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	AE CS4 will not import m2t files unless they have a pek or cfa associated files by Joe Moya on Nov 7, 2009 at 8:11:21 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum I have m2t files that contain these following files associated with the m2t files... cfa, pek, mpgindex. Using CS4 in WinXP (32bit).... m2t files are 1.33 30p 1440x1080 HD files captured from HV30. All files (both that render/import and do not


	pek cfa not associated (nor created) for/with m2t files by Joe Moya on Nov 7, 2009 at 8:08:03 pm in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum I have m2t files that contain these following files associated with the m2t files... cfa, pek, mpgindex. Using CS4 in WinXP (32bit).... m2t files are 1.33 30p 1440x1080 HD files captured from HV30. All files (both that render/import and do not


	Error:"Codec not found" been there, done that, nailed it! by Bob Flood on Oct 15, 2009 at 4:25:27 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Hey dairymen and women! I was getting the "codec not found" error message on an older sequence, and after some elimination and deduction I was able to remedy the situation. FCP7, leopard, intel mac, kona lhe. I resurrected a project from 2


	Media Management Software by Dennis Bork on Sep 24, 2009 at 6:20:28 am in the Windows Hardware & Software Forum Hi all, I've been looking for a media management software for a while now; I'm sure there are a lot of solutions out there ... maybe I'm just hanging on to the wrong keywords, but I can't find anything usable. So, does anybody know of a good, fast


	Re: Converting HDV footage to DV footage and editing together to make a DVD. by Genavieve Zoeller on Sep 22, 2009 at 10:02:51 pm in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum Hi Mike and Jake! Thanks for your responses I appreciate the advice! I looked for the 'Down-Convert' in the Z1's VCR mode menu yesterday but couldn't locate it (??), not sure why. I was also told by someone else to turn on the 'Down-Convert', so it'


	Re: impossible to arrange correctly the clips in the browser by Drew Hudgins on Aug 27, 2009 at 9:13:15 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Hey, Thought I'd chime in with another way to take care of it. Get this!: You can use Adobe Bridge to Batch Rename not only your still images, but your CLIPS too! So, you can select all of your clips in within a folder, Command-Shift-R, and Ch


	Re: After Effects Template Projects & Adobe Bridge by Todd Kopriva on Aug 14, 2009 at 1:39:16 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum The previews built into the templates that come with After Effects had to be inserted in a somewhat manual way. If you're really interested, I can try to dig up the information on exactly how and maybe make a blog post about it. But it's not an easy


	After Effects Template Projects & Adobe Bridge by Jesse Rusinski on Aug 13, 2009 at 8:43:47 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum How can see the preview of my .aet file in Adobe Bridge? I'm creating some AE template projects and I would like to use Adobe Bridge as way to quickly browse the projects. When I create the .aet file, the only thing that shows up in Bridge is an


	Re: Thumbnail images in bins by David Johnson on Aug 7, 2009 at 1:24:59 am in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Maybe there's a better way, but I'm not at my FCP machine now so the first thing that comes to mind is I'd use any method that doesn't require a thumbnail view inside FCP ... use list view in FCP and a thumbnail view in a Finder window to locate your


	How to archive thousands of clips by Lloyd Claycomb on Aug 5, 2009 at 6:02:33 pm in the Windows Hardware & Software Forum Sorry if this isn't the right spot for this, but this seemed most appropriate. I am starting to collect hundreds of short clips that I would like to keep organized and use for B-roll, fill-in footage. On a 60-minute tape, I might have 100 clips I


	Audio disappearing partway thru imported clips by Lars Fuchs on Jul 26, 2009 at 5:40:10 pm in the Adobe Premiere basics Forum Hello all, I'm new to Premiere Pro (but a longtime editor with Avid and FCP), and I could use some help. I am using Premiere Pro CS3 under Vista Home Premium Sp1 on a HP Core2 Quad CPU Q6700 with 6 GB Ram. I am editing clips captured using


	Re: Full Preview screen not working in Adobe Bridge CS4 by Richard Harrington on Jun 20, 2009 at 3:04:04 am in the Adobe Photoshop basics Forum Press Space bar to move a selected image full screen Richard M. Harrington, PMP Author: Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Studio On the Spot and ATS:iWork


	Full Preview screen not working in Adobe Bridge CS4 by Phani Mahavrathayajula on May 23, 2009 at 10:49:12 pm in the Adobe Photoshop basics Forum New use to Bridge. Opened Bridge CS4 (in Mac OS X) and selected a photo in the Essentials work flow. Clicking on View - Full screen Preview on the menu bar doesn't show the picture full screen. Observation is, When I select it, the entire Adobe Bridg


