Danny Hays
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The trimmer window can be used the same way as the preview window, the upper left in Avid. If thats the way your used to doing it. But I think your missing one of the great features. Using the s key to split the video is a way of getting the split close but you can just put the curser over the lower edge of the video in the time line and it will turn into a bracket which allows you to shorten by just dragging the edge. You can also lenthen it if you have handles in the video. You can drag the audio and video files back and forth in time and also from track to track for different compositing. Try putting the curser over the top edge to drag a fade in or out. Once you get used to Vegas you’ll never want to go back. Danny
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Just click on the audio wave in the timeline and hit the delete key,, But you can also just turn that channel down. I always keep audio tracks that come in with video files because the wave view helps me see where you are and helps with syncing tracks together. Once you delete the audio track and save the project, you cannot recover it without re-recording it from tape or backup file. Danny
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It sounds like your machine can edit the m2t format without converting. But if your planning to chroma key or need to re-render the video more than once I would convert to Cineform avi. The color space is 4.2.2 with cineform as compared to 4.2.0 with m2t. this makes for better chroma keying and less loss with multiple renders. Danny
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Hello Mil, Yes you can capture with Vegas as HDV in the .m2t format and import these into Avid media composer, Adobe Premier pro and any other program that supports HDV. The .m2t format is the native format for HDV cameras. Avid, Premier and Vegas’s newer releases can edit this format with out problems as long as the computer is fairly fast. For slower machines Vegas can convert to Cineform avi which is a lossless intermediate format and can be re-rendered several times without much degregation. Avid media composer uses their DNxHD format in the same way. In answer to your question, the .m2t format is a good safe way to archive your videos. You can also export this format back to tape using the HDV camera if hard drive space is an issue. Danny
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Render your files as Cineform AVI if your using HDV and a slower computer. Render as ntsc dv if your using standard def.
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I have a Sony HVR-A1U and it great.It’s a cmos sensor camera and not a 3 ccd so it doesn’y capture very well in low light but other than that it looks fabulous. You can find them for about 1,700 on several price searches but beware of sellers that open the boxes and sell just the camera without all the needed accesories that normally come with it and then try to sell them to you for more money. There’s a few sellers that sell the full, unopened box.
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Actualy the help files for onlocation and ultra are good. Both programs are very easy to use. Onlocation will allow you to record knowing your camera settings are right. Use the tools in onlocation to set your camera up. Two very important settings when using a green screen are, use manual white balance and manual apature so the green screen color and brightness do not change during the video. Also turn your camera 90 deg to the right when shooting people standing. This will increase your resolution and not have to crop and waste the left and right of the video. Ultra has a setting to turn the video 90 deg just for this. You can thank Serious Magic for these programs as Adobe just bought that company last year.
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You won’t be able to record direct to disk this way but you can use live preview to make sure it looks right and record to tape at the same time. Then just record the video and import into Ultra with the same settings, “Saved session.
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My 2.8 desktop plays the highest 1440 1080 8mbs fine. I asume your using HD or HDV files for the higher res wmv. If your using DV 720-480 there is no need to use a high def setting as they wont look better that the DV files you started out with.
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Yes you can render from Cineform avi. The main reason for Cineform is it will still look good after multiple renders or Vegas handles these files much faster than m2t. So if your using multiple video tracks like for pictures in picture or using a lot of video effects, It’s good to convert the m2t files to Cineform first and render to your finished file from these files. If your just trimming m2t files, there is no need to convert to cineform. Vegas 7 and up will handle native m2t pretty well now wiith a fast computer. Hope this helps