Manual + Monitors

[John Rofrano]

[Frank Stevn] “1. I downloaded the Sony Vegas manual from sonycreativesoftware.com. It has 540 pages. Is there away to get a Vegas 10 Pro manual in a printed book?”

Yes, you can purchase one from CafePress.

[Frank Stevn] “2. I am planing to upgrade my monitors for editing. Right now I use two 19″ acer monitors. I use one for editing an the other to browse and select the clips. I don’t have an external monitor. I know I am not doing it as it should be. And I don’t feel comfortable with the little Vegas preview screen.”

I use two 21″ monitors. I have Vegas set to preview the video on the secondary monitor. I’ve never seen the need for three monitors. Also, how were you planning to drive the 3rd monitor? Do you have a second graphics card or were you planning to use firewire? (since most graphics cards can only handle two monitors)

What you really need to think about is a hardware monitor calibrator like the Datacolor Spyder 3 Elite if you plan to color correct. I would start with buying a calibrator and calibrating the two monitors you have now. Then use the second one for full screen preview. That might be enough to get you by (unless they are not widescreen or don’t have enough resolution).

~jr

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[Stephen Mann]

I am running three Dell 21-inchers. I would hate to go back to two, let alone one. The first two are run from a dual-head GPU and the third from a USB Display dongle. Since the USB display is processor-intensive, I put the mostly static windows there, like the Project Media and the Mixer windows.

I’ll probably add a fourth monitor when I upgrade to an i7 later this year.

Steve Mann

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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[Frank Stevn]

“What you really need to think about is a hardware monitor calibrator like the Datacolor Spyder 3 Elite if you plan to color correct”

Thank you John. I will probably buy the Spyder3Elite Display Calibration System from https://www.bhphotovideo.com. I just thinking a little bit about it, because I have read reviews that it lacks proper documentation on how to use it.

“I am running three Dell 21-inchers”

Thank you Steve. Can you tell a little more how you use the 3 monitors and how is your Vegas window layout?

I have two ATI video cards each one has 1xDVI, 1xDP, 1xHDMI. And I have a Blackmagic Design DECKLINK STUDIO 2, that has all types of connections, but I don’t know how compatible it is with sony vegas.

[John Rofrano]

[Frank Stevn] “I just thinking a little bit about it, because I have read reviews that it lacks proper documentation on how to use it.”

Proper documentation? You mean people actually read the documentation??? lol… You plug it in, you run the software, you press “next” a lot. That’s about it. I mean it’s as simple as that. You tell it to calibrate and it calibrates. There’s nothing really for you to do except set your monitor back to factory defaults before you begin. I personally don’t think the software could be any easier to use.

~jr

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[Nigel O’neill]

Frank

If you are doing multi-cam editing, I would suggest using the 27″ screen as a minimum for your preview.

I use a 24″ for the timeline and a 22″ for the preview, but once the multi-cam mode is enabled, everything reduces to a quarter size on the preview monitor and can make choosing takes difficult, especially if your focus on one of the cameras goes off slightly.

I am considering purchasing a 32″ Samsung for the preview screen, but then have to explain to the kids why they only get a 24″ TV!

Intel i7 920, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10 (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6