	Re: AE Template Projects by david bogie on May 19, 2009 at 5:43:27 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum You most likely elected not to install them. Mine are located within a folder called PRESETS in the application folder. Wait, you say "templates." RTFM? This is from the online help system for AE: A template project is a file with the fil


	AE Template Projects by Matt Carl on May 18, 2009 at 2:33:57 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum I can't seem to access the After Effects templates. In AE I'll go to File/Browse Template Projects and it takes me to Adobe Bridge where I see a bunch of files but nothing with the project templates (I have dug around here quit a bit and have found n


	Preview footage in thumbnail window in Adobe Bridge? by Adam Zygadlo on May 8, 2009 at 11:35:11 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum I was wondering, if it's possible to view footages in the thumbnail window, (which is playing the first 5 seconds of the each footage) instead viewing separately in the preview window. Something similar to the Text Animation Preset you have in After


	Re: Exporting part of sequence while maintaining relative frame-number by Eddie Lotter on Apr 25, 2009 at 5:01:26 pm in the Adobe Premiere basics Forum [Christian Bechmann] "What am I missing?" Unfortunately you are not missing anything as far as PPro's capabilities are concerned. The behaviour you are observing is as designed. This idea has come up before, I recommend you submit a feature req


	Re: Image Sequence BATCH PROCESSING by ronaldo montalvo on Apr 8, 2009 at 4:32:19 pm in the Adobe Illustrator Forum 1) What is the best format to export out of FCP for Illustrator? - pict, psd, tiffs or jpeg best quality sequence should all work. i use jpegs. you probably don't neeed 30 fps. i frequently use as few as 4-6 fps and apply afx frame blending when yo


	Organizing 15 external hard drives by Ron Berntson on Mar 28, 2009 at 4:52:44 pm in the Windows Hardware & Software Forum I hope I've picked the right forum. I have to learn some lessons the hard way. I teach high school students to shoot and edit video. A lot of their work is really good, but their file management/naming skills (at least a couple of years ago) were


	interlace or progressive in quicktime (via frame splicer) by stephen decky on Mar 22, 2009 at 4:21:17 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Hey! I'm a student at the School of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and I'm making my 2nd stop-motion film using a digital still camera. I absolutely love the look and feel of the first film, but I want to improve the quality of the second. What I'm


	Re: Need suggestions before buying Photoshop CS4 by Dave Johnson on Mar 16, 2009 at 3:36:20 pm in the Adobe Photoshop Forum Chris, Gifting the latest version of Photoshop to anyone who is a professional designer is useful since it is something they will almost certainly need ... at least at some point, meaning that many of us find it perfectly sufficient to get by with


	adobe CS3 Production Premium for MAC for sale $650 by pablo piriz on Mar 1, 2009 at 8:09:41 am in the Classifieds, For Sale Forum Item is in new condition - unregistered. Box has been opened. This item has been used as a display. For Macintosh Only! Suite 3 includes the following software: Adobe After Effect CS3 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended


	Art Keywords & Metatags Placed on Pictures Searchable? by David Jetre on Feb 27, 2009 at 12:47:51 am in the Indie Film & Documentary Forum Using Adobe Bridge, if I select an album of images (photography) and apply a template to them, one with 10 keywords and other metatag information, are they "searchable" like regular keywords and metatags in a HTML page? Follow me? Keywords/metatags


	News: Prominent Professional Photo Studio Installs Small Tree Communications' Ethernet-Based by Cow News Droid on Jan 12, 2009 at 4:20:42 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum Technology Helps Jim Jordan Photography Achieve Seamless Workflow (Los Angeles, California--January 12, 2009) Having photographed many A-list celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Drew Barrymore and Charlize Theron, and with photographs freque


	Re: Reverting to a previous saved file/ image after it's been closed by Christopher Moore on Jan 4, 2009 at 5:36:23 pm in the Adobe Illustrator Forum I've never used version Cue before. Can I access it directly through Illustrator, (Or Adobe Bridge)? Would I have had to set up Version Cue before I had my accident? I use a PC so I'm afraid the 1st option you posted won't apply to me. Thanks.


