TARGA 3000 V1.5.

1 Release Notes
September, 2002

SUMMARY:
Thank you for choosing the TARGA 3000 System. TARGA 3000 version 1.5.1 brings the
following new features to the TARGA platform:

• Full support for Adobe Premiere v6.5

• New version of Pinnacle Hollywood FX PLUS
• Updated version of Pipeline ProVTR Software

IMPORTANT NOTE:
• TARGA 3000 v1.5.1 is targeted for Adobe Premiere 6.5. To obtain your copy of Premiere
6.5, please see “Premiere 6.5 upgrades” at the end of this document.
• TARGA 3000 v1.5.1 is also targeted towards updated hardware revisions of the TARGA
3108 board. In order to determine your board revision, please run the TARGA Board
Monitor in the Pinnacle Systems directory.
• For existing users, in order to obtain updated copies of Hollywood FX PLUS, please see
“Hollywood FX upgrades” at the end of this document.

WHAT’S NEW IN ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5:

o Software Real-Time Preview: Renders the timeline "on the fly", previewing to the
computer screen per the speed of CPU and hard disks. Premiere will render effects in
real time within the timeline. In order to accommodate for this, Premiere will
systematically drop frames in order to keep pace. Used primarily during editing, the
timeline is rendered on export for full quality. Note also that the behavior of scrubbing in
the timeline has changed. The default behavior is for Premiere to render the frame it is
sitting on, Option or Alt-key overrides rendering.

o MPEG-2 Encoding:
Export MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files directly from Premiere's timeline using the Adobe
MPEG Encoder for output to DVD, Super Video CD, Video CD, and cDVD. Presets are
provided for common output configurations or more advanced users can customize
settings for even more options.

o New Titler:
This titler allows you to create broadcast-quality title sequences. It will ship with over 300
pre-designed templates including still layouts, rolls, and crawls. Alternatively, you can
create your own templates and styles, save them, and share them. Import text directly
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 from text files, map textures onto text, apply multi-colored gradients, emboss, or beveled
edges, drop shadows, and transparency.

o New Plug-ins for Audio & After Effects:

Three industry-standard DirectX audio plug-ins from TC Works are now included: TC
Reverb for powerful environmental effects, TC EQ for fine equalization, and TC Dynamics
for compression and expansion of sound sources. For After Effects users, Premiere 6.5 is
bundled with 5 new plug-in filters for Blend, Channel Blur, Directional Blur, Ramp, and
Lightning.

o Support for Windows XP:

In addition to Windows NT and 2000, Adobe Premiere 6.5 will support the Windows XP
operating system.

KEY FEATURES IN PINNACLE SYSTEMS HOLLYWOOD FX PLUS:

• 288 FX presets in dozens of categories

• Lighting – control the direction of the light and shine
• Shadows – control shadow direction
• Motion Blur – add real motion blur to give transitions greater realism
• Motion Trails – add motion trails to any 3D object
• Anti-aliasing – more control over the quality of edges
• Live Video Preview for viewing the video transition play inside Hollywood FX.
• Customize flight paths, morphing and transparency of objects
• Control the hold time at the start and end of the effect to change the timing of FX
• Advanced animation controls with envelope editing using f-curves
• Creation and editing of effects morph amount

UPDATED PIPELINE PROVTR SOFTWARE DRIVERS:

The following updated version of the Pipeline ProVTR software drivers have been enhanced for
Adobe Premiere 6.5 compatibility. It is highly recommended to read through the ProVTR user
guide and release notes prior to use.

TARGA 3000 v1.5.1 INSTALLATION TIPS:

Windows XP:
At the time of this release, the TARGA 3000 v1.5.1 drivers were not digitally signed for the
Windows XP operating system. Although thoroughly tested by Pinnacle Systems, these drivers
are not officially certified with this operating system. In the event that v1.5.1 is used on the XP
operating system, a manual driver registration will be required for this operating system to detect
the TARGA 3000 hardware.

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For example,

Upon completion of the TARGA 3000 v1.5.1 drivers, you are required to reboot. Once your
system has rebooted, please be aware of this scenario in the event that you are using the
Windows XP Operating system:

a.) Upon rebooting, Windows XP Hardware Wizard will detect a new Multimedia
Controller.
b.) Windows Hardware Wizard will first detect the TARGA Audio DSP codec on the
board (see example below)

c.) Click the next button to install/update the drivers automatically.

d.) Click the finish button (next dialog) once Windows XP completes this process.
e.) Repeat this process for the TARGA HUB3 codec, as well as the TARGA DVX Codec.
f.) To confirm that the drivers have been updated and installed correctly, Windows XP
will flash a “Hardware has been installed correctly and is ready to use” balloon on the
right side of the task bar. You are now ready to use these drivers in Windows XP.

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Windows 2000 Users:

QuickTime Settings Option

THIS ADVISORY APPLIES TO ALL CERTIFIED WORKSTATIONS WORKING UNDER
WINDOWS 2000

Summary: By default, Windows 2000 automatically sets the QuickTime video settings to Direct
Draw mode. The majority of certified video cards support Direct Draw mode, and this is why this
setting is selected by default. By contrast, the TARGA 3000 video overlay drivers (which enable
video preview for playback and capture) has a known conflict with QuickTime settings set to
Direct Draw mode. We recommend that prior to launching Premiere, Speed Razor or edit, please
check these settings first.

