A big part of the reason for this big delay (as I may have mentioned), is that I was editing directly off of the MPEG-2 files (for hard disk space reasons), rather than converting to uncompressed AVI. What I didn’t realize is that I was using software notorious for screwing up on MPEG-2, especially with frame-specific editing using 3:2 pulldown for 24 fps. I don’t know how many hours were wasted trying to get simple cuts and transitions to work. Looking back, of course, I realise I should have just used AVI. I wound up having to export all of the shots I used for transitions as AVI anyway, because there was NO way to get it to work otherwise.
Adywan ran into this problem with his project, but unlike me, he was smart, bought a really big hard drive, and edited off of AVI. If I ever do this again, that’s what I’ll be doing. I probably could have cut the production time in half had I known this at the beginning….
But it’s all there! So after installing a couple more programs, I’m back in business.
-TM