[Doug Jackson]

So, I tried DVD-A 6 and had the same results with MPEG-2.

The editor is working in FCPX with 720p source and I’m tasked with creating the DVD in DVD-A pro (either 5.2 or 6) and we can’t seem to get an MPEG-2 out of Compressor (4.2) that will successfully make a DVD.

Can anyone recommend a format the Editor can export to me so I can use DVD-A to make a DVD for them?
I was trying to avoid recompression, and since that seems futile, what’s the best intermediate format for him to send? Quality and reasonable file size are a plus.

Regards,
–Doug

[Doug Jackson]

Hmm, I’m not sure you can set your render resolution at 1080 for a DVD (720×480)

–Doug

[Doug Jackson]

Thanks, John.

[Doug Jackson]

Paul,

The only time I’ve put events on top of events is with audio tracks. Take a snippet of ambient “quiet” and drop on top of something you want to mask in the audio track — sounds more natural than a cut out and easier than cut/copy/insert to replace, etc. Just have to make sure that Automatic CrossFades is off.

Regards,
–Doug

[Doug Jackson]

Excellent. Thank you for your patience and clear explanation.

This old dog will attempt to learn a new trick.

Regards,
–Doug

[Doug Jackson]

Russ,

Thanks! This is cool — I had not thought of something like this!

But, how did you do this ‘magic’? How did you make each of the colored “Placeholder” tracks only fill one quarter of the output screen? I don’t see anything in Pan & Crop.

Regards,
–Doug

[Doug Jackson]

Thanks for the feedback.

I’ve done all current important and critical Windows 7 updates, then loaded up SVP13 with my other additional plug-ins.

Ran a couple of quick tests on some existing projects and everything seems quite happy. Preview is quite smooth even with several VFX applied.
I don’t have any real benchmarks to post, but I’ve successfully rendered a 5 minute, fairly ‘complex’ clip of several tracks of AVCHD with several layered VFX in under 10 minutes. And the output of the HD MP4 looks nice.

At present, I’m a happy camper.

Regards,
–Doug

[Doug Jackson]

Hi Antonio,

You need to use the “Device Explorer” in Vegas 12.
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/webhelp/vegaspro/12/ENU/Content/The_Device_Explorer_Window.htm

Regards,
–Doug

[Doug Jackson]

Excellent idea!

[Doug Jackson]

Hi Norman,

In the specific context of attributes to the mask to which I am referring, I don’t see any that I might not want to apply a bulk change.

These parameters also have nothing to do with the location of the mask (which I don’t want to change since I have spent hours carefully adjusting it in the multiple keyframes).

There are many ways for programmers to handle these types of scenarios.
Maybe the fields which have differing values get highlighted when you select the multiple keyframes.
Or for instance, if you have multiple keyframes selected and go to apply a parameter change, the user could be notified that it will affect all of the selected keyframes, with a big OK or Cancel option.
How about a ‘tool tip’ or maybe even (maybe as a last resort), an instruction in the Help file?

Sorry, but I don’t get how adding this feature is somehow an additional support burden. If your logic was applied, I doubt there would ever be many new features rolled out because, well, they would be too difficult to support.

And besides there’s always “Ctrl+Z”

Regards,
–Doug