jones1899 said:
Ok so I'm learning Premiere more and more as we speak. I've been working on the sand/obelisk puzzle to make it seem more like Indy figures it out as opposed to stupid Ox. Anyway, its actually coming along nicely...well the video is at least.

1.) I am still completely lost when it comes to audio. How do you get separate tracks for the dialog and music?

2.) Also, lets say I wanted Indy to look over to one piece of the obelisk (lying horizontal) to size up the puzzle. The only shot of a piece in that position is when the pieces start rising. So my question is if I cut to a still of that piece (before it starts to rise) would it stand out completely? This is not required for this edit, just a question.

Thanks for the help.

When ripping from the DVD the audio-track should come in form of an AC3-file, which is a 6-Channel-audio file. Premiere doesn't support AC3-files, so you have to use BeSweet to turn the AC3-file into 6 separate mono WAV-files. You can import them into Premiere and add them to 6 audio tracks (which have to be set to mono as well). Select all 6 audio tracks, right-click and choose "link" in the menu. Now these 6 tracks are linked together (duh!), and can be moved and trimmed like a single track.

Regarding the still frame: Yes, a still frame usually stands out, as even a still shot has some minimal camera-movement and even more than that moving film-grain. Of course, you can add some grain with a filter, which will break the giveaway of a still frame a little bit.