Manual 1

[melocco]

I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a manual for Premiere. I bought a copy from my school and it was just the CD and no Manual. I asked the school about the manual and they told me that the company they got them from just sent these. Like OEM's. I'm wanting to add text to a slide show and import a short video from a digital camera. I got the slide show going, but I can't figure out the import of video. It keeps telling me:

Unable to open that file.
File uses an unsupported compression format.

but Windows plays the video fine. If anyone can help, I would be greatfull. Thanks in advance.

 

[andershanssen]

You can buy premiere-books in bookshops and internet- bookshops.

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Anders (Norway)

 

[Akribie]

The on-line help is very comprehensive. Books are great for tutorials, but so are the free videos at

http://www.wrigleyvideo.com

Unsupported compression is probably just that. Windows can play more CODECs than Premiere. You need to get your footage into a format compatible with Premiere if you want to edit using that program. I would guess that you have MPEG footage in a non-standard frame size from your still camera which Premiere can't use for editing.

The MainConcept MPEG plug-in may help, as might Canopus ProCoder Express. Virtual Dub is also quoted in this context (free, but I haven't tried it). Google will help you track them down.

 

[melocco]

Thanks for the tips. Those videos are great. Kindof hard to veiw some times (glitchy) but works greats. Thanks again for your help.