	Re: Photo's import too dark by Lars joseph on Nov 19, 2008 at 3:11:43 am in the Adobe Photoshop basics Forum Just as the previous post, I had a problem with brightness / overly dark tones when using adobe programs (more specifically Photoshop CS4 and Bridge). The same images that was rendering really dark in Photoshop and Bridge looked just fine in other ap


	PS7 & Bridge: renaming favorites? by Eric Chard on Nov 17, 2008 at 7:54:18 pm in the Adobe Photoshop basics Forum PS7+Bridge: is there a way to RENAME FAVORITES in Adobe Bridge? 'Cuz most of my projects have a master folder and an "Image" folder, and a bunch of Favorites named "Image" is not too useful.++++++++++++++++ "Putting the HARM in 'harmonica' since 2


	Adobe Default Windows Sound Driver has taken over my PC! by John Rofrano on Oct 22, 2008 at 4:16:15 am in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum I picked up a copy if Adobe Video Collection 2.5 recently and after installing it I now get errors about the Adobe Default Windows Sound Driver whenever I open any audio application like SONAR! What is Adobe doing messing with SONAR? More importantly


	Organize a Database of 400GB of photos by Andy Hart on Oct 16, 2008 at 6:14:41 pm in the Digital Photography Forum Organize a Database of 400GB of photos Software suggestions, please! (Beyond Aperture and Lightroom) Back story: I need to take a sprawling tree of photos including identical duplicates, near duplicates with the same file name (some rotated or sli


	News: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Now Shipping by Cow News Droid on Oct 15, 2008 at 6:13:45 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum Milestone Release Radically Improves Creative Workflow Efficiency; Redefines Collaboration Between Designers and Developers (San Jose, California--October 15, 2008) Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availabilit


	Video displayed incorrectly in source and program windows by Michael Schneider on Oct 15, 2008 at 4:08:57 am in the Adobe Premiere basics Forum Here's my problem: Video looks good when played by Adobe Bridge, Windows Media Player, etc. However, when I import the same footage into Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, it looks very dark in the Program window. Very dark. Same with After Effects. So whi


	composition panel contents way dark by Michael Schneider on Oct 10, 2008 at 6:15:33 pm in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum Why am I having a problem with video in the composition window (AE 7) being darker than it appears in Adobe Bridge? Is there some setting I have overlooked? Video in the program monitor of PPro 2 is also way too dark. When played with WMP on the sa


	Re: Worst Photoshop Bug EVER! by Tristan Nieto on Oct 9, 2008 at 8:45:51 am in the Adobe Photoshop Forum Thanks Jeff, I managed to work out that it was a variant on the old "Every Third Save" problem, so I trashed a list of things, including some Adobe Bridge stuff, which seems to have tamed the problem. It still crashes more than I'd like it to, but I


	CS4 - Do I get Master or Premium? by Peter Corbett on Sep 24, 2008 at 1:49:22 am in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum Just wondering what most people are getting (or upgrading to). The Master set is only 300 bucks more than premium to upgrade to, but if you don't need it.... PREMIUM * After Effects CS4 * Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 * Photoshop CS4 Extended


	News: Adobe Introduces Creative Suite 4 Product Family by Cow News Droid on Sep 23, 2008 at 5:27:26 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum Radical Workflow Breakthroughs, New Levels of Flash Expressiveness and Integration Anchor Adobe’s Biggest Software Release (San Jose, California--September 23, 2008) Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Adobe® Creative Suit


	News: Adobe Releases Creative Suite 4 Production Premium by Cow News Droid on Sep 23, 2008 at 5:23:22 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum Cross-Platform Video Toolset Delivers New Technologies For Creating Searchable Video Content (San Jose, California--September 23, 2008) Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium, a complet


	News: Adobe Delivers Creative Suite 4 Design Premium by Cow News Droid on Sep 23, 2008 at 5:14:51 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum New Creative Tools and Simplified Workflows Increase Efficiency in Cross-Media Design (San Jose, California--September 23, 2008) Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Design Premium, the latest evolution


	News: Adobe Unveils Creative Suite 4 Web Premium by Cow News Droid on Sep 23, 2008 at 5:12:26 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum New Collaboration Between Designers and Developers Simplifies The Delivery of Stand-Out Online Experiences (San Jose, California--September 23, 2008) Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today unveiled Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Web Premium, the


	News: Adobe Introduces Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended by Cow News Droid on Sep 23, 2008 at 5:06:54 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum Landmark Release Packs Powerful Editing Punch and Harnesses the Creative Potential of 3D (San Jose, California--September 23, 2008) Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended, the high


	David Roth Weiss: An Editor Looks at CS4 by David Roth Weiss on Sep 23, 2008 at 12:00:00 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum This is the first in a series of articles in which veteran editor David Roth Weiss dives head first into, what are for him, the uncharted waters of Adobes latest release, CS4 Production Premium, including the updated and cross-platform OnLocation, an


	Re: tracing a bitmap sequence by Lon Waitman on Sep 13, 2008 at 7:49:36 pm in the Adobe Flash Forum Thanks, Pieter. I finally figured out how to use Adobe Bridge with Illustrator to do batch traces.


