Dave Osbun
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Nope– i’m shooting with a Sony NEX-VG10. I’ll set up a Dropbox account shortly and upload a tiny clip.
Thanks all!
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Thanks Norman. I performed a little test by making a new project and importing one clip. I changed the event properties from ‘upper field first’ to ‘progressive’, and the project properties were also changed from ‘upper field first’ to ‘progressive’. Upon playback, it looked exactly the same as my normal project (and event) settings.
Is this how it’s supposed to work? Should I not bother ‘forcing’ progressive on each event and just let Vegas use its default settings? I’ve always had project settings match the video properties.
Dave
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As a test, I took one of my projects and set the properties to ‘progressive’ (instead of upper fields first), and played back the timeline. I did not see any difference in the video whatsoever. Set it back to upper field first and again, no difference in playback.
Dave
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To add to my above post: could it be ‘Progressive Segmented Frame’, which is how my camera records 30p, causing it to appear as interlaced? I found this info while searching on Google:
Progressive segmented Frame (PsF, sF, SF) is a scheme designed to acquire, store, modify, and distribute progressive-scan video using interlaced equipment and media.
With PsF, a progressive frame is divided into two segments, with the odd lines in one segment and the even lines in the other segment. Technically, the segments are equivalent to interlaced fields, but unlike native interlaced video, there is no motion between the two fields that make up the video frame: both fields represent the same instant in time. This technique allows for a progressive picture to be processed through the same electronic circuitry that is used to store, process and route interlaced video.
If this is how my clips are supposed to appear in Vegas Pro, should I make any changes to the project settings? I currently use HD 1080-60i (1920×1080, 29.970fps) in all my projects.
Dave
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John is correct. I have a Radeon HD7850 and my preview, set on best at all times (and a larger size in a second monitor configuration), is perfectly fluid with no artifacts.
Dave
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If you want the best quality you’re going to have a large file. You didn’t state how long your timeline is and what size you want to keep the render under.
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I, too, have rendered to DNxHD as an intermediary for use in Handbrake and the quality of the video was perfect.
Dave
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Intel HD4000 graphics is the graphics that is integrated with the CPU. Your system does not have a separate video card, which 99.99% of the time yields better performance.
Dave
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Your system is Windows Vista???? Why???
It is solo old and quite possibly the worst OS ever created.
Does Sony list it as a compatible OS?Dave
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You do not need to convert AVCHD files. Vegas Pro 12 can edit them just fine. I edit AVCHD with no issues. You must understand that the AVCHD file format can be pretty taxing to systems that have lower-end hardware or low RAM amounts.
I’m not saying this will solve your clarity issues but it quite possibly can be a video card issue.
Dave