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AVCHD timelapse on Vegas 7?
Hello. I got Sony HDR-SR5E wich takes videos in AVCHD format. I really fancy timelapses, so I’ve put the camera on tripod for few hours of autumn sundown sky. Video looks great but I want to make a timelapse of it to make it even better…
So if I hit properties on the video line, there is an original playback rate 1.000 . The maximum playback rate I could do was 4.000 but it’s FAR from the timelapse look. I need at least 20 times faster playback. Well on the pitch I can slide to 20 and I see the way video looks on 20 times faster playback rate, but I can’t find the way to render the video at that speed.
Damn, I hope you guys understood me, I’m just an amateur…
Anyway I would be very thankfull for any help, thoughts, ideas or suggestions guys. Maybe Vegas can’t help me on this? Maybe AVCHD can’t make timelapses? I really don’t know. Please aid.
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I don’t have an AVCHD camcorder so I grabbed a clip from the ‘net to play with.
In addition to adjusting the playback properties, you can also insert a velocity envelope on the clip for a 3X speed increase.
Combined, this gives you a total of 12X.
If that’s not enough, render it, import it and do it again.Some tips for you:
#1. When adjusting the playback rate, select “Disable Resample” or everything will be a blur.
#2. Render in “Best” mode.And here’s what Sony says in the Vegas 8 online help:
If you want to render to AVCHD format and export the rendered file to an AVCHD camera, please use the following steps:
a. Verify that your Vegas project is set to 5.1 surround mode.
b. In the Render As dialog, choose Sony AVC from the Save as type drop-down list.
c. Use the AVCHD NTSC 5.1 Surround or AVCHD PAL 5.1 Surround rendering template.
d. If you choose to use the Custom Template dialog to customize your rendering template, leave all settings at their default values except for the Bit rate control. The default Bit rate setting should work for most applications.
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Thank you.
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