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  Render output is bad…using Camtasia…HELP

  Posted by Troy Thigpen on November 17, 2008 at 4:06 pm

  I had a previous thread about using Camtasia and the output being very bad. That thread is now buried and I am not getting any replies.

  This project I am doing is a software demo for a local company. They have captured their demo using Camtasia. They wanted a WMV file for the end result, but I am having huge difficulties in getting a good looking file. So now I am trying a Mpg2 file for a DVD.

  The camtasia project was recorded at 1024×768 AVI.

  I was told to pan and zoom for better results. Here is a screen shot of the MPEG2 file (played in Media Player):
  https://img234.imageshack.us/img234/8462/screenshotrc5.png

  You can see how bad this looks. This was done with the NTSC DVD template…720/480…29.970fps…VBR.

  Even not zoomed in, it does not look good…but even worse with the zoom.

  I need this project done by tomorrow and am freaking out. I don’t know what to do…I am about to have a nervous breakdown. I do not want to lose this business. I value your input…please help.

  John Rofrano replied 17 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Enrique Orozco

  November 17, 2008 at 4:21 pm

  ..your screenshot certainly doesn’t look very well … does the captured AVI looks good in media player ?… is it good playing in the Vegas timeline (without render) ??? … really is not that complicated:
  1- capture with a good selection window (size mentioned seems OK) and make AVI in Camtasia.. avoid any edition or dimension changes there …
  2- ingest clip in Vegas and edit … make your pan & zooms …render to required output format..nothing special here….. I’ve made this before with very good results ….

  Good luck

  Enrique Orozco R.
  iDEA DigitalVideoStudio
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  John Rofrano

  November 17, 2008 at 4:34 pm

  > They wanted a WMV file for the end result
  > The camtasia project was recorded at 1024×768 AVI.

  Did you create a WMV file at 1024×768 resolution? That should look best. Start with a bitrate of 512K and increase it in 512 increments until it looks the way you want.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com
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  Troy Thigpen

  November 17, 2008 at 5:55 pm

  Setting the output resolution to 1024×768 did the trick!! I was using “original size” and it was outputting to a smaller format.

  It looks great now. I can finally breathe again….thanks for your help!!!!!!!
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  John Rofrano

  November 17, 2008 at 8:21 pm

  Great! Glad it worked out.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com

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