Sony vegas/Davinci revival

[John Rofrano]

[Steve Lyons] ” i’m rendering out using Sony Vegas pro 12, using the Main concept AVC MP4 at 1080 25FPS PAl setting, I plan to import them into Davinci to grade, am i using the best setting”

No. AVC/MP4 is a highly compressed deliver format. You should be using a digital intermediary codec like CineForm or Avid DNxHD.

[Steve Lyons] “Will i there be problems when i render out from Davinci as it is 24FPS ? and can any one recommend the best workflow.”

Why would you render 25fsp to 24fps in Davinci? Does it have really good retiming capabilities?

[Steve Lyons] “Sorry for the questions as i am quite new to all this..”

If you didn’t have any questions, you would never learn anything new. 😉

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com

[Steve Lyons]

Hi John

Thanks for replying.
I’ve looked more into resolve and i can see that you need to change the frame rate within the initial set up screen, this I’ve done and everything seems ok.
A few more questions 🙂
Should you recommend that i just import my raw files (H.264) into resolve ?.
What setting would you recommend i use in Vegas to render out my project to import in resolve ? (i know you can use the scene detection function within resolve).
And what setting would you recommend to render out too full HD 1920/1080 in general.

Many thanks

[John Rofrano]

[Steve Lyons] “Should you recommend that i just import my raw files (H.264) into resolve ?.”

I assume you want to grade after you’ve finished editing which means you would want to export a finished edit into Resolve and not the original files.

[Steve Lyons] “What setting would you recommend i use in Vegas to render out my project to import in resolve ? (i know you can use the scene detection function within resolve).”

As I said earlier, I would use CineForm or Avid DNxHD. I have a tutorial on my web site that shows you how to make these templates:

Avid DNxHD Template for Vegas Pro

Create a CineForm Render Template in Sony Vegas Pro

The CineForm codec is not free so you would have to buy CineForm NeoScene ($99 USD) or some other CineForm product to get it but it’s an exceptionally good digital intermediary codec. The Avid DNxHD codec is free and I give you a link to the download in my tutorial.

[Steve Lyons] “And what setting would you recommend to render out too full HD 1920/1080 in general.”

That would depend entirely on your target device. You will render to different formats depending on whether you are delivering DVD, Blu-ray, Internet, etc. If you are just looking for a general final master format/archive to repurpose from then CineForm is a good choice. You could also just render back to the original format of the captured footage (e.g., AVCHD, Sony MXF, XDCAM, etc.).

~jr

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

[Steve Lyons]

Many thanks John, you have been really helpful, i will definitely check out your website 🙂

[Martin Husmann]

It might be also helpful for you to look at another way of round-trip for Vegas Pro – DaVinci Resolve.

I found an economical way by DNxHD rendering the edited clips only by their needed lenght. This is done by some scripts and an EDL_Convert program. A saved text EDL will be adjusted that the final edit will include this “Head and Tail trim” as well as all transitions etc. say where they have to be.

Hence this concept can also be used by older versions of Sony Vegas Pro.

Description and download can be found here:
https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/6238/edl_convert-workflow-developement-for-sony-vegas-pro-davinci-resolve-

I would appreciate your opinions and maybe a feedback if you use it.

Martin