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Camtasia 6 and VegasPro 8 – fuzzy
I have a Camtasia 6 screencast – example here.
https://www.screencast.com/users/AskHiran/folders/Default/media/e889f1e7-0fda-4b93-9370-bb2a6f96b83dAs you can see, when I zoom-in the result is ‘pin sharp’ (great!). That’s zooming to 848 x 477 (the size of the video) from 1280 x 720 the size of the capture. I did this entirely in Camtasia 6 – capture > zoom & pan > upload to Screencast.com .
Now, I need to produce this with Vegas Pro 8, so that I can add clips of HD cam footage of me speaking. When I import the 1280 x 720 AVI (same one created by Camtasia) to Vegas Pro and do the zoom & pan there, and upload the rendered MP4 to Screencast (disappointingly) the zoom-in section is ‘not as sharp’. I am still zooming-in to 848 x 477 as before. (FYI Project size is 848 x 477. AVI is 1280 x 720)
Could Vegas be doing something odd that I can prevent?
Thanks for any insights.
Hiran
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Is the frame rate of the Camtasia capture and your Vegas project the same? If not, Vegas would have to blend frames to make the rate match which could soften the image. I know Camtasia defaults to 15fps unless you change it. I would make your Vegas project frame rate match the Camtasia footage frame rate and see if that helps when you zoom.
Also, how are you zooming? You should be using Pan/Crop. If you zoom with Track Motion that will definitely make things look worse.
~jr
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John,
Thank you for responding.The frame rate in Camtasia I set to 30 fps. In Vegas Pro also I set it to 30 fps (by changing the 29.7 to 30 – is that right to do that?)
Yes, in Vegas Pro I Pan & Zoomed.
Further info:
I tested it also by capturing a 848 x 477 AVI – so no Pan & Zoom. Now the Vegas Pro rendering is sharp … but I had these two new problems.
1. The colors became a bit ‘washed out’.
2. The streaming took a short while to start.
I’d like to learn why?Thanks,
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The frame rate in Camtasia I set to 30 fps. In Vegas Pro also I set it to 30 fps (by changing the 29.7 to 30 – is that right to do that?)
Yes, that’s what I would have done.
Yes, in Vegas Pro I Pan & Zoomed.
Good that uses the maximum resolution of your source.
Further info:
I tested it also by capturing a 848 x 477 AVI – so no Pan & Zoom. Now the Vegas Pro rendering is sharp … but I had these two new problems.I have found the same to be true. If you keep the same dimensions it looks great. I do all of my Camtasia captures at 1280×720 and I publish my tutorials at the same resolution.
1. The colors became a bit ‘washed out’.
Try adding the Color Corrector preset Studio RGB to Computer RGB on the main video bus before rendering.
2. The streaming took a short while to start.
It could be that the render type you selected wasn’t optimized for streaming.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
John,
This is great. I shall check out all of those and report back.
(and I shall get hold of your teaching stuff as I want to master this for my own tuts. A big mission for me)
Off topic:
Also nice to find a fellow ‘muso’ from the same era! This is me starting an unplanned street party in Abbey Road on the 40th Anniversary of the cover photo last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=audMOyjxqlYHiran
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