Premiere Pro and Broadcast requirements:
Almost immediately after I bought PrePro CS6 Mom posted a link to a webinar about using the program. I watched, tried to take notes for 3 days running, and blew a couple of brain fuses. There are many things I remember can be done – but I need to do some searching to figure out how. For now, just the fact that they are required for broadcast TV in USA, and with Premiere Pro CS6 can be done: (Not sure how many of these features existed before CS6.)
Volume Limiter: There are vertical volume bars that indicate how loud the audio is. The tops are capped by a box. If at any time during playback the box at top is filled with red (it will remain red) the volume is too high. Somehow, somewhere is a way to limit the volume by setting a percentage level.
Saturation Limiter: Saturation that is too high will not pass specs and won’t be broadcast. One of the color adjustment manipulators can be used to correct this problem, if your footage is oversaturated. The parameters are different for regular vs high definition TV. Both correction fields are in the same correction screen. It is a matter of adjusting for the level of definition you have.
Black screen: No totally black screen is allowed, even for a fraction of a second. Somehow it is possible to check to see if you have any, which of course, if you do, you should then remove.
Subtitles: Broadcast TV in the USA is legally required to have subtitles - or maybe that's closed captions. I'm afraid I've already forgotten the distinction between them. Anyway, Premiere Pro CS6 does not create them, but does have a way to add them to a video. (I believe Premiere Pro Creative Cloud is working towards creating them, but I’m not buying into that.)
There are companies that create subtitles - closed captions. It is expensive.
I bought a $100 program called MovieCaptioner, available for Mac and Windows. I have to first downgrade my video quality, not once but twice, to get it to run. The creator of the program was very helpful by personally figuring out why the program wouldn’t work for me. Then the process is: Your video will play for a short amount of time. You listen and type in a few lines of dialog. Once done, you move on to the next few lines of dialog. Spelling check, ability to move text from one line to another for appearance and readability, and appearance of the subtitles are available features. The program offers many file formats to save the closed captions, including one that works for YouTube. Unfortunately, at this time, Vimeo does not support closed captions.
http://www.synchrimedia.com/
I’ve planned on going through my notes and writing myself detailed instructions on how to do these things for some time. As I work them out I’ll post them here. Anyone who already has any of these down pat is welcome to fill in my blanks! Also, there may be additional Broadcast Requirements the instructor did not mention. If anyone is aware of any of these, please post here.