Bob Peterson
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I don’t know about conversion programs, but I have also seen very good performance from Vegas when working with M2T files. 8.0c did indeed suddenly make it possible to effectively edit these files. The performance under Pro 9 has lost this advantage. I have reverted to using 8.0c.
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If the jpeg’s aspect ratio does not match the project’s, forcing it to fit the project will distort the jpeg image. This matters if the intent is to zoom and pan the jpeg. If that is the case, the jpeg will probably be larger than the viewing area, and it will not leave black borders unless the viewing area moves beyond the jpeg boundary.
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Think about it. If you are zooming in, why would the viewing area continue to show the entire image? You are zooming in so that you can see more detail. You can only see more detail if things get larger. When the image gets larger, you can no longer see the entire image within the fixed size of a TV, projector, etc. The increase in size is also what gives you the ability to pan.
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You mean the jpeg is much larger than your project don’t you? I’m not sure that matching the output aspect will help you unless you are trying to see the entire jpeg at once within your video. If you are shrinking the video by dragging a corner, you simply need to drag in the opposite direction to expand it. You must expand it to zoom in. If you shrink it too much, it will become too small to fill the screen. That will reveal black “space” behind the image. That is probably why you think you are seeing black bars.
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A video shown to 50 people is a public performance. Embedding copyrighted music into such a video is a copyright violation. I don’t think anyone on this forum is going to explain how to obtain copyrighted music for that usage.
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Yes, absolutely! I was surprised that it made very little difference in the fps speed. That was one thing I almost forgot to do, but my final observations were made after it was invoked.
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Be sure you are picking the sampler on the left of the wheel. If you hover over it, it should tell you that it picks the color complement. The one of the right simply picks the color you click on, and makes all of the highlights that color.
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One problem with white balancing via the video image is that, in many situations, there is little to no true white in the image. I rely mainly on the mid tones and try to find something that is close to neutral gray. That is probably more effective than white highlights. You can also adjust for true black by adjusting the low tones.
When shooting, I carry a white board so that the camera can see a true white when performing its adjustment.
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I am struck by your statement that your “disk” is a particular type. That suggests that the machine has one disk. Vegas works much better if the video is on a large, fast HD which is not shared by the OS or other computer programs. IOW, a separate, well organized drive with lots of free space and a fast speed. That would be a good starting point.
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If you don’t know where the projects are being saved, then they are probably all in the same place. Open any one of the 6 most recent projects. Then, perform a “File -> Save As”. Look at the information in the “save” dialogue. It will tell you the drive and directory structure of the directory where your files are located. Write down all of the information. If you “File -> Open” in that directory, you should find all of your projects.