Symptoms that QuickTime is set improperly:

• Capture hangs consistently
• Overall instability in Premiere

How to access the QuickTime settings:

1. Exit all open applications
2. Open up the control panels (Start->settings->control panels)
3. Open up the QuickTime settings
4. Navigate to the About QuickTime sub-menu
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the menu and select Video Settings
6. If the radio button is enabled for Other Settings (Direct Draw), please click on the
Safe Mode (GDI Only)
7. Click ok and reboot your system
8. Relaunch Premiere, Speed Razor or edit and continue

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 QuickTime Video Settings Dialog Image for Safe Mode (GDI Only)

Before You Install:

Pinnacle Systems recommends that any previous versions of TARGA 3000 be uninstalled prior to
installing version 1.5.1. This can be accomplished two ways. Either un-install using the uninstaller
within the Windows control panels, or by running the version 1.5.1 installer. If you select method
#2, the installer will prompt you to uninstall any previous version of T3K before it continues with
the installation process.

There are a few things you should know before doing this:

a.) For Windows 2000 systems, it is highly recommended to upgrade your system to
Service Pack 2 and Direct X 8.0a. Service Pack 2 will allow for better compatibility on
some systems. DirectX8.0a with the DV patch will improve Premiere 6.0 and DV
playback performance.

b.) Be sure to use the same Windows NT / 2000 login for installing and running T3K.
Using a different login may cause incorrect operation.

c.) Pinnacle Systems recommends workstations to have at least 512 MB of RAM. This will
enhance overall editing performance, especially with large projects.

d.) Although both Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 are supported, Pinnacle Systems
recommends Windows 2000 for optimal performance.
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e.) If you have both Adobe Premiere 5.1C and Adobe Premiere 6 installed on your system,
it is highly recommended that you do not install previous versions of TARGA drivers on
top of this release. Doing so may cause a problem with drivers not being installed to the
correct directories.

f.) Instructions for installing the TARGA 3000 Updated Effects and Graphics:

At the root of the TARGA 3000 1.5.1 installation CD, there is a folder named "T3K Updated
Effects and Graphics"

The T3K Updated Effects and Graphics will add Picture in Picture (PIP) Style filters,
masks and textures to the TARGA Effects factory. These filters use various effect tree
constructs, ranging from very simple to quite complex. Most of these filters are static,
and are designed to be used as a starting point for your own customized PIP effects.
All static PIP filters and transitions will also have their picons updated to a Peach color.
This will make it easier to identify static PIP effects when using the picker.
A Luma key filter has also been added. Please read the filter description before using
this filter.

Steps to follow
1) Double click on T3K Updated Effects and Graphics.exe which is inside the T3K
Updated Effects and Graphics folder of the TARGA 3000 v1.5 installation CD.
2) Allow the files to extract to C:\temp\T3K temp delete when finished\. If you do not
have 130 MB of free space, choose another location for the file extraction.
3) After the files are extracted, copy the 3 folders (Filters, Transitions and Graphics) to
your installed path for TARGA 3000. Example: C:\Program Files\Pinnacle
Systems\TARGA 3000\
4) When asked to overwrite files, choose "yes to all".
5) After the files are copied, the "T3K temp delete when finished" folder may be deleted
from the temp folder.

KEY KNOWN ISSUES:

• A valid input signal is required on the Pro Digital BOB at all times. Providing the Pro
Digital BOB with a signal other than a SDI signal may result in Premiere instability.
• Do not power on or off a DV device connected to the firewire port during the launch of
Premiere or while playing back a project, this may lead to instability.
• For Premiere 6.x, it is required that your QuickTime settings be set to Safe Mode (GDI) in
order for capture to work correctly. In order to make this change, please go to
ControlPanels/Quicktime, and make sure that the radio button for Safe Mode/GDI is
selected. Neglecting to do this will result in severe hangs and error messages.
• Clips that contain audio and are greater than 2 GB will crash Adobe After Effects 5 upon
import. The workaround for this problem is to export files from Premiere without audio.
Audio cannot be enabled during export from AE5 or the following will happen:
a.) RGBA codec = green video with incorrect alpha
b.) DV25 codec = hang Premiere
c.) YUV codec = inverted chroma.
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Workaround: Use After Effects v4.1.1

OTHER KNOWN ISSUES:

Animation Recorder:
- The TARGA 3000 hardware will initialize when using the following applications. Only one of
these applications can be utilized at any given time. Please shut down any one of these
applications before launching another.

