynamic Link.
Part 4:  Adobe CS5 Production Premium HD Delivery Options.  Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production 
Premium offers a wide array of HD delivery options, including content for the Web, Blu-ray Disc 
authoring, Panasonic P2 format, and even export to HD tape for broadcast.
Part 1:  Acquiring And Archiving Footage To Be Edited
Acquiring AVCHD Footage
AVCCAM is Panasonic’s brand name for its professional cameras which use the AVCHD codec.  The 
most common method for acquiring AVCHD footage is to shoot with any of Panasonic’s AVCCAM 
cameras, including the AG-HMC40, AG-HMC70, and AG-HMC150 camcorders, and the AG-HCK10 
camera head coupled with the AG-HMR10 handheld AVCHD recorder.
Footage already shot may also be delivered on storage media such as hard disk drives, digital tape, 
optical media such as CD, DVD, or Blu-ray, or by any other file storage system.  As long as the AVCHD 
file structure is maintained, these files are identical to the files recorded on an SD card.
AVCHD is recorded to SD and SDHC flash memory cards.  It is recorded within a file system common 
to all AVCHD equipment.  The topmost folder is called PRIVATE.  Inside it is a folder called AVCHD, 
which contains two folders called AVCHDTN and BDMV.  Inside the BDMV folder are three folders 
which contain the data for the footage recorded by the camera – CLIPINF, PLAYLIST, and STREAM.  
The STREAM folder contains the MTS files, which are the footage.
  
It is recommended to keep this 
file structure intact.
Panasonic AVCHD Software
No special drivers are needed, as the SD card format is common to and supported by all major 
computer operating systems and most computer manufacturers.  Cards can be read natively by any 
computer with an SD card slot, or through external readers, including the AVCHD camcorder itself.