[Dale Spetz]

The camera was on autopilot when these settings occured. I will not make this mistake twice.

Do you believe that these extreme settings would explain this double exposure of fast moving objects, like flapping wings?

Thank you for your reply.

[Dale Spetz]

Thanks for the input, Douglas.

My final output is for eventual HD broadcast, so I purchased Neo-HD, in hopes that its 1920 output can eventually be transferred to HD Cam.

But, my main question is: Is there a output quality difference whether I edit in HDV(1440) or HD(Neo-HD captured 1920)? In both scenarios, I output render useing Neo-HD. It appears to me that the final product quality will be the same, in both edit scenarios. I am curious if others have experienced the same.

It, therefore, would seem preferrable to edit with the smaller HDV(1440) files. But, am I wrong about this?

[Dale Spetz]

Well, I see now that I had my “project settings” set to “upper field”, which created my HDV jaggies. Now, set to “lower field” they are smoothed out.

Now, I cannot say that I see any significant quality difference between HDV(1440)edit-to-HDrender and HD(1920)edit-to-HDrender. This is good, as I far prefer editing with the smaller HDV(1440) files.

Does anyone else have any experience/input on what is their preferred route to 1920 x 1080 output?

Thanks!

[Dale Spetz]

D’oh!

Yes, I see that Excalibur does have this. Since it wasn’t bold and blinking, I somehow missed it.

Thank you, Douglas!

[Dale Spetz]

Douglas, now that I look at this more closely, it doesn’t seem to be a color issue. Rather, Vegas displays the clips darker than both the camera monitor and darker than what MediaPlayer shows. The camera monitor and the MediaPlayer output, seem to display correctly. Vegas seems to be independently previewing darker than everything else. Still workable, but noticeably darker.

I did notice this same phenomena when I worked with Ulead MSP7, so it is likely “pilot error”. But, I don’t have a clue why I am seeing these two tones.

[Dale Spetz]

Thank you, Edward!

[Dale Spetz]

So, to same a Group of events that have various Track Motion effects, is saving as a Project File the best (only) way to go?

I understand that Vegas can import these into other Project Files without rendering them (although they import onto a single track).

Thanks!

[Dale Spetz]

D’oh!

All I had to do was learn my directions—right vs. left—and how to read carefully. I had been “left click” dragging, as opposed to “right clicking”, as you both had clearly written.

Outstanding!

Thank you, much! This will be a great time saver.

[Dale Spetz]

Thank you for your reply, Douglas.

That particially works for me, but it does not seem to take on the previous takes Event Pan/Crop properties.

I did entirely cover the previous take and I did set the new take as the active take. It shows up as the visual take, but does not have the pre-adjusted Pan/Crop settings.

Is there a way to carry these over, as well?