-Pinnacle Commotion v4.x

-Adobe Premiere 6.x
-discreet 3ds max 4
-discreet combustion v1.011
-Adobe After Effects v5.0

- If more than one of the applications is launched simultaneously, the following error message
will occur: "Failed to initialize the hardware. Hardware may be in use by other applications”.
At this point, please shut down all T3K applications, and then launch and use only one
supported hardware application at one time.
- Animation Recorder files are not deleted after an uninstall using the TARGA 3000 binary
updater. The workaround is to manually delete any remaining Animation Recorder files after
uninstalling.
- Using a different login on workstations may cause problems with the Animation Recorder
Plugin. It is highly recommended to use the same user login as the one that was used for
installation. Otherwise, several error messages will occur during use.
- In discreet 3ds max 4, you will receive an “Error creating file output” if a render is attempted
without Animation Recorder support. This will only occur under the following circumstances:
1.) Launch Premiere 2) Launch 3ds max 4. At this point, there is a dialog warning with a
choice to close another application (Premiere) and retry, or cancel to use the application
without Animation Recorder. 3) Choose cancel to use discreet 3ds max 4 without Animation
Recorder 4) Open a scene in discreet 3ds max 4and render to one of the TARGA 3000
formats. This will result in the error message stated above. This problem will not occur with
Animation Recorder support, though.

- To use 3DSMAX4 or 3DSMAX3 without Animation Recorder support, navigate to MAX’s

stdplugs directory; (example: “C:\Program Files\3DSMAX4\stdplugs”), and do the following:
1.) Rename the TARGA 3000 installed “avi.bmi” to “avi.bminew”. 2.) Rename the MAX
installed “aviold” to “avi.bmi”. 3.) Rename the TARGA 3000 installed “pinnacle_gup4.gup” to
“pinnacle_gup4gup”. This will allow you to run Premiere concurrently with 3DSMAX3 or 4. If
you encounter additional problems, please contact Pinnacle Technical Support.

- When changing video standards using Animation Recorder, it is recommended to follow

these steps:
1. Close the Animation Recorder application being used.
2. Launch Premiere

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3. Load the project preset for the opposite video standard
4. Close Premiere
5. Launch the Animation Recorder application of your choice.

Audio:
- Intermittent problem with loss of audio input when using tapes with different audio rates
(32Khz and 48Khz). Mixing audio rates in a batch list may cause audio to become muted.
- A/V sync may be off by a frame for both YUV and DV25 analog captures. This will vary with
different deck configurations.

Audio Mixer:
- If the Audio Mixer window is open, any rubber band changes may not take effect on clips
within the timeline. In order to prevent this from happening, please make sure that the
Automation Write button is selected (pencil icon located above the mute button). This button
needs to be selected in order to hear any changes being made to the Audio Band in the
timeline.
- Rendered audio files do not register in the audio mixer. This is a Premiere issue that can be
referenced for more information on page 252 in the Premiere 6 manual.
- Playback with the Audio Mixer window open may cause drop frames, especially with projects
containing .MP3 files. If this occurs, please close the Audio Mixer window to prevent dropped
frames.

Capture:
- Audio distortion during capture may occur on certain setup configurations. This issue appears
to occur on non-TBC decks, or with intermittent long term device control shuttling. If this
occurs, this issue should be immediately reported to Pinnacle SQA or Technical Support.
- A green rolling sync pattern may be encountered during tape scan. The result is a 1-2 second
delay of locking to a sync signal for capture. This will not affect captured clips, just the
preview during capture.
- MPEG2 batch capture/auto record can be intermittently 1 frame early or 1 frame late.
- MPEG2 manual capture will display a 2-3 frame delay on A/V sync on the overlay while
capturing. This will only occur during capture, and does not affect the captured file within the
timeline.
- PAL Batch captures using discontinuous timecode on the tape will more than likely put
Premiere into an unstable state. For the most reliable capture, please use tapes without any
timecode breaks.
- PAL Capture overlay does not match what is seen on the output monitor. This results in
images that look slightly elongated. Does not affect clips, though.
- Capture with consumer VHS decks may exhibit instability not seen using Professional level
VTRs. Reports from the field indicate intermittent loss of video signal as well as intermittent
audio static during shuttling through tapes.
- Dropped frames and instability will occur when using Premiere 6.0 in PAL and have an NTSC
input connected to the TARGA 3000 Breakout Box. It is highly recommended to have only
one video standard going to the input of the BOB at all times.
- On rare occasions in capture you may encounter times where clips may capture only 2-3
frames instead of the expected length. This occurs mainly with analog capture. If this occurs,
please recapture the clip.

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- Stop Motion Capture is not supported within TARGA 3000. Selecting this feature will result in
the capture window not appearing.
- The Movie Capture overlay will not update when using the shuttle slider until the shuttle slider
is released.

Codecs:
- Pinnacle Software Codecs do not support PAL 4:1:1 format. If used, it will result in pixelated
images when previewed in other players, such as Windows Media Player, After Effects, etc..