	ExtendScript Toolkit: no taget applications by GianLuca Belvisi on Aug 29, 2008 at 2:02:36 pm in the Adobe After Effects Expressions Forum Hi .. maybe I'm off topic, but .. I own an Adobe CS2 and I use ExtendScript Toolkit to write some scripts for Photoshop and After Effects. This morning, I don't know why, in Target Application Drop Down menu I have only ExtendScript Toolkit !! Adobe


	Re: Adding Metadata to swfs w/ Adobe Bridge by Pieter Helsen on Aug 19, 2008 at 4:35:18 pm in the Adobe Flash Forum You can't add metadata to an swf. In bridge, you can add metadata to images, videos and music files. You can also use html to add metadata to the page that displays your .swf, that's most likely what you want. Here's an article that might interest y


	Adding Metadata to swfs w/ Adobe Bridge by Clint Milner on Aug 19, 2008 at 4:02:12 pm in the Adobe Flash Forum Just a quick one: In Adobe Bridge, I was wondering how to add metadata to my swfs that I have on my webpage to improve SEO. Does it help that much? Thanks, Clint


	Re: Wanting to use Audition to mix final audio by Terry Kampowski on Aug 11, 2008 at 5:03:43 pm in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum Here's a possible solution I copied, but have not tried. Adobe Bridge: -Open Adobe Bridge -Click in Edit > Preferences (or Press "Ctrl + K") -Click in File Type Associations, and select the audio files like .wav, .mp3 or the format you'll edit in AA


	Re: Text effect? by Alberto Solano on Jul 29, 2008 at 9:19:03 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum this could help: http://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/text_wipe_on.php in addition, Browse Text Presets using Adobe Bridge (loadable also from within AE) and look at the Text Presets, you'll find lots of interesting things.


	Re: display Adobe Bridge with Kona 3? by Joe Murray on Jul 15, 2008 at 3:54:12 am in the AJA Kona Forum Forgot about that setting...it's been a long time since I used a 2-monitor setup. The client monitor is a Panasonic 50" plasma, so it should work.Joe Murray Edit at Joe's Charlotte, NC


	Re: display Adobe Bridge with Kona 3? by Alan Okey on Jul 14, 2008 at 3:10:47 pm in the AJA Kona Forum Try selecting "mirror displays" in the Display menu. The client monitor and your local monitor will need to be running at the same resolution. What type of client monitor are you using? Hopefully, it's HD-capable.


	Re: display Adobe Bridge with Kona 3? by Joe Murray on Jul 10, 2008 at 2:56:56 pm in the AJA Kona Forum also, tried the Macintosh Desktop display but it requires me to also use the client monitor - bit of neck strain to look up at it so I'm trying to figure a way to keep the Adobe Bridge interface on my monitor AND display it on the client monitor- Jo


	display Adobe Bridge with Kona 3? by Joe Murray on Jul 10, 2008 at 2:50:23 pm in the AJA Kona Forum Is there a way to do this? I'm sorting through hundreds of hires still photos for an edit, with client behind me at the table, and would like to use the Kona 3 to put the stills on the client monitor. Appreciate any advice-

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Photoshop CS2 - Adobe Bridge

Creative Cow Leader Franklin McMahon shows the new Adobe Bridge, the file browser that works between Adobe Photoshop and the rest of the Creative Suite 2 Programs.
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File Navigation with Bridge

Using Adobe Bridge to browse and open images for Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Bridge is a file browser built into the Adobe CS packages. Richard walks you through Adobe Bridge and takes a look at many of the features available with this new application. Features covered are the Adobe Stock Photos browser, using comp images, Photoshop actions, contact sheets, web photo galleries, and more.
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Making Contact Sheets

Richard Harrington takes a look at how to create PDF presentations and contact sheets using Adobe Bridge and Photoshop. Contact sheets along with a PDF presentation allows you to show your client a bunch of images so they can make selects.
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Secondary Color Correction with Curves

A tip on how to use Photoshop CS3 Extended to color correct video clips. Using Adobe Bridge to open the video file with Photoshop, he then uses LAB color mode and adjustment layers to turn a red truck into a green truck. A curves adjustment layer alters the a channel of the video, altering the color and a photo filter adjustment layer finishes it of by creating a cooling effect to the clip. Finally, the video is rendered with Photoshop back out to the hard drive.
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In this video tutorial Creative COW Leader Franklin McMahon shows how to add drama to your digital photos with Adobe Photoshop CS2 using levels, channel adjustments, channel blurs and the photo filter. This is part one of a two-part Adobe Photoshop tutorial series.
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	photoshop for video tutorials podcast 29 File Navigation with Bridge - Photoshop for Video Instructor Richard Harrington shows you how to search through and organize your images with Adobe Bridge.