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Gearshift, Neoscene and AVCHD workflow
We just purchased a Canon XA10 camera to use with our Sony Vegas Pro (build “d”)…
Does the current version of Gearshift support the AVCHD files from from the Canon and will it work with Vegas Pro 10 (d)? The website doesn’t list any recent software or camera compatibilities…
Also, with the intent of a 720p final product for web video use FROM a mix of the Canon footage (1080-60i or maybe PF30), stills (square pixel), and various other source material all on the same timeline in Vegas, what’s the best proxy workflow? Use Gearshift? With DV widescreen (what about the non-square pixel factor and dealing with stills?)? Sony YUV? Uncompressed? Huge files? Just convert to Sony MXF and work with them on the timeline and bypass Gearshift altogether? Just use Neoscene to convert the files and use them on the timeline for editing AND final render?
… and at what point would be the best place to convert the 1080i to 720p – which software/intermediary file/codec?
I have a few days left to make any purchases before they close my budget down – any help would be much appreciated! 🙂
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Great questions…I would like to know as well!
Scott Francis
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[John Sieber] “Does the current version of Gearshift support the AVCHD files from from the Canon and will it work with Vegas Pro 10 (d)? The website doesn’t list any recent software or camera compatibilities… “
Yes, the current version of GearShift supports Vegas Pro 10d 64-bit. It also supports any file formats that Vegas supports so AVCHD footage should work fine.
[John Sieber] “Also, with the intent of a 720p final product for web video use FROM a mix of the Canon footage (1080-60i or maybe PF30), stills (square pixel), and various other source material all on the same timeline in Vegas, what’s the best proxy workflow? Use Gearshift? With DV widescreen (what about the non-square pixel factor and dealing with stills?)?”
GearShift, or CineForm, or Sony MXF should only be used to replace your AVCHD footage. It has nothing to do with still images. You still need to manage your aspect ratios as normal (i.e., crop manually or let Vegas crop for you)
[John Sieber] “Sony YUV? Uncompressed? Huge files? Just convert to Sony MXF and work with them on the timeline and bypass Gearshift altogether? Just use Neoscene to convert the files and use them on the timeline for editing AND final render?”
Sony YUV and Uncompressed will probably perform worse than you original AVCHD because of the huge file sizes. Sony MXF can be used although it’s a lossy format. HDV can also be used. CineForm is a digital intermediary and performs great and can be used in the final render. DV Proxies perform the best but should not be used in the final render.
[John Sieber] “… and at what point would be the best place to convert the 1080i to 720p – which software/intermediary file/codec?”
I would save that for the final render. This gives you the option of delivering in 1080 HD later.
[John Sieber] “I have a few days left to make any purchases before they close my budget down – any help would be much appreciated! :)”
Download the trials of GearShift and CineForm NeoScene and see for yourself. GearShift will perform better on slower computers. CineForm can be used on faster computers.
~jr
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