DV/1394:
- Reports from the field indicate conflicts between certified IWILL motherboards and TARGA
3000 DV/1394 driver using Windows 2000 exist. Awaiting BIOS patch from IWILL to address
problem. Please contact Pinnacle SQA or Pinnacle Technical Support for continued
assistance.
- Opening the capture window with a DV/1394 device connected can take up to approximately
ten seconds. Other formats (YUV, DV25, MPEG) allow for instant access to the capture
window.
- May experience drop frames in DV/1394 capture when 32 kHz and 48 kHz tapes are
switched while the capture window is open. To prevent this from occurring, please close the
capture window when tapes (especially ones with different audio formats) are switched.
- There have been reports of "dropped frames” or instability when changing formats during
batch captures, especially from non-48khz to 48khz tapes while the capture window is open.
- Certain DV cameras have exhibited artifacting on DV/1394 captures. Using the Sony VX-700
and VX-1000, Pinnacle SQA has reported seeing dropped frames, a/v sync drifts and
artifacting using certain tapes in these cameras. Taking the same tape to another camera or
deck (Sony DSR-30) may not exhibit this problem.
- There may be “unable to detect audio format” errors while attempting to perform DV/1394
captures if the following scenarios are present:
a.) If the DV Tape is queued to the end of the tape. (Workaround is to rewind the
tape.)
b.) If DV tapes contain a mixture of both 32KHz and 48 kHz audio on the tape.
c.) If DV tapes contain a mixture of both NTSC and PAL DV footage.
d.) If DV tapes contain Timecode breaks or areas that may affect a constant
audio signal.
e.) For multi-tape batch captures that mix both 32 kHz and 48 kHz audio in the
list.

- We do not currently support the Sony VX2000 NTSC DV or Canon Optura NTSC Camera.
These two cameras did not pass TARGA 3000 qualification.
- Playback instability will occur when the TARGA 3000 board contains both a PAL DV/1394
source as well as an analog NTSC source connected at the same time.
- Frame jog using Pinnacle DV device control can be a bit sluggish at times. Please report any
performance issues to Pinnacle Technical Support.
- During DV/1394 Capture, the capture overlay and the NTSC monitor will be approximately 3-
4 seconds behind the DV device display when using Pinnacle 1394 support.

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Effects Editor:
- Color correcting a 32-bit clip saved in T3K v1.0 may cause an unwanted magenta hue in the
FX Editor. The workaround is to bring the clip into the editor, go to the color tab on the
transform node, disable and enable and then save out again.
- May see erratic overlay display in the Effects Editor when overlay on play is disabled.
Repositioning the editor window in certain screen resolutions may cause the overlay to
display incorrect behavior.
- Size values are incorrectly reported when constrained size is done with snap XY.
- LUT curves do not interpolate as shown in the Effects UI. LUT curves will interpolate with a
straight horizontal curve rather than the displayed “Z” shape of the control points. This means
that the Effects UI is not displaying the control points for LUT curves correctly.
- May see green in Effects Editor, but not in timeline if Mult/LUT is not used on second input of
a 32bit source. This will only occur in the Effects Editor and not in the timeline, and only
occurs if you select both Multiply by Key and LUT on the second input of a 32bit source.
- With a Black & White alpha matte titles are green in semi transparent areas with LUT FX.
This is how black & white 32 bit elements are handled in the Effects Editor. Two known
workarounds are:
a.) Change the Premiere transparency type to alpha channel rather than black alpha
matte. This is not a perfect solution as the key will be slightly "off".
b.) Save the stills as TGA files. These will key properly and will not be green in the
semitransparent
areas. This workaround will not work for rolls and crawls.

- The color tab interpolation type is not displayed when first tabbed to. Instead of displaying an
interpolation type, the field is blank.
- There is a high amount of memory usage using the effects editor over an extended period of
time. If you find that using the effects editor has become sluggish, one suggestion is to save
your work, and exit Premiere. This will refresh the memory that has been stored in the hub.
- On rare occasions with extremely complicated, multi-layered projects, you may see cases
where the editor may disappear when a new effect is created. This intermittent issue has
occurred on projects with more than 12 layers of footage.

- When enabled, the show actual source proxies will be reversed with unsupported clips in the
picker/editor. As a workaround, please use the A/B proxy.
- TARGA 3000 Filters and Transitions found in the "soft" categories (Slides Soft, PIP Soft,
Squeeze S, PIP Styles) utilize an alpha channel graphic to achieve edge softness. These
effects are not designed to be used with 32 bit sources, Titles, or other Filters or Transitions,
including the TARGA 3000 Chroma Keyer. Improper use of these effects may cause
unwanted Green or Magenta color in the Keyed areas. Rather than stacking multiple soft
effects, it is best to modify a single Filter/Transition to produce the desired effect.
- Drop or non-drop frame timecode display is inconsistent in both the Effects Picker and Editor.
This is only a cosmetic display issue, and will not affect the original clip.

