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Danny,

Thank you so very much for your advise and information.  Its wonderful to be 
able to share knowledge openly.  I am saving your recommendations and will 
try the same one by one in experimentations until I achieve the desired 
results.

Regards,

Dutch

"DannyS" <toudiyama@fiberworld.nl> wrote in message 
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> It is important to know things like what codec was used for the input Avi 
> file, was that the original or did you transcode?
> what resolutioin is the input and is that the same as the output/project 
> setting?
> When rendering the project, to what format/codec did you do that?
> What bitrate did you set for the output?
>
> Now appart from that all, When using the Hypercam with the intention of 
> edeting the file later on, you could opt to put compression on full frames 
> as this means max quality, when rendering keep in mind the target audience 
> and their equipment
> A lot of mac users, then Quicktime is probably your best choise, lot of 
> bussineses using PCs then probably Mpeg(1) is best
> Though Avi using XViD or DiVX codec are great for filesize, these codecs 
> aren't standard available on windows and should therefore not be used for 
> your kind of material
>
> Did you make a custom project, with the resolution set to the same as 
> Hypercams resolution at the time of the screencapture?
>
> As you can see more then enough reasons for the file getting so big
>
> Oh if you intend to use mpeg and for that the mainconcept plugin/encoder, 
> search the internet for "MVCD template" these are template that make it 
> possible to get better quality at lower bitrates and can be played by all 
> software mepg encoders/players and by most DVD players (VCD or SVCD)
>
> Regards
>
> Toudiyama
>
>
>
> "The Flying Dutchman" <someone@jolly.com> schreef in bericht 
> news:vMD0g.107$FE7.81@fe09.lga...
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a most perplexing dilemma involving adobe Premiere 8.0 - the 
>> academic edition.
>>
>>
>>
>> Using a program called Hypercam 2.0 I am able to record whatever I may be 
>> doing on a computer with sound for training purposes.
>>
>>
>>
>> Recently I recorded a 1.5 hour demonstration and was able to spit it out 
>> into the form of an AVI without issue.  The end file was about 790mb in 
>> size.
>>
>>
>>
>> Since this was for training for my company, I went over to my trusty 
>> Adobe Premier and edited out a few portions, added in a few titles and 
>> put a transparent company logo on the bottom right hand corner of the 
>> entire presentation.
>>
>>
>>
>> Of course, rendering the darn thing took three hours, but the output was 
>> over 4 gigs in size.  I tweaked the output settings and encoder settings 
>> but was not able to get the size down without severely compromising the 
>> quality of the video itself.
>>
>>
>>
>> So here is my dilemma.  I have an AVI, lets say its great quality and 
>> lets say that its 800 mb in size.  I want to edit it down to 600mb in 
>> size and add a few simple titles, transitions, etc.  Am I to assume that 
>> adobe premier does not have the ability to do this. . . I believe that it 
>> does, but for the life of me I have not been able to figure out how to 
>> keep the video resolution as good as it is in the original without 
>> bringing the file size to some huge sizes.
>>
>>
>>
>> Do I take it that when creating the actual AVI from the screen recording 
>> program I need to use a certain codec?  Is there a trick to this? Or are 
>> there other things I am simply missing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any assistance with regards to this will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>>
>>
>>
>> The Flying Dutchman
>>
>>
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