Allen Zagel
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>You wrote: “Don’t forget to de-interlace them.”
>What exactly does that mean and how and why should I do it?De-interlacing removes that flicker you normally get on stills in a DVD movie. Right click on the photo, select “switches” and click on de-interlace.
>You also wrote: “Vegas likes 655 X 480”.
>I’ve seen this written before, and knowing that 720 X 480 is a norm, why >do we say that Vegas “likes” 655 X 480?I don’t know the technical answer but I first head it here when I originally joined the forum. If you set a photo at the 720 x 480 it just doesn’t come out right. By using the 655 x 480 the photo lines up better in the timeline and you keep your aspect ratio.
>Finally, you wrote: “If I’m going for the Ken Burns effect, then I >generally leave them in their original size.”
>I’ve heard about this Ken Burns effect also. What is it? And why would you >keep images in their original size?I have a powerful enough computer to keep them large. It helps greatly if you’re going to pan/crop (pan n scan) or use track motion and especially zoom in. You get a much clearer picture.
Ken Burns effect is using motion on stills to create a movie. Every or most every photo has some kind of panning or zooming to keep it interesting, rather than just static shots in a slide show. 1 photo I’ll zoom in and the next zoom out. Next set I’ll pan right on the 1st photo and left on the 2nd an so on.
I dont know if there’s a sample available. I think there is somewhere. I know theres some words about it here or on another site. Search the forum for “Ken Burns Effect”. Maybe Ed or someone can jump in here and tell you.
Hope this helps
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When I’m using stills in a video, I just size them and put them on the timeline. Don’t forget to de-interlace them. When you render your project, all the compression is taken care of.
I use the Canon Rebel XT which does 8mp photos. If I’m not going to do any pan/crop to those, Vegas likes 655 X 480. If I’m going for the Ken Burns effect, then I generally leave them in their original size.
Allen
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That’s the only pain I can think of in Vegas. So after I’m done editing and setting my chapter points in Vegas, I go back and make sure the numbers are all in order. Or as you said, manually editing them in DVDA
Allen
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You’re right Mike 655 X 480. I stand corrected. Haven’t done stills in a while.
Allen
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If I remember correctly, Vegas likes 755 x 480 for stills. I’ll have to check my sheet but right now I can’t find it. Try that size and I think you’ll see the correct size on your screen.
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Yea, when you try to open a project file in Vegas and those vid’s are not where Vegas expects them to be, then it will ask you if you want it to search for them or if you just want to tell it where they are. At least in V5. I assume 6 and 7 are the same.
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What Ed means is you should not put your capture, video or render files on your system drive. Leave C drive for your software and system files. My Docs and photos are okay but not video.
Get a second drive for your capturing, video files and rendering.
At least (I recommend) 2 internal drives and 1 or more external firewire/USB for video storage. Personally I wouldn’t capture to an external drive but having the video there and working on it in Vegas should be okay.
Allen
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ALmost anything is possible w/o Excalibur. It just makes it easier and faster to do. In Vegas 5 (I haven’t installed 7 yet) and I’m sure in 7 also, you can do it with pan/crop or Track Motion.
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Personally I’ve not had too good of luck rendering to an external HD. I have 2 here and wound up using them as video storage. I always render to an internal HD and keep that one ‘clean’ by putting the unused files on the external one.
Allen
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Wow! Eerie! I thought it was quite good. However is there a reference to the Buddah? I would have referenced it in the trailer better.
Allen
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