MPEG (Playback/Export/Render)
- Make sure to choose “Save Elementary Streams” for MPEG IBP export if you want to read
the files into Impression. Impression only reads MPEG2 ES streams, not PS streams.
- VCD files rendered with PixelTools MPEG export plug-in will not play in Pinnacle Systems
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Impression v2.1 unless the frame size is 352x240 and audio sampling is 44.1 kHz for NTSC,
or 352x288 with audio sampling at 44.1 KHz for PAL.
- MPEG I frame codec reported as "No compression" in After Effects. This will occur when an
MPEG I frame clip is imported into Adobe After Effects and clicking on the clip properties in
the Project Window.
- The Pinnacle MPEG I frame software decoder currently shows up in the list of available
codecs in Adobe After Effects, and it should not. It is a decode codec only.
- MPEG2 program stream files over 7 minutes have playback problems in Media Player and
DVD Express. Longer program stream clips may playback choppy after 7 minutes of
playback in Media Player or DVD Express.
- Overall, system performance decreases when the MPEG capture window is up. You may
notice system sluggishness when changing settings, changing focus, etc.
- When exporting an IBP Program stream from a Premiere timeline segment that does not
contain audio, a Video only elementary stream (.MP2) will be generated.

Playback/Scrub/Render:
- Extended loop playback (includes Print to Video) may cause Premiere to hang.
- Clicking stop in the program monitor after smart rendering a project may result in Premiere
hanging. Workaround is to click outside of Premiere to redraw the timeline. This should allow
Premiere time to recover.
- RGB clips show latency when playing from clip window or source monitor.
- Complex projects that are longer than one hour may display latency during normal editing
steps, like applying T3K filters, inserting large clips into the timeline, etc.
- Intermittent problem of a PAL DV25 export causing a hang during playback within its clip
window. The hang may occur near the end of the clip, but occurs rarely.
- Slow motion is a performance hungry feature, particularly in PAL. In some cases 2
transitioning slow motion clips in PAL will lead to drop frames. Also, slow motion clips that are
too close together can also lead to drop frames. In such instances, a render of the
problematic segment is recommended.
- Transition range control does not respect razor cuts. For example, if a cross dissolve has
been razored in the timeline, the remaining cross dissolve transition will not be reflected
properly in the range control slider. It will continue to display 0-100% rather than an updated
transition range.
- May see color artifacts in the program monitor when trimming a YUV clip. This results in a
sub-par preview that looks solarized. This undesirable effect does not appear on the output
monitor.
- There is a frame shift rendering a graphic to graphic with some transitions. This behavior will
also occur on a Premiere render minus the TARGA drivers, so it appears to be a Premiere
issue.
- Speed change cannot be applied to clips within the clip window. Speed change is only
supported on clips within the timeline.
- Start/stop latency in the timeline may be 1-2 seconds. Although much improved compared to
earlier releases, this still may occur when using the spacebar in the timeline to start or stop
playback.
- On rare occasions using scrub, the output monitor may not refresh properly. This is not the
case with the program monitor. In order to refresh the output monitor, playing back from the
timeline should clear this up.
- Moving or resizing the clip window will cause playback to stop.
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- In order to escape when performing a Print to Video loop from the storyboard window, please
hold down the escape key on the keyboard. This is a known timing issue, and may require
the escape key to be held down for a short period of time before control goes back to the
timeline.
- Alt + scrubbing clips in the timeline may require to be clicked twice for any updates to be
made on the NTSC monitor.
- For compressed streams (DV25 and MPEG-2), the most TARGA 3000 can support for realtime
playback is no more than 2 layers. Regardless if the RealTime streams settings is set to
more than 2 in TARGA Settings, the timeline will still be marked red to prevent dropped
frames during playback. This is not the case for uncompressed streams, such as YUV.
- The first two frames of audio will play back silently during an insert edit for Export to Tape.
This is by design. The video port signals the audio port after playing the first frame. It takes
audio a frame to process this information, resulting in a total delay of 2 frames. This is
necessary in order to have audio/video synchronization.
- Commotion generated 720x480 YUV clips that are imported into Premiere will cause
Premiere to hang during playback. As a workaround, please make sure to render clips as
720x486 YUV to prevent the hang.
- Certain DV25 projects containing a mix of speed changes and gradient wipes may cause
dropped frames if the clips and transitions are stacked too close together. If drops occur,
recommend spacing the clips and their corresponding transitions to eliminate the dropped
frames.
- There is slight latency when playing 4 RGBA clips over a YUV clip when playback starts at
the mid-segment in the timeline. As a workaround, start playback before the mid-segment of
the timeline.
- Overlay may go into software overlay intermittently. In software overlay mode, your overlay
may appear to be blocky or playback with a slow, jerky motion. This may happen if certain
palettes or windows interfere with the capture window or clip window. In order to switch back
to hardware overlay, please close and reopen the capture or clip window.
- Using the frame jog to scrub forward or backward in the source monitor may result in the
player jumping to the beginning of the clip.
- Using certain filters, DV25 clips that have been cut with the razor tool may drop intermittently
during playback. If this occurs, please try deleting your preview files and re-render.

TitleDeko:
- Minimizing TitleDeko to the taskbar may cause Premiere to hang. Use F11 or F12 to close
TitleDeko.
- Background overlay will not appear for the first time a title is created. The overlay will appear
the next time a title is created.
- TitleDeko’s background overlay will always start at the in point of the deko clip in the timeline.
This is by design.

