[Carl]

I saved an .avi as a .flm (filmstrip) file, so i could edit each frame. specifically, put a lightsaber effect in each one. hours later, i had finished all 636 frames of this 20 second video. so i imported the .flm file into premiere...and there were horizontal black lines going through it. i don't know why. in photoshop, they were not there, but in premiere, they were. when i exported it to .avi, theyt were still there. i tried messing with all sorts of settings. it didn't help. Anyone know what to do? I'd hate to have done all that work for nothing.

[Omniscaper]

Ooooo a video editing inquiry. Thats my ball of wax (I'm a documentary videographer/editor) But I use Premiere Pro 1.5, so these tips are for that version only. I know previous versions have different settings but the process should be similiar.


The re-importing process seems to be conforming your .flm (progressive frames) into the default DV settings which is an interlaced format. The interlacing seems to be source of those horizantal lines you see.

When u start a new Premiere project, make sure its NOT set to DV mode (default settings).  When you import anything... the project's settings conforms it.



1. When you start a new project, Premiere Pro 1.5 has "custom settings" tab.

2. From there change "editing mode" to "video for windows"

3. Change the "Pixel Aspect ratio" to "Square pixels"

4. Change "Fields" setting to "No fields (Progressive Frames)

5. Then edit away and be mind full of your final export settings to follow project settings.

Hope this helps... Good luck.

[Carl]

nope. didn't work, although when i change it to non-square pixels it does work.