Premiere Elements 8.0 video preset for AVCHD 1280x720p

[egitelman]

How do you set the video presets for AVCHD 1280x720p? Premiere elements only supports 1280x720p with HDV presets. AVCHD presets only support 1080i.

[Chuck Engels]

Hi egitelman, Welcome to Muvipix


The best thing to do is convert the video to High Def MPEG and then use the HDV 720p preset.
There may be other suggestions so be sure to check back later

[Bob]

I take it you're using AVCHD Lite?

You should be able to use the HDV 720p preset. You'll only need to convert the avchd clip to hdv if you have problems processing the original clip. That could happen. There is a lot of variation on how AVCHD Lite is implemented by the various camcorder manufacturers -- the spec leaves room for interpretation.

[JohnnyO]

One of this things I liked about PRE8 was that it was compatable with the AVCHD-Lite video from my Panasonic DMC-ZS3.

[egitelman]

For the person who was able to use a preset for the Panasonic zs3. What did uou use for a video preset?

[JohnnyO]

For the person who was able to use a preset for the Panasonic zs3. What did uou use for a video preset?

I don't create High Definition DVDs. I just used the nomal SD mode, 720x480. It gets scaled to the project size when rendering.

[Chuck Engels]

As Bob says,

You should be able to use the HDV 720p preset.

[JohnnyO]

I agree with Bob and Chuck.

I do want to add that PRE8 no longer works on my system, so I could not play around with it much,