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4K Rendering to HD with Pan/Zoom
With more affordable 4K cameras on the horizon, I’m wondering if it’s possible in Vegas Pro to render 4K footage in a 1920 X 1080 format with panning and zooming on the video clips (similar to what can be done with a slide show with the Ken Burns effect). Any issues or complications? Would this technique be pleasing/effective?
Terry
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I had always imagined this is exactly how I would use 4k footage, but i have not tried it. Interested to see what someone’s experience has been with it
Sony Vegas Movie Studio
Intel i7 3770, AMD 7970, 32gb, 2xRAID0 Intel 240gb SSD, 2x2TB WD Green, 3×23″ Samsung LCDs
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David Fincher outputs his movies that way, cropping instead of shrinking the whole image. The results speak for themselves. I guess you would do it using pan and crop.
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[Angelo Mike] “David Fincher outputs his movies that way, cropping instead of shrinking the whole image. The results speak for themselves. I guess you would do it using pan and crop.”
Yea, this is no different than making SD footage from HD footage via cropping. Just use Pan/Crop and that will use the entire 4K to project through an HD crop.
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That sounds great. Any idea how much extra rendering time is needed to render 4K video (using pan and crop to render to HD)?
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That depends on what you’re rendering to and how fast your computer is.
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An i7 processor with 16gb of RAM. Mostly rendering to the Sony AVC or MainConcept full HD internet settings. Just interested in the percentage difference in rendering times for 4K footage versus HD footage (four times as long?).
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