OneStep Capture Driver:

- The OneStep capture driver requires a sound card driver to be installed in order to work
correctly. Without an audio driver installed, the OneStep driver may not be detected correctly.
- Using NTSC 480 Mode will exhibit a brief green rolling sync pattern in both Real Producer
Plus and Windows Media Encoder. This will not occur using NTSC 486 mode.
- Loading the OneStep driver will result in making the T3K audio wav driver the default
playback and record device. Depending on which playback device is wanted, a change in the
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multimedia sound control panels may be necessary if the sound card driver is needed for a
primary playback device.
- In cases where configuring the TARGA OneStep driver results in the Video Source input only
reading SDI, then it is necessary to manually restart the NexusKernelDriver. This is because
the OneStep driver will only recognize the Pinnacle Analog BOB during each windows
session. So if you reboot, or possibly crash, the video source will default back to the SDI
BOB. In order to manually restart the NexusKernelDriver, go into control panels/devices, and
manually restart the NexusKernelDriver. If this is still an issue, then please try uninstalling
and reinstalling the OneStep Capture Driver.
- While Windows Media Encoder v7.1* is supported in the current build, there are still numerous
intermittent problems. It is highly recommended that you use Real Producer Plus v8.5 and
not Windows Media Encoder due to the issues we have come across.

* Below are the list of known issues using Windows Media Encoder:
a.) Windows Media Encoder and installation problems. Reports of being unable
to install on at least two machines. No known workarounds.
b.) Windows Media Encoder unable to configure the TARGA 3000 OneStep
driver. When attempting to configure, an audio configuration dialog appeared
instead. This prevented at least two users from being able to configure the
video driver.
c.) The Audio Mixer Properties do not function at all.
d.) One reported problem of encoded files causing a hang while being played in
Media Player.

If using Windows Media Encoder v7.1 (Build 7.01.00.3055), it is recommended to select the
default device for video when configuring your settings.

Miscellaneous:
- There appears to be an issue on first-launch captures. The genlock source is not being set
correctly. This may lead to dropped frames on captures. To avoid this, please go into TARGA
settings and make sure a reference has been set prior to capture. This will only occur
immediately after your first launch upon a new install.
- Switching video standards (NTSC to PAL) will lead to instability in loading projects, capturing,
and playback.
- May experience an intermittent Nexus.dll error or Font Capture Error message upon exiting
Premiere. If this occurs, please contact Pinnacle SQA or Technical Support.
- Reports of intermittent loss of signal output going to the external monitor. If this occurs, a cold
boot (power off, power on) should clear this up.
- Projects with skipped or offline files that have been opened via the .ppj file will not display the
TARGA 3000 Performance monitor. The workaround is to launch Premiere first, then open
the project by file->open.
- When using the Premiere Title Tool, the alpha channel will be incorrectly applied when using
titles with colored backgrounds. As a workaround, please use TitleDeko Pro.
- The TARGA 3000 filter is not supported for bars and tone clips provided by Premiere. If this
necessary, a workaround includes importing one of the test bars and tone files from the
TARGA 3000 directory.
- Switching the Project Timebase from 29.97 to 30 fps for any render, playback, or print to tape
session is not recommended. Pinnacle Systems recommends that once a project preset is
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selected for editing work, please remain within that project preset. Switching the timebase
(from 29.97 fps to 30 fps, for example) may lead to instability.
- Loading projects may display an “updating playlist” message for 5 seconds before a project
fully loads. This is normal behavior.
- Within TARGA Settings, the Video input tab is the default Breakout Box tab. This default
selection may cause a loss of genlock using TARGA settings unless you manually change
the tab focus to the video output tab instead.
- On Windows 2000 systems only, you cannot open Projects via the .ppj file within the Project-
Archive folder. If the .ppj is selected, a new project file will be opened instead of the selected
.ppj file.
- In certain projects containing 8 layers or more, some video layers that contain Hollywood FX
transitions may cause certain layers to not display properly. Usually this affects the bottom
three layers. If this occurs, please contact Pinnacle Systems Technical support.

