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Ben Gareb
March 7, 2017 at 1:49 am in reply to: Best non-compressed codec (PRO-RES or DNXHD or…) for 4K export from Vegas 14?

Yeah, I had installed Quicktime, but I did a custom install and only installed Essentials after reading that exposure to some of the issues with a non-updated Quicktime was mitigated by leaving out some of the additional pieces. Turns out you need Quicktime Essentials and Quicktime Player, but can skip the Optional Quicktime Features (browser plugins) and it works in Vegas.

Thanks for all of your help.
Ben Gareb
March 6, 2017 at 1:02 pm in reply to: Best non-compressed codec (PRO-RES or DNXHD or…) for 4K export from Vegas 14?

I mean, I guess I just only know what I know. I’m not afraid of anything hahaha.

I just want a good solution that isn’t h.264.
Ben Gareb
March 5, 2017 at 1:47 pm in reply to: Best non-compressed codec (PRO-RES or DNXHD or…) for 4K export from Vegas 14?

Ahh, thank you. I have nightmares of Cineform. I wish there was another way to get Vegas to switch up the codec used for the .mov container.

Does Magix ProRes require Quicktime to be fully installed as well? That may be why AE isn’t picking it up.
Ben Gareb
March 5, 2017 at 12:57 pm in reply to: Best non-compressed codec (PRO-RES or DNXHD or…) for 4K export from Vegas 14?

So you have to have the full, super insecure Quicktime codec installed to use it?

That makes it kind of a really terrible go-between now that Quicktime isn’t supported by Apple, right?
Ben Gareb
March 5, 2017 at 10:38 am in reply to: Best non-compressed codec (PRO-RES or DNXHD or…) for 4K export from Vegas 14?

Hmm. I’ll try in 2017, but 2014 (my preferred because 2015 and 2017 seem buggy as hell still) rejects the Magix ProRes every time.

Also, I have restarted, but the MOV container options in Vegas 14 are Intel or Magix and neither gives me the option to switch to the Avid codec (or any other codec). How do I trigger that?
Ben Gareb
February 17, 2013 at 11:17 am in reply to: Chroma Keying with badly lit screen

I don’t actually think it’s that bad. Needs some color correction maybe before you bring it in to AE. Looks like it’s not white balanced right, but it keyed pretty easily over here.

That’s what I did. You can tweak. Came out a little yellowy, but I usually key with Keylight and Color Key. I drop both on to the layer and then select the main background color with Keylight. Then I turn keylight off.

I then select a color with Color Key and remove it with a slight feather. Then I duplicate that and select another remaining shade of green and remove that. And so on and so on. Once everything is removed I turn on Keylight and adjust (as shown) to smooth the key out.

Then, in this case I color corrected horribly. But you get the idea.