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JPEG still images look horrible in Vegas Movie Studio
I’ve imported JPEG files for some still images throughout my video and they look dreadful; I wonder what I could be doing wrong??
I don’t know the technical term is but bricks and tile roofs have an overwhelming Moire pattern.
The images don’t look good or sharp at all.
At first I thought it was an artifact of my video card or the Vegas timeline. However, I burned a DVD and the effect is just as present on my TV as it is on my computer.
Any ideas?
Pete
Peter Alvin
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7 Replies
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Are these very large (pixel-wise) files from a digital still camera?
The usual recommendation is to make sure digital stills are no more than 2X your project size unless you’re doing really deep zooms.
If you’re in SD NTSC, this would be 1440 x 960. -
I will try this and thanks for the tip.
Any reason to go with “double” resolution? That would still force the program to resize and throw out pixels. Why not just use Photoshop to resize the stills ahead of time at the exact SD output resolution?
Pete
Peter Alvin
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If you’re 100% positive you won’t be zooming, then your idea is fine.
However, I quite often do very mild zooms on most stills I use so that’s why I suggested the numbers I did. -
Ah! 100% understand! I learned how to zoom this morning and it’s really cool.
Hey, I tried reducing the image size and it didn’t solve the problem entirely but the moire, noise, and pixelation are a lot less noticeable now.
Thanks!
Pete
Peter Alvin
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“…it didn’t solve the problem entirely…”
My guess is that it has something to do with your render settings.
Which version of Vegas do you have and is it Movie Studio or Pro?
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I have been having the same problem and will try the new settings…this has been most helpful but in terms of render settings what do you recommend I am using Vegas Pro 9…the piece is about 50 minutes in length and I have been rendering using MPEG 2 NTSC DVD with settings at BEST>>> Any other information would be helpful…Thx!
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Use the DVD Architect NTSC video stream or DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream template for your video and the Dolby Digital AC-3 Pro template for your audio.
Best mode is a good choice as well.
Since it’s under 70 min. in length, use a custom CBR of 8,000,000.
Give both streams the same name and render them to the same folder.
That way, when you load the video into DVDA, the audio will automatically follow.
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