Tips:
- It is not necessary to have PCILOCK enabled on Windows 2000 machines. It is needed for
Windows NT4 but setting PCILOCK on Windows 2000 machines will cause driver conflict
issues.
- If you are working with either large projects or projects containing several graphics and filters,
Pinnacle recommends that you should increase your virtual memory allocation. In general we
recommend 512 MB of RAM as opposed to 256 MB for large projects. For assistance with
increasing virtual memory, please contact Pinnacle Technical Support.
- If there are noticeable playback stutters with rendered T3K PIPs and filters, try deleting the
preview files and re-rendering the project and play it back again. There are times where older
projects have preview files that either do not update, or need to be re-rendered again for
optimal playback.
- Shutting down Premiere is highly recommended if there are any screen resolution changes
required. Changing screen resolution settings with Premiere open will cause severe system
instability.
- Recommend restarting Premiere after any codec changes. If you have been working in
MPEG-2 for example, and decide to open a YUV project, it is recommended to shut down
your system and restart Premiere to avoid any instability.
- If you are selecting characters in TitleDeko, and pressing the cursor outside of your selection
area does not unselect them, the following workaround of pressing the <Esc> key should
make the selections go away. If this still does not address the issue, please exit out via the
F11 key and start again.
- Using the monitor output on the Sony DSR-40P for capture is not recommended. It does not
provide TARGA with a solid sync signal and could lead to a crash while capturing.
- When exporting a frame of a graphic with a PIP filter, you need to manually enable the alpha
channel in order for this to work correctly; otherwise, you will get a black background. This is
because Premiere does not allow filters to modify the transparency of a layer.
- Animation Recorder: When it seems that 3ds Max output is unshaped, try rendering out YUV
data to overcome the problem for viewing 24 bit mode correctly.
- Animation Recorder: For rendering, only D1 NTSC and D1 PAL frame sizes are supported.
- If you are planning on using Real Producer, please make sure that Real Producer Plus is
being used, and not the Real Producer Basic application. If the basic application is used, the
default Microsoft driver may be grayed out.
- Although the following configuration is supported, we do not recommend using Pinnacle DV
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Device Control and S-Video out while using a DV Camera. Pinnacle SQA has experienced
instability in MPEG capture with this setup configuration.
- LANC is not a frame accurate transport protocol. When using a LANC/Addenda RS422
adapter, in and out points are not frame accurate when using the Addenda RS/4L protocol.
- When using ProVTR for Print to Tape, the recommended Play Timing and Edit Timing
settings for frame accurate sync records and insert edits are:
NTSC non-drop and drop frame settings:
Edit Timing = 3 frames
Play Timing =10 frames
PAL drop frame settings:
Edit Timing = 3 frames
Play Timing =9 frames
- Recommend that installed paths to saved effects files are not renamed. If you rename your
default path, (i.e., c\program files\pinnacle systems\targa 3000\graphics\NTSC) to another
name, opening up any graphics that cannot be found will cause an abnormal exit. You may
add folders below the NTSC and PAL folders, but do not rename anything in the path above
NTSC and PAL.
- To apply a garbage matte to a 24-bit graphic, please enable the alpha channel transparency.
- Before applying a garbage matte to non-32-bit video clips, please follow these steps: 1.) Click
on create new effect button. 2.) Click ok in TARGA Effects Factory.
- The following behavior while using DV/1394 may cause instability to your workstation. We do
not recommend:
-reopening and closing the capture window multiple times
-switching tapes with the capture window open (may lead to cannot detect audio format
messages)
-powering the camera on and off while launching Premiere
- -attempting to capture DV/1394 with no tape in camera.
- We recommend using the same camera that was used for shooting the footage to be used for
capturing with DV/1394. This will eliminate any incompatibility issues with tapes and different
DV devices.
- By default, if you have timecode breaks on your tape, Premiere will continue capturing
footage rather than stop during any discontinuous timecode.
- If for some reason the incorrect video input is being displayed during capture, a reminder to
use the reset button in TARGA settings.

- The following versions of Real Producer Plus, Real Player 8, Windows Media Encoder, and
Windows Media Player that we support are:
• Real Producer Plus: v8.5.0.200
• Real Player 8: v6.0.9.450
• Windows Media Encoder: v7.01.00.3055
• Windows Media Player: v6.4.07.112
- For Hollywood FX usage (rendering, playback, general usage), it is highly recommended to
use Nvidia chip based chip cards. Certain display cards, like the Matrox G400, may be
unstable when using HFX for production work.
- The Nexus kernel driver must be stopped and started before switching from an analog source
to an SDI source with the One Step Capture Driver. For assistance on this, please contact
Pinnacle Technical Support.
- For issues with drop frames during Export to Tape, try scrubbing prior to the export.
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 TARGA® 3000 & Adobe Premiere 6.5 Upgrades
On Monday, July 22nd, Adobe announced the planned release of Premiere 6.5 with an anticipated
ship date of mid-late August. If you have already received Adobe Premiere v6.5 with a recent
TARGA 3000 purchase, please disregard this upgrade message.

Hardware Certification
According to Adobe, video capture cards that are certified as working with Premiere 6.0 (TARGA
3000) are 100% compatible with Premiere 6.5 and do not require re-certification. The only
change for system requirements will be support for Windows XP and updated versions of
QuickTime and Active X Controls.

Upgrade Pricing:
For those that have purchased TARGA with Adobe Premiere 6.0, please go to Adobe’s web site
for special upgrade pricing.

How to Order:
To qualify for the $149 upgrade pricing, please go to the following link to purchase your
Premiere 6.5 upgrade:
http://www.adobe.com/store/products/competitive_upgrade.jhtml?id=PRupgrades

PLEASE NOTE:
o Premiere 6.5 units will not be available to Pinnacle to order until mid-late
September. The transition period of updating all Premiere 6 TARGA 3000 boxes to
Premiere 6.5 TARGA 3000 boxes takes approximately 1-2 months.
o To install the Premiere 6.5 successfully, you will need a serial number and a previous
version of this product on the same platform as this purchase.
o The full version, off-the-shelf cost of Adobe Premiere 6.5 is $549 USD.

Adobe Premiere 6.5 Q&A

Q: When will TARGA 3000 work with Premiere 6.5?

A: According to Adobe, all Premiere 6.0 certified products are 100% compatible with
Premiere 6.5 and do not require recertification.

