Sony Vegas Pro 11-Preview issue

[Steve Rhoden]

Above your preview screen, you will see a preview quality
button, click it and set it to Preview (Full).
Then right click directly inside the preview window and
uncheck/deselect Adjust size and quality for optimal playback.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[Susan Fielding]

Thank you! I could have sworn I tried that.

The preview still looks horrible. The picture is very grainy and lacks contrast. When I render and view the rendered footage the picture looks fine. Is there another setting that I may be overlooking?

[Stephen Mann]

Are you comparing the images on the same screen?

Are you sure your preview isn’t set to Auto?

Is your PC powerful enough to handle full-resolution preview?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Susan Fielding]

Thank you for the response. Yes, I am comparing on the same screen and by preview is set to “preview (full)”. I have a six core processor with 2TB of ram, so the issue is not my machine.

[John Rofrano]

[Susan Fielding] “I am comparing on the same screen and by preview is set to “preview (full)”. “

Try setting it to Good (Full) or Best (Full). Setting it to “Preview (Full)” is exactly as the name implies… a reference “preview” so that you can see what frame you’re on with no regard for quality.

[Susan Fielding] “I have a six core processor with 2TB of ram, so the issue is not my machine.”

Do you mean 2GB of RAM or 2 TB of RAM? Or did you mean 2TB of hard drive space? If you have 6 cores with 2GB of RAM you need more RAM. You should optimally have 2GB per core but the minimum would be 1GB per core so you should have either 6GB or 12GB of RAM for 6 cores (or 8GB and 16GB if you have dual or quad-channel memory).

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Susan Fielding]

Oops. I have 12gb of ram and a 2tb hard drive. Multi-tasking was not serving me well today:/

[Joseph Tessier]

Be sure that Preferences/Video tab GPU is not off. It should indicate what video card you are using.

The main reason I upgraded to 11 was for the awesome preview capabilities when compared with 10.

J. Paul

System Specs: I7 3.4 Ghz Quad Core 16GB Ram Win 7 Home Prem x64 VegasPro 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550

[Steve Rhoden]

If are you still having horrible previews, im not sure what
else could be causing your particular issue, im not sure if
reinstalling vegas can help, but you can try.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[Joseph Tessier]

So, did you get anyting resoved?

J. Paul

System Specs: I7 3.4 Ghz Quad Core 16GB Ram Win 7 Home Prem x64 VegasPro 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550

[Nigel O’neill]

1) Any particular reason why you are using a 32 bit pixel format instead of 8 bit?
2) Have you selected Adjust source media to better match project or render settings in your project properties?

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6