Andre Anthonio
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ok. so i just went to preference and i now see where the temp files are going to. wish me luck. if i can get something back, i may be able to salvage my work.
Andre Antonio
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thanks for answering but i’m still suffering, and a lot. when i manually save, i just click the floppy disc, i don’t change the name of the file. i’m sure i’m looking in the correct folder. i know my work…i’ve been married to this project all night…literally. in the folder where the file is supposed, i can see the veg.bak and veg.tmp folders with the same name as the project file, but the project is gone. i searched my drives and it’s not there. i have my settings set to automatically open last open project. when i tried to open the auto saved version, it wouldn’t open…got another error message. this my sound stupid, but i don’t know where to look for the autosaved files. i’ve been on the forum to no avial. please help me as i’m going to lose this contract if i can’t produce video today, and i don’t have time to re-edit the project again. PLEASE help, i’m really in dire straights.
Andre Antonio
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Maybe I should add that I can see the faded out BAK and VEG file of the Project File…but there’s no project file.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, help!!!!
Andre Antonio
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Thanks for the save, brother. I used IrfanView to downsize my photos to 1440 X 969 and learned, as part of the process, that it’s a really great tool. Specifically, I was able to downsize hundreds of photos with one click of the button using the “batch/conversion” option. In my case, I did NOT want to rename the files. Instead, I saved them to a different folder on my computer. This way when I opened the same project, Sony Vegas would prompt to “specify files in new location”. Once I answered that question for Vegas, Vegas would ask to use the same folder/location for all the rest of the missing files, which I replied “yes” (of course). In the end, I was able to redo my entire project in just a few short minutes (under an hour to be honest). So, if you were like me, sweating to have to do the entire project over again, and stressing that you would have to redo all of your pan and crop movements, just because you didn’t downsize your over sized photos from the start, here’s your solution. Worked great for me. Thanks again.
Andre Antonio
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Hello, folks. I came across this thread while investigating how I can improve the picture quality of a slide show which I created in Sony Vegas. My slide show appeared to be fine on a computer/small monitor but became quite blurry when viewed on a large flat screen
TV. After reading many threads, I now understand that my source photo files were too large for Vegas (3872X2592) and needed to be downsized to (1440X960)…thanks JR. I’ve also been following some related comments about what software program is best to achieve this goal of down sizing. I heard about IrfanView and it was already installed on my computer by computer helper of mine who saves my ass on the regular. So, I tried it for the first time today and am immediately sold on its usefulness. If you need to re-size your photos, and lots of them, as which was the case in my situation, Irfanview has a “batch/conversion” option. Once you go there you can choose an “advanced” settings, and once there you can “resize your photos” by just entering “1440” for the width and/or “960” for the length. More importantly, you can add all the photos you want to resize with one click of a button, and then save them in the same file name or rename them. In my case, I did NOT want to rename them. Instead, I saved them to a different folder on my computer. This way when I opened the same project, Sony Vegas would prompt to “specify files in new location”. Once I answered that question for Vegas, Vegas would ask to use the same folder/location for all the rest of the missing files, which I replied “yes” (of course). In the end, I was able to redo my entire project involving hundreds of photos in just a few short minutes (under an hour to be honest). So, if you were like me, sweating to have to do the entire project over again, and stressing that you would have to redo all of your pan and crop movements, just because you didn’t downsize your over sized photos from the start, here’s your solution. Worked great for me. Thanks to all who contributed to this thread.Andre Antonio
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Thanks men for the valuable input. John your input fixed most of my problems, although I didn’t realize I had multiple issues. Specifically, I didn’t know that “Snapshot to File uses the resolution of your video preview. If it is not set to Full, you will get less resolution.” Well, I started from scratch following your counsel and that worked very well(thank you). After that, however, I still had inconsistency with the transitions (hard flash) and other media (solid white) in that the rendered video would go back and forth from one video screen size to another (very undesirable). After spending more time with the project, I realized that each clip of my HDV video had to be set to 16:9 Widescreen mode which I originally thought the software (Sony Vegas) did automatically if your project settings were set accordingly — but it doesn’t. I then followed John and Terry’s advice, rendered using the “DVD archchitect NTSC Widescreen Video Stream” and that helped too. But, the first time I didn’t have audio and learned through multiple attempts that you have to choose the “custom” option and then check the box that says “include audio.” That fixed that problem. Finally, there’s another box during the rendering process that I clicked with seemed to help a lot… “Stretch Video to Output Frame Size.” All of this input from you guys really helped me get my project on track and I really appreciate the forum for being a great source for guidance. Thanks again guys!
Andre Antonio
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Thanks so much for the few responses but, unfortunately, I’ve followed the counsel and still not been able to fix the problem. I’ve noticed, however, that when I “save snapshot to file”, it’s saving a JPEG and the attributes of that JPEG are 655 X 480 and not 720 X 480; although that, in and of itself, won’t correct the entire mismatch problem (I think). If you take a look at the video, which I’ve now enabled to be viewed as an embedded file, you can see how the video switches back and forth, like the video is being squished. Thanks for the help, guys.
Andre Antonio
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Embarassing! Here’s the correct link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5BiSx_W1qA
Andre Antonio
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