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Which version of SV has these audio features?
Ive become interested in purchasing a copy of Sony Vegas and I’m wondering which version I should buy. I will be using it to edit together a film that I shot of a relative’s wedding and there will be certain features that I will be looking for. From the visuals perspective, things will be pretty straight forward – just cutting, trimming and rearranging clips.
However, the audio requirements will be a little bit more demanding. What I plan to do for the first few shots is have the original camera audio intact. However, most of the rest of the shots will be muted and there will be music added over the top. At one point, during a particular shot, the music will fade out. Then some different music will be played over the next few shots which will end abruptly at the end of one shot. Following this, the last few shots will have the original camera audio intact.
Would it be possible to do all of this with Sony Vegas Movie Studio – say the Platinum Production Suite 11? Or would I need to purchase the more expensive Pro versions for the audio features that I’m looking for?
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Woops….there’s something else I forgot. The footage for this film will be from two different cameras. One will likely be interlaced and the other will likely be progressive. Both will be SD. Naturally, the final output would have to be one or the other – interlaced or progressive. Since the film will be played on relatively modern computer screens and LCD and / or plasma TV screens, I guess the output should ideally be progressive.
So before mixing and editing footage from the two different cameras, I assume the interlaced footage would have to be deinterlaced first? Would Vegas Movie Studio be capable of doing this?
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The audio capabilities of Movie Studio will handle these audio edits without a problem but I wouldn’t buy 11 which is now unsupported now that 12 is out. Also 11 can’t take advantage of the new FasstApps plug-ins from VASST. They are only available in version 12 so I would definitely recommend you get Movie Studio Platinum 12.
~jr
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Yes Movie Studio can handle multiple formats but your delivery format will determine if the video needs to be interlaced or not. For example, if you are delivering on DVD you will want your output to be interlaced unless you plan to make it 24p. If your delivery is a media server or just a file then you can make it progressive.
~jr
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Thankyou for your reply. Yes, the final output will be a DVD, but not at 24P. What I plan to do, before creating the DVD, is creating an AVI file and saving that to the hard drive. The AVI will later be burned to DVD.
I assume that Standard Definition AVIs would generally be interlaced. So after editing the interlaced and progressive segments together on the same timeline, when it comes to making the AVI, would Vegas automatically convert the progressive segments to interlaced and at the same time leave the native interlaced segments just as they are?
Or would it be advisable to convert the progressive segments to interlaced before importing them into Sony Vegas?
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[Patrick Cooper] “I assume that Standard Definition AVIs would generally be interlaced. So after editing the interlaced and progressive segments together on the same timeline, when it comes to making the AVI, would Vegas automatically convert the progressive segments to interlaced and at the same time leave the native interlaced segments just as they are?”
Yes, that’s exactly what Vegas will do. You don’t have to worry about anything.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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