Pinnacle has performed internal certification testing with TARGA 3000 against pre-
release builds of Premiere 6.5. In addition to these tests, several Premiere 6.5 beta &
TARGA 3000 users have provided Pinnacle with their test feedback. Full support for
Premiere 6.5 should coincide with the Premiere 6.5 release in early September 2002.

Q: If I purchase TARGA 3000 today, will I get Premiere 6.5?

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A: Until Premiere 6.5 is shipping; customers who buy TARGA 3000 will receive Premiere 6.0
for the time being. The transition period before Premiere 6.5 is included in the TARGA
3000 box will take approximately 30-60 days from the time of this announcement.

Q: What if I purchased TARGA 3000 after Premiere 6.5 was announced? Can I
upgrade to Premiere 6.5?

A: Pinnacle is not allowed by Adobe to offer you an upgrade to Premiere 6.5. You must
order your upgrade directly from Adobe.

Q: When will TARGA 3000 come bundled with Premiere 6.5?

A: Pinnacle is working to make Premiere 6.5 available to customers on the earliest possible
date. Adobe has announced that Premiere 6.5 will ship sometime in the 3rd quarter.

Q: What are the benefits for a TARGA 3000 user in Premiere 6.5?

A: The key features of Premiere 6.5 – Real-time Preview, Broadcast-Quality Titling and DVD
Export, while impressive, are already available in TARGA 3000. These features are
merely enhancements made from Premiere 6.0 to improve the overall feature set with
Premiere 6.5.

Real-time Preview in Premiere 6.5 is done in software and only available on the VGA
monitor, Premiere 6.5 will reduce the quality of the preview if the CPU cannot keep up.
With TARGA 3000, real-time preview is done in full quality, full frame rate and visible on
both the VGA monitor, and an NTSC/PAL monitor.

Adobe Title Designer is vast improvements on the Premiere 6 titler TARGA 3000 users
already have TitleDeko-RT or TitleDeko Pro which uses Pinnacle’s proven broadcast
technology. TitleDeko RT/Pro allows users to preview their titles output on an NTSC/PAL
monitor while they design them.

Premiere 6.5 includes a software MPEG-2 encoder and Sonic DVDit LE. TARGA 3000
already has both software (PixelTools) and hardware (TARGA MPEG Works) accelerated
MPEG-2 encoder for high-quality export, and comes bundled with Impression DVD-SE, a
more full featured DVD authoring software.

In summary, this release offers additional options, bug fixes, and improvements for the
TARGA 3000 user, and is worth upgrading to.

Q: Will all of the bundled software from my Premiere 6.0-based TARGA 3000 system
work with Premiere 6.5?

A: Yes. This list includes support for Animation Recorder, One-Step Capture, Hollywood FX
Silver, TitleDeko RT/Pro, TMW, PixelTools, and interaction with Commotion and
Impression DVD SE. ProVTR will be the only plug-in that will need to be updated in this
case. That updated plug-in will be included in the next installer for TARGA 3000.
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Q: Are there evaluation copies of Premiere 6.5 available?

A: Currently, only Premiere 6.0 trial versions exist on Adobe’s web site, and there are no
plans of offering a trial version of Premiere 6.5. As an alternative, Adobe Premiere 6.5 is
now being demonstrated at major tradeshows in the area.

Q: Now that Premiere 6.5 supports Windows XP, does that mean TARGA 3000 officially

supports this operating system?

A: Currently, TARGA 3000 supports NT and Windows 2000. Once a full certification period
has passed for Pinnacle, Windows XP will be fully supported at a later date.

Q: Any other hardware changes necessary for this upgrade to Premiere 6.5?

A: No hardware changes are necessary for this upgrade. Please refer to Adobe’s web site
www.adobe.com for minimum system requirements for Adobe Premiere 6.5.

Q: Can I bring Premiere 6.0 projects forward into Premiere 6.5?

A: Yes. Please refer to Adobe’s web site for additional FAQs like this.

Q: Will upgrading to Adobe Premiere 6.5 address some issues from Premiere 6.0?

A: Yes. For example, the instability related to expanding waveforms in the timeline has now
been addressed in Premiere 6.5.

Q: Will my TARGA 3000 v1.5 CD from August 2001, install with Adobe Premiere 6.5
correctly?

A: No. You will need an updated version (v1.5.1) that will detect Adobe Premiere 6.5
correctly. This version will be made readily available on the TARGA 3000 download
section at www.pinnaclesys.com once it is completed.

Hollywood FX silver v4.5 to Hollywood FX PLUS upgrades

Hollywood FX PLUS is the equivalent to the Hollywood FX Silver release that was included in the
TARGA 3000 v1.5 release with the following exceptions:

• Now supports Adobe Premiere 6.5

• Includes additional enhancements and bug fixes
• No longer requires serial # sticker; now part of an online serial registration method.

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For previous owners of Hollywood FX PLUS, and if you only need the HFX PLUS upgrade
without any of the other items please contact Pinnacle technical support, making sure to provide
the serial number of your T3K along with the date and place purchased.

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