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Advanced Playback Options.
Bluefish444 has added two professional features to Premiere Pro 1.5 accessed in the Playback settings in the General
Preferences of the Project Settings.
CGR and SMPTE matrix color range.
This feature enables Premiere Pro 1.5 to work in CGR and SMPTE color range during playback.
If your source data contains super white or super black i.e. the full RGB color range of 0 to 1024 you may wish to maintain
these values through out the editing process. this can be achieved by using the “CGR Matrix Range”.
If your source does not contain super whites and super blacks i.e. color range of 64 to 960, then you may wish to use the
“SMPTE Matrix Range”. CGR Matrix Range = maintains super blacks and whites, 0 to 1024 SMPTE Matrix Range =
maintains SMPTE color range, 0 to 960.
P/Psf mode.
When editing in HD modes Bluefish444 enables Premiere PRO 1.5 to capture and playback 1080P (Progressive scan)
modes. 1080p 23.976, 24, 25 and 30 frame per second progressive footage cannot be monitored on broadcast monitors
because the vertical refresh rate would be too low. To get around this problem and allow progressive material to view on a
standard broadcast monitor “psf” was devised. This sends the progressive frames down the cable odd lines first then even
lines, i.e. like two ‘pseudo fields’ as if it were an interlaced signal. The material is, of course, really progressive (i.e. all lines in
the frame were captured at the same instance in time. Therefore, to avoid possible confusion the ‘progressive fields’ are
referred to as “segments”. Consequently, we use the abbreviation “psf” for “Progressive Segmented Frame”.
720p 59.94 and 60 video modes do not need a psf option because the vertical refresh rate is already fast enough to display
on a standard broadcast monitor.
Bluefish444 provides two presets, both defaults to psf mode when opened.
Bluefish444 HD 1080 23.967
Bluefish444 HD 1080 24
If you wish to change the video mode on the cable to P (progressive) you can do so by opening up the project settings,
selecting general and then the playback options tab next to the time base drop down list.