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AVCHD Project Set-Up Wackiness
I am confused and hope someone can sort me out.
I own both Adobe Premiere CS5 and Sony Vegas 10 Pro. I have a Core i7 desktop machine with 8gigs of RAM.
I recently shot two projects on a Panasonic HMC-150, one of them was 720/30 the other was 720/24.
Unlike Adobe Premiere CS5, there are no AVCHD templates, so I create the template myself with the proper frame size and frame rate. I make sure both are progressive and then 1.0000 for the pixel aspect ratio.
Using these settings I get a fuzzy preview. If I switch the pixel aspect ratio to 0.9091 (NTSC DV) the image is as sharp as it was when I shot it — but I have black bars on the top and bottom of the image.
Now, back to Premiere CS5 — when I load the same footage into Premiere and use the same settings, the preview is tack sharp.
Does anyone know what is going on with Vegas?
I really like editing AVCHD with Vegas since the performance is way better. I find Premiere stutters and lags a ton with AVCHD. However, I need the video to be sharp.
I welcome all suggestion and advice.
Thanks!
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Anyone? I am really trying to figure this out here.
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No need for more templates, you should try the match media button on the new project dialog.
And check your preview quality on the video preview box.
I use a lot of AVCHD and have had no problems.Jeff
http://www.narrowroadmedia.com
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Thanks, Jeff. I should have mentioned that I’ve already tried that — with the same results. The only thing that makes the video sharp is changing the pixels as I describe above.
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Set the Preview window to Best/Full and you’ll see the picture quality you’re expecting.
Most users edit in Preview/Auto mode because AVCHD can be a strain on their computer. -
I tried that as well – to no avail.
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Edan, that makes no sense at all.
I’ve played a bit with AVCHD clips that I’ve found on the net and they look great on my 24″ Dell PC monitor (coming from the Vegas timeline). -
I agree with you. I’ve been editing for years and can’t make heads or tails of it. I’ll try and do a screenshot comparison when I get home tonight.
Trust me, it isn’t an issue with preview monitor quality.
Even in Premiere, for example, the preview video can be a bit soft when you’re playing through the timeline, but once you hit pause, it gets sharp on the paused frame.
That’s not happening here.
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Edan,
Maybe you could put up a small veg file (and events) in a zip file that we can look at.
Jeff
http://www.narrowroadmedia.com
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Great idea. I’ll look into it tonight when I’m in front of the computer.
Thanks for all of the advice thus far – it’s greatly appreciated.
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